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- 4791: Alcohol
- ... dont understand the consequences of drinking. Alcoholism is a disease and unless something is done, more and more will be affected by this dangerous drug. A bad withdraw from this drug can lead to death, not even heroin results in death as many times as alcohol. The majority of people see alcohol as a social outlet and does not consider it to be as dangerous as it may really be. Alcoholism is an often-progressive disease ...
- 4792: Martin Luther King And Malcolm X Comparison
- ... it all came to an end for Malcolm X on February 21, 1965, when he was assassinated at a OAAU rally in New York, New York, by men allegedly connected with the Black Muslims. Malcolms death didn t really end his views, his beliefs, and his way of achieving civil rights. The black Panthers were a group which were formed to achieve civil rights for the blacks.Armed with sincerity, the ... during 1967 as urban racial violence escalated and King criticized American intervention in the Vietnam war. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while seeking to assist a garbage workers' strike in Memphis.After his death, King remained a controversial symbol of the African-American civil rights struggle, revered by many for his martyrdom on behalf of non-violence and condemned by others for his militancy and insurgent views. So overall ...
- 4793: Air Pollution Report
- ... as clearly visible in some areas as others but the fact is that air pollution is still there affecting us in some way, shape, or form. It has been known to cause illness and/or death. Many people are not aware of this. The Causes of Air Pollution There are two main causes of air pollution. One of the main causes is natural pollution. "Natural pollution is windblown dust, pollen, fog ... most common in the Northeastern United States, where fossil fuel burning is highly concentrated. "Acid rain is killing more than lakes. It can scar the leaves of hardwood forests, wither ferns and lichens, accelerate the death of coniferous needles, sterilize seeds, and weaken the forests to disease, infestation, and decay. Below the surface, the acid neutralizes chemicals for plant growth, strips others from the soil and carries them to the lakes ...
- 4794: Psychodelic Drugs
- ... users have reported becoming addicted after their first experience with this form of cocaine. Thus crack is an especially dangerous form of the drug. Cocaine can be quite toxic to the cardiovascular system and cause death. Death occurs from one of two primary effects. Cocaine can cause a spasm of the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood, and cocaine can also disrupt the rhythm of the heart by interfering with ...
- 4795: Frankenstein 3
- ... the Arctic. After a week s recovery Frankenstein tells his story. As Victor was growing up he had always been interested in alchemy and pseudo-sciences. He hoped to one day to be able overcome death and decay. Victor learned how to create life in the laboratory and collected parts from cadavers to create his creature. After giving his creation life, he was horrified and fled. He was hidden away for two years, then received a letter telling of his little brother s death. He suspected the creature, but the police suspected a female friend of his family s and hanged her. One day the being found Victor and told him of his survival and his knowledge. He requested ...
- 4796: Drug Abuse
- ... every year due to drunk driving. Other physical effects of drinking are vomiting, passing out and sometimes, if enough alcohol is consumed over a long enough period of time, or if mixed with other drugs, death. Marijuana is a popular, and illegal, drug. Its largest consumers are young adults. Marijuana is smoked in a pipe or rolled in a cigarette. Thirty-seven percent of people between ages 12-17 have tried ... drug, its user does not know what potency he is getting from batch to batch. Therefore, there is always the risk that he will overdose and die. Withdrawal from heroin can cause severe illness and death. Drug abuse leads to all sorts of other crimes. Drug addicts need money to support their habits, and all users, addicts or casual users, are careless and reckless when under the influence. Drug users commit ...
- 4797: Asthma 2
- ... in the West and Midwest. Asthma hospitalization rates were highest among people 0-4 years of age, and lowest among people 15-34 years of age. Mortality: Complications of severe asthma can sometimes result in death. Although this is rare, the number of asthma cases and asthma - related deaths increased by 40 percent between 1982 and 1995. The cause for this increase is unknown. " (Mannino 1998) Asthma Attacks: may recur in ... like to use bronchial dilator inhalers. Prognosis: Most asthma patients can live a long and fulfilled life under the advice of their physician, and their personal asthma management plan. Although there are few cases of death during asthma attacks, they are the exception more than the "norm." Educational and Medical Programs: · Links to Asthma Education materials on the Internet. · American Academy of allergy and Asthma · Pulmonary specialist · Mayo Health Oasis Publications ...
- 4798: Adolescent Depression - The Under Acknowledged Disease
- ... rate for adolescents has increased more than 200% over the last decade. Brown (1996) added that an estimated 2,000 teenagers per year commit suicide in the United States, making it the leading cause of death after accidents and homicide. Blackman (1995) stated that it is not uncommon for young people to be preoccupied with issues of mortality and to contemplate the effect their death would have on close family and friends. Once it has been determined that the adolescent has the disease of depression, what can be done about it? Blackman (1995) has suggested two main avenues to treatment ...
- 4799: Michelangeo - Renaissance Man
- ... of strong feeling was unprecedented in monumental marble sculpture of the Renaissance. The only earlier works of this nature were from the Hellenistic period of classical antiquity" (Encyclopedia Britannica, p.7). "Pope Julius II's death in 1513 cut off most of the funds for his tomb. Pope Leo X, his successor, a son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, had known Michelangelo since their boyhood's. He chiefly employed Michelangelo on projects ... had left incomplete, his decision to never return was influenced by the hostility of Duke Alessandro de Medici. In Rome, Michelangelo could count on the esteem and protection of Pope Clement VII. Shortly before his death, Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint the fresco of the Last Judgement on the Sistine Chapel. As was his custom, Michelangelo portrayed all the figures nude. "Even before its official unveiling, the Judgement became ...
- 4800: Psychoanalysis
- ... painful misunderstandings or outright failures in the child's relationship to his or her parents. Sometimes parents lack the appropriate and attuned empathic understanding that children need. Sometimes severe physical or mental illness or the death of a parent or sibling causes serious psychic wounds. Consequently, even in adults, there remain ever-present though usually unconscious fears that the early hurtful experiences will now be repeated again with others. Transference is ... person a sense of self and of well-being. Any experience with objects, including persons, that evoke and strengthen the self are "self-object" experiences and are needed by every human being from birth to death in order to sustain a cohesive self. Absence of or faulty self-object experiences cause a loss of cohesion with attendant fragmentation of the self. RESEARCH In addition to their clinical application, psychoanalytic theories have ...
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