New research into conventional drugs for depression and Parkinson’s disease‚ is raising moral questions about its use. Parkinson’s drugs prescribed to treat the illness -- while also enhancing dopamine levels -- can make patients feel ’selfish’. Meanwhile‚ anti-depressants drugs‚ on the other hand‚ can make patients diagnosed with depression feel more ’protective of others’. One single exposure to both these drugs raised significant awareness to psychologists at Oxford University‚ reports suggests
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Communicable Disease Paper Tuberculosis Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange‚ contaminated substance‚ or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. Many people have never heard of a disease called tuberculosis (TB) or not fully aware how serious this disease really is. I will briefly summarize the research that was conducted on tuberculosis by describing the disease in details and discussing efforts to control it‚ indentify environmental factors related
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Cultural and Disease Paper While there are many endocrine diseases‚ the most common one in the United States is diabetes (Erika Gebel‚ 2010). The prevalence of endocrine diabetes is extremely high among the Arab people. There are many factor that make the Arab population vulnerable to diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Social and cultural influences also influence the development and treatment of many disease within the Arab and Islamic world. Community-based culturally sensitive intervention
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Brian S. Kubo‚ DDS‚ offering the very best in oral health procedures for Kamuela‚ has been running his own dental practice in Hawaii since 1993. Born and raised on the islands‚ a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International and an active member of the community‚ Dr. Kubo treats his patients like family while preserving their beautiful smiles. For all of your oral hygiene and dental procedures‚ make an appointment with Brian S. Kubo‚ DDS to ensure the very best of care. Specializing in cosmetic
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During the last few decades‚ the number of diseases worldwide has increased dramatically. Unfortunately‚ these illnesses are also becoming more and more complicated. Understanding how the human body works while it is fighting diseases is a key to finding treatments for them. However‚ some diseases involve processes which can only be studied inside a living organism. Most people believe that for medical progress that may save millions of lives‚ limited animal testing is justified‚ yet some
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Crohn and his team founded a disease that we have now known as Crohn’s disease. (The Secret History of Crohn’s Disease) Dr. Crohn didn’t know much about the cause and development of Crohn’s back then‚ and it still seems to be that way today. There has been a great amount of improvement on discovering the source of Crohn’s‚ but there is still much to be done. More research and funding need to be put towards Crohn’s disease in order to find an exact cause of the disease. If we make this possible‚ then
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Communicable Disease Paper HCS 457 10/24/2011 Racheline Napier Communicable Disease Paper Your 17 year old daughter has a new boyfriend that you have been dreading this for such a long time. They are spending way too much time together and as a parent you feel it is time to step in. You go to your daughters’ room to find that she is miserable‚ no he did not break up with her‚ she has had a fever for most of the week‚ she complains of a sore throat and just really not feeling well. You
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Figueroa 04-07-11 Research In the 1960’s there were several types of fashion types like: the Mods‚ the rockers‚ the oh-so-famous hippies‚-the futuristic space age-ers‚ the school girl baby dolls‚ the “Chanel” wearers ‚ and of course the optical art dressers! So as you can see there are LOTS of fashion types that started in the 60’s. Even some looks we still use today‚ only slightly modified. To help you better understand the styles of the 160’s‚ I will break down each type of style
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Wolff- Parkinson- White syndrome is a heart defect in which the heart has an extra electrical pathway that causes a rapid heartbeat. Wolff- Parkinson- White syndrome is usually found in patients who has family members that has been diagnosed with this disease. Approximately one third of all Wolff- Parkinson- White syndrome patients will develop auricular fibrillation. Auricular fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia that is seen in patients with pathway problems in the heart. Wolff- Parkinson- White
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Informative Speech (Crohn’s Disease) General Purpose: To inform the audience about what Crohn’s Disease Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Crohn’s Disease and give them a better understanding of what it is. Introduction I was a 14 year old freshman in high school when I started getting sick. I was always a pretty healthy kid who had perfect attendance records UNTIL that year. The extreme fatigue and weight-loss was the main sign to my mom that something was seriously wrong. Around January
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