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The History, Use, And Effectiveness Of Medicinal Drugs
Number of Words: 4503 / Number of Pages: 17
... Amputation Tools Shown here are
the contents of a case of amputation instruments dating from about 1800.
Within medicine the most crucial component, besides the
professional Doctors,
Nurses and Pharmacologists are the drugs that make it possible for
millions of
humans everyday to overpower their ailments. Within the field of
Medicine,
Pharmacology is the study and methodology behind the actions of
drugs and
their reactions in the human body. Many early treatments didn't
actually heal
the patient, but just gave him a ...
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Depression, The Fight Within
Number of Words: 1615 / Number of Pages: 6
... disorder, found that those with the illness have a somewhat different genetic makeup than those who did not get ill. However the reverse is not true” (Morgan 561). A stressful environment, such as a bad work situation, family problems, and even problems with one’s own sex life are common catalysts for depression. Even though these are usually not at the basis of the individual’s problem, by just knowing where these symptoms begun, a psychologist can begin to break down the individual’s problem and start treatment.
The chemistry of the brain can also play an important part in the presence of d ...
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Skin Cancer
Number of Words: 880 / Number of Pages: 4
... the survival rates plummet.(Brandt, 1996) Skin
Cancer can be avoided. A change in lifestyle can reduce the risk of skin
cancer. This includes awareness of the reality of skin cancer, avoiding the sun,
and self-examination and screening.
Most of the time when people think of a serious disease they think of
things like lung cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, and
other hot topic diseases of that nature. Skin cancer awareness and the
seriousness of skin cancer is far less emphasized. The MMWR did a survey of
knowledge of and awareness about melanoma in the united states in 1995. ...
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Alzheimer's Disease: "Where Has Yesterday Gone"
Number of Words: 2690 / Number of Pages: 10
... usually develops in the third decade of life, and by one
estimate 85 percent of the healthy elderly – those over 65—suffer some memory
impairment (59)."
According to Dr. Seligmann, "forgetting is the process through which
information in memory becomes inaccessible, either because it is stored but is
not at that time retrievable (51)." This is one of the most important factors in
forgetting. Memory loss is rapid at first and then gradually levels off. There
are many types of "dismembering" enemies that hamper ones recall and retrieval
system. "Forgetting may be increased by interference from proactiv ...
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Pursuing A Career In Psychiatry
Number of Words: 2508 / Number of Pages: 10
... primitive societies believed that mental illnesses were caused by a demon who took possession of the victim’s body. The early civilizations would treat the mental illnesses by trying to make the body so uncomfortable that the demon would want to leave. But, by the late eighteenth century, most people were convinced that mental disturbances were not caused by supernatural powers. Scientists, however, were still unsure whether such illnesses stemmed from physical problems or psychological abnormalities. The nineteenth century saw an explosion of interest in medical theories regarding mental disorders ...
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The Bubonic Plague
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... on their human
hosts?Although the evidence is mixed and debatable, it is suggested they
all played a role. There is evidence to support that plague was caught from
baggage and bales of clothes and cloth, as in Eyam in Derbyshire in 1665.
There is also existing evidence that human transmission is solely
responsible. The spread of the plague across the country was far too rapid
to be accounted for by wild rodents in the countryside, and it is human
transport which explains its movement along the major trade routes, usually
by ship(British port to port), or on main roads and navigable rivers.
Neverthele ...
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The Right To Die
Number of Words: 1564 / Number of Pages: 6
... life support. However, they say it is not all right to chose to use PAS when suffering with a terminal illness. Opponents fear that if PAS is legalized for use with terminally ill patients, it will not be very long before its uses broaden and people other than the terminally ill decide to try and benefit from the law (Kamisar 409). They are worried that PAS will become a dinnertime conversation, as common as football or music. Some fear that by legalizing PAS, the physician will be given too much power ("Assisted" 394). Also religious views argue against PAS. For example, the Roman Catholic faith h ...
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Biologic Nutrition And Nutrients
Number of Words: 938 / Number of Pages: 4
... energy. In other words, they do not contribute to weight gain. They are, however, most important as constituents of enzymes, those organic catalysts which enable biological processes to take place.
It is totally impossible to imagine life without vitamins and enzymes. Through enzymes, vitamins stimulate metabolic processes, converting food to energy and accelerating biological functions. They are truly vital or “life-giving” as the first part of their name implies. They create blood, skin and bone, release energy, and enable reproduction to take place. Vitamins are not a part of the body’s ...
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Cognitive Dissonance
Number of Words: 2030 / Number of Pages: 8
... When two people have conflicting opinions
or tension is felt between another person, it is more likely persuasion will
occur. Because if no tension was felt between the two parties, or there were no
conflicting opinions there would be no need to persuade each other. If you think
about it persuasion occurs only because there is tension between two facts,
ideas or people.
Charles Larson writes in his book, Persuasion, Reception and
Responsibility, “another approach to the consistency theory is congruency theory,
by Charles Osgood and Percy Tennenbaum (1955)” (p.82). This theory suggest that
we want ...
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Haemophilia
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... of the
coagulation factor VIII (VIII:C)3. In most of the cases, this coagulant
protein is reduced but in a rare amount of cases, this protein is present
by immunoassay but defective.4 Haemophilia A is the most common severe
bleeding disorder and approximately 1 in 10,000 males is effected. The most
common types of bleeding are into the joints and muscles. Haemophilia is
severe if the factor VIII:C levels are less that 1 %, they are moderate if
the levels are 1-5% and they are mild if they levels become 5+%.5
Those with mild haemophilia bleed only in response to major trauma or
surgery. A ...
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