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About Medical Marijuana
Number of Words: 1519 / Number of Pages: 6
... by reducing intraocular pressure, alleviates the pain and
slows or halts the progress of the disease. Glaucoma, which damages vision by
gradually increasing eye pressure over time, is the leading cause of blindness
in the United States.
Multiple Sclerosis: Marijuana reduces the muscle pain and spasticity caused by
the disease. It may also relieve tremor and unsteadiness of gait, and it helps
some patients with bladder control. Multiple sclerosis is the leading cause of
neurological disability among young and middle-aged adults in the United States.
Epilepsy: Marijuana prevents epileptic seizur ...
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Multiple Personalities: Do They Really Exist?
Number of Words: 1521 / Number of Pages: 6
... personalities. A
common misconception among the general public is the confusion of MPD with
the disease of schizophrenia. Schizophrenics do NOT have distinct
personalities, rather, they have hallucinations of voices outside their
heads. Schizophrenia is caused by brain malfunctions and can be treated
with drugs, whereas suffers of MPD cannot because MPD is an almost purely
psychological disorder. MPD seems to be caused mainly by incredibly violent
and terrible childhood abuse. In fact, about 98% of MPD sufferers were
abused as children. The disorder also occurs between three to nine times
more in w ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder And Impassivity And Overactivity
Number of Words: 1599 / Number of Pages: 6
... abilities. Achievement – to find the actual grade level the student is working at. Fine motor skills – to see if there are problems with the student’s hand-eye coordination and/or writing skills.
Then the student is evaluated. Parents are asked to describe their child’s behavior over a long period of time. The student’s teachers are asked to rate the student’s behavior using standardized forms, and to give their personal opinion of the student’s schoolwork and behavior. The student is asked what they think their problem is what their thoughts and feelings are and, what they do at home and ...
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Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
Number of Words: 1502 / Number of Pages: 6
... but it is the
high rate of distress due to socio-economic circumstances that are responsible
for higher rates of depression and anxiety amongst them.
Depression is an emotional state characterized by extreme sadness,
gloomy ruminations, feelings of worthlessness, loss of hope, and often
apprehension, while anxiety is a generalized feeling of fear and apprehension.
The number of reported cases combining both depression and anxiety with Afro-
Americans has dramatically increased since the civil rights movement, when
scientists began recording such causal relationships. In addition, statistics
show t ...
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The Risks Of Smoking
Number of Words: 333 / Number of Pages: 2
... disagrees saying sponsorship raises millions of dollars and many sports rely on that money to stage events.
There are many companies against smoking these companies aim to educate people about the dangers of smoking and also force governments to restrict the tobacco industry in areas such as advertising. The United States government has recently become more involved in trying to stop smoking. The FDA has threatened to ban cigarettes if the agency is not allowed to control tobacco.
Many people ask if smokers should have a right to smoke? A ban would be difficult to control and enforce. Smokers ...
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Garlic
Number of Words: 217 / Number of Pages: 1
... why is important to us but there are things we need to be
aware of though.
For about 5000 years garlic has been known to reduce blood cholestrol
levels. Garlic tastes very hot, dry, and pungent. The cloves (a part of the
garlic plant) are used mostly for infections, especially for such symptoms as:
chest problems, some digestive disorders, blood sugar levels; and so, can be
helpful in later-onsets of diabetes. Sometimes, the cloves are efffective for
some types of skin infections and acne. Garlic is best used if it is fresh.
Things to be aware of about garlic: Garlic acts as a natural he ...
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Depression
Number of Words: 285 / Number of Pages: 2
... sad.
Depression is the most treatable mental illness, yet the twenty- four
million people caught in it's downward spiral each year may feel so isolated
that they never seek help. But life can be joyous again, as those who have been
fully treated know.
There are many different ways to get help, the two major ways are
Psychoanalysis and Psychopharmacology.
Psychoanalysis is defined by Webster's Unabridged Edition Dictionary
as: a method developed by Freud and others, of treating neuroses and some other
disorders of the mind.
When you undergo psychoanalysis you go to see a psychoanal ...
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Euthanasia
Number of Words: 2109 / Number of Pages: 8
... we continue to accept the merciless killings and suicides of the helpless but powerful, the light will soon burn out. There will be no energy in the world. and doctor-assisted suicide should not be accepted or allowed by the government and people of the United States.
Statistics show that seventy-three percent of the U.S. population approved of some form of . This is used constantly in debates to pass laws for making legal. But the people are deceived by this number. When the poll was taken, the people were asked if they approved of "some form" of . There are two forms of , active and passive. It is ...
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Huntington's Disease
Number of Words: 304 / Number of Pages: 2
... Research Group had discovered the gene behind the disease. This
was a major breakthrough in the effort to understand and eventually work toward
a treatment of the disorder.
Our group has decided to have the child. We have a steady income of
$52,000 and are insured through our employers. Our counselor said that it was
souly our decision to whether or not we wanted to have a child, but he warned us
that the child could have a 50% chance of having the disease. However, he did
point out that we were quite young to even be worried about starting a family.
We have decided to have children, but possibly ...
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Knowledge Of Information
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... brainwashed, and not be lied to or deceived by having information withheld
that is relevant to his own health. There is a moral standard that condemns lies,
deception and withholding of relevant information. To tell Ralph that
"everything was all right and he would be up and around the house in no time at
all" is deceptive, as his condition is terminal, although he does not yet
realize it.
The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice states that clients should be
educated about ther illness, which is subsumed within Standards of Care (p3).
In Standard V-Ethics (p15), measurement criteria #3 st ...
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