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Breast Cancer American Cancer
931 wordsBreast cancer is the second leading cause of death in most in women today (NABCO: Facts About Breast Cancer 1). It is a known fact that its cure and origin are unknown. Breast cancer is when an uncontrolled growth of cells without a specific function form in the breast area of a person, killing normal cells and tissue. This process in turn causes a lump or mass to form known as cancer. Although breast cancer cannot be prevented, there are some steps a person can take to reduce the risks. These s...
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Middle Aged Man Walter Mitty
895 wordsJames Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio to Charles Leander and Mary Thurber. Thurber was brought into the world by the nurse, Margery Albright. Thurber could walk when he was two years old and could speek complete sentences at the age of four. As a child, Thurber was blinded by an accident (his brother William shot an arrow at him). This injury prevented Thurber from playing with the other children, which helped him develop a love for fantasy. This contributed to his later fiction writings. Thu...
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Defense Attorney Substance Abuse
714 wordsThe trial that I went to was for Keith Willard. He is a 35 -year-old man who has been in jail for the last 10 years. He was in court today for a civil commitment as a sexually violent sex offender. The case was a petition filed by the state at the end of an inmates sentence in which the state must prove that Mr. Willard is capable of recommitting the a sex offense. Mr. Willard was a clean-cut, clean-shaven man who had no facial expressions throughout the whole time that I was there. The part of ...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Terminally Ill Patient
657 wordsPhysician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill patients, that is my belief. A perfect example of this statement is the case of forty-one year-old Peter Cinque who was in the terminal stages of diabetes several years ago. He was blind, had lost both legs, and suffered from ulcers and cardiovascular problems, as well. He was being kept alive by a kidney dialysis machine. Then one day he asked his doctors to stop the treatment. As a conscious, rational adult, he had the lega...
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Side Effects Normal Cells
1,080 wordsChemotherapy: The treatment of disease with drugs that directly poison the diseased organism. Most often referred to for cancer treatment, where powerful drugs with potentially sever side effects are used to eliminate or contain the spread of tumors. In treating physical diseases, probably the most common form of therapy in Western medicine is chemotherapy, or drug therapy. Some physical conditions, where chemotherapy is not the best option, can be corrected through surgery while others may be e...
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Day And Age Thyroid Gland
1,405 words... be pulled upwards, and when the patient looks down the upper lids are slow to follow the eyeballs. Thus the eyes develop a staring quality and they may tend to bulge outwards (Korte 1994). This appearance is due to changes in the nervous control of the upper eyelid and usually disappears as the hyperthyroidism is controlled (Epps 1995). These changes may occur in hyperthyroidism due to any cause, and is not specific to Graves disease (Foley 1993). There are three main methods in treating hyp...
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Low Self Esteem Suffer From Depression
629 wordsDepression in children and adolescents is a very important subject, it is more important than most people think. In earlier times, it was thought that children could not suffer from depression, so they were not tested for it. Now days it is evident that children and adolescents can suffer from this mental disorder. In an article derived from the Medline Plus website, The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) stated that depression has been starting at earlier ages in recent decades and earl...
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Amino Acids Stress Hormones
1,374 wordsIn 1975, Dr. John Hughes and Dr. Kosterlitz discovered Endorphins. It has been confirmed that Endorphins have both neurological and spinal effects. Twenty different types of Endorphins have been discovered in the nervous system. The most effective, beta-endorphin, which gives the most euphoric effect to the brain, has been found to be composed of 31 amino acids. The word Endorphin is abbreviated from 'endogenous morphine' which means morphine produced naturally in the body. Endorphins are renown...
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Erectile Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction
645 wordsThe article being reviewed Is from the February 22, 1999 issue of U. S. News and World Report. It is titled Not tonight, dear and is written by Wray Herbert. The article is separated into three parts dealing with sex and marriage, different statistics between the races, and the treatment of sexual dysfunction. There are a number of interesting facts in the intro that should be stated before a review of the articles body commences. The author cites a recent report consisting of interviews from 3,...
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Cognitive Therapy For Depression
1,513 wordsCOGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION Cognitive behavioral therapy helps improve peoples moods and behavior by changing their way thinking; also, how they interpret events and talk to themselves. This form of psychotherapy helps guide people into thinking more realistically and teaches them coping strategies to deal with their depression. Cognitive therapy is in most cases a short-term treatment that can have long-term results. I will discuss depression in adolescence and how it effects pe...
