‘conform to a certain look’ (Deirdre‚ 2012:137). Self-starvation such as the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia are often used in order to lose weight. One technique used by dancers to lose weight is to subsist on soft drinks‚ coffee‚ amphetamines and lettuce. This provides the dancers with enough energy to rehearse‚ but is not healthy. Ballerinas often have surgical treatment in order to enhance their on-stage line. The ballerina Gelsey Kirkland had rhinoplasty‚ her earlobes trimmed and
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1. The most likely cause of Bado’s hypocalcemia is chronic hypoparathyroidism which is secondary to a thyroidectomy. Hypoparathyroidism may be due to a failure to respond to vitamin D or a deficiency of it or a failure to respond to PTH. With the removal of Bongo’s thyroid‚ that is what caused his low levels of blood plasma Calcium level to be where it was when it was tested. 2. a. Hypocalcemia decreases the concentration of calcium outside of cell which increases the cells excitability and lowers
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Drugs For this assignment we had to choose a few drugs and write a paper about them. There are many drugs in the world to choose from. I chose cocaine and methamphetamine to writeabout. Cocaine and methamphetamine are similar to other legal drugs in the U.S. Cocaine is one of the oldest known psychoactive substances—it dates back as far as the Incan Empire where it was used as a local anesthetic. Cocaine is derived from the leaves of the coca plant. Modern day cocaine was invented by a man named
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2. A single tube of cerebrospinal fluid is received in the laboratory and the following tests requested: total protein‚ albumin‚ IgG quantitation‚ microbial culture‚ Gram stain‚ leukocyte count and differential cell count. The specimen should be sent to the various laboratories in which order? a. Chemistry lab‚ hematology lab‚ microbiology lab b. Hematology lab‚ chemistry lab‚ microbiology lab c. Microbiology lab‚ hematology lab‚ chemistry lab d. Hematology lab‚ microbiology lab‚ chemistry
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concentrate‚ feeling sick to your stomach or unable to eat are all common. What are the chemicals behind the act? The three chemicals‚ dopamine (which is triggered by phenylethylamine)‚ norepinephrine‚ and adrenaline are produced to act as amphetamines‚ evaluating energy and moods levels. Phenylethylamine: a natural alkaloid‚ produced by the body when you see the "person"‚ speeding up the communication between your nerve cells and triggers the release of dopamine. Dopamine gives you the feeling
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D-This writer met with the patient as scheduled. Please note‚ there was a long line in the lobby area for dosing. The patient reports being stable on her dose and denies any cravings/withdrawals. The patient discussed the difficulties of not having her bottles and its impact as the patient reports about the risk of having DCF in her life due to taking her children to school late (45 times) and coming to the clinic everyday. The patient felt the clinic has no empathy towards her because she’s an
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this drug "speedball". In 1886 this deadly mix contributed to the first drug related death in sports by taking the life of a cross-country cyclist. Today the drugs have changed dramatically many athletes have done or are on anabolic steroids‚ amphetamines‚ depressants or what are known as " brake drugs". Anabolic steroids are chemicals that are similar to testosterone‚ the male sex hormone. Steroids are used by a number or young people to enhance their muscle mass and increase their performances
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passed. This taxed the buyer‚ distributor‚ seller‚ and grower of marijuana making it close to impossible to get. Later on the state laws made it illegal. In 1965 the federal government passed the Drug Abuse Control Amendments. These referred to amphetamines‚ barbituates‚ and LSD as dangerous drugs. They permitted the FDA to recommend to Department of Health Education‚ and Welfare to control them and other drugs that may later be considered a problem. Five years later the Comprehensive Drug Abuse
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could intensify Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for a baby. Even though there is no evidence that nicotine‚ amphetamines‚ cocaine and marijuana causes Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome but they may contribute to the severity of the baby’s symptoms. "Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome." MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. N.p.‚ 3 Nov. 2015. Web. 01 Feb. 2017. . There are a variety of drugs a mother can take to give the child Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. A child that is born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome will
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their sugar supply was cut off‚ showing that the bingeing behavior had forged changes in brain function. These functions served as "gateways" to other paths of destructive behavior‚ such as increased alcohol intake. And‚ after receiving a dose of amphetamine normally so minimal it has no effect‚ they became significantly hyperactive.
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