recreational drug use and sexual promiscuity can lead to diseases and death. Primary prevention of a disease means to prevent it from occurring. Infants and children are immunized to prevent them from contracting diseases such as measles‚ or polio. Primary prevention of a disease would include removal of occupational hazards‚ such as asbestos‚ which is a known carcinogenic. Secondary prevention of a disease includes recognition of the disease early and taking corrective measures. In the case of diabetes
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE’s) are an obscure category of diseases caused by infectious proteins‚ or Prions. Despite the unique threat posed by prion infections‚ they are rightfully a low priority concern for medical science because of their rarity. While universally fatal‚ TSE’s in human are rare occurrences that have been effectively been prevented by legislative responses to outbreaks of Mad Cow disease. Instead‚ they provide unique challenges and opportunities to further insight
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masters of survival and thrive in the most extreme of environments. They are found virtually everywhere and there are trillions of bacteria cells inside you right now! Most are harmless and even beneficial however some are lethal to humans. Infectious diseases were the greatest cause of mortality in the 20th century until the discovery of
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Rickets is a disease which occurs in childhood‚ often 3-36 month old children are at higher risks‚ when the bones soften leading them to higher risks of fracturing and becoming deformed. The condition is extremely rare with only up to 1‚000 US cases each year and will usually resolve within months. It will usually occur during periods of rapid growth when there is a lack of vitamin D‚ calcium‚ and phosphorous. Vitamin D‚ or the sunshine vitamin‚ helps with the absorption of calcium and phosphorous
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Since the beginning of civilization‚ mythology and religion have existed as an explanation to the unexplainable. The Nez Perce tale‚ Coyote Finishes His Work ‚ talks about the spirit‚ Coyote‚ and his work on earth up to the point where he met the Great Spirit. The works of Coyote‚ and the message left behind by the Great Spirit‚ parallel those by beings of other mythologies and religions. Each one involves an archetypical figure who acts as a supreme deity‚ and another which teaches and aids humankind
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Lea Cherbaka Expository Writing Professor Joanne Sills January 26‚ 2010 Civil Mammals Violence has become a major problem in modern-day society. Gruesome video games and certain entertainment shows such as pro-wrestling has been exposing violence to kids that later on wish to emulate these actions. These actions are then publicized to the world by violent acts toward other species and human beings. In his article‚ “An Elephant Crackup
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‘Encountering conflict changes who we are as a person.’ Comedian Bill Cosby once said “family is conflict and it’s something that we all relate to.” His words speak of nothing but the truth because we have all experienced familial conflict before; it may have been a disagreement over moving schools with your parents or even a fight with a sibling‚ anyways the point is we all come across conflict throughout our life and it doesn’t just involve family. However the conflict doesn’t just come and go
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1 Devonne Woodruff Com/150 05/18/2013 Barbara Green What stresses out teens during adolescence? There are many factors in life that a teenager will have to deal with and these factors will cause them to be very stressed. Today’s teens often feel stressed and this can be related to many types of factors‚ whether it be academic‚ family or social pressures. Most articles and websites that cover these problems encourage parents to be on the lookout for signs of anxiety in their teens. Also
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) LSD)‚ a potent hallucinogenic drug‚ also called a psychedelic‚ first synthesized from lysergic acid in Switzerland in l038. Lysergic acid is a white odorless drug‚ a component of the mold of ERGOT. Ergot is a product of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Th e bio-active ingredients of ergot are all derivatives of lysergic acid. LSD is a semi-synthetic derivative of lysergic acid. Thus LSD is an "ergot" - like substance. The drug evokes dreamlike changes
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Silver Bells “City sidewalks‚ busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style… In the air‚ there’s a feeling of Christmas…” My favorite holiday has always been Christmas. I love everything about it! One of the best things about Christmastime is that we get such a long time off from school. In addition to that‚ my family flies back home to Pennsylvania in December‚ so we always get to see snow. We also spend time with family and friends playing games and exchanging gifts‚ which is always a lot of fun. Of
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