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Acquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome
Number of Words: 684 / Number of Pages: 3
... parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of
the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what
occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among
heterosexual folks.
AIDS was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country.
This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days
before AIDS had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This
figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual (straight)
men or women. In addition, it turned out ...
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Creatine
Number of Words: 732 / Number of Pages: 3
... of red meat contains about two grams of ”. (McDonald 78) Your body also produces in very small amounts. is necessary for proper cell functions and reproduction and is one of the main energy stores for muscle.
How does work? When somebody is exercising, his or her muscles demand energy. The energy that the muscle gets is called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). As the muscles keep contracting, the ATP is turned into adenosine dephosphate (ADP).
ADP causes your muscles to fatigue. Phosphate helps to convert ATP into ADP when the ATP is all gone. In doing this, the athlete has better enduran ...
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The Respiratory System
Number of Words: 763 / Number of Pages: 3
... box. It leads from the lower portion of the pharynx to the trachea and is next to esophagus, behind the skin and connective tissue of the throat. The larynx is supported by ligaments from the hyoid bone, at the base of the tongue. Going into the trachea
The trachea, is a section of respiratory tract in the neck, extending between the larynx and the bronchi and lying in front of the esophagus. The trachea, also called windpipe, is made up of numerous cartilaginous half-rings, the open ends are near the esophagus. These rings, located one above the other, are connected by muscular and fibrous tissue. Th ...
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Evaluating Methods Of Contraception
Number of Words: 1676 / Number of Pages: 7
... someone who has sexual intercourse only occasionally may not be sufficiently effective for those who have sex often.
Various methods of contraception are available in the United States today, including condoms for men and women, spermicidal foams, gels, vaginal films including the diaphragm and cervical caps, the Pill, IUD’s and even awareness methods that rely on periodic abstinence. There are injections that last for 3 months and implants that last 5 years. There are even types of emergency contraception. The most used birth control is female sterilization. The Pill and male condoms are second an ...
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Pregnancy, Lactation, And Infancy
Number of Words: 685 / Number of Pages: 3
... that will help her lose it after birth.
From conception to birth, all parts of the infant, bones, muscles, organs, blood cells, skin, and other tissue are made from nutrients in the foods the mother eats. Nutrients needs during pregnancy and lactation are higher than at any other time. A pregnant women needs extra food energy, but only alittle extra, 400kcalories above the allowance for nonpregnant women, and only during the second and third trimester. Pregant teenagers, underweight women, and physically active women may require more. The protein RDA for pregnancy is 10 grams per ...
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The Nervous System: Brain And Spinal Cord
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... in
charge of heartbeat digestion, breathing sleeping and being awake. These
are all the involuntary function of the body This part of the brain is the
connector between the spinal cord and the cerebrum.
The spinal cord belongs to the C.N.S. It is the most important
bones of your lower back and it controls movement and mostly every thing in
the body it has nerves. If you do not have a spinal cord you can't move
around and go anywhere. You can not work or you cannot do most things
normal people do. That is why you need a spinal cord to live in today's
world.
The five senses belong to the ...
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The Circulatory System
Number of Words: 521 / Number of Pages: 2
... A certain amount of blood from the intestine is collected into the portal vein and carried to the liver.
Coronary circulation is the means by which the heart tissues themselves are supplied with nutrients and oxygen and are freed of wastes. Just beyond the semiluna valves, two coronary arteries branch from the aorta.
Heart action consists of systole and relaxation of the muscular walls of the atria and ventricles. During the period of relaxation, the blood flows from the veins into the two atria. This action is sudden and occurs almost simultaneously in both atria. The mass of blood ...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Number of Words: 1015 / Number of Pages: 4
... determine whether or not a person has ADHD, specialists must consider
several questions: Do these behaviors occur more often than in other people of
the same age? Are the behaviors an ongoing problem, not just a response to a
[temporary] situation? Do the behaviors occur only in one specific place or in
several different settings?
In answering these questions, the person's behavior patterns are
compared to a set of criteria and characteristics of ADHD. The Diagnostic
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) presents this set of criteria.
According to the DSM, there are three patterns ...
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Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Of Development: Young Adults
Number of Words: 1443 / Number of Pages: 6
... it has allowed theorists
to imply that stages of development can follow an age related time sequence.
(Gething, 1995).
The normative crisis model suggests that human development has a built in
ground plan in which crisis as describe by Erikson are seen as a requirement
that must be resolved by the person before successful progression from one
developmental stage to another. Such achievement of this task crisis should
provide the young adult with the ability to challenge previous ideas held by the
adolescent about intimacy and isolation. This model is adapted for progression
of the tasks to follow ...
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Alcohol And Its Effects On Humans
Number of Words: 1357 / Number of Pages: 5
... the results of the experiments. They show alcohol does cause aggression. Larger efforts might be obtained if a higher alcohol dose was given. Alcohol influences other social risk taking, moral judgement, sexual interest and nonsocial behaviors (Steele 1985).
References:
Adler J: Kids growing up scared. Newsweek 43-50, 1994 January 10.
Buss AH: The Psychology of Aggression, New York, Wilroy, 1961.
Permanen K: Alcohol in Human Violence. New York, Guilford Press, 1991.
Ross S, Krugman AD, Lycrly SB, Clyde DJ: Drugs and placebas; A model design. Psychol Rep 10: 383-392, 1962.
Steele CM, ...
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