.... the white of the eyes. Hepatogenous jaundice is caused by liver damage, particularly hepatitis. Hepatitis exists in an acute and/or chronic form. The acute form may subside after about two months or, rarely, can result in liver failutre. Chronic carriers are at risk of lasting liver disease. There are many different kinds of Hepatitis, some more serious then others. Hepatitis A, once called infectious hepatitis, is the most widespread cause of acute hepatitis. Usually transmitted by food and water contaminated by human waste, such infections can reach e .....

.... II Controlled Substance under both the Federal and Vermont Controlled Substance Acts. Ritalin is primarily used in the treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) (Bailey 1995). ADHD is a condition most likely based in an inefficiency and inadequacy of Dopamine and Norepinephrine hormone availability, typically occurring when a person with ADHD tries to concentrate. Ritalin improves the efficiency of the hormones Dopamine and Norepinephrine, increasing the resources for memory, focus, concentration and attention (Clark 1996). Ritalin has been used .....

.... cause a lot of brain damage in a little while, and can kill in 24 hours. The disease is often followed by a variety of after-effects, some permenant and physically disabling and some less obvious, affecting the patient emotionally. Although many people will make a quick and complete recovery others will need a lot of support and care over the weeks and months following there illness. Unfortunately it is impossible to predict which after-effects if any an individual will suffer from. The after-effects are similar of the two forms of bacterial is considered much more serio .....

.... are best defined in retrospect. At times it may be difficult to distinguish children with extreme attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from TS. Many ADHD children, on close examination, have a few phonic or motor tics, grimace, or produce noises similar to those of TS. Since at least half of the TS patients also have attention deficits and hyperactivity as children, a physician may well be confused. However, the treating doctor should be aware of the potential dangers of treating a possible case of TS with stimulant medication. On rare occasions the different .....

.... from shop assis-tants. This may be one way of buying social support. Shopaholics Shopaholics is becoming a more and more frequently known disease. It is not only found in the US, but all over the world including Denmark. In Britain a nation wide survey revealed that addicts will stop at nothing to found their desire to spend money. They will do anything from stealing to prosti-tution. One out of 20 adults is found to be obsessed by spending. But why do people become sho- paholics? I think when you are being a shopaholic you often don´t realise it or won´t admit it. At .....

.... than being more correctly perceived as a recognized illness. Depressed? Sometimes it's hard to know what really is because it has become such a sweeping term, being used to describe everything from deep grief to daily frustrations. But to start with the most rigorous definition, Western psychiatry has a fairly standardized way of diagnosing . Coming from the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association", the following are the nine most common symptoms: - extended, unexplained sadness - loss of pleasure in formerly enjoyed a .....

.... parts of a premature baby are its organs, chiefly the lungs and the brain. The lungs are developed in the last few weeks of pregnancy, and if the child is born before the thirty sixth week, he/she may require some special attention. Usually, the child is monitored closely for the first few weeks of its life, in order to make sure there is no problems with the breathing or any other function of its body. The premature baby will probably need supplemental oxygen to help it through the early stages, but rarely will it need an actual respirator or other life-supporting dev .....

.... the situation. He calls ADD a neurological disorder that affects the motivational system (42, 20). Another theory of what causes ADD is the low amount of glucose metabolism in the brain. ADD affects two important parts of the brain that are connected with the ability to pay attention and the ability to regulate motor activity (Phelan 46). Many people believe that bad parenting, physical brain damage, diet, and allergies cause ADD. Thomas Phelan argues that these things indeed do not cause ADD. People also believe that ADD can be hereditary. Better than one third of the .....