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- 4411: Being A Virologist
- ... this career while I was watching the movie Outbreak. Basically, a virologist works with viruses. They try to find cures or vaccinations for viral threats. Virologists try to create antibodies to fight of viruses. C.D.C. ( Center of Disease Control ) is a large virus bank right here in the U.S.A. A virologist would work in a place like this. There are levels one to five. Level 5 having ... very young. Your body would recognize the presence of a foreign creature in your body, and it would attack it. Your white blood cells would attack and create natural antibodies against it. Back in the day working with viruses would obviously be difficult. But now people work with the aid of super computers. Working with computers helps scientists work more in depth with the viruses. Like any field in medicine, you ...
- 4412: The History of Birth Control
- ... known effective plants for birth control was called silphium. This plant was used well before 370 B.C. Apparently it was extremely effective and was used to extinction by the third or fourth century A.D. Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot, is also highly effective, and was used as long ago as 2,000 years as an oral contraceptive. In the late 1980s scientists began studying Queen Anne's Lace and found that (in mice at least) it blocked the production of progesterone and inhibited fetal and ovarian growth. It continues to be used to this day as a sort of morning-after contraceptive, with women in parts of the rural United States drinking a teaspoonful of the seeds with a glass of water immediately after sex. Just a tad of unuseful ...
- 4413: Lucid Dreaming: Asleep and Aware
- ... a person having a lucid dream shows more brain activity than a waking person under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD (Lucid Dreaming 364). A lucid dream is usually provoked by an earlier day of heightened stress or anxiety (Lucid Dreaming 364). They usually occur at the end of an eight or nine hour sleep (Horgan 50). Several methods have been developed for inducing lucid dreams. The simplest and ... as the dreamer returns to sleep he or she should remind themselves that the dream is not real as they return to the original dream (Lucid Dreaming 366). The second method involves work during the day. The person should constantly ask them self when they are awake, "Am I dreaming?", then look for a clue to prove they are. Then when the person falls asleep they will be reminded to ask ... Blackmore 368). Lucid dreams have been studied for over 100 years and still not everything is known about them. Thanks to the work of people like La Berge and Hearne, more is becoming known each day. Also technological advances such as the polygraph have helped to prove that lucid dreams are real. All may never be known but at this rate, everyone could be a lucid dreamer by the millennium.
- 4414: Prader-Willi Syndrome
- ... easily gotten must be moved to a safer,out-of-reach place. To make inappropriate food unavailable to the kid with PWS, parents must learn special patterns of food storage and handling Sleepiness during the day and napping a lot are some of the common features of PWS. Recently, studies have show that there is a strong link between this and sleep quality. Some of the types of sleep disorders that ... as go to school,get jobs,and sometimes even move away from home.However they need a lot of help.Kids going to school would need to be enrolled in special education programs(Otherwise theyd be eating their pencil and paper).They need to be constantly supervised.
- 4415: Needle Exchange Programs
- ... A study of a San Francisco needle exchange program that opened in 1988 "found that from 1987 to 1992, frequency of injecting drugs among street-recruited IDUs declined from 1.9 to .7 injections per day" (Knox 2). The mean age of intravenous drug users increased from thirty-six to forty-two years of age, and the percentage of new initiates into injection drug use dropped from three percent to one ... needle exchange programs. By 1988, Zurich's Platpitz Park became a center for free needle distribution. But the city became a haven for foreign addicts of all ages and the number of needles exchanged each day grew by four-fold from 3,000 to 12,000 per day before the park was closed in 1992 (Coutinho 14). Needle exchange programs send the wrong message to our youth. People of all ages can go to exchange sites for free needles. In New Bedford, ...
- 4416: Registered Nurses
- ... and pass a national licensing examination to obtain a nursing license. Licenses must be renewed periodically; some states require continuing education for license renewal. There are three major education paths to nursing: Associate degree (A.D.N.), diploma, and Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.). A.D.N. programs are offered by community and junior colleges and take about two years. Possible places for employment are everywhere. Just to name a few: hospitals, nursing homes and offices. Employment of RN's is ... employers offer flexible work schedules, childcare, educational benefits, and bonuses. For a list of B.S.N. and graduate programs, write to: American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1 DuPont Circle NW, Suite 530, Washington, D.C. 20036. References All information complied by The Occupational Outlook Handbook
- 4417: Soda Pop and its Problem
- Soda Pop and its Problem Did you know the adult person drinks about 2-3 cans of pop a day. Teenagers drink about 3-4 cans a day. But drinking too much can be a real problem because the dangers seem hidden. Pop may seem like a good combination with pizza or other salty or fatty foods because the salt in the food ... that causes a crave for the mouth. It also can cause cancer. Some people that stop smoking get stuck on Diet pop because of the sacrin. If you ever want to kick the addiction some day soon it doesn't mean you have to stop drinking pop. Try to start drinking more water, milk, or even juice. Then slowly cut back the amount of pop you drink. Your probably thinking ...
- 4418: Prevention of HIV Transmittance to Babies
- ... testing and treatment for pregnant women. During the latter part of February, the United States Public Health Services published guidelines for HIV pregnant women in the Federal Register. Which coincidentally was published on the same day as the National Conference in Washington, DC for "HIV infection in women: Setting a New Agenda." The conference included activists, physicians and HIV positive women who used the meeting as a forum to voice their ... Volume 19; Page 1514 Voelker, Rebecca; April 5, 1996; US Public Health Service Recommends Counseling and HIV Testing For All Pregnant Women; Journal of the American Medical Association; Volume 19; page 977 Wolfe, Maxine Ph.D.; October 1, 1996; Mothers To Infant HIV Transmission 076 Update; Women Alive; page 6
- 4419: A Better Idea of Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... could be doing instead. They are simply just trying to escape the harshness of reality, and for this society labels them ADD or ADHD. Doctors are still researching all aspects of Attention Deficit Disorder every day. Since doctors do not fully understand the disorder, they do not expect the patient to. The things that the patients should understand are how the diagnosis works, which method of help is better for them ... Miller, 1993. Morrison, Jaydene, M.S. Coping with ADD/ADHD. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 1993. Phelan, Thomas. All About Attention Deficit Disorder. Glen Ellyn, Illinois: Child Management, Inc., 1993. Weathers, Lawrence, Ph.D. ADHD: A Path to Success. Spokane, Washington: Ponderosa Press, 1998.
- 4420: The Effects of Alcohol on People
- ... Bacchus. The Romans drank vast amounts of wine and other alcoholic beverages. Wine and beer both have a very long background and or history. Alcohol was used to supposedly relieve stress and the drudgery of day to day life. (History of Alcohol , page1) Gin houses used advertisements like " drinkers can drink for a penny and get dead drunk for two pence " to lure in alcoholics or drinkers. (History of Alcohol , page 1) Prohibition ... or alcoholism can be blackouts. Another disorder of the nervous system cause by drinking too much is temors which cause people to shake real bad if that person gets cut off of alcohol for a day or two. Also permanent damage to the brain and permanent damage can also happen to the central nervous system may also result in excessive drinking or alcoholism. ( Pittman , page 2 ) Others health effects like ...
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