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Baseball
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... wearing their face mask when they were warming the
pitchers in the bullpen. At first, the athletes thought I was telling them to
put their mask on as an authoritative figure; however, after I explained to them
it was for their own good, and I was only looking out for their safety, they
realized why I was doing it. I believe one way to get the respect of the
athletes and coaches on a team is to let them see you care about them, and you
as the trainer care about them winning.
Warming and cooling down before and after practice is another good way
to prevent injury. Warming up by running and ...
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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
Number of Words: 540 / Number of Pages: 2
... SELF-FOCUSED. COORDINATION
IMPAIRMENT BEGINS.
.08 DRUNK DRIVING LIMIT. DEFINITE IMPAIRMENT IN COORDINATION AND JUDGMENT.
.10 NOISY. POSSIBLE EMBARRASSING BEHAVIOR. MOOD SWINGS. REDUCTION IN REACTION
TIME.
.15 IMPAIRED BALANCE AND MOVEMENT. CLEARLY DRUNK.
.30 MANY PASS OUT.
.40 MOST PASS OUT; SOME DIE.
.50 BREATHING STOPS. MANY DIE.
As can be seen, the most reliably pleasurable effects of alcohol occur
when BAL rises to about .03-.05. Alcohol researchers have discovered that low
levels of alcohol have a specific effect on thinking; alcohol results in a
reduction of "self-monitor ...
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Skin Cancer
Number of Words: 1575 / Number of Pages: 6
... than it was several years ago. Ozone serves as a
filter to screen out and reduce the UV light that reaches the earth's surface
and its people. Very simply, sunburn and UV light can damage the skin and lead
to skin cancer (1., p 1). The American Cancer Society also faulted repeated
exposure to x-rays, artificial forms of UV radiation like tanning beds, and
contact with chemicals like coal tar and arsenic as other causes of skin cancer
(4., p 1). Additionally, if there is a history of skin cancer in the family, an
individual may be at a higher risk (1., p 1). Individuals who have experienced
onl ...
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Schizophrenia
Number of Words: 1398 / Number of Pages: 6
... in brain chemicals- dopamine and serotonin- in those who suffer from ”(Bower,1). Also scientists believe is caused by poor parenting of weak will power. “This disease makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences, to think logically, to express normal emotional responses or to behave normally in social situations”(, 1). This disease affects about 1 percent of the world population. 2.5 million people in the United States have this disease. “ affects men and women equally, however, its onset in women is typically five years later than with men.”(Puha ...
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The History Of Medicine
Number of Words: 1138 / Number of Pages: 5
... of dried mud put directly on wounds. Fire brought not only burns, but
cautery .
Civilization came to be around 12,000 BC. Diseases were treated if
minor with domestic remedies such as diet, herbs, plasters, and massage.
Often, if the case was severe, the patient was killed to relieve the
community of his burden, or the healer was summoned. Old shaman's
techniques were more based on myth and magic. Magic was man's first
attempt to understand nature. Defensive magic used fetishes (objects
endowed with magical powers), amulets (protective objects against black
magic), and talismans (go ...
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Rabies
Number of Words: 619 / Number of Pages: 3
... period than a facial bite would. This period may last from
two weeks to six months, and often the original wound will have healed and been
forgotten by the time symptoms begin to occur.
Symptoms in humans present themselves in one of two forms: ‘furious rabies', or ‘
dumb rabies'. The former is called such because of the severe nature and range
of the symptoms. The virus, upon reaching the CNS will present the person with
headache, fever, irritability, restlessness and anxiety. Progression may occur
on to muscle pains, excessive salivation, and vomiting. After a few days or up
to a week the pers ...
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Euthanasia
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... of his or her illness. Many of the families have a harder time dealing
with the pain than the actual victim does. The families would like to ease
their own pain along with the victim's pain. It is not inhuman to keep
someone alive as long as humanly possible. If a cure is found, then the
victim could possibly go on to live a long life. It would be inhuman to not
let the victim have the chance to live the rest of his life. A human life
is the most beautiful thing on the face of the earth or anywhere, and
people should be given a chance to experience the beauty as long as
possible.
Some people want ...
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Down Syndrome
Number of Words: 822 / Number of Pages: 3
... of extra genetic material on the twenty first pair resulting from an anomaly in cell division during the development of egg or sperm during fertilization. About 95% of Down's syndrome births are Type Trisomy 21.
Roughly 4% are caused by Translocation, "where the extra chromosome twenty one is broken off and becomes attached to another chromosome pair.
The last 1% have Mosaicism, where only some cells of the chromosome have extra genetic material.
With the different types of Down's the degree of retardation ranges from mild to sever. Alleles don't effect every patient in the same way, and therefor ...
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Diabetes
Number of Words: 373 / Number of Pages: 2
... they figured out how to use insulin therapy. In both
forms it could cause a kidney disease from high blood sugar levels; bad sight
from blood vessels in eyes rupturing, less blood going to the limbs could make
them have to cut them off. They have high blood pressure which increases heart
attacks and strokes in diabetes too. Type II
This type is found in mostly in people over 40 it progresses slowly
unlike type I. The insulin in the pancreas is produced in good levels but does
not work right. It does not let the glucose in to the tissues just like in type
I. The people in type II are usually ov ...
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Number of Words: 1381 / Number of Pages: 6
... symptoms must be present in at least two settings such as work, home or school. It is very unusual for an individual to display the same level of dysfunction in all settings or within the dame setting at all times. There must also be clear evidence of interference with developmentally appropriate social, academic, or occupational functioning (First, 1994, p.78).
A person must have a certain number of symptoms under Inattention, Impulsivity and Hyperactivity. For Inattention you must have six or more symptoms. The choices are: a) fails to finish things, b) does not seem to listen, c) is easily dis ...
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