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- 5241: Is The Illegalization of Marijuana Valid?
- ... Cannabis is the drug of necessity." One patient of his, 51 year old Elizabeth MacRory, says "It has completely changed my life...It has helped with muscle spasms, allowed me to sleep properly, and helped control my bladder." Marijuana also proved to be effective in the treatment of glaucoma because its use lowers pressure on the eye. "In a recent survey at a leading teaching hospital, 'over 60 per cent of ...
- 5242: Opposing Euthanasia
- ... terminal care is a direct result of attempts made to minimize suffering. If that suffering had been extinguished by extinguishing the patients who bore it, then we may never have known the advances in the control of pain, nausea, breathlessness, and other terminal symptoms that the last twenty years have seen: "Some diseases that were terminal a few decades ago are now routinely cured by newly developed treatments. Earlier acceptance of ...
- 5243: Drug Abuse
- ... Often, the alcohol will bring out a violent temper and often, alcoholics abuse, physically and mentally, their friends and family. Drinking makes the drinker feel he is more confident. The drinker thinks he is in control, even if a little high, and he might get behind the wheel of his car and go for a drive. Drunk driving is deadly. Hundreds of thousands of people get killed every year due to ...
- 5244: Alcoholism
- ... brushed aside, considered to be a private issue. It is obvious that a solution must be found to a problem that is being dealt with by people who simply do not have the ability to control their desire for alcohol consumption.
- 5245: Depression
- ... an objective illness such as a fractured leg." Whether it's our own confusion around its roots, our skepticism toward the mental health field and its dubious past, or our own disbelief that we lack control over something so personal as our brain and our behavior (can we accept that our mind is as physical as our heart?), there remains an enormous stigma around depression. A 1995 survey by the National ...
- 5246: Brown Vs. Board Of Education
- ... to our students. We are faced with fighting discrimination, having sufficient funding to provide an education to our youth, and discovering strategies for effective teaching and learning. Politics greatly influence education, in that politicians have control of the entire system, yet they are so detached from it that they do not understand what are the needs of our schools. The issues which we are confronted with are greatly emphasized and effect ...
- 5247: Ebola: A Contagious Trend
- ... period ranges from 2 to 21 days, depending on how the infection is received. Usually, patients basically die of uncontrollable shock. “Those with severe illness often have fevers and are delirious, combative and difficult to control.” “…Stu Redman was frightened…He was frightened because Denniger was gone and he hadn’t seen him since the whole crazy three-ring circus moved from Atlanta to here. Stu thought that Denniger and Deitz ...
- 5248: Huntington's Disease
- ... Disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive motor, emotional, and cognitive impairments. A terminal disease, it is characterized by chorea (uncontrollable jerking and writhing movements) and gradual worsening cognitive and emotional control caused by the destruction of groups of cells in the brain called basal ganglia. Huntington's Disease is found in all races all over the world, but is more prevalent in Northern European populations when ...
- 5249: Anorexia Nervosa
- ... afternoon's outing. Physicians and hospital staff make every effort to ensure that the patient does not feel overwhelmed and powerless. Instead, weight gain is encouraged in an atmosphere in which the patient feels in control of his or her situation, and in which she wants to gain weight. Individual psychotherapy is necessary in the treatment of anorexia to help the patient understand the disease process, and its effects. Therapy focuses ...
- 5250: Different Life Crises Have Different Impacts
- ... Without a doubt, both transitions and crises evoke powerful emotions, yet it is imperative to try to keep these emotions in perspective. Lastly, it is important to strike a balance between accepting help and taking control of one’s life on one’s own (Niven 104). In spite of the painful aspects of death and dying, ongoing love and attachment during the dying process can still exist. While loss generates grief ...
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