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Coronary Artery Disease Beta Blockers
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Attention Deficit Disorder School Age Children
961 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder is the most common psychiatric disorder among children. This disorder affects three to five percent of all school age children, mostly boys (Dreher). Diagnosis of this disorder is not an easy task, but it has been made easier due to symptoms specific to this disorder. Once diagnosed properly, attention deficit disorder can be treated with medications and behavioral therapy. The causes of attention deficit disorder are not easily pinpointed. Not until recently have rese...
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Side Effects School Hours
1,267 words... symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, it has been shown in numerous studies that stimulant medication provides significant benefits to between 70 and 80 % of children with ADHD. The most commonly prescribed medication used to treat ADHD is Ritalin (the generic form is called methylphenidate), although numerous other medications are also used. (Ingersoll, Goldstein, pg. 88) It is not known exactly how the medication works, but available evidence suggests that it works by co...
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Should Stimulants Be Prescribed For Adhd Children
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Long Term Effects Marijuana As A Medicine
1,341 wordsPeople have been using Marijuana as a medicine for thousands of years, beginning in China, India, and the Middle East. The plant's therapeutic potential became known in Western countries during the nineteenth century. From 1840 to 1900, more than a hundred articles on cannabis appeared in European and American medical journals, recommending it as an appetite stimulant, muscle relaxant, painkiller, sedative, and anti-convulsions. The use of Marijuana should be legalized in Canada for the benefits...
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Million Children Long Term
698 wordsRitalin is a drug that many of us have probably heard of. It is a drug prescribed to students with ADHD. Is a drug whose use is very beneficial for our children, or is it a drug that should be cautiously prescribed and saved for only the worse ADHD? I feel that people should use more caution in the prescription of Ritalin. The term ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Its characteristics are people whose minds are often wondering, focusing on many different things at once. ADH...
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Medication Compliance In Elderly
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New Research Indicates That Drug Therapy Is More
1,170 words... even-fifties the most commonly used method of treatment for schizophrenia patients was the prescription of anti-psychotic drugs known as phenothiazines, and derivatives such as; chlorpromazine and butyrophenones (Davison & Neale, 1998). All of these were highly effective in treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia but not as effective for treating the negative symptoms. As well, these drugs were well known for the side effects that they produced such as dizziness, muscle stiffness...
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War On Drugs Due To The Fact
1,128 words1. As we know there are many people in the world that sell and / or grow marijuana. Under the Drug Act this is illegal and fines and even prison time can occur. Why is it everyday professional athletes and other famous people in the media get away with murder but if anyone else has any amount of marijuana in their possession they get jail time? If marijuana was legalized it would decrease the crime rate and would eliminate many problems with adolescents. 'Alcohol, which is advertised on televisi...
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Drug Abuse Medical Examiner
1,029 wordsThe number of various diseases, that were impossible or hard to cure just several years ago, had substantially decreased due to the scientific and technological advance. The rapid development of medicine and especially of the pharmaceutical industry had resulted in a creation of a variety of new and sophisticated drugs. With every year, they become more strong and effective than their predecessors. Thousands of people with different illnesses depend on a certain kind of medical preparation, whic...
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Principles Of Business Insider Trading
1,659 wordsPrinciples of Business: Insider Trading Contents Abstract 1 The Scenario 2 Identification and Description of the Crime 2 Agency Responsible for Prosecuting the Crime 3 Prescribed Punishments 5 Real-life Examples 5 Conclusion 6 References 6 Abstract Insider trading has been a recurring phenomenon in almost every place in the world that boasts of a securities market. It is major crime that is mostly committed by the corporate insiders armed with the knowledge of any imminent happening that could a...
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Health Care Professionals Skin Test
1,431 wordsTuberculosis (TB) is Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a germ (bacterium) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This germ primarily affects the lungs and may infect anyone at any age. In the United States, the number of TB cases steadily decreased until 1986 when an increase was noted; TB has continued to rise since. Today, ten million individuals are infected in the U. S. , as evidenced by positive skin tests, with approximately 26, 000 new cases of act...
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Vital Signs Respiratory Problems
1,216 wordsLegal Issues Case Study for Nursing Case 2 Nursing Situation: Cindy Black (fictitious name), a four-year-old child with wheezing, was brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious name) hospital at 9: 12 p. m. on Friday, May 13. Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from a sore throat, wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields, seal-like cough, shortness of breath (SOB), bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were pulse rate 160,...
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Behavioral Disorders Attention Deficit
1,676 wordsIs Ritalin Over Prescribed? Imagine for a moment that you are nine years old again. You are sitting in your third grade classroom trying as hard as you can to listen to your teacher, but you just cant. The heater is making this clicking sound that wont stop and the class hamster is running all over his cage. Further more, there is a light in the corner that keeps blinking like it is going to go out at anytime. It seems like your teacher has been talking forever and you just cant stand still. All...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Smoke Marijuana
1,243 wordsRecently doctors have prescribed marijuana, and? the Clinton administration threatened to prosecute doctors who prescribe marijuana, ? (Gonnerman 40). Doctors are prescribing marijuana for its medical benefits. The Clinton administration on the other hand is outlawing marijuana because it has not been approved by the FDA. Since doctors feel marijuana has medical benefits it should be clinically tested so they can prescribe it for their patients. Marijuana can be used for many medical reasons. Fo...
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734 wordsMarijuana Did you know that there are over 460 chemicals in marijuana, which may have medicinal uses? Marijuana at this moment is illegal in forty-nine of the fifty United States. Last year, in California, Proposition 215 was passed to legalize marijuana for medical uses. As a result of Proposition 215 and the legalization of marijuana, many glaucoma patients have found another remedy, vomiting, nausea, and loss of appetites from chemotherapy have been safely controlled, and patients and hospita...
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Amount Of Power Wal Mart
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Canadian Charter Hate Propaganda
1,460 wordsMr. Keegstra was a high school teacher in the small Alberta town of Eckville, where he also acted as mayor for a short duration. Mr. Keegstra had toiled in obscurity as a social studies teacher until is dismissal in 1982 after allegations that his teachings were highly anti-semitic, referring to Jews as subversive, sadistic, money loving, etc. As well, Keegstra denied the holocaust and reinforced his views by giving grades to those who agreed with his teachings. If they failed to agree, their ma...
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