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- 16981: Hemophilia
- ... are unaffected. Men cannot transmit hemophilia, and female carriers are free of the disease. Hemophilia is the most common hereditary blood disorder. Currently, approximately one in every 10,000 people in all parts of the world suffers from hemophilia. This blood related disease affects about 20,000 people in the United States. It affects males almost exclusively and knows no geographical or ethnic boundaries. Before medical advancement, those affected by hemophilia ...
- 16982: Heart Attacks
- ... physically prepares to run or fight. Hormones called adrenaline and noradrenaline are released into the blood stream. These hormones cause the metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and muscle tension to increase. In today's world, stress very seldom calls for an actual flight or fight response, but the body does not know the difference. Therefore, the physical release of all the energy built up in the body does not actually ...
- 16983: The Stone Angel 2
- ... Wisdom and Respect Any good novel can tell a story, or introduce characters or even tell a tale about their lives. An excellent novel will provide hidden imagery, so every time it is read, a new meaning or look is given to the story. The Stone Angel, Outsider and King Lear all provide this aspect in their stories. The main characters in these books have all been interpreted differently by any ...
- 16984: Anorexia Nervosa - Includes Bi
- ... In accordance with information given by the Counseling Center at the University of Lawson 2 Virginia, the development of this disease generally begins at the age of 11 or 18. Significantly, these ages coincide with new phases of a girls life, the commencement and ending of adolescence. Recent estimates suggest that out of every 200 American girls between this age span, one will develop anorexia to some degree. The disease ...
- 16985: Locke Government Theory
- ... the society. John Locke died on October 28, 1704, at the age of seventy-two. John Locke was recognized as a great political philosopher during his own lifetime, and his theories would spread across the world and influence countless other individuals, as well as nations. The basic points of Locke's system of government was that there should be a constitutional government, in which the power goes up. The people allow ...
- 16986: Vaccine
- ... Bibliography Castro, Miranda. "Measles, Mumps, Chickenpox, The natural way to nurse them.". House and Home Apr. 1994: 24-25. McTaggart, Lynne. The WDDTY vaccination handbook. Miller, Susan Katz. "Vaccination risks are 'too small to count'. ". New Scientist 25 Sept. 1993: 9.
- 16987: Natural Reflection
- ... In contrast to the Neo-classical ideal, which reserves no place for the appreciation of the sublime in nature in its structure and design, Romantic literature expresses a deep reverence and awe toward the natural world. In the case of Sense and Sensibility, this appreciation is manipulated to produce a subtle, but humorous reflection on the temperament of the Miss Dashwoods. Upon Edward Ferrars arrival at Barton, he joins Marianne and ...
- 16988: Eating Disorders: Anorexia
- ... program referrals and information on local self help groups. Once the person gets help, he or she will continue to needs lots of understanding and encouragement to stay in treatment. NIMH continues its search for new and better treatments for eating disorders. Congress has designated the 1990's as the " Decade of the Brain, " making the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of all brain and mental disorders a national research priority. This ...
- 16989: Dreams
- ... the ability of dreamers to become aware of and to control their dreams while dreaming, is also the focus of some current research. Some lucid dreamers can learn to communicate with researchers through nonverbal signals. New research also promises to yield significant knowledge about memory, storage and retrieval, cognitive organization, psychobiological processes, human consciousness, and specific operations of the mind
- 16990: Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- ... to the susceptible tissues of the body. Degenerative changes in these tissues, which include heart, muscle, peripheral nerves, adrenals, kidneys, liver and spleen, result in the systemic pathology of the disease. In parts of the world where diphtheria still occurs, it is primarily a disease of children, and most individuals who survive infancy and childhood have acquired immunity to diphtheria. In earlier times, when nonimmune populations (i.e., Native Americans) were ...
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