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- 4721: Cholesterol
- ... of alcohol is linked with higher HDL or "good" cholesterol levels. However, the benefit is not great enough to recommend drinking alcohol if you don’t do so already. Estimates are that 98.1 million American adults (51.9 percent) have total blood cholesterol values of 200 mg/dL and higher, and about 39.4 million American adults (about 20 percent) have levels of 240 or above. In adults, total cholesterol levels of 240 mg/dL or higher are considered high, and levels from 200 to 239 mg/dL are considered borderline ...
- 4722: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ... disorders among children. ADHD often continues into adolescence and adulthood, and can cause a lifetime of frustrated dreams and emotional pain. It affects 3-5 percent of all children, perhaps as many as 2 million American children. Boys are two to three times more likely to be affected than girls are. On the average at least one child in every classroom in the United States needs help for the disorder. Treatment ... already available to help people with ADHD focus their attention, build self-esteem, and function in new ways. There are also new avenues of research promising to further improve diagnosis and treatment. With so many American children diagnosed as having attention disorder, research on ADHD has become a national priority. ADHD does not have clear physical signs that can be seen in a x-ray or lab test. Looking for certain ...
- 4723: Being Physically Fit
- Being Physically Fit According to Steven Blair, More than sixty percent of American adults do not get the recommended amount of physical activity. In fact, twenty-five percent are not active at all. Nearly half of all American youths 12-21 years of age are not vigorously active on a regular basis. Moreover, physical activity declines during adolescence. Eating less and eating sensibly is only one half of the fitness balancing act; physical ...
- 4724: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... I and the second type is Bipolar II. Bipolar I is characterized by one or more manic episodes, while Bipolar II is characterized by one or more depressive episodes with at least one manic episode (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). In short, if a person has only one manic episode they are Bipolar I and if a person has many depressive episodes and just one manic episode ever, they are Bipolar II ... general population (Jacobson et al., 1992). There are other effective treatments for bipolar disorder that are used in cases where the patients cannot tolerate lithium or have been unresponsive to it in the past. The American Psychiatric Association's guidelines suggest the next line of treatment to be Anticonvulsant drugs such as valproate and carbamazepine. These drugs are useful as antimanic agents, especially in those patients with mixed states. Both of ...
- 4725: The Female Body
- ... largely undeveloped & the duct system is rudimentary; hence, breast size is largely due to the amount of fat deposits. Breast Cancer Invasive breast cancer, the most common malignancy of US women, strikes about 180,000 American women each year. One in eight women will develop this condition. Breast cancer usually arises from the epithelial cells of the ducts, not from the alveoli. A small cluster of cancer cells grows into a ... Early detection by breast self-examination & mammography is unquestionably the best way to increase one’s chances of surviving breast cancer. Simple self-examinations should be health maintenance priority in every women’s life. The American Cancer Society recommends scheduling mammography, X-ray examinations that detects breast cancers too small to feel, every two years for women between 40 to 49 years old & yearly thereafter. Once diagnosed, breast cancer is treated ...
- 4726: A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
- ... with high radon levels may pose risks, too, although these are believed to be much lower than those from breathing air containing radon. Major health organizations (like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Lung Association (ALA), and the American Medical Association) agree with estimates that radon causes thousands of preventable lung cancer deaths each year. EPA estimates that radon causes about 14,000 deaths per year in the United States however, this number could ...
- 4727: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- ... 2. The Upper Extremity in Sports Medicine By James Nicholas, M.D. and Elliott Hershman, M.D. The C.V. Mosby Co. Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 1990 Pg. 705 3. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons vol. 2, No. 6 By Robert Leffert, M.D. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois, November/December 1994 Pg. 32 4. Operative Techniques in Upper Extremity Sports Injuries By Frank W. Jobe, M.D. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. Westline Industrial Drive ...
- 4728: Alternative Medicine
- ... line seems clear. The public prefers alternative treatments--acupuncture, herbal remedies, imagery, therapeutic touch--to the drugs, psychotherapies, and surgery offered by the medical establishment. According to a 1997 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Americans make more visits to alternative healers and spend more money on alternative treatments than they do on conventional medicine. (Eisenberg 1). But physicians are skeptical about the value of such therapies and ... practices either because their suffering has not been alleviated by standard medical or surgical treatment, or because the traditional treatments themselves are too expensive or dangerous. In fact, as reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients are spending equal amounts on alternative medicine, and conventional medicine. These patients often feel that the intrusion of increasingly complicated and impersonal technology has widened the gap between mainstream physicians and patients ...
- 4729: Alzheimer’s Special Care Units
- ... Page.” Online. http://www.alz.org/htm (24 November 1998). Calkins, Margaret P. Design For Dementia: Planning Environments for the Elderly and Confused. Owings Mills, Maryland: National Health Publishing, 1988. Crispell, Diane, and William Frey. “American Maturity.” American Demographics March 1993: 31-42. “Especially For Special Care Units.” Online. http://www2.cybercities.com/a/alzheimers/4-03.htm (13 December 1998). Foote, Jennifer. “Final Indignities: The Care of Elders With Dementia.” Inteliingencer Journal ...
- 4730: Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
- ... the other is wrong. Therefore the question remains; should abortion be legal? Though some may disagree on this point, the fact is that legalized abortion is the only option that will protect the lives of American citizens. One only needs to look into American history to see the results of prohibiting abortions to women. The violence which occurs today because the of pro-choice/pro-life conflicts is minimal in comparison to the thousands of hopeless women who turned ...
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