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- 10021: The Effects of Smoking
- The Effects of Smoking Smoking is one of the leading causes of death among Americans. What you don't hear are many of the effects of smoking. You may have heard that smoking causes cancer, but there are many more effects of smoking than just cancer. One of ...
- 10022: The History, Use, and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs
- ... in the synthesis of nerve-regulating substances. Deficiency in thiamine causes beriberi, which is characterized by muscular weakness, swelling of the heart, and leg cramps and may, in severe cases, lead to heart failure and death. Many foods contain thiamine, but few supply it in concentrated amounts. Foods richest in thiamine are pork, organ meats such as liver, heart, and kidney, brewer's yeast, lean meats, eggs, leafy green vegetables, whole ...
- 10023: Diabetes Type I
- ... Insulin controls the amount of glucose distributed to vital organs and also the muscles. In diabetics due to the lack of insulin and therefore the control of glucose given to different body parts they face death if they don't inject themselves with insulin daily. Since strict monitoring of diabetes is needed for the control of the disease, little room is left for carelessness. As a result diabetic patients are susceptible ...
- 10024: Cancer: The Costs, Causes, and Cures
- ... that quite often a tumor is not accessible to a surgeon, or it may be attached to a major organ of the body, in which removing the tumor may cause serious side affects and even death. So long as a cancerous tumor has not spread to a major organ or tissue, the removal will be a safe and will be successful in most cases. Surgical removal of a cancerous tumor may ...
- 10025: The Functions and Disorders of the Liver
- ... blood to clot are not produced so the patient bruises and bleeds easily. A viscous fluid will sometimes collect in the ankles and abdomen. Blood sugar levels will as drop. Liver failure will eventually cause death. Liver failure is brought on by the hepatitis virus, alcohol, and an acetaminophen overdose. Jaundice and even coma are common symptoms of liver failure. Cirrhosis, which is the hardening and shrinking of the liver. the ...
- 10026: The Ebola Virus
- ... in the eye, bleeding from body openings, and often, destruction of internal tissue. From the time of exposure to the symptoms are seen is usually five to ten days, and then from that till either death or improvement is usually seven to ten days. It is not know to scientist why not all of the people that contract the deadly virus die, since there is such extensive internal damage. There is ...
- 10027: Anorexia Nervosa
- ... physical illness and a psychiatric illness. Hormone changes result from the low weight and low levels of body fat. In young women menstruation stops. Anorexia nervosa can be very severe illness, including a risk of death from starvation (Encarta Encyclopedia, Internet). Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which preoccupation with dieting and thinness leads to excessive weight loss. The individual may not acknowledge that weight loss or restricted eating is a ...
- 10028: Tourette Syndrome
- ... Axis 1 disorders than the rest of the normal population not afflicted with the syndrome. People with Tourette Syndrome are also afflicted with obsessions of contamination, disease, sexual impulses, self harm, being just right, and death. Sixty percent of those who are diagnosed as having Tourette Syndrome will also display some type of learning disorder. Such disorders include: having difficulty organizing work, having difficulty playing quietly, talking excessively, interrupting and intruding ...
- 10029: The Worlds Fight Against Microbes
- ... on the particular virus, the disease can progress until the patient becomes deathly ill with respiratory problems, severe bleeding, kidney problems, and shock. The severity of these diseases can range from a mild illness to death (CDC I). The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA (ribonucleic acid) viruses known as filoviruses. When these viruses are magnified several thousand times by an electron microscope they have the appearance ...
- 10030: Steroids and Their Affects On The Human Body
- ... was later discovered to be the stimulant cocaine. They would take it before long hunts, battles, and even found it useful in ancient sport competitions. It wasn't until 1886 that the first drug-related death in sports occurred. A bicyclist took a mixture of cocaine and heroine, called the "speedball," and died from it. Little were the doctors aware the epidemic that would follow in the next century. Anabolic steroids ...
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