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The Need For Sleep
Number of Words: 414 / Number of Pages: 2
... by rapid eye
movements, hence the name REM sleep. Suddenly your brain waves are almost
the same as if you were awake. You're in the dreaming stage, which occurs
several times across the course of the night.
Now, what happens when we're deprived of the restful sleep we need?
We're less alert and attentive, more inclined to irritability and other
mood problems. These emotional changes can cause our relationships with
people to be difficult. Our concentration and judgment suffer, our ability
to perform even simple tasks declines, and our productivity is sabotaged.
Sleeplessness, whether it's th ...
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Tourett’s Syndrome
Number of Words: 876 / Number of Pages: 4
... sounds (vocal tics) (“Encyclopedia” 375). The definition of tic is rapid, repetitive movements of individual muscle groups (“Encyclopedia” 374). Tics are also seemingly random. In order to be diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, a child must exhibit multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics several times a day for a period of at least a year (Neifert 126). The swearing is often perceived to be most distressing or dramatic aspect of Tourette Syndrome and has received the special medical term of coprolalia (Faqs about TS 4). Echolalia, Echopraxia, and Palilalia are urges related to tics. Ech ...
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Cigarette Smokers Are Bad For Nonsmokers
Number of Words: 377 / Number of Pages: 2
... likely to pass away because there is no
cure for the lung cancer right now. If you are living with a smoker you
have a twenty five percent chance of dying from a heart attack. It even
hurts children by giving them bronchitis, asthma and ear aches. There are
about 45 gasses, liquids and metals that cause cancer in the smog.
Smoking costs a lot of money for the people in Canada. It costs the
Canadian economy roughly three hundred and fifty dollars for each Canadian.
Most of these costs come from treating diseases caused by tobacco and from
the loss when workers are too ill and cannot contribute to ec ...
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Femoral Hernia
Number of Words: 291 / Number of Pages: 2
... in almost any area of the body, but they most frequently occur in the
abdomen or groin. Hernias are commonly called "ruptures," but this is a
misnomer, as nothing is torn or ruptured. Hernias can be present from birth
(congenital) or can be caused by stress and/or strain.
A femoral hernia is just one of many different types of hernias. They
occur when a part of the intestine protrudes into the femoral canal. The
femoral canal is the tubular passageway that carries blood vessels and nerves
from the abdomen into the thigh. Femoral hernias occurs most commonly in women.
This condition can ...
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Addiction And Heath Professionals
Number of Words: 1631 / Number of Pages: 6
... health professional through recovery and back into his/her job. The problem concerning addicted health professionals seems to affect the public as most of us seek healthcare at one time or another in our lifetimes.
First, the definition of impairment must be addressed. According to the American Medical Association’s Council on Mental Health, impairment is "the inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reasons of physical or mental illness, including alcoholism or drug dependence" (Ariseiguieta, 1998). IN fact, 80-94% of all cases investigated by state physician ...
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U Of T Professors Devise Better Way To Test Sight In Babies
Number of Words: 547 / Number of Pages: 2
... of clinical applications: to
determine whether a visual problem is cognitive; to assess whether babies
who don't appear to see well will see better in the future; to determine a
course of treatment for such problems in which one eye turns in or is
weaker than the other eye. The second aspect of the researchers' work
involves the development of a stimulator for stereopsis, or binocular
vision, which is the fusing of images from both eyes into one picture that
has depth. "The problem with testing binocular vision, " explains Skarf,
"is that most stimuli presented to young children have other cues t ...
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Treating Diabetes With Transplanted Cells
Number of Words: 1248 / Number of Pages: 5
... because
insulin injections can't perfectly mimic naturally made insulin.
That's why a therapy that maintains glucose values within normal from
the begging is needed. An ideal treatment would be the implantation of islets.
This, in theory, would only have to be done once and would insure proper insulin
production. Successful grafts would also prevent diabete-related ills.
At Paul E. Lacy's lab, experiments have been done for twenty- five years
on such a process. At first they were just trying to understand the mechanics of
hormone secretion. To start this they needed a way to separate i ...
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Abortion
Number of Words: 828 / Number of Pages: 4
... and experience life outside of the womb and maybe
someone who is unable to have children will get the chance to be a mother or
father if they adopt this child who would have been aborted. The opposing side
takes a different side to the argument.
The pro side of legalizing abortion is known as pro-choice which is the
side of the argument that believes that if a woman is pregnant she should have
the right to abort. Some activist believe there are a number of reasons why a
mother would choose to abort. One, there might be something very wrong with the
child and the child might be better off ...
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Abortion: Pro Choice View
Number of Words: 323 / Number of Pages: 2
... or she would have a twisted, miserable upbringing,
left vulnerable later in life.
Another reason that causes women choice abortion is health problem.
There is a range of problems, including the child being born with Down's
Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, or a disposition to obesity, which can later in life
cause clogged arteries and heart failure. In another case, people must often
make choice between saving the mother, already a functioning member of society,
or letting her die to try and save the baby.
In conclusion, for any pregnant woman, making a decision to abort her
child is painful and ruthless, b ...
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Anabolic Steroids
Number of Words: 1299 / Number of Pages: 5
... on an equal dosage basis. Injected
steroids have a delayed take up, which makes them last longer. It also allows
them to be detected in drug tests for a longer period of time.
How they work in the body:
When anabolic steroids are introduced into the body, under certain
conditions they increase: protein synthesis, lean body mass, and the nitrogen
balance in the body. A steroid receptor is formed which stimulates the
synthesis of enzymes. With the stimulus of enzymes in the body, protein
synthesis is also increased. One enzyme system that is placed into the body by
the receptor is the ribonucleic ...
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