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An Attempt At Understanding Dreams
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3418.... just “fly away” in certain situations in
the dream or I just ignore it and tell the bad guy that he can't hurt me because
I know it's just a dream. I have no idea until today how I'm able to do that,
but it really makes me wonder. I also don't know why I had that dream a few
weeks after the movie and not the same night I watched it, especially that I had
completely forgotten about it until the night of the dream, at least consciously.
Anyway, I decided to use the chance of having to write a paper for
Psychology 201 (especially that I hardly write papers because I'm a .....
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Quackery
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1252.... Simply put, quackery is the
promotion of a medical remedy that doesn't work or hasn't been proven to work.
In modern times, quackery is known as health fraud. But call it quackery or call
it health fraud, the result is the same - unfulfilled wishes, wasted dollars,
endangered health. Often quack products are fairly easy to spot, like the magic
pills you are supposed to take to stay forever young. But sometimes the products
are vaguely based on some medical report that you may even have heard about in
the news. In general, when looking over ads for medicines and medical d .....
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Bell's Palsy
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 848.... of the face, including muscles of eyelid.
Flat expressionless features
Distorted smiles and frowns
Pain on the effected side of the face, ears, skull
Changes in taste, salivation or tear formation
Face may feel stiff and pulled to one side
Headache
Sensitivity to light and sound
Incidence:
Statistics indicate that Bell's Palsy affects approximately 2 out of 10,000 people, however, the actual incidence is likely to be much higher (around 1 out of 500 to 1,000). The disorder will effect 40,000 men and women a year, usually between the ages of 20 and 35. Of .....
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Alternative Medicine
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1734.... than they do on conventional medicine. (Eisenberg 1). But physicians are skeptical about the value of such therapies and not infrequently hostile to them. The skepticism is well founded.
Those skeptical about the value of claim that the Office of (OAM) does not take the proper unbiased, scientific stance but acts instead as an advocate for . Skeptics point to studies supported by the OAM that do not use the rigorous scientific methods of conventional medical research. experts claim that the usual scientific methods, which include ensuring that everybody gets th .....
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Acupuncture
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 472.... pain it is only mild. Most of the needles now used in acupuncture are
disposable needles. Acupuncture does not always only involve needles. They may
also use other methods such as moxibustion, cupping, electronic stimulation,
magneotherapy and various types of massage. There are also many different
styles of acupuncture practiced all over the world.
There are many things to consider when choosing an acupuncturist.
Acupuncture is a licensed and regulated healthcare profession in about half the
states in the United States. There are many acupuncture practices which are no .....
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Artificial Contraceptives
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1480.... IUD’s, but they can remain there until it is desired to be removed for a pregnancy. Although they sound ideal, some women have experienced uterine cramps and increased menstrual flow when using an IUD. (Billings, pg.63) in fact, some devices increase the risk of pelvic infection(Funk & Wagnall’s, pg.98). Further, in Perry and Dawson’s book, Nightmare, they proclaim the dangers of IUDs. They focus, especially, on the Dalkon Shield IUD; an IUD described as “the safest and most satisfying form of contraception.” In their book, Perry and Dawson state that “more t .....
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People Vs. The Tobacco Industry
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1038.... to change his social status. The tobacco industry deceives people with their ads implying that cigarettes can relieve stress, help fit in, and even change the social status of men, women, and teens. A camel smoking a cigarette, wearing a leather jacket, with several beautiful ladies surrounding him portrays that smoking is for tough and outgoing ladies’ men. Models are used to illustrate that smoking will make women thinner and more glamorous. Slogans such as “You’ve come a long way, baby” interprets women’s entrance in the business world. Teens are especially being targ .....
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Alcohol And Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1700.... of
a patient's birth defects. In other words, FAE is a less severe form of FAS.
Both FAS and FAE are the results of the use of teratogens, which are nongenetic
influences that can potentially complicate fetal development.(Harris, p.85)
FAS is due to the mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
Alcohol in the woman's bloodstream circulates to the fetus via the placenta.
There, the alcohol intrudes with the ability of the fetus to receive a
sufficient amount of oxygen and nourishment for normal development in the brain
and other body organs. The critical time for alco .....
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