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Stage Of Development Nurture Debate
1,007 wordsErik Erickson is possibly the best known of Sigmund's Freud's many followers. He grew up in Europe and spent his young adult life under the direction of Freud. In 1933 when Hitler rose to power in Germany, Erikson emigrated to the United States and began teaching at Harvard University. His clinical work and studies were based on children, college students, victims of combat fatigue during World War two, civil rights workers, and American Indians. It was these studies which led Erikson to believe...
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Surgical Abortions Clinical Trials
1,724 wordsContraceptive Research Picture: Feminist Majority Foundation In addition to its use in terminating unwanted pregnancies, MIFEPRISTONE (formerly known as RU- 486) also may be effective in treating a range of serious diseases and medical conditions, many of which particularly affect women. Yet American clinical trials for most of these uses have come to a standstill due to anti-abortion politics Available to women in many countries (but currently not in the U. S. ), mifepristone (formerly known as...
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Full Term Motor Skills
1,381 wordsImpact of Premature Birth on Development Years ago, premature birth almost always meant death for the baby. Today, however, we have the technology to nurture these infants development, and many of them survive to lead normal, healthy lives. Although, very premature infants (that is, those born before about the fifth month) are still not likely to survive, many born at five months and older will thrive. Some preterm babies, however, do have many obstacles to overcome. There are a variety of medic...
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Nursing Practice American Nurses
611 wordsKnowledge of Information DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE: Ralph is a recent widower in his midi- 60 s, who was diagnosed with metastasized colon cancer. He is a home health agency patient, and his primary caregivers are his two daughters. Ralph is unaware of the severity of his condition and wanted to know what his state of health and prognosis were. The nurse evaded his questions initially, and his daughters did not want to tell him that his cancer was terminal. The nurses position was not to continue ...
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Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes Institute Of Medicine
934 wordsMarijuana: A new medicine? In society today, there are many serious diseases that plague nations all across the world. Diseases like Glaucoma, Epilepsy, Parkinsons disease, and migraine headaches. What do all of these serious illnesses have in common? Every one of theses sicknesses can be cured or helped by the use of Marijuana. Throughout this paper I will discuss the positive aspects of Marijuana and the negative aspects. This issue has been raising a lot of eyebrows ever since scientific evid...
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Marijuana On A Human Legalization Of Marijuana Study
746 words1) Russo, Ethan M. D. (1998). Cannabis for migraine treatment. Pain, 76, 3 8. This particular journal entry is actually a historic review on the benefits of utilizing cannabis for the medicinal use of relieving migraines. In an attempt to find a journal that might actually have a case study or something on the affects of marijuana on a human, I forgot that there probably would not be many studies done due to the hazardous impact that comes with inhaling marijuana smoke. Although I am a proponent...
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Nature And Nurture Identical Twins
1,215 wordsNurture or Nature? The controversy over what determines who we are, whether it is Nature (heredity, our biological make up) or Nurture (our environment) is taking a new shape. Through the past decades, psychologists have developed different theories to explain the characteristics of human-beings. Usually, these theories were one directional in the nature / nurture question. Today, a new approach to deal with this question is emerging. This new approach finds a middle ground between nature and nu...
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Alice Clinical Psychologist
749 wordsMonday November 23, 1998 Phyllis Renolds Naylor: Her Life Reflected in Her Alice Books Phyllis Renolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana on January 4, 1933. She has written over eighty books for children, teenagers, and adults, but her Alice books are most famous. Phyllis Naylor reflects her life as a child in all her Alice books. Phyllis started the Alice series so she could write down all of the embarrassing things that happened to her as a child. She has provided comfort to many readers th...
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American Heritage Dictionary Man And A Woman
1,015 wordsIn this age of liberation and relative morality it is no surprise that homosexuals have tried very hard to gain ground in the way of civil rights. Homosexuals say they want equal rights, and they want homosexual-marriages to be legalized. However, what they are asking for is not reasonable. They are humans; and therefore they already have the same rights as every other human living in America. What homosexuals want are special privileges and the acceptance of homosexuality as a natural alternati...
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American Psychological Association Roles And Responsibilities
533 wordsStudent Roles And Responsibilities For The Master Student Roles And Responsibilities For The Master Of Counseling Marriage, Family And Child Therapy Specialty Student Roles and Responsibilities for the Master of Counseling Marriage, Family and Child Therapy Specialty Daniel Kimball May 4, 1996 HCS 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies Instructor: Mark A. Nichols The student roles and responsibilities of the Masters of Counseling in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy (MCMFCT) at the University of ...
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