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Chicken Pox Herpes Virus
685 words
Chickenpox is a very mild disease and it isnt very
harmful. You will need to know some things about
the disease like: what it is, how you can get it,
where it is located on the body, what treatments
are used to cure it, who can get it, how and if it
can be prevented, and what the long-term effects
are and if it is life-threatening. You may already
know about chickenpox, but you will find out more
information as it is being explained in this
report. Chickenpox is a very contagious disease
caused ...
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Cystic Fibrosis Bone Marrow
1,259 words
... not banned (HCF 1). By combining genetic
engineering with cloning, the breakthroughs could
allow scientist some insight on how to perfect the
treatment of fatal diseases. Ailing convalescents
will be free of rejection by their own immune
systems (HCF 1). In a rare degenerative disorder,
syringomyelia, a syrinx, or fluid filled cavity
forms a scar near or on the spinal cord. Left
untreated, the cavities cause unbearable pain as
well as a gradual loss of sensory and motor
skills. The tradition...
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Physical Exercise Lead Poisoning
1,253 words
... t provides information on how the brain is
actually functioning rather than the structure of
the brain. Blood and urine analysis can be used to
discover metabolic disorders and determine if
there is any disease that is affecting the childs
behavior. Blood lead level is another test because
lead poisoning can have the same effects as autism
and theoretically lead to autism. Lead poisoning
can be treated, but the effects are not always
reversible. Lastly, chromosome analysis can be
done to rul...
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Electro Convulsive Therapy Family And Friends
1,540 words
Bipolar disorder can best be compared to a
mountain range. With high peaks of euphoria and
deep valleys of depression, this disorder has
periods of high, or manic stages, and periods of
low, or depressed stages, with some periods of
normal in between. For many people this disorder
begins in the adolescent stage of life and
continues throughout the persons adult life. Often
people suffer needlessly for years or even decades
without even recognizing that they have the
disorder. As long as people a...
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Animal Experimentation Naturally Occurring
1,156 words
The animals use in medical experimentation has had
been one of the most divisive issues since the
seventeenth century. Edward Augustus Freeman, one
of the most distinguished of recent English
historians stated, The awful wrongs and sufferings
forced upon the innocent, faithful animal race
form the blackest chapter in the whole worlds
history (Freeman). In the United States, it is
estimated that twenty to seventy million animals
suffer and die in the name of research. At least
thirty-three animal...
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Cause Of Schizophrenia Part Of The Brain
1,755 words
Since I've chosen to major in psychology, I've
chosen to do my paper on something that pertains
to my major. In this case the mental disorder
schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a several
disabilitating disease that has stricken the lives
of almost two million people in the United States
alone (Keefe 20). Since this disease is so
devastating the majority of people that suffer
from it either live on the streets or in mental
institutions. In fact, forty percent of the beds
in American mental hospitals...
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York Basic Books Brain Surgery
1,274 words
... autopsy. The use of autopsy came about due to
the extensive embalming practices of the
Egyptians. It was not unlikely for an embalmer to
examine the body for a cause of the illness which
killed it. The use of surgery evolved from a
knowledge of the basic anatomy and embalming
practices of the Egyptians. Doctors and other
medical personnel kept detailed notes on papyrus
describing the conditions they encountered, and
the treatment applied in all areas of medicine,
including gynecology, bone s...
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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
1,557 words
Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating mental
illness. The disease can cause you to withdraw
from the people and activities in the world around
you and retreat into a world of delusions and
fantasies. Schizophrenia is the most common and
destructive kind of psychosis, which is an
impairment of thinking in which your
interpretation of reality can be severely
abnormal. Psychosis is a symptom of a disordered
brain. Researchers haven't identified the cause or
causes of schizophrenia, although t...
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The Human Spirit In Film Escape From
471 words
How much is the human spirit? After seeing the
film, Escape from SOBIBOR, I know the answer is
infinity. Luka, Sasha, and Leon are good examples
for us to study. The human spirit is indomitable,
for it makes them to win the Nazi. Luka is a
weakness outside, but strong inside woman. She is
forced to come to the camp, and suffers the
inhumane treatments. The children are useless and
will be killed, but one woman hinds her baby in
the workshop. The other women are afraid of this
case because they w...
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Study Of Psychotic Disorder Schizophrenia
987 words
Schizophrenia is the most common of all psychotic
disorders, yet it still occurs in only in 1 % of
the worlds population. It usually occurs in people
of age 14 - 45, but it can strike anybody at
anytime. Schizophrenia has many symptoms, causes,
and treatments. Some people recover, some do not.
Schizophrenia is an unpredictable and often
debilitating disorder, and a common source of
study in psychology. The website web is an
excellent source for anyone diagnosed with the
illness or anyone with a ...
