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1001: Aromatherapy: ... eastern world. A lot of interest in Aromatherapy stems from its use as an 'alternative medicine' or even a 'complementary medicine'. It is certainly true that before pharmaceutical companies brought a vast array of modern drugs to the market, people had to make do with many 'home remedies' - often herbal remedies or extracts of plants. Flowers, buds, roots, bark, leaves etc. all played a part in the treatment of disease and ...

1002: Alcohol: ... or sudden movements. The longer the individual abstains the more severe the symptoms may become. Disorientation, hallucinations, and acute fear may incur. Withdrawal symptoms can be deadly, and medical assistance should be utilized. With current drugs such as chlordiazepoxide, the death rate has been drastically reduced. Ironically, many alcoholics can lead somewhat normal lives. However, in later years of excess drinking the brain is affected. There is no way around it ...

1003: Aids Is Becoming So Widespread: ... during the birth, these infants probably would have detectable amounts of HIV in there blood very early. Another way the AIDS virus is becoming widespread is through direct contact with infected blood. People who inject drugs into their bodies can be exposed to infected blood by sharing needles and syringes. Transfusion and transplant recipients and people with hemophilia may contract the HIV virus from the blood, blood components, tissues, or organs ...

1004: Aggression As A Mental Disorder In Canines: ... Horwitz 42). According to Dodman, traditional treatments of dominance-related aggression include an increase in exercise, brushing up on obedience training, and ceasing to engage in any rough play or wrestling (35) . More recently, however, drugs such as Prozac have been used as treatment. Dodman says that Prozac is,"...extremely effective at curtailing dominance-related aggression...enabling owners to quickly gain the upper hand,"(34). Another type of aggression found in ...

1005: Acupuncture: ... been done to prove the effectiveness of acupuncture. According to a study involving 575 patients, "91.5 percent reported disappearance or improvement in symptoms, 84 percent see their MDs less, 79 percent use fewer prescription drugs, and 70 percent avoided recommended surgery" (Weiss 74). Another study involving women with a long history of menstrual cramps was also done. Ten eleven women reported 50 percent less pain while three had no more ...

1006: ALCOHOLISM: ... or sudden movements. The longer the individual abstains the more severe the symptoms may become. Disorientation, hallucinations, and acute fear may incur. Withdrawal symptoms can be deadly, and medical assistance should be utilized. With current drugs such as chlordiazepoxide, the death rate has been drastically reduced. Ironically, many alcoholics can lead somewhat normal lives. However, in later years of excess drinking the brain is affected. There is no way around it ...

1007: Gangs: ... hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money ...

1008: RAP CENORSHIP: ... contain the message that the musician wanted to express and that the listener may have needed to hear. It is a popular opinion within the artistic sphere that "[Musicians] should be able to sing about drugs and the gang culture and teenage sexuality and a whole list of issues that need to be sung about (Holland 1989). How can we learn from our history if we do not know the whole ...

1009: Peer Presure: ... institutions are another great source of peer pressure.The people that attend church usually have good morals. The young adults that participate in religious institutions, form the most, come from familes which aren’t into drugs, alcohol, violence, or any sort of crime. So the effect these religious institutions have are great on young people in society. Religious adolescents can encourage one another to be successful in school, sports, and other ...

1010: Homosexuality: ... population. Most homeless people are also extremely poor and separated from their families and other social networks. About one-third of the adult homeless are chronically mentally ill, and about half are alcoholic or abuse drugs. During the 1950s, most homeless people were older, white, alcoholic men associated with the rundown sections of cities known as skid rows. Today's homeless, however, are mostly non-white; relatively young, with an average ...

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