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- 881: The Dark side of a Wonder Drug-A Selected Collection of Testimony on the Safety of Ritalin
- ... easier to medicate a child than work with a dysfunctional family, decrease the size of a large classroom or increase funding for special education"(Wonder Drug). Part of the problem is that while the experts stress that any child who may have an attention disorder should be thoroughly assessed to rule out other problems, it can take months, even a year or more, to get a referral to a specialist. "When ...
- 882: Permeability of Hydrophilic
- ... the cytoplasm at both 33 and 39°C; the pattern was located more closely near the cellular membrane at 37°C (Figure 3, D-F). Actin filaments were well developed at all three temperatures, showing stress fibers at 33°C and being distributed evenly at 37°C in the cell membrane. At 39°C the actin network indicated broadening of extracellular spaces and defects in the monolayer (Figure 3, G-I ...
- 883: Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
- ... of the California measure did their cause no good by immediately lighting up marijuana joints after it passed this last year and proclaiming that a legitimate medicinal use would include smoking a joint to relieve stress. Dennis Peron, originator of the California initiative, said afterward he believes all marijuana use is medical -- except for kids. These actions made it obvious that the goal of at least some supporters is to get ...
- 884: A Better Idea of Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... help. Attention Deficit Disorder is hard to diagnose because no one is certain of what actually causes the disorder. Lawrence Weathers thinks that the behavior of an ADD or ADHD child might occur because of stress due to school, parents, or friends before the child is emotionally equipped to handle the situation. He calls ADD a neurological disorder that affects the motivational system (42, 20). Another theory of what causes ADD ...
- 885: Understanding Panic Disorders
- ... losing control. The symptoms usually lasts several seconds, but may continue for several minutes. The symptoms gradually fade over the course of about an hour. Initial panic attacks may occur when people are under considerable stress, from an overload of work, for example, or from the loss of a family member or close friend. The attacks may also follow surgery, a serious accident, illness, or childbirth. Excessive consumption of caffeine or ...
- 886: Sturge Weber Syndrome
- ... Syndrome may be the result of a mutated gene. There is no cure for the Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome either. However there are of course treatments for the effects. Elastic garments and pumps often relieve the stress of lymphedema. The elastic garment is also used in protecting the limb from trauma and decreasing the chances of bleeding from hemangioma. Surgery may be done if necessary to debulk excessive tissue, or to correct ...
- 887: Senility
- ... the very early stages of the disease, they are oblivious to their plight as a result of their loss of insight (Horton and Smart, 1984, p.322). Health care professionals therefore are alert to the stress imposed on the caregivers by dealing with loved ones with dementia (Horton and Smart, 1984, p.322). Adequate support from agencies available in the community is essential. When a diagnosis is made, the physician discusses ...
- 888: Alternative Medicine
- ... and more medical programs are now offering electives in alternative treatments. An article in Newsweek gave some examples of these programs. At the University of Louisville, medical students dance, play-act, joke and meditate their stress away. At Georgetown medical school, an instructor suggests a multiple-sclerosis patient take up dance to relieve his anxiety. At Harvard, med. students learn to decrease the pain of a patient's breast biopsy through ...
- 889: On Ockham's Razor and Gulf Ills
- ... to a variety of causes, including, according to the Presidential Advisory Committee, these top 10 candidates: Biological warfare agents Chemical warfare agents Depleted uranium in shells, armor Infectious diseases Oil-well fires Pesticides Petroleum products Stress Pyridostigmine bromide as an antidote to poison gas Vaccines Several of these putative causes, such as oil-well fires, can be eliminated if, as Katherine Leisure finds, some servicemen and women who suffer from the ...
- 890: Depression And Its Causes
- ... is diagnosed by a group of symptoms that occurs for more than a few weeks, and interferes with normal life. These symptoms are caused by alteration in brain chemistry, which can be triggered by illness, stress, frustration, or grief. After two or three years, a more normal chemistry reappears on its own, and the person is cured, even without medical treatment. But if the brain alteration goes untreated, a majority of ...
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