... cancer. Exposure to the ultraviolet radiation from the sun is the most frequently blamed source of skin cancer. Due to the reduction of ozone in the earth's atmosphere, UV radiation is higher today than it was several years ago. Ozone serves as a filter to screen out and reduce the UV light that reaches the earth's surface and its people. Very simply, sunburn and UV light can damage the skin and lead to skin cancer (1., p 1). The American Cancer Society also faulted repeated exposure to x-rays, artificial forms of UV radiation like tanning beds, and contact with chemicals like coal tar and arsenic as other causes of skin cancer (4., p 1). Additionally, if ...
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... There are no known causes for , some scientists say that bacteria infections can cause this disease. The disease is not contagious. It has been said that your diet can affect how affects you. Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of . can also be referred to as IBD, which stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It can also be referred to as Ulcerative Colitis, or simply colitis, enteritis, ileitis or proctitis. This disease is not very threatening, but can cause someone to have surgery, which sometimes can be life threatening. This disease affects the bowel causing it to narrow. Sometimes, obstruction can be acutely caused by the ingestion of ...
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... Tumours A malignant tumour always kills (unless treated) because of its invasive and metastatic characteristics. The tumour grows locally by spreading into surrounding tissues. Solid tumours, which develop in the breast, colon, lung, and other organs, contain an inner core with high pressure zones that compress and collapse blood vessels, often preventing the penetration of blood-borne cancer treatments. It spreads to distant sites by the breaking off of malignant cells, which move through the blood and lymphatic systems, attach themselves, and begin to grow as new colonies. Malignant tumours are diagnosed by examination of their vascularity, shapes, f ...
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... •acne flare-up •nausea •bloating •bowel changes (constipation or diarrhea) •decreased coordination •food cravings •decreased tolerance to sensory input (noise, light) •menstruation, painful •anxiety or panic •confusion •difficulty concentrating •forgetfulness •poor judgment •depression •irritability, hostility, or aggressive behavior •increased guilt feelings •fatigue or lethargy •decreased self image •libido (sex drive) changes •paranoia or increased fears •slow, sluggish, lethargic movement •low self-esteem •loss of libido (sex drive) •overreaction to sensory stimulus (lights, noises, etc.) •paranoid (unfounded feeling of persecution) Some ...
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... alcohol in the future. The paths to this goal are diverse. Several factors - biological, social and psychological - influence why an individual becomes an alcoholic. So treatments vary, depending upon why the alcoholic drinks and what the physician or therapist believes is the best method for recovery. Some treatments focus on the physical addiction of alcoholism. Others emphasize the alcoholic's social or psychological cravings. Alcoholics Anonymous and Rational Recovery are two support groups that help alcoholics recover. Other alcoholics benefit from one-on-one therapy with counselors, who may help patients understand drinking and change their behavior ...
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... frequency in disturbed children, and the likelihood of any group of symptoms is not so much universal as statistically possible(Levinson and Osterwell 7). The symptoms of can be consolidated into five major symptoms. The first symptom is a lack of responsiveness to other people, objects, and events. Disturbance of speech, language, perception, and nonverbal communication is the second major symptom. The third symptom of consists of a bizarre response to the environment such as a change in peculiar interest to animate and inanimate objects. The fourth symptom is the delay of response to sensory stimuli. The fifth and final major symptom of is the inte ...
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... if you work at it. There are many benefits to fitness. The main one is health. Research has shown that people who are in shape and fit are less prone to disease such as coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, frailty, diabetes and conditions like obesity than the people are not. Fit people also tend to live a longer life. Doing aerobic and weight exercises such as running, walking, swimming, weight lifting etc. and a healthy diet is important in preventing or treating the above diseases or conditions. When you are fit, you feel energized and want to be active. Unfit people are always sitting around saying they are tire and don¡¦t want to do thi ...
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... break this compound into pieces.(Nora,1989). This missing enzyme causes kidney and blood-vessel problems that lead to high blood pressure, kidney failure and strokes.(Mulinsky, 1989). After many years of symptoms, most patients have died in their thirties and forties owing to a lack specific treatment. A biochemical disorder also caused by a missing enzyme is the Lesch- Nyhan syndrome, an extremely unpleasant disorder characterized not only by profound mental retardation and features of brain damage (stiff limbs with peculiar movements), but also self-mutilation, (Jones, 1988). Given good care and attention however, these patients may live on many years in t ...
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... blub blub blub, POOF! There arose another amino acid. A bunch ofamino acids got together and formed peptides, polypeptides, and a combination of amino acids formed protein molecules. The building block necessary for life. And that you had this inorganic matter somehow become living matter. Dr Herald Bloom points out, he says, "The problem is how do we know, that if there arose a peptide, a combination of amino acids, that the second peptide would not arise 5 thousand years later 10 thousand miles away. How would it come together with hundreds of combinations even to form the simplest protein molecule." He says, In fact if you take the simplest protein molecu ...
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... short of breath, easily tired, and whites of eyes turn yellow. Ethnic or special groups affected with Sickle Cell Anemia are mostly blacks, and Hispanics of Caribbean ancestry. The disease also affects some people of Arabian, Greek, Maltese, Sicilian, Sardinian, Turkish, and Southern Asian ancestry. How transmitted type of gene or chromosomes that causes the disease. Sickle Cell Anemia is a sex linked gene. One way somebody could get this disease is if both parents are a carrier for Sickle Cell Anemia. There is one in four chance that a baby will have the disease. How the disease is diagnosed. Doctors are able to diagnose the Sickle Cell Anemia disease b ...
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