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Alcoholism
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 914.... of . Some other scientists have been skeptical of these findings, but we now have solid proof that a person is not always an alcoholic by choice. Predestined has been haunting society for years but it is only recently being dealt with.
It is my belief however, that is indeed heredity. The evidence that is provided is simply too substantial to ignore. Family history of shows that throughout the generations there has been a steady pattern of alcoholics within families. With the new found information on dopamine and the possibilities that is has, society can no longe .....
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1098.... along in class. Usually children with A.D.H.D. are more problematic or harder to keep in line, because A.D.H..D. is involving much more hyperactive behavior.
A.D.D. is a genetic disease, and in the case of A..D..D. If a child has it there is a more than good chance the parent has it as well. Fifty percent of parents that have kids with A.D.D. have A.D.D. as well. There are many different symptoms and effects of A..D..D. such as Bad organization this is due to being very anxious because of the disease, they seem to not know where to begin something and often get frustrate .....
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Health Care: Elderly
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1197.... for this study. At each hospital a care coordinator was chosen to be responsible for questionnaire review, communication with physicians, and further assessment and intervention when deemed necessary. Lists of patients 65 and older were generated from the caseloads of primary care physicians from the three hospital sites. The questionnaires were mailed out with physicians cover letters and consent forms in the summer of 1993. In the questionnaire patients were asked to assess their self-percieved notions of there medical and psychosocial needs, as well as the level of .....
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Preventing Health Problems Through Running
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 514.... a bad history of diabetes until they
started to run. Leonard said, After the Zuni tribe started running, "many
Zuni were able to reduce or eliminate their diabetes medication."(5)
My research also reveled that diverticular disease can be reduced
in men that run. For instance, Marty Munson and Teresa Yeykal writes in
the article "Outrun trouble" which says, "guys who racked up the most ours
doing vigorous exercise reduced their risks of diverticular decease by a
third."(38) They also say "it's good advice to make your lifestyle to
consume high fiber."(38)
I .....
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Genetics And Evolution: Cystic Fibrosis And Down Syndrome
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 998.... every 2500 births. If both parents carry the gene responsible for the disease, they have a one-in-four chance of having an affected child. In 1989, the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis was identified on chromosome 7 (out of 23 chromosomes). Since that time more than 200 different mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene have been described, and tests have been developed to detect the most common alterations. These tests can identify unaffected carriers of the disorder. Sickle-Cell Anemia Sickle-Cell Anemia, also called sickle-cell disease, is a hereditary condition where hemog .....
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Hemophilia
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 949.... protein is present by immunoassay but defective. B, the other type of , is a result of the deficiency of the factor IX - also known as Christmas disease. This protein deficiency of causes the blood to not be able to form a firm clot, and there a person who gets bruised or cut, keeps on bleeding. Not more, but longer. There are also other blood clotting disorders such as von Willebrand disease which can affects both sexes.
is the most common hereditary blood disorder, affecting approximately one in ten thousand people, almost all male. People with suffer from abnormal bl .....
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Memory
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1562.... memories of girlfriends and special events,
or they can be negative, such as suppressed memories. Sexual abuse of children
and adolescents is known to cause severe psychological and emotional damage.
Adults who were sexually abused in childhood are at a higher risk for developing
a variety of psychiatric disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders,
and mood disorders. To understand the essential issues about traumatic memory,
the human mind’s response to a traumatic event must first be understood. The
memory is made up of many different sections with each having diff .....
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Transplants And Diabetes
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 417.... one
year while a control group was left untreated. Then both the treated and
control groups received injections of approximately 500-800 islets of
Langerhans from unrelated donors. Of the five treated animals, two
became clinically and biochemically permanently normal. Six months later,
Martin examined the cured rats and found intact, functioning islets
secreting all of their hormones, including insulin. None of the controls
were cured.
Encouraged by their first results, Leibel, Martin, and Zingg decided to
repeat the experiment with rats with much stronger immune barriers
(h .....
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