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- 11071: Human Nutrition
- ... health of entire populations through community wide action primarily by governmental agencies and OAM. Environmental hazards promote behaviors that lead to good physical and mental health, educate the public about health and assure availability of high quality nutritional health services.
- 11072: The Female Body
- ... pregnancies or first pregnancy later in life. Previous history of breast cancer. Family history of breast cancer (especially sister or mother). Other risk factors proposed but as yet unproved include: Silicone breast implants. Exposure to high estrogen concentrations while in utero & post-menopause. Cigarette smoking & excessive alcohol intake. Some 10 % of breast cancers stem from hereditary defects & half of these can be traced to dangerous mutations in a pair of genes ...
- 11073: Schizophrenia
- ... know that roads are used for driving cars, and that people eat meals three a day. Schizophrenia affects both men and women equally. Along with delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders, they also suffer from paranoia, high anxiety, low stress tolerance, low motivation, lack of energy and the inability to feel pleasure. This makes work, leisure, relationships and even everyday tasks difficult and sometimes impossible. These are concerns not only for the ...
- 11074: What Causes Infectious Diseases to Strike?
- ... The amount of rainforest cover in Zaire has also decreased, dropping at a rate of .2 percent every year. Forests in Cameroon are also in Jepoardy, losing 6 percent of cover every year. An extreemly high 55 percent of the forests in Cameroon and elsewhere along the ivory coast are being logged or managed. Another African nation, Ghana, is in serious trouble. only seveteen percent of the forests remain and they ...
- 11075: Strep Throat
- ... three to five days, and the sore throat passes soon after. Antibiotic therapy is usually completed in 10 days. If symptoms have improved, and the patient is without fever, she or he may return to school or work after 24 hours of antibiotic treatment. It is important, however, that they continue to take the full course of prescribed antibiotics even after they are back in class or back in the work ...
- 11076: Asthma
- ... narrowed bronchial tubes and plugs them up, causing a further decrease in air flow. The bronchial tubes seem to close down, and air moving through these narrowed breathing passages can cause wheezing which is a high-pithched-whistlelike sound. Wheezing can be loud enough to be heard across a room, or it can be so slight that is takes a stethoscope to hear it. Airflow obstructions leads to air trapping in ...
- 11077: Medical Uses Of Marijuana
- ... in the Federal Register, "Our nation's top cancer experts reject marijuana for medical use." To support his claim, he cited the testimony of David S. Ettinger, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and "nationally respected cancer expert," who said: "There is no indication that marijuana is effective in treating nausea and vomiting resulting from radiation treatment or other causes. No legitimate studies have been conducted ...
- 11078: Japanese Medicine
- ... Qi through the meridians would be to compare it to the blood flow in the human body. If the blood doesnt reach your toes, they die. If it doesnt flow freely, we have high or low pressure. If it clots, we have an embolism or a stroke. Furthermore, in order to maintain good health the Qi has to be evenly distributed throughout the body (Batten 2). Two very popular ...
- 11079: If Saccharin Is Safe, Why Does It Require A Warning Label?
- ... have bladder cancer. The National Cancer Institute compared the diets of 5,800 similar people who were disease-free to the diets of 3,000 men and women with bladder cancer. Those who reported consuming high levels of saccharin on a daily basis were found to be at a higher risk for association to poorly differentiated bladder tumors (Corcoran 13). Saccharin is the most widely used sugar substitute in the world ...
- 11080: Which is the Best Contraceptive: Condoms or the Pill?
- ... penis before penetration, preventing pregnancy by blocking the passage of sperm" (A Guide To Contraceptive Choices). Because this sheath is blocking the passage of any sperm entering the vagina, the percent of effectiveness is quite high. In fact it only has a 2% failure rate. Failure may be caused by possible holes in the condom or by storing it in unfavorable conditions for periods of time. The pill is an oral ...
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