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- 11121: Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents
- ... alcohol before having sex. That is just in Nebraska alone (Courtney, 288, 1995). It is also said that Fraternity and Sorority members drink more and drink more frequently than their peers and accept as normal high levels of alcohol consumption and associated problems. Fraternity-sponsored parties also may encourage heavy drinking. Studies have found that students who consider parties or athletics important and those who drink to get drunk appear most ...
- 11122: Herpes-Simplex: Type 2
- ... may last one to three weeks. In many cases new clusters of blisters appear as others heal. When a baby is born to a woman who has active genital herpes lesions, the infant is at high risk of contracting an infection that is often fatal, so these women usually have their babies delivered by a cesarian section. Primary cases of genital herpes can be treated by a drug called acyclovir, which ...
- 11123: Concepts of Lifetime Fitness
- ... the hypothalamus detects the drop by means of the blood. To compensate, the brain sends chemical and electrical impulses to the muscles. These impulses tell the muscles to begin to contract and relax at very high intervals. This is commonly known as shivering. The production of Adenosine Triphosphate or ATP in the mitochondria of the muscles produces heat. If the body temperature does not rise immediately after this, then a second ...
- 11124: Anabolic Steroids
- ... 19 year old teenager from Arizona (Schrof, 57). Not all the side effects have been determined yet. Steroids are known to have effects on the cardiovascular system, testosterone production, liver function, and neurologic functions. Prolonged, high doses of steroids can have serious effects on the liver. Some of these include, progressive cholestatis and jaundice, peliosis hepatitis, hemorrhaging, and the possibility of liver cancer (Schwarzenegger, 726). These problems are especially noticeable in ...
- 11125: Psychology
- ... of individuals throughout their lives. Developmental psychologists explore changes associated with mental, social, and emotional development. They also look at the evolution of friendships and parent-child relationships. How children learn both in and outside school is another focus of developmental research. Clinical psychology has undergone rapid growth in recent years and is now the largest sub-discipline within psychology. Clinical psychologists work in hospitals, in clinics, and in private practice ...
- 11126: Acupuncture
- ... the belief that acupuncture needles stimulate the body's production of such natural pain-killing chemical substances as endorphins and enkephalins. Acupuncture; known to cure disease and improve general health. With the enormous problem of high blood pressure in the United States, acupuncture has been very effective in the control of pressure; aiding Americans in the fight to keep their blood pressure down. In many arthritis patients, acupuncture has almost completely ...
- 11127: Chinese Medicine
- ... phenomena are the same in nature and relate to their yang opposites in like fashion. Examples of this would be day is to night as heat is to cold, as summer is to winter, as high is to low, as activity is to rest.(15) The ideas of yin and yang became universally applicable categories of quality and relationship. Cold and dark has something qualitative in common, and their relationship is ...
- 11128: Tuberculosis
- ... There is also an unproven vaccination called the BCG Vaccination. People that have had a BCG that have not had a skin test usually have to take the skin test when applying for work or school related environments. Bibliography Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 96 Topic Search-Tuberculosis Internet Stanford University - Tuberculosis http://molepi.stanford.edu/ Tuberculosis Resources http://www.cpmc.comlumbia.edu/ World book 1997, Volume 19, Pages 389-391 The ...
- 11129: Plagues and Diseases
- ... compassionate globally would be the motto. And no one could disagree. Another question is, where are these diseases coming from? Well, as we explore the rain forests, or any previously uninhabited area, the risk is high that we will find something. Although it might be something we don't want to find. Hey, its happened before. When the white man first infiltrated Africa, he found tsete flies, malaria, and yellow fever ...
- 11130: The Safety of Blood
- ... example, all of the blood used for transfusions either comes from the blood center or is drawn by the same methods. This insures that the level of sterility and testing for harmful diseases is as high as it is for donation. In the hospital, sterile one-use needles are also used as they are in the blood center. Also, careful screening is done to make sure that the blood types match ...
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