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Performance Enhancing Drugs Young People
1,027 wordsFor many years sports have played huge roles in humans everyday lives. From entertainment, political, financial and to actually competing in them. The task for the sportsmen or women, especially in the top rank, is to beat the other competitors and get a good result from it. Here there is a high amount of pressure on many athletes coming from the media, coaches, themselves etc. They have the wanting to do well and achieve their goals and aims so much that some of the athletes turn to performance...
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Toilet Paper Plastic Bag
1,269 wordsMy pulse raced. My mind traveled in a thousand directions at once. Quickly and senselessly I followed closely behind my friends, Joey and Reid. My hands became drenched in a cold sweat from loosely grasping a plastic bag full of Charmin Ultra toilet paper. The hundreds of consequences from getting caught circled around in my head from the moment we left Reid's house. The darkness covered the streets eerier than usual. It differed from the normal, I need a flashlight darkness. It served the purpo...
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Physical Therapy Physical Therapists
322 wordsThe principles of physical therapy have been around since the dawn of man. When people think of physical therapy they think of someone who is trying to relearn how to walk after a debilitating car accident or some circumstance like that. When in reality the act of physical therapy can be as little as rubbing a bruise or scratching an insect bite. Physical Therapy is as the American Physical Therapists Association defines a form of Health care that prevents, identifies, and alleviates acute or pr...
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White Blood Cells Parts Of The Body
1,025 wordsCirculatory System is the combined function of the heart, blood, and blood vessels to transport oxygen and nutrients to organs and tissues throughout the body and carry away waste products. The circulatory system increases the flow of blood to meet increased energy demands during exercise and regulates body temperature. Also, when foreign substances or organisms invade the body, the circulatory system quickly sends disease-fighting elements of the immune system, such as white blood cells and ant...
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Physical Appearance Physical Characteristics
1,009 wordsHave you notice that some people are just not born with a good physical appearance or good health? This is because some people are not born with the immaculate genes that those fortunate people are born with. The great Aristotle once said, Those who are sprung from better ancestors are likely to be better men, for nobility is excellence of family. (Dobzhansky 8) Genetics determine many birth defects, disease, and cancer as well Our surrounding environment, which could include pollutants contribu...
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Fight Or Flight Response Effects Of Stress
834 wordsA person who is stressed typically has anxious thoughts and difficulty concentrating or remembering. Stress can also change outward behaviors. Teeth clenching, hand wringing, pacing, nail biting, and heavy breathing are common signs of stress. People also feel physically different when they are stressed. Butterflies in the stomach, cold hands and feet, dry mouth, and increased heart rate are all physiological effects of stress that we associate with the emotion of anxiety. Stress is caused when ...
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Effects And Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,098 wordsRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more than just arthritis. In deed, many doctors call it rheumatoid disease to emphasize its widespread nature. People with RA often describe feeling much as though they have a virus, with fatigue and aching acting on their muscles. It has been estimated that 2 million Americans with 60 % of them women, have rheumatoid arthritis (Brewer, Earl J, 2000). The condition usually appears in middle-aged people, in the forties and fifties, although it can begin at any age. Si...
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Spanish Civil War Success And Failure
1,166 wordsPicasso's Guernica is unique and unlike any other photograph or painting of a historical war scene. Historical photographs show scenes and capture moments in time, but when viewing them an intangible "wall" exists between the viewer and the photograph. The difference between photographs and original paintings is that the painting allows the viewer to break through the "wall" and actually experience the feelings and emotions expressed in the painting. "We only see what we look at and to look is a...
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Deep Flat Bodies Fish Hooks Piranha
617 wordsDid you know that there are at least twenty-five different kinds of piranhas? Most have deep flat bodies, range in color from olive green to blue black, and have red orange bellies. The most dangerous of the species have large very sharp teeth, the upper and lower set which fit perfectly together. These remarkable fishes have other characteristics which enhance their biting ability. Their lower jaws are sturdy and they swing shut at an angle that gives maximum leverage. Their deep flat bodies wh...
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Tourette Syndrome Obsessive Compulsive
692 wordsTourette's Syndrome is a disorder in motor skills, movements, and behavior. It is caused by a genetic disturbance that affects the central nervous system. There is a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is just one of many movement or tic disorders. It was discovered by Gilles de la Tourette's, which is where the name comes from. When a person has tourette's syndrome, their muscles twitch and they uncontrollably shout out noises or in some cases, obscene words. They just come out. It is found mor...
