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- 4051: Quackery
- ... practitioner cure it. Teens are also a big target of quackery. Teenagers are ready to experiment with products that promise to speed their development and ease growing pains. And many of these junior and senior high school age children have money enough to do the experimenting. In fact, a study by Teenage Research Unlimited revealed that 27.6 million teenagers spent an average of $93 a month on personal items in 1989 ...
- 4052: Nutrition and You
- ... digested more slowly. Fats, which are lipids, are the source of energy that is the most concentrated. Fats produce more that twice the amount of energy that is in carbohydrates or proteins. Besides having a high concentration of energy, fat acts as a carrier for the fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K. Also, by helping in the absorption of vitamin D, fats help make calcium available to various body ... of the skin, hair, eyes, mouth, liver, and muscle tone. The intestine contain a bacteria that produces vitamin b but milk-free diets, and taking sulfonamides or antibiotics can destroy these bacteria . Whole grains contain high concentrations of B complex vitamins. Also, enriched bread and cereal products contain high concentrations of B vitamins due to a governmental intervention of the whole food group to ensure that the nation was getting enough B vitamins Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water ...
- 4053: Nutrition in Mountain Biking
- ... blood like a sponge B. meals contain more sodium naturally than sports bars III. Diet helps 1. 60% of your daily fluid comes from food 2. Fruit and vegatables are great fluid sources 3. Foods high in fat do not provide to much fluid IV. Equipment 1. Warm up bikes are good for bad weather or the dark 2. Good for intense intervals V. Liquids 1. Replenish your self after rides ... you eat, but some foods increase hydration better than others. Fruits and vegetables are great fluids sources, they are 80-95% water by weight. Fat and Water do not mix very well, so many foods high in fat do not provide plenty of water (Walsh 95). Most popular sport drinks contain sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes. Sport drinks are useful for short high intensity workouts, such as sprints or intervals cool fluids taste better and may be absorbed more rapidly than warm drinks (Walsh 95). Watch the start of any race and you will see an odd ...
- 4054: A Dolls House-victorian Morals
- ... men, the last men , are left blinking in a world devoid of all meaning. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism. The Victorian time was a time of ideological and scientific agnosticism . The Oxford Movement, a High-Church, anti-liberal movement within the Church of England, in support of tractarianism ; Utilitarianism, which is the teaching that the worth or value of anything is determined solely by its utility; Karl Marx s (1818 ... your children? [ ] HELMER: Before all else, you are a wife and a mother. Respectability was something Victorians worried about, especially the working class. Mothers of large families kept her children clean and sent them to school. In a day and age without washing machines or refrigerators where food could be stored for more than a couple days, this wasn t easy. Women of the upper class were likely to be volunteer ...
- 4055: Howard Hughes-A Flying Life
- ... orphaned and inherited $2,000,000 and Hughes Tool Company. His uncle was Hollywood writer Rupert Hughes. Howard took his first airplane ride when he was fourteen years old. Howard Hughes attended private elementary and high school in California and Massachusetts. He attended the Rice Institute in Houston, Texas. He also attended the California Institute of Technology. Howard had a fine education because he attended highly educational schools. His fathers great ...
- 4056: Heart Attacks
- ... longer function. This results in a heart attack. Stress is another cause of heart attacks. The causes of stress vary from person to person, although there are many stressors. Anger, fear, deadlines, work, conflict, and school can all be stressors. When an individual perceives a situation to be stressful, it is stressful. The body physically reacts to stress by activating the flight or fight response. In other words, the body physically ... or fight response, but the body does not know the difference. Therefore, the physical release of all the energy built up in the body does not actually take place. This causes hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure. Secondly, hypertension creates strain on the arteries and contributes to the build-up of plaque in the arteries. Plaque is a sticky substance that sticks to the artery walls. Too much build up ...
- 4057: Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- ... occurs on the chromosome of the prophage, but a bacterial repressor protein controls the expression of this gene. The repressor is activated by iron, and it is in this way that iron influences toxin production. High yields of toxin are synthesized only by lysogenic bacteria under conditions of iron deficiency. The role of iron. In artificial culture the most important factor controlling yield of the toxin is the concentration of inorganic iron (Fe++ or Fe+++) present in the culture medium. Toxin is synthesized in high yield only after the exogenous supply of iron has become exhausted (This has practical importance for the industrial production of toxin to make toxoid. Under the appropriate conditions of iron starvation, C. diphtheriae will synthesize ... such healthy carriers that the disease was spread, and toxigenic bacteria were maintained in the population. Before mass immunization of children, carrier rates of C. diphtheriae of 5% or higher were observed. Because of the high degree of susceptibility of children, artificial immunization at an early age is universally advocated. Toxoid is given in 2 or 3 doses (1 month apart) for primary immunization at an age of 3 - 4 ...
- 4058: Dietary Guidelines for North Americans and Suggestions for Food Choices
- ... jumping onto the dietary band-wagon. A diet is basically to take food according to rule, a mode of living in reference to nourishment. There are various types of diets that one can follow; a high or low calorie diet, low fat diets, diets modified in protein, minerals, water, and carbohydrates, and so the list goes on. Many business enterprises base their entire corporations into the field of weight loss. Many ... that is spoken of is muscle mass. Muscle mass is the building of the muscle fibres in the body and the only way to increase this mass is by hard physical activity. A low fat, high carb diet is also necessary to be able to keep a high energy level for the physical load that is required for building up the muscles. For the muscle fibres to be stimulated to grow a certain amount of resistance has to be applied to them. ...
- 4059: Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- ... healers, the priest physician, lay physician, and the magician-physician. The priest physicians were ranked highest among physicians because they practiced a combination of clinical and spiritual medicine. The priest physicians were in such a high favor that it is most likely they were part of the Egyptian hierarchy, and involved with the state officials and pharaohs. It is unknown if the priest physicians ever received medical training. They were permitted ... and only used spells to cure the ill. This signifies that although the Egyptians made advances in the field of medicine, the aspect of magic never their medicine. All physicians of Egypt were regarded in high favor of the kings. They were given such titles as Chief of all court physicians The nobles also used the term body physicians. These body physicians, were permanently employed. Historians and archaeologists are unsure of ... also a keeper of the king s right eye, and keeper of the kings left eye. The Egyptians were able to treat teeth and eye problems. Doctors who specialized in the eyes were regarded extremely high in Egyptian society and were the pride of many Pharaohs. Eye doctors had considerable knowledge of the eye. They distinguished that there is both an outside part and an inside part to be treated. ...
- 4060: Cystic Fibrosis
- ... irritability, excessive mucus production, sinus infections, nasal polyps, recurrent pneumonia, poor growth, frequent loose foul- smelling stools, enlarged fingertips, and skin that is salty to the taste. The sweat test is usually used to detect high levels of salt. More than 60m Eq/L of chloride in sweat up to age 20 is diagnostic of CF when 1 or more criteria are present. Levels of 40-60 are highly suggestive. Direct ... and symptoms develop within hours after birth and include absence of stools, vomiting, and abdominal distention. X-rays are used to confirm this and surgery is used to correct the problem. The death rate is high including premature births and most who survive will manifest CF. Nurses in the nursery must be on guard for early detection. Rectal prolapse occurs in infants and children due to poor muscle tone in the ... help aid in digestion. Fluids should be increased and liberal amounts of salt intake. Fluids are forced to prevent dehydration from frequent stools and excessive sweating. Salt tablets are often used in older children. Frequent high calorie meals and snacks are used to help maintain weight. Don't pile food on a child's tray. Make it attractive and the size should correlate with the child's size. Make mealtime ...
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