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- 3981: Claude Monet
- ... life. Enforcing this impression, Monet showed no interest in inheriting his father's wholesale grocery. The only thing, which seemed to spark any interest in the child, was painting. He developed a decent reputation in school for the caricatures he enjoyed creating. By the age of fifteen, he was receiving money for his work. It was at Le Havre that Monet met the painter Eugène Boudin. While Boudin's own paintings have never been held in that high regard, he is seen as having played a critical role in the education of Monet. Born of a seafaring family in 1824, Boudin was obsessed with the idea of painting outdoors or in plain air ...
- 3982: Depression, the Fight Within
- ... one, then treatment can usually be very successful and usually won’t need to take a lifetime to treat. However if the problem is chemical the likelihood that the patient will require lifetime maintenance is high. A bigger problem than the amount of people with a depressive disorder, is the amount of people who are misdiagnosed or set aside with depression as a reflection of their personality, age, social influence or ... serious disorder that will affect an estimated 17.4 million adults in the United States this year alone (Sargent). These numbers increase drastically when the world population is taken into consideration. These statistics may seem high, but they don’t even take into account the amount of people who do not go to a physician or to a psychologist and get a diagnosis of their depression. Everyone goes through periods in ... not one’s own fault that they have fallen to into this dangerous disease. They should never feel helpless or like there is no one out there to help them, because there is. With the high stress of today’s life style, it is always a good idea to take a step back and examine one’s own life. In doing this, one can infer on their current mental status, ...
- 3983: Vegetarian Diet
- ... majority of individuals chose vegetarianism for health related reasons. For example, someone with an ulcer might be prescribed a strict diet of vegetables in order to promote the healing process. Or someone with a dangerously high level of cholesterol might be advised to follow a vegetarian diet to lower his or her fat and cholesterol intake. The immorality of consuming animal flesh is another argument touted by a smaller group of ... which a vegetarian diet can influence the health of those that follow its guidelines, the evidence is very indicative that it may be an important contributing factor. Registered dietitian Johanna Dwyer, of Tufts University Medical School and the New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, summarizes these benefits: ... data are strong that vegetarians are at lesser risk for obesity, atonic [reduced muscle tone] constipation, lung cancer, and alcoholism. Evidence is good that ...
- 3984: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... has concluded with the help of five separate studies that the DRD4 repenter gene is related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This is the gene that has been previously assocated with the personality trait of high novelty seeking. This gene does not always seem effected so there are other reasons as to what causes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Dr. Barkley also examines twin studies and finds that Identical twins have been ... depressiant's include drugs such as Zoloft. This treatment method is generally not targeted at the chemical effects of the disorder but rather the symptoms. The thought is a child with ADHD is frustrated with school because they can not perform well and the anti-depressian helps them work those problems. Counseling is simply a Psychologist or other professional talking to the person, teaching them methods to over come the Attention ...
- 3985: IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden?
- ... of the greatest marvels of 20th century science. However, the medical phenomena of being able to fertilize an egg outside of the body, a technique known as in vitro fertilization (IVF), has also become a high-tech dilemma. A number of ethical concerns have been raised since Louise Brown was born 16 years ago, causing many people to question IVF as a morally acceptable means of conception. Among these concerns are ... acquiring the desired goal is in fact a violation of the argument itself? You can't. This is like a parent forbidding a child to do drugs, when at the very moment, the parent is high on cocaine. The child is not going to respect the parent's wish because the actions contradict the goal. Likewise, IVF cannot be said to be morally unacceptable on the grounds that it makes a ... or children. If you should run into a Petri dish, it could turn out to be your best friend. So rock it; don't knock it!" (Singer 528) Works Cited Dreher, Nancy. "Test-Tube Babies: High-Tech Miracles." Current Health 2 December 1994: 1-4. Sherwin, Susan. "Feminist Ethics and In Vitro Fertilization." Biomedical Ethics. 3rd ed. Ed. Thomas A. Mappes & Jane S. Zembaty. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991. ...
- 3986: P. T. Barnum
- ... swamp just east of Bethel. Barnum then learned that he was the unknowing butt of jokes for ten years. Barnum learned from this, although a bit angry, that people loved being humbugged. He would attend school just long enough to maser basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills. At the age of eight Barnum became an apprentice for his father's dried good store. Although, sadly, in 1826 Barnum's father died ... Thumb won her and they were married December 10th 1863 with a private lavish wedding paid by Barnum. In 1865 Barnum was elected to the Connecticut legislator and wanted to abolish slavery. It was a high point in his political career. Two years later he started the Barnum Museum circus and Menagerie, which was his first traveling circus. The circus had finally come to town. In 1867 he started bringing exotic ...
- 3987: Charles Lindbergh
- ... Sr., and Evangeline Land Lodge. Yet, he grew up in a small town in Nebraska. Lindbergh was a whiz with mechanics. By age twelve, he was in charge of driving and fixing the car. In high school, he assembled a tractor from a mail order kit. When he was eighteen he entered the University of Wisconsin to study engineering. He found he was more interested in flying, so after two years of ...
- 3988: Alcohol and Its Effects On Humans
- ... was the highest in the college age group between 17 and 23 years of age. Within this college age group, (17-23) students younger than the legal drinking age of 21 years had just as high a binge-drinking rate as the 21-23 year olds. There is no relationship between year in school and binging. Rates of binging are almost identical among students-freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors (Wechsler 1994). References: Baron’s Profiles of American Colleges. Hauppauge, NY: Baron’s Educational Series Inc; 1992. Hanson DJ, Engs ...
- 3989: Type II Diabetes
- ... of hands and feet, due to dyeing or damaged nerve cells; Trouble healing cuts and bruises, due to decrease in clotting cells; Nausea, occurs when the nerves that instruct the stomach and intestines are damaged; High blood pressure, due to the damage of blood vessels: and a woman having a baby that weighs more than nine pounds. Some people may have these symptoms but not have the disease so it is ... one-third of diabetic cases. Diet and drugs control the rest (Riedman, 9). There are many types of different drugs that can lessen the symptoms of diabetes. If a diabetic's blood sugar is too high, they will need oral hypoglycemic. Oral hypoglycemic is compressed medication that appears to affect the inulin- making ability of the beta cells in the pancreas, stimulate the forming of the receptor sites on the cells ... by anyone. Some symptoms are: fatigue, constant thirst and hunger, frequent urination, constant weight gain, dry, broken skin, skin infection, visual problems, numbness in the hands and feet, trouble healing cuts and bruises nausea, and high blood pressure. The are s---everal tests that a person's doctor can do to see if they have diabetes. Some tests are the blood test, urine test, and blood glucose test. I remember ...
- 3990: Charles Canady
- Charles Canady was born and raised in Lakeland, which is the largest city in his district. Charles Canady graduated from Lakeland High School in 1972. He went to receive a bachelor's degree from Haverford College and his law degree from Yale. After graduating from Yale in 1979, he became an attorney in Polk County; he worked there ...
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