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- 861: Critical Summary of Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics
- ... that the Western role of a woman is now beginning to include success in the work force, sexually attractive as well as the traditional roles as nurturant wives and mothers. Apter hypothesizes that this added stress of Western ideology combined with the non-Western ethnic origin of these adolescents could create complications such that the attitudes towards food will begin to resemble that of anorectics. In contrast, Apter also hypothesizes that ...
- 862: Lucid Dreaming: Asleep and Aware
- ... a lucid dream shows more brain activity than a waking person under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD (Lucid Dreaming 364). A lucid dream is usually provoked by an earlier day of heightened stress or anxiety (Lucid Dreaming 364). They usually occur at the end of an eight or nine hour sleep (Horgan 50). Several methods have been developed for inducing lucid dreams. The simplest and most common method ...
- 863: Marfans Syndrome
- ... to detect lens dislocation, with periodic follow-up with an ophthalmologist. Careful monitoring of the skeletal system, especially during childhood and adolescence. Beta-blocker medications may be prescribed to lower blood pressure and, consequently, reduce stress on the aorta. Antibiotics may be prescribed prior to dental or genito-urinary procedures to reduce the risk of infection in people who experience mitral valve prolapse. Lifestyle adaptatio ns, such as the avoidance of ...
- 864: Dreams
- ... These spirits that haunted you were usually female and this was shown by the word "mare". They came to suffocate you during your sleep, or so it was thought. Nightmares occur when somebody is under stress or is having problems. In nightmares the victim is usually on his own against the supernatural spirit that's attacking them. When the person eventually wakes up from the nightmare the person still thinks that ...
- 865: Tourette Syndrome
- ... disappear for weeks or months at a time. However if people afflicted with the syndrome try and suppress their tics, they will re occur with increased ferver. Tics increase as a result of tension or stress, and decrease with relaxation or concentration on absorbing a task. Tics are classified into two groups: complex and simple tics. Simple tics are movements or vocalizations which are completely uncomprehendable and meaningless to those not ...
- 866: The Genetics of Violence
- ... pressure and increases alertness as part of the bodys "fight or flight" mechanism. Brunner believes that the lack of this neurotransmitter could cause an excess of chemical messages to the brain, in times of stress, causing the victims fury. The mens urine found extremely low levels of the breakdown products of the three neurotransmitters, which are the breakdown products after MAOA has done its work. Another of the ...
- 867: The Effects of Altitude On Human Physiology
- ... climbing a flight of stairs. The increased oxygendemand of the cells in providing the mechanical energy required to climb ultimately produces a local hypoxia in the muscle cell. The first noticeable response to this external stress is usually an increase in breathing rate. This is called increased alveolar ventilation. The rate of our breathing is determined by the need for O2 in the cells and is the first response to hypoxic ...
- 868: Seasonal Affective Disorder
- ... is the chemical that regulates a person's appetite for carbohydrate rich foods. A patient who suffers from SAD, and is given an artificial shot of serotonin called d-fenfluramine leads to a decrease in stress-induced eating (Scientific American 1986). In each person blood stream we have a hormone known as trypton that is a derivative of serotonin. When it enters the central nervous system and reaches a group of ...
- 869: Schizophrenia
- ... are used for driving cars, and that people eat meals three a day. Schizophrenia affect both men and women equally. Along with delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorders, they also suffer from paranoia, high anxiety , low stress tolerance, low motivation, lack of energy and the inability to feel pleasure. This makes work, leisure, relationships and even everyday tasks difficult, sometimes impossible. These are concerns not only for the people diagnosed with this ...
- 870: Muscle Growth
- ... muscle slightly injured like it was in the alarm stage. This addition of muscle proteins will cause the muscle to become bigger and stronger in order to be able to properly handle that type of stress again. Another factor in muscle growth is genetics. Genetically, men have the potential to have more muscle growth then women because of the higher testosterone levels that they have. Another genetics factor in muscle growth ...
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