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    Use of Marijuana As Medicine If your every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea‚ wouldn ’t you ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering‚ would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. They have chosen marijuana over anything legally available

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    19th Century Medicine

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    Advancements in Medicine in 19th Century England A robot saved my life! While this may not necessarily be true‚ the revolutionary technological aspects of medical advancements in the 1800s were just as crazy to people who lived there and saved their lives. While the common cold is a prevalent illness among us now and has treatment‚ in the 1800s common illnesses like this caused death. During this time there were many medical advancements that took place. From advancements in the knowledge of diseases

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    Civil War Medicine

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    Civil War Medicine In the Civil War era medical advances were few and so were surgeons. This time period is known in medical history as the "Medical Middle-Ages". This was the beginning of the technology of today. In this time doctors or physicians were known as surgeons. At the beginning of the war the United States Medical Corp. consisted of less than one hundred people on staff. This included the United States Surgeon General‚ thirty-six surgeons‚ and many assistant surgeons. Soon

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    December 12 2013 Radioisotopes are used in the branch of nuclear medicine to convey information on the operation of a person’s organs‚ or to treat specific diseases. Most of the time‚ radioisotopes are used by physicians and other scientists such as chemists‚ to make a quick and precise diagnoses of the patient’s illness. The bones‚ heart‚ and thyroid can easily be viewed or imaged with the use of radioisotopes in medicine. Additionally‚ in some cases radioisotopes can be used to treat diseased

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    Is marijuana good medicine? Many claims about pot’s beneficial effects just don’t hold up. July 26‚ 2012|David Sack | Dr. David Sack is a psychiatrist and addiction specialist. He is chief executive of Promises Treatment Centers and Elements Behavioral Health in Southern California | | | | * The L.A. City Council to ban marijuana shops outright until it has clearer… (Damian Dovarganes / Associated…) The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban medical marijuana dispensaries

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    Laughter the best medicine A good sense of humour is one of the most important tools in your self-care kit. In fact‚ studies show that laughter affects both your body and your mind. Laughter is also readily available‚ free‚ has no side effects‚ and you don’t have to worry about overdosing. Moreover‚ it’s good for everyone around you too. And laughter can relieve stress‚ boost your immune system and even change your perspective on things. Stress relief. Laughter lowers your blood pressure and pulse

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    Tawa Tawa, a Medicine!

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    anti-inflammatory etc. Key words: Phytochemistry‚ Pharmacological aspects‚ Euphorbia hirta linn. JPRHC | July 2009 | Vol. 1 | No.1 | 113-133 Page 113 INTRODUCTION: Euphorbia hirta L. is a medicinal‚ rhizomatous herb distributed in Southern Western Ghats of India and Northern East Coast of Tamil Nadu (1). In East and West Africa extracts of the plant are used in treatment of asthma and respiratory tract inflammations. It is also used for coughs‚ chronic bronchitis and other pulmonary disorders

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    1920s Medicine Essay

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    Advancements of Medicine in the 1920’s Medicine had a huge advancement in the 1920s. Many scientists had discovered medicines‚ but it was hard for them to purify them and give them to people. Because of the discovery of penicillin‚ insulin‚ Band-Aids‚ and vitamins‚ the lives of the American people were greatly changed. Band-Aids were invented in 1920. An employee at Johnson and Johnson‚ Earle Dickson‚ made a way to help his wife with the various cuts that she would get throughout the day. He made

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    Laughter is a universal language. It is extremely beneficial to the human body‚ and it has no known side effects. Laughter is one of the best natural pain-killers in this world. According to a recent study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland‚ laughter can lower risks of a heart attack by a LOT. Laughter also reduces stress‚ therefore lowering blood pressure. That’s a whole lot of health benefits just from laughing! As Psychiatrist Robert Holden states‚ laughing produces happy chemicals

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