2012 Research Article Critique 1 NURS 4922 1. Brodaty‚ H.‚ Ames‚ D.‚ Snowdon‚ J.‚ Woodward‚ M.‚ Kirwan‚ J.‚ Clarnette‚ R.‚ & ... Greenspan‚ D. (2005). Risperidone for psychosis of Alzheimer’s disease and mixed dementia: results of a double-blind‚ placebo-controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry‚ 20(12)‚ 1153-1157. 2. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of low dose risperidone in treating psychosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and
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Abstract Human diseases such as Lyme disease (borreliosis)‚ Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis continually affect the population of Tamaulipan Biotic Providence‚ area shared between Texas and Mexico. The tick Ixodes scapularis tends to be the main carrier for Borrelia bacteria‚ which causes borreliosis. Nonetheless‚ its absence in the area studied gave cue to the analysis of another tick‚ Amblyomma inornatum. It is important to characterize the disease potential of the latter tick in
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Papers on Drugs and Alcohol Related Topics (Page 1) . Addiction : A 9 page research paper discussing the problem of addiction‚ its causes‚ process & evelopment‚ treatment etc; Bibliography contains 6 sources. Addiction # 2 : 5 pages in length. Beginning with an anecdotal introduction‚ paper discusses addiction as it specifically applies to drug and alcohol addiction. The addictive properties of specific drugs are utlined. Childhood Sexual Abuse As A Predictor Of Adolescent Substance
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non-addictive‚ and there have been only a few cases of possible overdose where people ingested extremely large amounts of the drug (Alan et al.‚ 1978; Griggs et al‚. 1977). LSD can be administered a number of ways‚ the most common : orally though paper‚ sugar cubes‚ on a piece of gelatin‚ or by pill ; intravenously or intramu scularly. A standard dose with noticeable hallucinogenic effects is about 100-200 ug. The intensity of the trip is proportional to the size of the dose-- it is interesting
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Alzheimer’s disease The aim of this paper is to educate the community about Alzheimer’s disease and to raise awareness in order to prevent deaths and better prepare Alzheimer’s disease victims and their families. Therefore‚ in order to better understand this disease one must first know that is Alzheimer’s disease defined based on its causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments. Alzheimer’s is one of the most common causes of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the atrophy in the brain’s healthy cells that lead
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The protein also slowed angiogenesis (the growth of blood vessels that allow the cancer to spread faster). Snakes help halt the spread of lyme disease‚ as well. There are three species of bacteria that carry lyme disease‚ that tend to live in rodents. Diseased ticks infect rodents when they bite them; then the rodent gets the disease. If a tick that is diseased bites a human‚ it would disease the person. Rattlesnakes
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How to Prevent Drug Addiction? Acknowledgement: We would like to thank the following persons‚ especially the one who help us to do our research paper (Mrs. Tolentino) and also our fellow co-student who gives some information about in our topic‚ our parents who support us most‚especially God who gives strength and knowledge for us to finish this report. Also the book of Dangerous Drugs‚ Act of 1972 rep.act no. 6425‚ the Drug Abuse Prevention Source Book‚ The Drug Manace and you‚ war against
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Communicable Disease Paper Jennifer K. Rhodes University of Phoenix Public and Community Health HCS 457 Heather Steiner March 14‚ 2011 Communicable Disease Paper Chickenpox is a communicable disease and “one of the classic childhood diseases” (National Institute of Health [NIH]‚ para. 1). In the past‚ when parents heard a child had come down with chickenpox‚ parents would form chickenpox parties so other children would contact chickenpox and acquire lifelong immunity. Today another
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Lyme disease is an infectious Tick borne disease caused by the bacteria Borrelia Burgdorferi spread from the bite of a Tick. (Pearson.S.2015). Ticks are arachnids with pincher like mouths that live off the blood of animals and occasionally humans if they get a hold of us. If a tick is infected with Borrelia Burgdonferi and bites a human‚ the disease gets transmitted and takes effect immediately yet does not show symptoms for up to a month. If you are wondering how the tick catches the disease‚ it
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Culture and Disease Paper - Malaria Erin E. Nelson HCS 245 September 5‚ 2011 Andrea Dale Culture and Disease Paper - Malaria It tropical and sub-tropical climates temperature‚ humidity‚ and rainfall work together to create a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are a host for communicable diseases one in particular is called malaria. Malaria is a parasitic disease that infects a particular type of mosquito‚ Anopheles mosquitoes‚ which feeds
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