... can be broken down into one of them is A.D.H.D. which makes it very difficult for children to follow 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 ...
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... North Africa, then all of Europe was affected. This disease is much less common now, as the world case count has dropped below 1 million. During 1995 about 530 000 new cases of leprosy were discovered. It is obvious that third world countries have way more cases as India, Indonesia, and Myanmar account for almost 70% of the cases reported in the world. 5500 know cases of Leprosy still exist in the US, and about 200 cases a reported annually. Tests to produce leprosy in experimental animals, have not been successful as of yet. Though the organism can be grown in Armadillos, several laboratories have been reported cultivating leprosy in the test tube. Loss ...
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... two kinds of depressive disorders; Unipolar depression in which the individual suffers only depressive symptoms without ever experiencing mania, and bipolar depression in which both depression and mania occur" (Cited in Rosenhan & Seligman, 1995, p 352). Furthermore, Rosenhan & Seligman (1995) go on to say that, normal depression differs in the degree of symptoms to unipolar depression. Both have similar symptoms but, unipolar differs in the severity, frequency and duration. Depression and Sociodemographic Groups Blackman (1995) points out that depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react a ...
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... cholesterol, bile acids from the liver, adrenal hormones, sex hormones, and poisons in certain toads. Sex steroids in humans give men and women the characteristics that make up the sex, such as the type of voice, and the physical build. Adrenal steroids, produced in the cortex of the adrenal gland in humans, regulate protein and carbohydrate metabolism. Aldosterone, another steroid produced in the adrenal cortex, plays a role in the mineral and water balance of the body. Anabolic steroids are commercially produced by chemical methods from the male hormone testosterone. Artificial steroids were first developed for medical purposes during World War II (1939-1945 ...
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... of breast-feeding and the issue concerning breast-feeding and bottle-feeding. The issue of breast vs. bottle is very old and controversial. Many have argued that there's no way to really know the effects of breast-feeding, but studies have proved otherwise. It has been said that breast-feeding is the ideal method for feeding and nurturing infants, and that it is the best way to achieve optimal infant and child health, growth and development. "Human milk is uniquely superior for infant feeding and is species-specific; all substitute feeding options differ markedly from it." (www.app.org) A mother's milk changes in composition as the infant grows, to meet it's nutri ...
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... throughout the rest of Europe. The plague is spread fleas that infect rats. The rats tended to live in areas that are unclean. Unfortunately medieval society in general was unclean. It was even considered unhealthy to take baths. The results of the plague were devastating. Heavily populated areas such as major cities were the hardest hit. By 1350 a third of Europe’s entire population, about 25 million people, was dead. People tried numerous methods to stop the spread of the plague. They used leeches, coals, herbs, fire, and . Many people believed the world was about to end and that god was punishing them. Jews often became scapegoats. There was wide ...
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... the woman the unrestricted right to kill her unborn daughter, one had better be prepared to some day give the daughter the unrestricted right to kill the aged mother. Many people that are against s are raised in the church or are religious. They believe that is murder, and that God does not approve of this. There is a book called “The Hand of God“, written by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, one of the doctors that was instrumental in getting legislation for passed in the 1960’s. Dr. Nathanson is now an ex- doctor, who actually performed an on his own child and felt no remorse. He himself states that he performed thousands of s in his career and supervised thou ...
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... with incomes above twenty-five thousand. Unmarried women are four to five times more likely to abort than married and the abortion rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of abortion among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000. The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are vacuumed out. The most commonly used type o ...
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... and then she grew up with resentment in her creating evil. The resentment never went away so the evil just built up. This is a step in the direction of crime and guilt. Revenge is pursued when a person is rejected by others. With revenge comes more evil and crime. "I am sure my self that there would be fewer jails"(Steinbeck p.355) Revenge causes people to do bad things which gets them into trouble. When revenge takes over the person becomes obsessed and they tend to go physco." I think that if rejection could be amputated, the human would not be who he is. Maybe there would be fewer crazy people"(Steinbeck p.355) The people are crazy becasue they have be ...
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... cardiac (heart). Their functions are movement, to maintain body posture & tone and in the production of body heat. Now its time for the Nervous System. Its constructed of the brain, the spinal cord and the nerves (neurons). Its functions are to communicate (fast with short duration), integration, and to control. The subsequent system is the Endocrine System (known as ductless too...). This is composed of a lot of things... They are:pituitary gland - below the brain (master gland), pineal gland - brain (It`s called the "third eye" by some, because its sensitive to light cycles), hypothalamus - also in the brain (it works with the pituitary), the thyrodic - neck (co ...
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