April 29‚ 2013 Psy/270 Dean J. Marzofka Appendix A-2: The first checkpoint submission in this course is designed to make sure you are all aware of some key components in this class‚ i.e. policies‚ academic integrity‚ citing and referencing. For some of you‚ much of this may be old stuff - that just means this will be an easy set of points to earn. For some of you this may be relatively new information. If you do not know this information it can result in substantial point loss during the
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disease? Ms. Jones’s kidney disease was caused due to her open heart surgery and hospital stay causing her tubular cells to die. Known as acute tubular necrosis‚ the limit of oxygen or decrease of blood flow causes ischemic acute tubular necrosis (Health Communities‚ 2010). 4. What are possible treatment options and prognosis? The treatment for Ms. Jones’s symptoms would be to ultimately restore her output of urine. Treatments available for urine restoration include fluid resuscitation and possible
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English I 19 December 2012 The Effects of Stress on Health The term “stress” is derived from the Latin word stringere‚ or to draw tight. Stress causes blood capillaries to close‚ which restricts bleeding if a flesh wound should occur. Your pupils dilate during a stressful event much the same way they do in response to a physical attraction: to gather more visual information about a situation. Chronic stress floods the brain with powerful hormones
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HEALTH PRESENTATION Effects of smoking on health: There are many health implications for those who smoke and these can greatly reduces their life expectancy on average‚ each cigarette shortens a smoker’s life by around 11 minutes. The damage caused by smoking is influenced by the number of cigarettes smoked‚ weather the cigarettes you smoke have a filter and how the tobacco are is prepared. Smoking directly causes over 100‚000 deaths in the UK each year and contributes too many more. Most well
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The Good and Bad: The War on Drugs The current War on Drugs has had horrible effects on society economically and socially. The drug prohibition efforts have had little impact on the supply of illicit drugs and have had no success in lowering the demand. Rather than spending trillions and incarcerating millions for a failed drug war we should be regulating the supply of drugs and providing treatment for those who want it. Legalizing drugs would lower abuse and deaths from illicit substances and
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reductions in oxygen delivery. As well nicotine interferes with the ability of the placenta to feed the baby the nutrients it requires. Therefore the babies growth is slowed down. Carbon monoxide causes growing cells to be starved of oxygen‚ and effects the brain. This can lead to a low birth weight and higher chance of the baby dying at birth. Smoking is the single largest modifiable( changeable) risk factor in fetal growth retardation. Maternal smoking during pregnancy is also associated with genetic
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Illegal drugs have become such a large problem for the world in the past decade. Those in economic depression use drugs to not only “soothe” them‚ but to make the money as well. And of those countries‚ there is Mexico. Mexico’s Drug War has been going on since 2006‚ and it has had lots of tolls on both its people and its government effectiveness. The USA has been a major part of trying to help Mexico through its issues‚ since the very beginning of this drug war. Without the US’s assistance‚ Mexico
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BRAIN‚ HEART and LIVER. Short Term effects Alcohol can have the following short term effects: • feeling relaxed and less inhibited • reduced concentration • slurred speech and blurred vision • affected coordination and judgment • aggressive behaviour • the risk of accidents when operating cars or other machinery is increased • Increased recovery time from injuries Long Term effects In the longer term‚ alcohol may have the following effects: • physical problems such as liver
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cattle. This is the stereotypical life of a drug dealer. This is what drug dealers so call "work". Work meaning a job where money is made selling drugs to whoever chooses to buy their products. It is hard to differentiate which is worse‚ the causes or effects of selling drugs. The causes of selling drugs are the desperate need for money in most cases. They think they can get rich overnight and that will solve their problems. Most of the "ghetto" drug dealers happen to grow up in that type environment
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marijuana are the most frequently used drugs in and on college campuses. 84% of students report they have used drugs in the last year they prevalence of marijuana rose To 24% between 93-99 ‚ 4% use cocaine ‚ and 5% use hallucinogens . The number 1 drug of choice is alcohol college students are also binge drinking ! It is impacting there social life ‚ health and there education . They are using drugs to help them stay awake to pull
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