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Common Sleep Disorders Insomnia Narcolepsy
627 wordsPeople who suffer from the most common sleep disorder, insomnia, have difficulty falling or staying asleep. Sleepiness caused by insomnia reduces concentration and slows reaction time during waking hours, leading to reduced productivity and accidents. One in three adults experiences some degree of insomnia at one time or another, especially during periods of stress. Longer-lasting cases of insomnia, called chronic insomnia, are less common and may be caused by a number of factors in addition to ...
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Story Takes Place Theory Of Evolution
1,116 words... ten to death by the sled driver. He was a character that Buck admired and the first character that he considered friend. The setting of the story takes place in multiple environments. The story begins on a plantation where Buck was a pampered member of the Miller family in California. The story then changes scenery along with the relocation of Buck. There is a scene in a baggage car on a train, and a scene on a ship where Buck begins to learn the valuable lessons needed for survival in the w...
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Making Them Warm Lighter And Lighter Eyes
703 wordsTake a deep breath through your nose and hold it in for the count of 8 seconds. Now, through your mouth, exhale completely and slowly. Continued breathing long, deep, breaths through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Tense up all your muscles very tight, now, counting from ten to one, release them slowly, you will find them very relaxed. Now, look at the candle, as you look at it, with every breath and passing movement, you are feeling increasingly more and more peaceful and relaxed. Th...
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Pinky In The Duration Importance Of The Placement Stroke
473 wordsAdequate swimming skills is the key to being a successful lifeguard. Being that freestyle is the fastest stroke, improving your speed and stroke is important while training to be a lifeguard. One of the main points discussed in the article I read, called Pinky Power, was about the importance of the placement of your pinky in the duration of each step of the freestyle stroke. The article also touched upon the importance of patience and relaxation while learning and perfecting the technique discus...
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National Drug Control Marijuana As Medicine
895 wordsLogical Reasoning For The Legalization Marijuana Essay, Logical Reasoning For The Legalization Marijuana 1 Last year there were more than 695, 201 marijuana arrests in the United States. Of those arrests 87. 2 % were for possession not for sale or manufacture of marijuana. There have been over 11 million marijuana arrests in the United States since 1965. 12. 7 % of today? s overcrowded federal prison population is made up of people incarcerated for marijuana offenses, with an average sentence of...
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Disease Affects Familial
348 wordsAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis This is most commonly known as Lou Gehrig s disease. Loe Gehrig was a famous baseball player, and his case made it a known disease that received national attention. A study was done in 1991, and familial ALS was found on chromosome 21. Later discoveries pinpointed a mutation in the gene that codes for an enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), as responsible for a percentage of familial cases. These defects do not appear to be present in the more common non familial, or...
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Cell Membrane
638 wordsThe human body consists of many different organs and organ systems, which are made up of billions of cells. Inside these cells there are? 8364; 339; tiny organs? 8364; ? , or organelles. These organelles act in many ways like the organs and systems of the body. To better understand the relationship between them, I am going to compare and contrast their differences and their similarities. The brain is the control center of the human body. It sends and receives messages to the rest of the...
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Spinal Cord
806 wordsGuillain-Barre Syndrome, (also called acute idiopathic polyneuritis, and Landry s ascending paralysis) is a disorder in which the body s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nerves, those outside the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of this disorder include weakness or tingling in the legs, sometimes the weakness or tingling spread to the arms and upper body. These symptom s then increase in intensity, until the muscles cannot be used at all and the patient is almost totally paralyzed, mo...
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Symptoms Of Stress Effects Of Stress
692 wordsTitle: DON T LET STRESS OVERTAKE YOUR LIFE. LEARN HOW TO COPE WITH IT. Topic: The Effects of Stress Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of stress and its symptoms, and how to overcome this problem. Thesis statement: I would like to share my research on a major problem: Stress and its symptoms; and I will state some techniques to overcome this problem. INTRODUCTION Credibility Material: Are your muscles always tense? Does your jaw feel tight and ache? Do your teeth hurt? Do you easily get fru...
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Effects Of Steroid Anabolic Steroids
986 wordsSteroids, what they are why people use them Mohammed Ghatala SEC # 3 03 - 21 - 0 What are anabolic steroids? ? Anabolic steroids are a group molecules that include the male sex hormone testosterone and synthetic analogs of testosterone? (Taylor, 1991) Anabolic steroids are used by many people in sports today due to the rapid increase in muscle mass. Anabolic steroids are made synthetically and are very powerful. ? Recent evidence suggests that there may be over 3, 000, 000 regular anabolic stero...
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