Papers on Health and Medicine
Acupuncture
Words: 490 - Pages: 2.... called acupuncturists insert needles along meridians or painful
points on the body.
During acupuncture tiny one-to-two inch needles are inserted at
selected acupuncture points. Acupuncturists recognize nearly 400 of these
special locations on each side of the body and another 250-300 "extra-
meridian" points outside the meridian lines. The needles are typically
turned clockwise or counterclockwise to evoke patient response and to
intensify or change the needles tip polarity. Manual or electrical
manipulation of the needle or the application of heat or cold to the handle
will change polarity and direction of the current (Kanigel 3).
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Pro Choice: Letter To The Editor
Words: 294 - Pages: 2.... When this right is denied to someone by the government, undoubtedly
something very wrong.
It is such the case with making abortions illegal. By outlawing abortions,
you are outlawing a woman's choice for how she will live her life. The
government has in a sense become a "big brother" and has decided what is good
for her and what is not. When government goes beyond foreign affair and the
protection of it's citizens, into the controlling of lives and decisions that we
make, it is no longer a government. It becomes something that goes against every
single principle and idea that this country was founded upon. It becomes a
vacuum of .....
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Depression
Words: 955 - Pages: 4.... Clinical has many related symptoms; trouble sleeping, eating disorders, withdrawal and inactivity from loved ones, self-punishment, and loss of pleasure.
often misunderstood by the public, yet it affects many people of all ages. It is estimated that one in five people will suffer from at some point in their lives. strikes men and women of all ages. might also bring a person to suicide. Often family members try to help them and it is sometimes hard to help them. They often need to get professional help to get over their . There are also drugs in the market today that can also cause a person to go into . can be very hard on a fam .....
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Quackery
Words: 1252 - Pages: 5.... can we tell the difference?
Not all advertisements for health products are false, of course. In fact,
the vast majority aren't .So just what is quackery? 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 h .....
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The Mind, Music, And Behavior
Words: 1995 - Pages: 8.... people experience such things as emotion,
sensations, and thoughts. In the same sense, music is more than just a
collection of vibrations. This leads to the question of how does music affect
the mind, and in addition, how does music affect human behavior? The reader
might ask why such a question should be relevant. If more is known about the
psychological and neurophysiological effects of music on the human mind, then
the possibilities of this knowledge are unbounded. Music can be used to treat
social and behavioral problems in people with disabilities. The use of music in
the classroom might enhance or weaken a student's work characterist .....
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Turner's Syndrome
Words: 202 - Pages: 1.... in a female that has only one X chromosome, producing a
male body type: short, with a broad neck, and usually lacking female
internal reproductive organs and secondary sex characteristics. The
patient is usually sterile and pregnancy is rare. Other signs and symptoms
include a low hairline, webbed neck, shield-shaped chest with widely spaced
nipples, and usually kidney and heart malformations. The patient may also
have immature breasts and be of above-average height. Some are mildly
retarded.
Despite many efforts, no real causes have been found to be linked to
this condition. It appears be a random event that can happen to .....
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Euthanasia: Precious Life
Words: 1145 - Pages: 5.... is that it involve taking a human life. Also,
the person whose life is taken must be someone who is believed to be suffering
from an incurable disease or injury from which recovery cannot reasonably be
expected. Finally the action must be deliberate and intentional. Therefore
euthanasia is intentionally taking the life of a presumably hopeless person.
It is important to be clear about the deliberate and intentional aspect
of the killing. If a hopeless person is given an injection of the wrong drug by
mistake and this causes his/her death, this is wrongful killing but not
euthanasia. The killing cannot be the result of an accident. .....
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Diabetes
Words: 646 - Pages: 3.... amputainos not related to injury.
and its complications happen to all Americans of any age, and of any race, and ethnic groups. This disease hits the elderly the hardest, because they don't really have anyone to take care of them. And somethimes they get forgetful and don't take medication or their insulin shots. Heres a question "What is ?"
The word diabetes describes either a deficiency of insulin or a decreased ablitby of the body to use insulin. Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. Insulin allows sugar to enter body cells to be converted in to energy. It is also needed to synthesize protein and store fats. In uncontrolled diabetes .....
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Steroids And Their Affects On The Human Body
Words: 1201 - Pages: 5.... Greek word anabolikos meaning "constructive." Steroids are basically made
up of hormones.
Picture: One woman training to make the 1984 US women's basketball 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 .....
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Leukemia
Words: 940 - Pages: 4.... States is about 25 to every
100,000 persons.
The danger to the patient lies in the growth of these abnormal white
cells, which interfere with the growth of the red blood cells, normal white
blood cells, and the blood platelets. The uncontrolled growth of the abnormal
white cells produces a tendency to unstop bleeding, the risk of getting serious
infection in the wounds, and a very small possibility of obstruction of the
blood vessels.
Treatment of these Leukemias include chemotherapy with alkylafing agents,
or antimetabodies that suppress the growth of abnormal white cells. Another
treatment of some kind would be the x-ray or the administ .....
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