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- 1641: Nature / Nurture or Both !
- ... View of the Narure-Nurture Debate.” Online. Internet.http//:www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/neurolecutre.nr.html. Feb.6 -1996 Neubauer, Peter. Nature's Thumprint,1990 Pelle, Online. Internet.http://www.frw.uva.nl/acd/isg/drugs/peele/lib/genetics.html. Feb.17-97 5:00PM R.C. Lewontin. Not In Our Genes. 1984 Richard, Darwin. Selfish Gene, 2nd.edition.1989 Torta, Gerald. Microbiology An Introduction, 5th. edition.1995
- 1642: McDonaldization: Health in A Fastfood Society
- ... prescription filled, pay a lot of money (unless you have a drug plan or additional medical coverage), and listen to the same warnings about finishing all of the prescriptions, side-affects, the dangers of interacting drugs and alcohol, and the instructions stickered on the side of the bottle. The fourth component of control is very important in the health care industry. Doctors and nurses have control over our health and physical ...
- 1643: An Attempt At Understanding Dreams
- ... and they usually wake up very distressed. Although children have the largest share of nightmares, many adults experience them at least once a month. An interesting fact is that nightmares can be caused by certain drugs or medications, or by illness and fever. Some traumatic events and accidents also cause terrible nightmares that are repeated over and over again. To get rid of nightmares is a very difficult issue, because it ...
- 1644: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
- ... an STD. Once reason is that thousands of new cases are being identified each year. Another reason is a lack of any known cure. Herpes simplix virus type 2, because it is viral, makes antibiotic drugs useless in treating the symptoms and eliminating infection frmo the body. In most cases, the herpes sores blisters and crusty form on the genitals and heal and disappear on their own in a few days ...
- 1645: The Roy Adaptation Model
- ... stimuli are divided into focal; contextual and residual categories. Focal stimuli immediately confronts the adaptive system ie: an M.I., a death in the family. Contextual stimuli or "background stimuli" is genetic makeup, sex, maturity, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, self concept, role function, interdependence, socialization, coping mechanisms (Cognator and Regulator), physical and emotional stress, culture, religion, environment. Residual stimuli are beliefs, attitudes, experiences, traits which may be relevant but effects are indeterminate ...
- 1646: The Heart
- ... rhythmic disorders can happen. Too rapid or fast of a heartbeat is called tachycardia, and too slow of a heartbeat is called bradycardia. The heart can also be affected by tobacco or use of other drugs. Heart Arrhythmias Here are some signs of this disease: None, skipped heartbeats, light- headedness, chest discomfort, and shortness of breath. If the rhythm of heart beat is disturbed problem is arrhythmia. You maybe unaware of ...
- 1647: Teens and Smoking
- ... trends persist, we will not meet one of the nation's health objectives, particularly a smoking prevalence of no more than 15% by the year 2000. When comparing the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and other drugs, only cigarette use did not decline substantially among high school senior among 1981 to 1991. In contrast studies performed by "household survey" by the NIDA and the CDC, (Centers for Disease Control) in 1991 and ...
- 1648: Steroids
- ... about themselves while on a steroids regimen. The downside, according to Harvard researchers, is wide mood swings ranging from periods of violent, even homicidal episodes known as "roid rages," to bouts of depression when the drugs are stopped. The Harvard study also noted that anabolic steroid users may suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment from feelings of invincibility. After reading the facts, one must wonder, "Why would ...
- 1649: Skin Cancer
- ... a permanent scar on the skin. Depending on the size of the cancer removed during surgery, skin grafting may be necessary. Radiation therapy uses x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill the cancer cells. Topical chemotherapy is often administered as a cream or lotion placed on the affected skin to kill the cancer cells. Systematic chemotherapy is a treatment administered in the form of ...
- 1650: Sexual Transmitted Diseases Defined
- ... women, using both hands to separate -the lips of the vulva to achieve a free stream of urine, preventing urine from touching the ulcers. -Wearing loose, cotton underpants and avoiding tight trousers - aspirin Anti-Herpes Drugs: Acyclovir The use of condoms during vaginal and anal intercourse reduces the risk of genital herpes, but protects only those areas in contact with the condom. Because herpes can be transmitted from mouth-to-genitals ...
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