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- 3941: Mumps
- ... and occurs only in human beings. Mumps is found all over the world. Mumps is a contagious disease when the salivary glands, on one or both sides of the jaw, swells. Mumps usually occurs in school age children, but young adults may catch the disease. Everyone born before1957 has already had mumps. After one attack of mumps, you will have lifelong immunity. The mumps virus is spread by contact of another ...
- 3942: The Effects of Lead Poison on Children
- ... system and brain. Lower levels of lead can reduce their IQ, reading and learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and behavior problems. When these are added up it causes the student to become a dropout from school and a negative contribution to our communities(Monheit, 1996). The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC) have found that these injuries occur when blood levels rise to a mere 10 ...
- 3943: How has AIDS affected our Society?
- ... the treatment, or mistreatment, of those who are HIV positive, but do not have AIDS. One of the most famous stories is the treatment of Ryan White. He was not allowed to attend a public school because he had AIDS. His story was told and people began to realize that those with HIV can lead "normal" lives and must be treated equally. Fortunately, conditions have improved. It is hard to know ...
- 3944: 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 ...
- 3945: Victor Frankenstein: An Unpredictable Character
- ... brother, William. Victor had the most fulfilled childhood, which is why it was so peculiar that he went of the deep end. After Victors mother died, his father thought it best that Victor attend school in Ingolstadt, where he would study natural philosophy and chemistry. Victor is an obsessive compulsive person. When he gets involved in something, he engrosses himself in it. He began to study all the time and ...
- 3946: Timothy Leary
- ... response is "Turn on, tune in, drop out," his trademark line, although the meaning of it has often been misinterpreted. Playboy Magazine had thought that his message was advocating, "getting high and dropping out of school," (Marwick 311). When asked by the magazine to explain the meaning of the phrase he responded, " Turn on means to contact the ancient energies and wisdoms that are built into your nervous system. They provide ...
- 3947: Ebola
- ... between this plague and the recent Sudan and Zaire outbreaks. They also found paintings on Greek islands near Athens that have pictures of green monkeys. This theory is questioned by Kevin DeCock, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine because he says that "one of the main symptoms of Ebola is copious quantities of blood, which does not feature in Thucydide's (ancient Athenian who recorded the plague) account ...
- 3948: Eating Disorders: Anorexia
- ... members and friends can call local hospitals or university medical centers to find out about eating disorder clinics and clinicians experienced in treating the illnesses, for the college students, treatment progams may be available in school counseling centers. Family and friends should read as mush as possible about eating disorders, so they can help the person with the illness understand his or her problem. Many local mental health organizations and the ...
- 3949: Diabetes
- ... comes in slow. For type II they have to loose weigh and exercise more. Some people test their own blood sugar levels throughout the day and have insulin pumps. DIABETES Robert Quinn Brick Memorial High School January 23, 1997
- 3950: Anger Management And Health
- ... don't like it when we demonstrate our anger. Many of us are taught at an early age to bury our anger inside, where it causes stress, both emotionally and physically. For example, in grade school, children have to stay after class or are sent to the principle when they express feelings of anger. Poorly managed anger is the cause of many serious physical, social and emotional problems, form heart disease ...
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