non-benefits of medical marijuana‚ it is heartfelt that it should be legalized on the basis that it helps those who are critically ill to cope with various side effects of the diseases like AIDS‚ Cancer‚ and Multiple Sclerosis by alleviating pain‚ vomiting‚ and nausea. While many patients are afflicted with side effects from the medications that are used to treat their diseases‚ the United States Government approved marijuana in pill form called “marinol” which is available as a prescription and
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Assignment Submission Course:Health and social care level 3 Assignment Number:Six Date Submitted:28/05/2012 Preferred Feedback Method:Post Online 6.1 Analyse the principle factors‚ which can contribute to anorexia. Understanding the causes of eating disorders is further complicated by the fact that actions that are designed to achieve weight loss can actually cause some disturbed eating behaviour. The effects of semi-starvation‚ also called dieting‚ can cause physiological changes that
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its recreational use but is beginning to rise in the medical field and should be legalized for its many purposes. Legalizing marijuana will not only help those with arthritis but it could help those with insomnia and help fight off the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy. Although people think that smoking marijuana also has many side effects regardless of whether it’s medical or not‚ it is in many ways better for the body than those side effects of taking medication. Medical marijuana can instantly
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Bulimia Nervosa are. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging‚ or consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed (purging)‚ typically by vomiting‚ taking a laxative‚ diuretic‚ or stimulant‚ and/or excessive exercise. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by immoderate food restriction and irrational fear of gaining weight‚ as well as a distorted body self-perception. It typically
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Discuss the common complications (adverse effects) of chemotherapy? The most common adverse effects of the chemotherapy include fatigue‚ pain (headaches‚ muscle pain‚ stomach pain‚ pain from nerve damage)‚ mouth and throat sores‚ nausea and vomiting‚ constipation‚ alopecia‚ loss of appetite‚ changes in thinking and memory‚ and reproductive issues. The chemotherapy can also cause blood disorders due to bone marrow suppression characterized by anemia‚ neutropenia‚ and thrombocytopenia (NIH
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Migraine 1. Overview 2. Classes and Types of Migraine Headaches 3. Physiological Mechanism of Migraine 4. Serotonin System and Migraines 5. Antimigraine therapy 1. Overview 1 Migraine More than 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine‚ with women being affected three times more often than men. This vascular headache is most commonly experienced between the ages of 15 and 55‚ and 70% to 80% of sufferers have a family history of migraine. Migraine is often misdiagnosed as sinus headache
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emetic and diarrheal. The emetic illnesses cause vomiting. This illness is caused by a head and acd stable toxin produced by the bacteria B. cereus in the food before it is consumed. The emetic type is usually associated with foods that have starch in them such as rice‚ potatoes‚ cheese‚ and pasta. This illness occurs within a time frame of 1-6 hours after the contaminated food has been eaten. Symptoms of this type of illness are nausea‚ vomiting‚ and abdominal cramps. The diarrheal illness occurs
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Bladen has alkalosis. For whatever reason her bicarbonate amounts are much too high which could be the reason why her blood is alkaline. She has been vomiting which could be why the amount of hydrogen ions in her body have decreased in number. The vomiting can also cause her blood volume to decrease which results in aldosterone being secreted. Aldosterone causes sodium and water reabsorption to increase‚ but also bicarbonate absorption to increase and
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Psychology presentation PTSD and biological factors The signs and symptoms of PTSD‚ therefore‚ appear to reflect a persistent‚ abnormal adaptation of neurobiological systems to the stress of witnessed trauma. The neurobiological systems that regulate stress responses include certain endocrine and neurotransmitter pathways as well as a network of brain regions known to regulate fear behavior at both conscious and unconscious levels. Not surprisingly‚ much research has consequently focused on exploring
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Eating Death According to “Should We Ban Competitive Eating?” by Sarah McCarry’’ and “Step Away From the Hot dog: Should competitive eating be banned?” by Dakshana Bascaramurty‚ competitive eating should be banned. It’s wasteful‚ can cause death‚ and has high risks for serious health problems. First of all‚ “805 million people go hungry every day‚ downing ridiculous quantities of food for entertainment seems not just wasteful‚ but calloug” (McCarry 17). This explains that it is pointless to waste
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