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- 5361: Comparing Treatment Approaches
- ... actions to treating cocaine addicts, as well as those who use both drugs. Limiting factors of her study are that, in her view, her study is not directly applicable to humans, because self-administration and control of cocaine consumption as well as that of other drugs is much more difficult to monitor outside of a laboratory environment using animals. Landry describes the mechanism of cocaine's actions as simply an addictive ...
- 5362: Dreams
- ... and serotonin, and one during REM sleep, when it's controlled by the neutransmitter acetylcholine. When we're awake, we're rational, self-aware and able to focus, pay attention, respond to external stimuli and control our thoughts and behavior. When we're asleep, acetylcholine - producing cells in the lower brain trigger bursts of electrical activity that radiate up to the cortex, which makes sense of these signals by reaching into ...
- 5363: The Molecular Biology Of Cystic Fibrosis
- ... Bronchodilators, in addition to helping to relieve associated asthma, enhance the efficiency of the mucociliary transport in the lungs. GI symptoms are relieved by controlled diet, increased protein and vitamins, and oral pancreatic enzymes, to control malabsorption (Bunch 96). The current treatment fails because it is does not treat the actual cause of the disease, the mutated CFTR. Gene therapy is a possible future solution to CF, as it has been ...
- 5364: Addiction and Heath Professionals
- ... such as suppression and repression; and associates enabling behaviors (Morse and Flavin, 1992). A very well-trained physician is going to be hard pressed to admit to himself/herself that there is a loss of control over a drug. The physician will rarely realize that he could stoop as low as the "scum of the earth" addicts that are often encountered at hospitals. The physician will also be more likely to ...
- 5365: Managing People with AIDS
- ... who could reasonably be expected to be exposed to blood or body fluids. In these work environments, employers must produce, execute, and follow a set of safety guidelines, which are: ? They must develop an exposure control plan ? Take universal precautions to avoid contamination ? Develop cleaning protocols ? Have workers wear personal protective equipment ? Communicate the presence of hazards ? Inform, train, and keep records of all possible incidents However, there are few occupations ...
- 5366: Diet and Disease
- ... the work of God. Works Cited Crepino, Adam. Healthy food Choices. New York: McGraw, 1994. De Vita, Bray. Heart Disease Prevention. Hagerstown: Warner, 1994. Greenwald, P, Kelloff, GJ. The Role of Chemo-prevention in Cancer Control. Michigan: Mc Graw, 1996. Hannagan, Phillip. Diet and Disease. Massachusetts: Pressings, 1992. Newkarm, James. Healthy Living. New York: Warner, 1990. Potter, JD. Nutrition and Disease. New York: IARC Publishing, 1997. Pruitt, Ben. Living Without Disease ...
- 5367: Animal Farm vs. Marxism
- ... food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. The same day the emperor abdicated. (Russian Revolution, Grolier npa). This actually backfired in Russia and the war continued and the people still ...
- 5368: The Problem With Medicare
- ... occurred over the history of Medicare. The major problem and most recent of Medicare is that it is going bankrupt. Medicare is another legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson Great Society. Spending is obviously out of control. On June 5th the government announced that the Medicare Trust Fund would go broke by the year 2001(national debt). In 1965 when LBJ started Health and Medicare, the Total Federal Spending for the year ...
- 5369: Effects Of Marijuana
- ... to a drowsiness and relaxing effect. This is why marijuana users have trouble remembering things. A heavy dose of marijuana can decrease the amount of blood pumped into the brain. Marijuana effects the brain's control over muscles also. Heavy usage of marijuana can have a lasting effect on the users short-term memory. The blood flow to the back of the brain is greater than the front, after smoking. This ...
- 5370: The Dangers of Sniffing Glue
- ... rate and breathing slow down, speech can become slurred, and some people experience blurred or double vision. Most users experience dizziness, drowsiness and sometimes nausea. Repeated use or deep inhalation can cause confusion, loss of control and even loss of consciousness. Long term effects of glue inhalation include kidney and liver damage, and damage to the central nervous system (including the brain). Sniffing glue out of a plastic bag can cause ...
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