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Psychoanalysis
... referred to as conversion disorder.) The French neurologist
Jean Martin CHARCOT tried to rid the mind of undesirable thoughts through
hypnotic suggestion, but without lasting success. Josef Breuer, a Viennese
physician, achieved better results by letting Anna O., a young woman
patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and
feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and,
using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was
going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the
unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in
1895, Breuer a ...
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Obesity
... There are two simpler methods for estimating body fat, but they
can yield inaccurate results if done by an inexperienced person or if done
on someone with severe obesity. One is to measure skinfold thickness in
several parts of the body. The second involves sending a harmless amount of
electric current through a person's body (bioelectric impedance analysis).
Both methods are commonly used in health clubs and in commercial weight-
loss programs, but results should be viewed skeptically.
Because measuring a person's body fat is tricky, doctors often rely on
other means to diagnose obesity. Two widely used measurements are weight-
for-height tab ...
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The Ebola Virus
... are three different strains of
the Ebola virus. The scientist have been able to diagnosed the virus y a
technique called ELISA(enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay, this technique
looks for specific viral proteins mode from the infected patient. When the
virus is detected there is stricked safety precautions all nurses and
others have to go through and do. The CDC has classified the Ebola virus as
a Biosafety level 4, which means that the greatest safety precautions are
taken.
This Ebola cell is shaped as a long filamentous, and sometimes are
also found in "U" shaped. The virus consists of a coiled strand of RNA
contained in a envelope derived from the host ce ...
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Your Brain
... The left brain controls the right side
of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 percent of the population
that is left-handed) and, in essence, is logical analytical, judgemental and
verbal. It's interested in the bottom line, in being efficent. The right brain
controls the left side of the body and leans more to the creative, the intuitive.
It is concerned more with the visual and emotional side of life.
Most people, if they thought about it, would identify more with their
left brain. In fact, many of us think we are our left brains. All of that non-
stop verbalization that goes on in our heads is the dominant left brain talking
to itself ...
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Alzheimer's Q&A
... The cells
develop distinctive changes that are called neuritic plaques (clusters of
degenerating nerve cell ends) and neurofibrillary tangles (masses of
twisted filaments which accumulate in previously health nerve cells).
The cortex (thinking center) of the brain shrinks (atrophies), The spaces
in the center of the brain become enlarged, also reducing surface area
in the brain.
What are the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's Disease is a dementing illness which leads to loss of
intellectual capacity. Symptoms usually occur in older adults (although
people in their 40s and 5Os may also be affected) and include loss ...
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The Molecular Biology Of Cystic Fibrosis
... States do not understand the severity of cystic fibrosis and that it is a serious genetic disorder.
PHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Clinical symptoms for CF are caused by the obstruction of organ ducts by the abnormal secretions. They consist of such symptoms as chronic obstructive airways disease, pancreatic insufficiency and malabsorption, high electrolyte concentrations in sweat, sterility due to vas deferens obliteration, and subclinical cirrhosis of the liver . However, as the severity of these symptoms varies in different patients, and because of the presence of normal lungs after birth, it is difficult to make an early accurate prognosis (Bunch 95). ...
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Osteoporosis And Effects Of Gavity And Space
... It also has an inorganic component located in the cement between the fibers consisting of calcium phosphate [85%]; Calcium carbonate [10%] ; others [5%] which give it the hardness and rigidity. Other than providing the rigid infrastructure, it protects vital organs like the brain], serves as a complex lever system, acts as a storage area for calcium which is vital for human metabolism, houses the bone marrow within its mid cavity and to top it all it is capable of changing its architecture and mass in response to outside and inner stress. It is this dynamic remodeling of bone which is of primary interest in microgravity. To feel the impact of this dynamicity it ...
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Abortion: Pro Choice View
... happens to a teen-age girl. In situations like this, some people are
sure that they could take care of the child, while others know that they aren't
ready or mature enough to take so much responsibility. In many cases the child
would have no one to rely on but a single mother with no schooling, and maybe a
non-supportive family. He or she would have a twisted, miserable upbringing,
left vulnerable later in life.
Another reason that causes women choice abortion is health problem.
There is a range of problems, including the child being born with Down's
Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, or a disposition to obesity, which can later in life
cause clogged arteri ...
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The Roy Adaptation Model
... concepts and propositions of other models could be combined in
summary statements related to person, goals of nursing and the nursing process.
According to Fawcett, this position is a simplistic solution to a difficult
problem. Nursing, with its limited experience with metaparadigms and conceptual
models, is not ready for restrictions on its ways of thinking. It's my belief
that this act of advocating a single unified model was an act of multi-oppressed
thinking influenced by men, the Roman Catholic Church and the medical world.
During a 1987 conference of nursing theorists, Sister Roy made a number
of deferring remarks to a speech made earlier by a male ...
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Society And Euthanasia
... is so committed to making sure that everyone's personal rights are met and appreciated, it is shocking that there is such a controversy over it.
The word Euthanasia comes from the Greek language: eu means "good" and thanatos means "death". The meaning of the word has evolved from "good death". It now refers to the act of ending another person's life, at their request, in order to minimize suffering (Baird and Robinson, 1989). It comes in two main forms:
--Passive Euthanasia: Hastening the death of a person by: Removing life support equipment (e.g. a respirator) or Stopping medical procedures, medications etc., or Stopping food and water and allowing the pers ...
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