Hydraulic Fracturing Is a Bad Idea The man brought his lips among the cup‚ slowly taking a sip‚ then another. Sip after sip he drank from his glass then suddenly he dropped his glass and staggered backward. He gasped then collapsed on the floor. Paramedics soon arrived due to a neighbor’s distressed call. They rushed the man to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital realized that he passed out because of radioactive waste-water. As they conducted a further examination they determined he had
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Thesis: The multi-electrode array (MEA) is the greatest breakthrough in neuroscience today because it will lessen millions of people’s pain dramatically‚ it will spare millions of animals from cruelty and death‚ and it will cure millions of people and animals from paralysis. I. People’s chronic neurological pain will be reduced because of the ability of MEAs above any other breakthrough in neuroscience today. A. While there are many treatments in the world that alleviate the suffering of neurological
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Epilepsy is a disease that can transform a person’s life forever. It can affect all aspects of day to day living that many people take for granted. Many who have epilepsy experience the stigma and misconception of this disorder even when dealing with the medical community. As a person living with Epilepsy‚ I have experienced this first hand. 65 million people around the world have epilepsy and 1 in 12 people in the United States have epilepsy.. “Epilepsy is a chronic disorder‚ the hallmark of which
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1.1 Understanding Dementia and Necessity to Provide Care. Dementia is a progressive disorder of a mental condition in which a person loses its ability to think appropriately‚ to make decisions. Patients of this disorder suffer from chronic confusion. They tend to forget the things very easily. The condition usually get worsen with the passage of time due to the destructions of the brain cells. With the accordance of research‚ 50-75%
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The birth of the Hippocratic medicine marked a transition from ritual and folk healing to a profession of secular theory and practice. Epilepsy‚ with its common occurrence‚ dramatic presentation‚ and hidden cause attracted the attention of many healers in the ancient world and was the primary subject of full Hippocratic medical treatise written in fourth century BC. This work known as ’Sacred Disease’ was the first emphatic argument for a naturalistic understanding and treatment of epilepsy and
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Neurofibromatosis My disorder research paper is about neurofibromatosis‚ which is a genetically-inherited disorder in which the nerve tissue grows tumors that may cause serious damage by compressing nerves and other tissues. The disorder affects all neural cells such as the Schwann cells and melanocytes. The melanocytes function abnormally in this disease‚ resulting to disordered skin pigmentation. The tumors would be able to cause bumps under the skin‚ colored spots‚ skeletal problems‚ and other
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic‚ progressive‚ degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It usually affect’s young adults between the ages of 20 and 40. MS frequency of occurrence is rare. Only afflicts about 10% currently about 400‚000 in the United States and 1 million worldwide. The disease basically takes one of four potential directions once established. Relapsing remitting involves about 85% of those affected. Flare-up episodes with worsening conditions are followed by partial
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Chemically- Impaired Nurses Jaime Littles Christina Mazzeo Sociology 101 Research Paper When deciding to enter the stressful and demanding field of nursing‚ I asked myself how will I physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally deal with the demands of the profession? It takes a lot of long hours‚ knowledge of procedures and practices‚ and devotion to patients and their families. So how do nurses deal with the demands of their job? It has surprised me that in researching the profession
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Parkinson’s Disease Noreen Sahs PSY350 Dr. Wayne Briner June 1‚ 2014 The reasons chosen to critique Parkinson’s disease are entirely personal‚ are educational in nature and are emotional personally. My stepmother was diagnosed‚ after many misdiagnoses‚ with PD about a year ago. Before her final PD diagnosis a great deal of degeneration in her functioning with debilitating symptoms over a period of about two years manifested. She suffered from a frequent chronic dry‚ hacking cough that lasted minutes
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Name of patient: GUIUAN‚ SYD SYHRUS Age: days old cc: Vomiting DRUG NAME | GENERAL ACTION | SPECIFIC ACTION | INDICATION | CONTRAINIDICATION | ADVERSE EFFECTS | NURSING RESPONSIBILITY | Phenobarbital 25 mg/PPtab‚ 1 PPtab OD x 3 days | Barbiturate (long acting)‚ Sedative‚ Hypnotic‚ Antiepileptic | Long-acting barbiturate. Sedative and hypnotic effects of barbiturates appear to be due primarily to interference with impulse transmission of cerebral cortex by inhibition of reticular activating
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