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The Parkinson Patient At Home
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1344

.... by their doctor when he was sure of the diagnosis replied "Yes". It is quite obvious that you cannot learn to adapt and handle all the problems connected with an illness such as this unless you know what it is. It may sometimes be diffi- cult to decide what to tell the neighbors and visitors who come regularly to the house as well as servants and others around the patient and family. It is, nevertheless, our opinion that you should be frank and honest in telling them that he has Parkinson's disease. Frankness of this type eliminates guesses that involve insanity, feeble .....


The Female Body
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1660

.... metabolized to lactic acid by resident bacteria. Consequently, the pH of a woman’s vagina is normally quite acidic. This acidity helps keep the vagina healthy & free of infection, but it is also hostile to sperm. Although vaginal fluid of adult woman is acidic, it tends to be alkaline in adolescents, predisposing sexually active teenagers to sexually transmitted diseases. In virgins, the mucosa near the distal vaginal orifice forms an incomplete partition called the hymen. The hymen is very vascular & tends to bleed when it is ruptured during the first coitus (sexual in .....


Drugs And Steroids In Sports
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1248

.... team used them, her muscles started to bulge, her voice grew deeper, and she even had the beginnings of a mustache. These are all the usual symptoms of anabolic steroids. Steroids were not always used for sports, they started out the same way most drugs did, medicinal purposes. Victims of starvation and severe injury profited from it's ability to build new tissue quickly. They also helped prevent muscle tissue from withering in patients who had just had surgery. Steroids are used to treat Addison's disease. Anabolic steroids are drugs that come from hormones or f .....


Autism
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2229

.... self. (1) John Haslam also noted about a boy, who after getting measles, his behavior changed and he became aggressive, showing signs of being impulsive and other problems. In the early 1900s Lightner Witmer wrote about a boys problem, describing his behavior, which would more than likely be labeled as today. Several old theories about the cause of have been proven false. is not a mental illness. Children with are not uncooperative kids with a behavior problem. is not caused by bad parents who gave their child too little attention. The researchers who have implied this .....


Observational Abilities Test
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1059

.... varying size and structure. During the initial phase, the members of the study were unaware that any test was being conducted. The locations of the test were Wilford Hall Medical Center : Primary Care Meeting, University of the Incarnate Word : World Literature Class, and University of Texas at San Antonio : Business Statistics Class. The sample sizes and constructs were as follows: Wilford Hall Medical Center : 30 people - 19 (F) 11 (M) University of the Incarnate Word : 19 people - 9 (F) 10 (M) University of Texas at San Antonio: 32 people - 11 (F) 21 (M) The test sub .....


Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 803

.... and died, the doctors in the hospital began to suspect it was a disease heretofore unseen by any of them. Autopsy on the nurse showed significant damage to every organ in the body, the heart was stopped up, with loads of blood cells and platelets piled well into the arteries and veins. Fluids and blood filled the lungs. Dead cells and lipids clogged the liver and spleen. The kidneys were so congested with dead cells and free proteins they had ceased to function. Dissecting the lymph nodes, they discovered that they were completely empty; every white blood cell had been uti .....


Euthanasia: The Right To Die
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 922

.... nerves that control the muscles. The results of which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually death. That is what Sue Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year. Knowing that her condition was only going to get worse, and eventually, after the pain and suffering, would result in death, Sue wanted to die. She wanted people to remember her as a lively healthy woman, not just a body lying helpless in a hospital bed. With that thought in mind, Sue went to court to fight for right to die by euthanasia. The courts did not agree with her though. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, propose .....


Dietary Guidelines For North Americans And Suggestions For Food Choices
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2211

.... mass. Many muscle and fitness magazines will feature advertisements and articles for such gains in body mass. Advertisements for diets can sometimes be very dangerous though. Pretty well all the people used in these particular ads are slim and beautiful and it can therefor be very misinterpreting to someone who is overweight. The pressure of being fit can lead to very damaging disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. These two very serious conditions affect a very large amount of women and men in North America these days and can be quite lethal if not cured. So it is im .....



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