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Stages Of Development Cancer Patients
866 words
Cancer is considered a genetic disease. Cancer is
a group of abnormal cells, known as a tumor, that
grow uncontrollably. ' Cancerous tumors invade and
destroy surrounding tissue. Cancer is named
according to the type of organ tissue from which
it develops. Nearly eight million people,
worldwide, get different types of cancer every
year. Colon cancer is the second most common
cancer death in the United States. Colon cancer,
also known as colorectal cancer, arises in the
lining of the large intest...
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Common Sleep Disorders Insomnia Narcolepsy
627 words
People who suffer from the most common sleep
disorder, insomnia, have difficulty falling or
staying asleep. Sleepiness caused by insomnia
reduces concentration and slows reaction time
during waking hours, leading to reduced
productivity and accidents. One in three adults
experiences some degree of insomnia at one time or
another, especially during periods of stress.
Longer-lasting cases of insomnia, called chronic
insomnia, are less common and may be caused by a
number of factors in addition to ...
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Bioethics Advisory Commission National Bioethics Advisory
1,490 words
"To be or not to be... " In the last fifty years
new forms of technology have been the center of
attention for every human being. It seems that
every day scientists come up with some new,
perhaps even controversial, and exciting ways to
improve the quality of life. These new
technologies affect every aspect of life, as we
know it. One such technology is the research being
done in the area of cloning. Cloning is the
production of one or more cells, individual
plants, or animals that are genetical...
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Rem Sleep Fall Asleep
1,871 words
How many times during the night do we toss and
turn, check the clock, and find it ticking away
and tell ourselves, 'If I could fall asleep right
now I would get at least five hours of sleep'?
But, sleep doesn't come so we continue to toss and
turn. This happens to many people and may suffer
from a disorder known as insomnia. People who
suffer from this disorder have many complaints,
and many have similar symptoms. Symptoms can vary
from stress to pain to always feeling tired.
Insomnia is a very ...
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Reverse Transcriptase Aids Virus
1,574 words
The AIDS virus is one of the most deadly and most
wide spread diseases in the modern era. The
disease was first found in 1981 as doctors around
the United States began to report groups of young,
homosexual men developing a rare pneumonia caused
by an organism called Penumocystis casino. These
patients then went on to develop many other new
and rare complications that had previously been
seen only in patients with severely damaged immune
systems. The Center for Disease Control in the
United State...
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Sleep Apnea Sleep Disorders
1,272 words
... e Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) measures
the speed of falling asleep. In this test,
patients are given several opportunities to fall
asleep during the course of a day when they would
normally be awake. For each opportunity, time to
fall asleep is measured. People without sleep
problems usually take an average of 10 to 20
minutes to fall asleep. Individuals who fall
asleep in less than 5 minutes are likely to
require some treatment for sleep disorders. The
MSLT may be useful to measure t...
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Manic Depressive Illness Common Side Effects
950 words
Program on Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder, also
known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain
disorder that causes unusual shifts in a persons
mood, energy, and ability to function. Different
from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes
through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are
severe. They can result in damaged relationships,
poor job or school performance, and even suicide.
But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be
treated, and people with this illness can lead
full and produc...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Suffer From Depression
1,870 words
A symptom of the bad times is that you think that
they will never abate. You convince yourself that
you are doomed forever to a state of half-life.
You awake to a sighing gloom and an inordinate
effort of will is required to leave your bed. You
know that you should get up to arrest the feeling
of despair, but the listlessness which is a
characteristic of the condition holds you there,
gazing upwards in static stare, musing over the
endlessness of the day ahead. Everything is an
effort and is car...
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Years Of Age Diabetes Mellitus
662 words
occurs when the Diabetes Diabetes occurs when the
pancreas either cannot or has trouble making
enough insulin to control the sugar a person
receives from their food. (Bete, Co. 1972)
Diabetes Mellitus is broken down into two groups:
Juvenile (Type One), and Adult (Type Two)
(McHenry, 1993). Type One diabetics are insulin
dependant. People under forty years of age are
more prone to this type. They have low serum
insulin levels and it more often affects small
blood vessels in eyes and kidneys. Typ...
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Parts Of The Body Prostate Gland
913 words
Prostate cancer is a common form of cancer that
has affected most every man whether he knows it or
not. There are many factors and risks that can
lead to this deadly cancer. With the help of
highly trained doctors, fatalities can be can be
lowered, yet sometimes things still happen.
Prostate cancer is the cancer of the male
reproductive organ. The prostate make prosthetic
fluid. The prostate also forms semen, but the most
important function of the prostate is to regulate
the acidity of the semen...
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