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Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Arteries
2,588 words... e-age, a high cholesterol level can be expected. It has been proven that about the only thing smoking do is shorten a person's life. Despite all the warnings by the surgeon general, people still manage to find an excuse to quit smoking. Cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide, radioactive polonium, nicotine, arsenious oxide, benzo pyrene, and levels of radon and molybdenum that are TWENTY times the allowable limit for ambient factory air. The two agents that have the most significant effect...
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Amount Of Information Electrical Activity
1,431 words... s theory fit with the hard facts? Dreaming (D-state or D-activity) is associated with a special movement of the eyes, under the closed eyelids, called Rapid Eye Movement (REM). It is also associated with changes in the pattern of electrical activity of the brain (EEG). A dreaming person has the pattern of someone who is wide awake and alert. This seems to sit well with a theory of dreams as active therapists, engaged in the arduous task of incorporating new (often contradictory and incompati...
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Coronary Artery Disease High Blood Pressure
2,644 wordsAneurysm-This term refers to a localized dilation of an artery or chamber of the heart. The behavior and prognosis for aneurysms varies, depending on their size and location. Aneurysms of the heart are usually the result of a prior heart attack. They generally don't require surgical resection. They may result in congestive heart failure and arrhythmias. Aneurysms of the main artery of the body, the aorta, generally require resection once they reach a certain size-anywhere from 4. 5 to 6. 0 centi...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Cerebral Cortex
2,626 wordsADD. Your child has ADD. Such diagnosis appears more and more often during the last 25 years. What is ADD? How does it affect brain? What are the ways to cope with it? In accordance with recent researches, 17 million people in the United States of America have Attention Deficit Disorder. 10 - 20 % of children in every school suffer from ADD. Teachers usually dont like such children and state they dont have learning skills. According to Daniel G. Amen, M. D (using controversial SPECT brain scans)...
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Death Syndrome Electrical Activity
311 wordsThe Huffing What is huffing? The intentional breathing of gas or vapors with the purpose of reaching a high. What does huffing do to the brain? Changes the electrical activity of the brain. On a electroencephalography, (or EEG) the brain will show up as sharp impulses. What toxic effects and the risks that occur with this practice on the body. The brain: changes the electrical activity within the brain, possibly resulting in hallucinations and convulsions. Also the center of emotional behavior, ...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Jeffrey Dahmer
1,477 wordsWe are born with certain patterns called instincts, inherited desires or behavior patterns, which are passed along to us by our parents. Our childhood environments, particularly our interactions with our parents, shape or mold these instinctual thoughts and behaviors into what we call pure minds. As we mature, our minds become more capable of acting on their own, and we become more and more capable of achieving our own personal, subjective goals within the limits set by our bodies and our cultur...
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Id Ego And Superego Parts Of The Brain
2,026 wordsHow Does Unconscious Differ From Consciousness? Essay, How Does Unconscious Differ From Consciousness? The QUESTION: How Does Unconscious Differ From Consciousness? Consciousness and unconscious are two psychological terms that are commonly used in this field of study. Their importance's mainly appear when psychologists deal with their patients because they will surely think about these two terms. To understand these two terms we must know their definitions. This step can enable us to recognize ...
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Amount Of Information Internal And External
2,847 wordsSam Vaknins Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Are dreams a source of reliable divination? Generations upon generations seem to have thought so. They incubated dreams by travelling afar, by fasting and by engaging in all other manners of self deprivation or intoxication. With the exception of this highly dubious role, dreams do seem to have three important functions: a. To process repressed emotions (wishes, in Freud's speech) and other mental content which was suppr...
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