... face even mild stress (Harvard Health Letter, 1998) In 1994, (GAD) became an identifiable mental disorder with a DSM-IV diagnosis. The diagnostic criteria for GAD are: A. Unrealistic or excessive anxiety and worry about life circumstances for a period greater than 6 months, during which this person has been bothered by these concerns for more days than not. B. The person has difficulty controlling the anxiety and worrying. C. The anxiety and worry are associated with at least 3 of the following symptoms: 1) Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge 2) Being easily fatigued 3) Difficulty in concentrating or min ...
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... HIV. No virus, then no disease, no matter what else is happening. By the same token, Gulf War syndrome has been attributed to a variety of causes, including, according to the Presidential Advisory Committee, these top 10 candidates: Biological warfare agents Chemical warfare agents Depleted uranium in shells, armor Infectious diseases Oil-well fires Pesticides Petroleum products Stress Pyridostigmine bromide as an antidote to poison gas Vaccines Several of these putative causes, such as oil-well fires, can be eliminated if, as Katherine Leisure finds, some servicemen and women who s ...
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... The first quintuplets, five babies born in a single pregnancy, to survive in medical history were the Dionne quintuplets. The use of drugs that treat female sterility, or fertility drugs, may increase the chances of giving birth to multiple children. These drugs cause the ovaries to release an egg once a month but in some cases they release more than one egg, sometimes releasing several at a time, increasing the chances of a multiple birth. The drug clomiphene citrate is one of the most widely taken fertility drug and has resulted in the birth of twins about once in every twelve births, much greater than the chances of the birth of natural twins. Twins ...
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... has been reduced by twenty percent, and in the past twenty-five years, a month has been added to our average work and commute time. Whatever the case may be, the effects of sleep deprivation are not so widely known. Three common symptoms seen in studies of prolonged sleep deprivation are a deep negative energy balance, the suppression of the immune system, and an odd change in patterns of sleep. Perhaps the most obvious effect sleeplessness has on a person is the negative energy balance. This occurs because the thyroid hormone expends more energy than is actually being metabolized. Your body is using more energy, than would normally be restored by sleeping ...
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... often this is the case. Even though writing a living will is just as easy if not easier than writing a death will, many people don't take the time to do so. Therefore, doctors have to debate the question of euthanasia - a question that each one of us should ponder long before we are put in this situation. What is euthanasia? Euthanasia is not mercy killing. It has absolutely nothing to do with killing. On the contrary, euthanasia by definition simply means "good death" and in the applied sense it refers to "the patients own natural death without prolonging their dying process unduly." What this attempts to accomplish is to allow a person to die with p ...
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... This misdiagnosis shows the similarities between the two diseases and how easily they can be confused. Pneumonia Pneumonia is a serious infection or inflammation of the lungs with exudation and consolidation. Pneumonia can be one of two types: lobar pneumonia or bronchial pneumonia. Lobar pneumonia affects one lobe of a lung while bronchial pneumonia affects the areas closest to the bronchi (O'Toole, 1992). In the United States over three million people are infected with pneumonia each year; five percent of which die. Etiology There are over 30 causes for pneumonia however there are 4 main causes which are bacterial, viral, mycoplasma and fungal ( ...
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... in most cases. Note that even when one is conscientiously following the recommendations for safe sex, accidents can happen. Condoms can break. One may have small cuts or tears in ones skin that one is unaware of. Thus, following rules for "safe sex" does NOT guarantee that one will not get AIDS. It does, however, greatly reduce the chances. There are many examples of sexually active couples where one member has AIDS disease and the other remains seronegative even after many months of safe sex with the diseased person. It is particularly encouraging to note that, due to education programs among San Francisco gay males, the incidence of new cases of AIDS infection a ...
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... career; it also requires the most extensive training of any of the professions. Since the beginning of civilization, people have attempted to understand the causes of human emotional behavior. Most primitive societies believed that mental illnesses were caused by a demon who took possession of the victim’s body. The early civilizations would treat the mental illnesses by trying to make the body so uncomfortable that the demon would want to leave. But, by the late eighteenth century, most people were convinced that mental disturbances were not caused by supernatural powers. Scientists, however, were still unsure whether such illnesses stemmed from physical prob ...
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... and is motivated to work to the best of his ability. Hippocrates is the father of modern medicine (1). He probably was one of the best known physicians who really gave a basis for medicine. His enthusiasm in medicine helped him in his quest to help humanity. Hippocrates developed a set of medical ethics that influences medical practice still to this day (Hopke 494). Physicians that are starting to practice medicine generally take the Hippocratic Oath, which Hippocrates gave to his peers that were starting medicine. Becoming a doctor is probably one of the hardest fields. To become a doctor, a person must be emotionally stable to handle any kind of situation ...
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... a spiritual teacher and are asked to protect people from harm, to cure the ones with poor health, and to help with affairs of the heart. Amulets are believed to have traditional magical powers, and are used to protect the wearer from evil and illness. Some can be made of various items including teeth or bone. Masks are used in ceremonies. The medicine man usually wears the mask to inspire fear and belief. Australian Aboriginal groups have initiation rites, that can involve pulling teeth, bloodletting, or burning and scaring of the body. Then, ointments and balms made from herbs and other substances would be applied after the ceremony. The shaman have ...
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