Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics: ’Magical’ Makeup May Have Been Medicine for Eye Disease By American Chemical Society Jan. 12‚ 2010 source: science daily Date of review: January 17 2010 Queen Nefertiti and other ancient Egyptian women may have worn heavy makeup to protect against eye infections that were a constant threat in the time of the pharaohs. Summary: Christian amatore‚ philippe Walter‚ and colleagues had found the black-eye make-up that Queen Nerfertiti
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on Drug Abuse‚ fifty percent of Americans have a beloved one who is suffering from a drug abuse problem at any given time. ("The Stats of Drug Abuse"‚ 2012). Drug abuse is defined as the misuse of a substance‚ whether it is legal or illegal or even prescribed by a doctor. ("National Institute on Drug Abuse"‚ 2012). Alcohol and drugs have different side effects on different people‚ but they also have similar results. Alcohol and tobacco are considered to be addicting and fatal. Many drugs are
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ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS: 3 OVERVIEW: 3 HYPERTENSION: 3 CLASSIFICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE: 4 REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE: 5 SITES AND EFFECTS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS: 6 DIURETICS: 6 CENTRALLY ACTING DRUGS: 10 ANGIOTENSIN INHIBITORS: 11 SPECIFIC DRUGS: 14 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTORS BLOCKERS: 14 DIRECT RENIN INHIBITOR: 15 VASODILATORS: 15 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS: 15 OTHER VASODILATORS: 16 ANTI ANGINAL DRUGS: 16 MECHANISM AND EFFECTS OF ANTIANGINAL DRUGS: 17 TYPICAL ANGINA:
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Drug abuse "Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine‚ who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Do not gaze at wine when it is red‚ when it sparkles in the cup‚ when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things. You will be like one sleeping on the
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Drug Abuse Commonly Abused Drugs Commonly abused drugs: (1) Alcohol; (2) hallucinogenic (vision producing) drugs‚ such as LSD and mescaline; (3) marijuana; (4) nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco; (5) opiates‚ including most narcotics; (6) sedatives‚ including barbiturates and other kinds of sleeping pills; (7) stimulants‚ such as cocaine and amphetamines and other “pep pills.” Inhalants‚ which are fumes inhaled from such substance as cleaning fluids‚ gasoline‚ and model airplane glue‚ are
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1. Drugs mess with your mind Drug use can cause you to lose your ability to remember things‚ to think clearly and to study properly. Drug use gives you the impression that you are more alert and aware‚ but under the influence of drugs you are actually less aware‚ and less alert. Drug use can also cause people to act in strange unpredictable ways. A person can undergo a complete personality change when under the influence of drugs. Since drug residues can remain in the body for many years after they
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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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Jesyca Martinez P.3 Cosmetic Animal Testing MAKEUP! What some of the girls/boys would say is art on your face or body. For housewifes‚ what is cleaning without the right cleaning liquids and sprays? But have you ever wondered‚ how are these products safe around my skin and family? The answer is animal testing. In this case is cosmetic animal testing..”Every year‚ over one hundred million animals are burned‚ crippled‚poisoned‚and abused in US labs every year”(11 facts). “It’s said that an animal
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The Federal Agency I am choosing is Food and Drug Administration or FDA for short. The FDA is a Federal Agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This Federal Agency is part of the Executive Departments. This Administration was founded on June 30‚ 1906 and the founders were Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley. Some of the Subsidiaries are Center for Drug Evaluation and Research‚Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition‚ and National Center for Toxicological
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America’s War on Drugs: Policy and Problems In this paper I will evaluate America’s War on Drugs. More specifically‚ I will outline our nation’s general drug history and look critically at how Congress has influenced our current ineffective drug policy. Through this analysis I hope to show that drug prohibition policies in the United States‚ for the most part‚ have failed. Additionally‚ I will highlight and evaluate the influences acting on individual legislators’ decisions to continue support
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