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- 16661: AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ... 1990s but had not yet developed clinical symptoms. In addition, although the vast majority of documented cases have occurred in the United States, AIDS cases have also been reported in almost every country in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa in particular appears to suffer a heavy burden of this illness. No cure or vaccine now exists for AIDS. Many of those infected with HIV may not even be aware that they ...
- 16662: Hemophilia
- ... are unaffected. Men cannot transmit hemophilia, and female carriers are free of the disease. Hemophilia is the most common hereditary blood disorder. Currently, approximately one in every 10,000 people in all parts of the world suffers from hemophilia. This blood related disease affects about 20,000 people in the United States. It affects males almost exclusively and knows no geographical or ethnic boundaries. Before medical advancement, those affected by hemophilia ...
- 16663: Heart Attacks
- ... physically prepares to run or fight. Hormones called adrenaline and noradrenaline are released into the blood stream. These hormones cause the metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and muscle tension to increase. In today's world, stress very seldom calls for an actual flight or fight response, but the body does not know the difference. Therefore, the physical release of all the energy built up in the body does not actually ...
- 16664: Ovarian Cancer
- ... 289). Occasionally, a renal cell carcinoma metastasizes to the ovary and may be confused with a primary clear cell adenocarcinoma. Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (OCCA) has been recognized as a distinct histologic entity in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of ovarian tumors since 1973 and is the most lethal ovarian neoplasm with an overall five year survival of only 34% (Kennedy, 342). Clear cell adenocarcinoma, like most ovarian cancers, originates ...
- 16665: Consciousness As Determined Th
- ... and perceived differently in many psychological view points. For instance the earlier views around the 19th century was diversely considered. Most perceived consciousness as a substance or "mental stuff" unlike an object from the physical world. Others deferred that the conscious mind was what separated man from lower forms of life. It is an attribute characterized by sensation and voluntary movement which described the difference between normal waking state of animals ...
- 16666: Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- ... to the susceptible tissues of the body. Degenerative changes in these tissues, which include heart, muscle, peripheral nerves, adrenals, kidneys, liver and spleen, result in the systemic pathology of the disease. In parts of the world where diphtheria still occurs, it is primarily a disease of children, and most individuals who survive infancy and childhood have acquired immunity to diphtheria. In earlier times, when nonimmune populations (i.e., Native Americans) were ...
- 16667: Dietary Guidelines for North Americans and Suggestions for Food Choices
- ... 1985. Whitney, Eleanor Noss. Nutrition & Diet Therapy : Principals and Practice (first edition). West Publishing Company, New York, 1986. Joe Weider's Muscle and Fitness magazine. January 1997 edition. Brute Enterprises Inc.. California, 1997. (page 103) World Encyclopaedia. Volume 2. Chicago, . Anorexia (page 34). Rosenberg, Dr. Harold. Stora Lakarboken om Vitaminterapi. Lerchs Forlag AB. Johanneshov, Sverige, 1975. Footnotes 1. Whitney, Eleanor Noss. Nutrition & Diet Therapy : Principals and Practice (second edition). West Publishing ...
- 16668: Depression
- ... hard for them to ever imagine feeling happy or excited again. Some may withdraw and be less sociable. They may also become short-tempered and difficult to please. No one can do anything right. The world of depression is a lonely place to be. Physical problems can also occur. Some may have trouble getting to sleep or wake up a lot during the night. Others just want to sleep all the ...
- 16669: Cognitive Dissonance
- ... habit and very personal to many people. Full well knowing these facts, I attempted to delve in the minds of my friends and put many of the theories afore mentioned to use in the practical world. To undertake my research project I observed my friends in their everyday routines. I chose to attempt to persuade many of my friends to stop smoking. While attempting to undertake this momentous task I observed ...
- 16670: 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 ...
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