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Arthritis Essays and Term Papers
Legalizing Medical MarijuanaThe medical community continues to expand our ability to handle life-threatening illnesses and prolong life. With that ability comes an extension of the treatments that patients must undergo. Many patients today refuse medical treatment that may save or prolong their life, out of a desire to avoid ...
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Are Elderly Inmates the Cause For Overcrowded Prisons?Are Elderly Inmates the Cause For Overcrowded Prisons?
With today's society and the steady increase of prison population, the number of inmates over 55 years of age is increasing as well. Although researchers say that the older one gets, the less likely they are to commit a crime, the majority ...
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Herbal MedicinesWhat is herbal medicine?
Herbal medicine -- also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine -- refers to using a plant's seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark, or flowers for medicinal purposes. Herbalism has a long tradition of use outside of conventional medicine. It is becoming more mainstream ...
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Authoritarian ParentingAuthoritarian Parenting
Each parent is different in the ways that they raise their child and/or children. According to Diana Baumrind, who studied clinical and social psychology in Berkeley University, these ways are summed up by four elements with three different general parenting styles. The ...
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Drugs and Drug AbuseDrugs and Drug Abuse
What is Drug Abuse?
Drug abuse is a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress. The difference between using drugs and abusing drugs depends on three things, what the drug is for, how much of the drug is used, and the ...
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Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes?Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes?
Marijuana has been used extensively as a medical remedy for more than five thousand years. In the early 1900s, medical usage of marijuana began to decline with the advent of alternative drugs. Injectable opiates and synthetic drugs such as ...
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Naturally Occurring Toxins In PlantsNATURALLY OCCURRING TOXINS IN PLANTS
Introduction.
Historically, we have learned that everything is toxic; it is only the dose that separates the toxic from the non-toxic. Even water is toxic if a large amount (4–5 litres) is consumed in a relatively short time (2–3 hours). The pathogenesis ...
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ObesityObesity in America
Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index or BMI. A person is considered overweight if his or her BMI is between 25 and ...
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Mandatory Organ Donation Is the Way to GoName: Sadiyah Mohabir
Course code: SNC2D1.1
Teacher: Ms. Price
Date handed: November 4, 2013
Date due: November 11, 2013
Mandatory Organ Donation Is the Way to Go
Everyone would love to have the chance to say to say "I saved someone's life." By being an organ donor you can say with a ...
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Children and ObesityObesity and Children
Kimberly Jordan
PSY 101
Buthaina Alaloom
October 6, 2012
Childhood obesity has been on the rise by 20% in children ages 6 to 11 and that number is triple for children under the age of six. This is posing a serious issue with many health and social consequences that ...
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CinnamonCinnamon
Botanical Name(s): Cinnamomum verumFamily Name: LauraceaeKingdom: PlantaeDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaOrder: LauralesFamily: LauraceaeGenus: CinnamomumSpecies: C. verumPopular Name(s): Tvak, Dalchini, Daruchini Karuva, Vazhana, Tamalapatra.Parts Used: Bark Habitat: ...
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Crohn's DiseaseCrohn's Disease
Crohn's disease also known as regional enteritis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to the anus. There are various types of symptoms. It causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or weight loss. It may also ...
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Crimes in the Pharmaceutical IndustryCrimes in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Introduction
Despite common belief, pharmaceutical companies choose most of the drugs that are prescribed, not doctors. This creates many opportunities for crime and bad business practices in the pharmaceutical industry. For example, celecoxib, the ...
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Benefits of VegetarianismOutline
1. Introduction
2. The Nature of Vegetarianism
The nature of vegetarianism is explored, with an explanation that not all vegetarians exclude animal products from their diet.
3. Animals
Animals are being treated very badly in order to provide the world with ...
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Adults with Cystic Fibrosis and Non-adherence to Regular PhysiotherapyAdults with Cystic Fibrosis and Non-adherence to Regular Physiotherapy
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Introduction
The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disorder which largely affects the humans' respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems. It is characterised by the ...
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Ancient Egyptian MedicineEgyptian Medicine
This is an eight page paper on Egyptian medicine. There are eight references used for this paper.
Introduction
Civilizations throughout the years have dealt with disease and illness in numerous ways. It is interesting to look at the Ancient Egyptians and determine how ...
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Summary of “High and Inside” by Mark StarrSummary of "High and Inside" by Mark Starr
In the Newsweek Magazine article "High and Inside" by Mark Starr, the issue of illegal drug use among professional sports players is given focus. Citing particularly the case of American baseball stars, Starr puts forth the argument that the issue ...
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Why Are We So Fat?WHY ARE WE SO FAT?
Whole books have been written (and movies made) about why Americans are becoming the obesity leaders of the Western world. Some people point to biology. Others blame the restaurants, particularly the fast-food ones. Yet others suggest that we are fat, and lazy, and ...
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Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) DisorderTemporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorder
Temporomandibular joint disorder, or dysfunction, (TMD) is a common condition that restricts the normal functions of the jaw, such as opening the mouth and chewing. It currently affects more than 10 million people in the US. The (TMJ) is a hinge joint ...
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Psychosocial FactorsSocial support, loneliness, marriage status, social disruption, bereavement, work environment, social status, and social integration ,stress, hostility, depression, hopelessness, and job control seem associated with physical health, The term psychosocial refers to the psychological and social ...
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