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- 2441: The Effects of Smoking
- ... and achieve lower goals. These disadvantages are directly related to duration of smoking and amount and are caused by the effects of carbon monoxide on blood oxygen levels, as well as increased heart and metabolic rates stimulated by smoking. Toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke damage the lung capacity, leading to increased coughs and respiratory infections among smokers. Adolescent smokers cough more than non-smokers do, and by the time they reach ...
- 2442: The History of Birth Control
- ... been using birth control for thousands of years, all the way back to Ancient Greece where linen condoms, dried fish powder, and sea sponges were used, and while they may not have had the efficacy rates of today's birth control devices, they had their uses at the time. That being said, I would NOT recommend any of the types of birth control that have fallen out of use over the ...
- 2443: Human Subconcious
- ... don't understand how human nature works. Human nature is a very difficult concept to understand. This is because each person has its own personality, behaviour, beliefs and values. It should be in our best interest to understand ourselves in order to prevent problems and conflicts caused by disagreements between ourselves. Nowadays we live in difficult periods; many conflicts, crimes and other problems occur very often. We don't really realize ...
- 2444: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... is affected by the disorder. As estimated, as much as five percent of the population has A.D.D. With the advancements in information technology and the limitless access to the Internet, the awareness and interest continue to grow at an unprecedented pace. There are currently more than 875,000 web sites relating to Attention Deficit Disorder. There are also many non-profit organizations, such as CH.A.D.D.(Children ...
- 2445: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... a child with FAS are significantly higher than that of a non-FAS child. Families, communities, and government all need to work together to cope with, and educate FAS children for the child's best interest, and for family support. The causes, effects, and educational philosophies of FAS will be explored in the following section.
- 2446: Obesity
- ... effect is seen after 10 to 30 years of being obese.) Obesity has been linked to several serious medical conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. It is also associated with higher rates of certain types of cancer. Obese men are more likely than nonobese men to die from cancer of the colon, rectum, and prostate. Obese women are more likely than nonobese women to die from cancer ...
- 2447: Addiction: Its Causes and Effects
- ... say "no". Addiction is considered to be a "chronic, progressive and potentially fatal behavior" (Griffin-Shelley 7). An addict will never be cured of the addiction for the rest of their life. Due to high rates of relapse, addictive behaviors are considered chronic. Addictions are considered progressive because it takes several months or years to become addicted and it gradually gets worse and worse. An addiction doesn't happen overnight. Finally ...
- 2448: The Ebola Virus
- ... onset of the fever and other clinical manifestations (Ornstein, Matthews and Johnson 7). In most outbreaks, transmission from patient to patient within hospitals has been associated within the reuse of unsterile needles and syringes. High rates of transmission in outbreaks have occurred from patients to heath-care workers and to family members who provide nursing care without appropriate precautions to prevent exposure to blood, other body fluids, vomitus, urine and stool ...
- 2449: Schizophrenia
- ... think they are Jesus, Napoleon, or Franklin D. Roosevelt.@ (American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 1) Pregnant women who experience an immune reaction that presents danger to their unborn children, this reaction raises sharply the rates of schizophrenia in the unborn child. Severe malnutrition in the early months of the fetal development may contribute to schizophrenia. It is also known that schizophrenia runs in families. AThe probablitilty of developing schizophrenia as ...
- 2450: Gregor Mendel's Theories of Genetic Inheritance
- ... theological studies, Mendel went to the University of Vienna where he was influenced by 2 professors, the physicist Doppler and a botanist named Unger. Here he learned to study science through experimentation and aroused his interest in the causes of variation in plants. Then in 1857, Mendel began breeding garden peas in the abbey garen to study inheritance which lead to his law of Segregation and independent assortment. Mendel's Law ...
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