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- 16531: Cancer
- ... Cancer has been known and described throughout history. In the early 1990s nearly 6 million cancer cases and more than 4 million deaths have been reported worldwide, every year. The most fatal cancer in the world is lung cancer, which has grown drastically since the spread of cigarette smoking in growing countries. Stomach cancer is the second leading form of cancer in men, after lung cancer. Another on the increase, for ...
- 16532: Compare And Contrast Depression And Schizophrenia
- ... depressions; for example, mourning is usually accompanied by a depressed mood, but this is not considered to be anything other than an expected response to loss. Major depression occur in 10% to 20% of the world's population in the course of a lifetime. Women are more often affected than men, by a two to one ratio, and they seem to be a particular risk in the period prior to menstruation ...
- 16533: Vegetarian Diet
- ... made up of grains, vegetables and fruit, but does not include any animal flesh, such as fish, pork, poultry, or beef. But beyond these standards, there are many variations of diet that occur within the world of vegetarianism. The first, and most prominent, category of vegetarianism is a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Mark Messina describes a lact-ovo diet as "...a vegetarian diet (that) includes dairy products and eggs but no animal ...
- 16534: Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder where mood’s change very fast a person can go from being on top of the world to wanting to kill them self. The mood’s bounce back and forth between the depressive phase and manic phase, which cause a lot of problems. The disorder usually appears between the ages of 15 ...
- 16535: Magnetic Therapy
- Magnetic Therapy Probably one of the largest contemporary trends in the therapeutic world is the use of magnetic therapy. However, it is also one of the least researched modalities, and has very little sound explanation for it's effectiveness. Winning over its clientele with testimonials by everyone from ...
- 16536: Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
- ... who was involved in these new drug programs. Rosenfield is one of eight people in the U.S. who can legally smoke marijuana because of these early research programs. These programs fell victim to the war on drugs, which was implemented by the government in the 1990’s. Rosenfield, who is thirty-three, contracted a rare cancer at the age of ten. His muscles and blood vessels stretch over tumors on ...
- 16537: Is Ritalin Over Prescribed?
- ... followed and doctors prescribe Ritalin to every child that walks through the door (Silver 3). The rate of Ritalin use in the United States is at lease five times higher than the rest of the world, with nearly three million children using it (Cooter 305). The reason for this is quite simple. Almost half the pediatricians surveyed for a recent report in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine said they ...
- 16538: Alcohol and Its Effects On Humans
- ... research needs to be done before one can really say the results of the tests are totally valid (Pernanen 1991). References: Cook PJ, Moore MJ: Violence reduction through restrictions on alcohol availability. Alcohol Health Res World 17: 151-156, 1993. Pernanen K. Alcohol in Human Violence. New York: Guilford Press, 1991. Wechsler, H., Davenport, A., Dowdall, G., Mowyhens, B. and Castillo S. (1994). Health and Behavioral Consequences of Binge Drinking in ...
- 16539: Canine Hip Dysplasia
- ... every day. However, you only tend to hear about advancements pertaining to human medicine, what about all of our four legged friends? Humans are not the only species afflicted with disease. Dogs all over the world are suffering from a disease known as canine hip dysplasia, and their human owners may have no idea. How many times have you noticed Fido limping about and thought nothing of it? That limp may ...
- 16540: Type II Diabetes
- Type II Diabetes Diabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made ...
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