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- 841: An American Crisis: Gulf War Syndrome
- ... boots and gloves were so chunky, they took 15 minutes just to get them on. Also with the extreme heat in the Gulf region added to that the thick, bulky chemical suit this caused heat stress among the troops (Sherwood 11). Nick Roberts of Alabama is one of the 70,000 veterans that are afflicted with Gulf War Syndrome. After realizing that the War caused his ailments, became an advocate for ...
- 842: The Heart
- ... shape or sag (prolapse) or fail to close which causes a back flow of blood (regurgitation) could also be caused by infection or congenital problems. Tachycardia Tachycardia occurs normally during and after exercise or during stress and represents no danger to healthy individuals. In some cases, however, tachycardia occurs without apparent cause.The heart can beat as many as 240 times per minute in tachycardia. Tachycardia can be ended by lying ...
- 843: Teens and Smoking
- ... Linzer, M. A., Koch, G. G. (1990). Effect of parental smoking classification on the association between parental and adolescent smoking. Addictive-behaviors, 15,(5), 413-422. Horevitz, M. J., (1985). Disasters and psychological responses to stress. Psychiatric Annals, 15, 161-167. Hu, F. B. Flak, B. R., Hedeker, D. (1995). The inlf\uence of friends and parental smoking on adolescent smoking behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, v4 (3), 215-225 ...
- 844: Steroids
- Steroids "I just wanted to boost my performance." These are the words spoken by numerous athletes who have been captured using steroids. The continuous stress and pressure on athletes to perform well has caused some to breakdown and take steroids as an easy way to bulk up. Steroids amongst athletes is not the only problem. Other reasons for taking steroids ...
- 845: Sexual Transmitted Diseases Defined
- ... important to get early treatment in order to prevent this from getting worse. Some symptoms happen for 1 to 3 weeks. Herpes lives in the body between symptoms. Relapses can happen by emotional or physical stress, fever, trauma, hormonal changes, sunlight, alcohol. There are two different Infections Asymptomatic Infections and Neonatal Infections. Genital herpes can be passed on through most forms of sexual contact, genital-to-genital, oral-to-genital, and ...
- 846: Schizophrenia: Explained and Treatments
- ... the victim will maintain positions of the body in which he is put for long periods of time, even if they are uncomfortable (Arieti). There have been many theories to explain what causes schizophrenia. Heredity, stress, medical illness, and physical injury to the brain are all thought to be factors but research has not yet pinpointed the specific combination of factors that produce the disease (Sinclair). While schizophrenia can affect anyone ...
- 847: Schizophrenia
- ... the mother gets the flu during the second trimester of pregnancy causing brain damage to the unborn child. Another factor is complications at birth that could affect the child mentally. Another factor causing schizophrenia is stress because the mind is overworked and eventually can't function properly. An important factor concerning schizophrenia is how a child is raised. If the child has abusive parents, he or she will have serious mental ...
- 848: Premature Infancy
- ... this reason, many preemies, especially early preemies, are better off not wearing clothing or diapers. Not wearing clothing helps make it easier for the doctor to work with the baby and keep the skin's stress levels to a minimum. Even though the parents may want to hold and cuddle their baby, it is best for the child and the parents if they keep to a minimum the handling of a ...
- 849: Nutrition and You
- ... body. Minerals are also important in the production of hormones. Another important function of minerals is to maintain the delicate water balance of the body and to regulate the blood's pH. Physical and emotional stress causes a strain on the body's supply of minerals. A mineral deficiency often results in illness, which may be treated by the addition of the missing mineral to the diet. Calcium, a primary mineral ...
- 850: Nutrition in Mountain Biking
- ... cardiac function, and an increase in body temperature. This is a study by Edward Coyle Ph.D. Director of the Humane Performance Laboratory at the University of Texas (Walsh 92). Dehydration can possibly increase metabolic stress on muscles. It also causes problems on your internal thermostat by decreasing blood flow to the skin, slowing sweat rates, and increasing the time needed for fluids to be absorbed into the blood stream. What ...
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