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- 4071: Schizophrenia
- ... 1983). There are three different fields of thought as to how something is affecting the dopamine and causing schizophrenia. One is that there is an excess of the neurotransmitter in the brain. In contrast, another school of thought is that there is a deficit of dopamine in the brain. The final thought is that the dopamine is somehow being turned into a poison (Torrey, 1983). A chemical imbalance of dopamine could ...
- 4072: Teen Suicide
- ... The inevitable takes place and the troubled teen ends his life. The next main cause of adolescent suicide is based on drug abuse. According to Johnston OMalley, and Bachman, 1997 the percentage of high school senior drug use is currently at an incline. The earlier an adolescent starts to use drugs the more likely they are to progress into "the most severe forms of drug use". This elicit drug use ...
- 4073: Assisted Suicide
- ... is also reproachable to end one's own life without regard to the trauma it might inflict on the vulnerable. People shall never forget the horror suffered by two young children who arrived home after school to find their mother hanging from the hall chandelier, or by a teen-age boy who found his father with his head blown apart from a self-inflicted shotgun wound in the kitchen of their ...
- 4074: Assisted Suicide
- ... rights to marital and sexual privacy, the right of a woman to exercise control over her body, the right to travel freely from one place to another, and the right to learn certain subjects in school."(Mayo 2"2) Sullivan feels the right to take your own life falls into this category of fundamental rights. Yet he does put a stipulation on the right to suicide and that is what he ...
- 4075: Richard Nixon
- ... success and his comeback after being defeated for President in 1960 and for Governor of California in 1962. Born in California in 1913, Nixon had a brilliant record at Whittier College and Duke University Law School before beginning the practice of law. In 1940, he married Patricia Ryan; they had two daughters, Patricia (Tricia) and Julie. During World War II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific. On ...
- 4076: Death
- ... relate to the families and friends of the person that had past away. Just a few days ago a very important man in my church died from cancer. He was also my principle in grade school. They announced his death Sunday morning during the church service. I again got to watch many people weep and mourn over this great man of stature. I got to see some friends of mine cry ...
- 4077: Steroids
- ... steroids are not even remotely as dangerous to your health as the media tries to make us think. The fact is that steroid use is more abundant than most people might think. Professionals, amateurs, high school students, actors, models, bodybuilders, and even children as young as 13 are using steroids to give them that competitive edge, make them bigger and stronger, and enhance their physical appearance. Most people dont understand ...
- 4078: Robert E. Lee
- ... of 18, Lee entered the United States Military Academy at West Point where his classmates admired him for his brilliance, leadership, and love for his work. West Point was not his first choice for a school, but there was no money left to send him to Harvard because his older brother, Charles Carter, had used it for his own studies at Harvard. He graduated from the academy with high honors in ...
- 4079: Bulimia
- ... rigid dieting and fasting, rigorous exercise, weight loss, unusual mood states like confusion and lethargy, "chipmunk" cheeks (swollen glands), dark circles under the eyes, raspy voice, social withdrawal and combative behavior, low self- esteem, declining school performance, use of syrup of ipecac, and lack of menstrual periods. Bulimia is stimulated by society's emphasis on thinness; some doctors feel parents may also contribute by emphasizing appearance, by pushing food on children ...
- 4080: Vegetarian Diet
- ... 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 ...
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