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Essays on Medicine

Aspirin
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... In virtually everyone who takes aspirin the aspirin may cause MICRO BLEEDING. The more serious bleeding is rare however it is death threatening, Especially if the person has any other medical problems or has lost a lot of blood quickly. In a survey 19 per 100,000 people had the serious bleeding. It is precisely the power of the aspirin that makes it effective against heart attacks and strokes that are caused by clots. I think that you should not take aspirin for preventing any heart attacks or strokes or etc.… for a reason and that reason is that it may cause another hazard upon you while you are trying to prevent one happening to you. Digestive track - The way ...



Bacteria
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... the unaided eye. There are usually one of three different shapes to , spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped. Strep throats are spherical and are caused by streptococcus. Spherical usually link together to form long chains of cells. Another serious case of causing diseases is tooth decay and ulcers. Tooth decay leads to cavities, which means is arises the film on our teeth. People with diets high in sugar have a higher chance of getting tooth decay or cavities. The sugar us turned into lactic acid, the acid leads to a lost of calcium and if followed by the breaking down of the tooth. Scientists have found that most stomach ulcers are the result of l infection. Many o ...



The Use Of Supplements Creatine, Androstenedione, And HMB
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... about one gram of Creatine a day from a regular diet. (3) Creatine is also produced endogenously by the liver, pancreas and kidneys. The body of a 70-kg individual produces about two grams of Creatine a day consisting a turnover rate of about 1.6% a day. The body of a 70-kg individual would contain a total of about 120 grams of Creatine. Approximately 60% of the Creatine is stored in its phosphorylated form, phosphocreatine also known as Creatine phosphate(1). Approximately 95% of the body’s Creatine supply are found in the skeletal muscles. The remaining 5% are scattered throughout the rest of the body, with the highest concentrations in the heart, brains, a ...



Attention Deficit Disorder
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... hyperactivity (Hallowell 6). There are two general types of A. D. D., the stereotypical, high-energy, hyperactive group, and the less known underactive ones that often daydream and are never mentally present anywhere. Typically, people with A. D. D. are very likable and are usually very emphatic, intuitive, and compassionate, however they have very unstable moods that can range from an extreme high to an extreme low instantly, for no apparent reason. Usually, they procrastinate often and have trouble finishing projects, while conversely, they can hyperfocus at times and accomplish tasks more quickly and efficiently than a normal person could. Often they have s ...



Rural Healthcare
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... medical services, the total number of practicing physicians in the United States actually increased by 14%! Access to health care is a major problem in rural America. In some instances, driving through dangerous, winding, mountainous roads, which can be impassable in winter or when it rains can hinder people receiving medical services. Winstead-Fry, Tiffany, and Shippee-Rice (1992) stated that low incomes and high poverty rates are suffered by great amounts of the rural population, making health care insurance a relative luxury. Because of this, many ailments and injuries tend to go untreated. Another problem is the lack of physicians willing to work in ...



What Are Brain And Spinal Tumor
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... result from specific genetic diseases,or exposure to radiation or cancer causing chemicals. Smoking, alcohol consumption, and certain dietary habits are associated with some types of cancer, they have not been linked to brain and spinal tumors. The cause of most brain and spinal cord tumors remains a mystery. Scientists do not know exactly why cells in the nervous system or elsewhere in the body lose their normal identity such as (nerves, blood, or skin) grow uncontrollably. Possible causes under investigation include viruses, defective genes, and chemicals. Metastatic tumors occur when the cancer cells break from tumors in other parts of the body, travel ...



Multiple Sclerosis
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... with Multiple Sclerosis can suffer any number of symptoms. Researchers are not sure yet as to the cause of Multiple Sclerosis. There is a kind of deadlock among scientists and doctors whether it's hereditary, viral, or a combination of the two, with the disease being hereditary, but with a viral trigger, or just a simple chemical imbalance in the immune system. One thing is certain, though. Some sort of defect in the immune system causes white blood cells to attack and destroy the myelin sheath. There are five main types of Multiple Sclerosis. The first type is Benign Multiple Sclerosis. It is the least severe, has little progression, and takes up twe ...



Alternative Medicine
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... the drugs, psychotherapies, and surgery offered by the medical establishment. According to a 1997 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Americans make more visits to alternative healers and spend more money on alternative treatments than they do on conventional medicine. (Eisenberg 1). But physicians are skeptical about the value of such therapies and not infrequently hostile to them. The skepticism is well founded. Those skeptical about the value of claim that the Office of (OAM) does not take the proper unbiased, scientific stance but acts instead as an advocate for . Skeptics point to studies supported by the OAM that do not use th ...



AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?
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... fatal weakening of the immune system which has given AIDS its name (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome)," write the Segals, "has been traced back to a destruction or a functional failure of the T4-lymphocytes, also called 'helper cells`, which play a regulatory role in the production of antibodies in the immune system." In the course of the illness, the number of functional T4- cells is reduced greatly so that new anti-bodies cannot be produced and the defenceless patient remains exposed to a range of infections that under other circumstances would have been harmless. Most AIDS patients die from opportunistic infections rather than from the AIDS virus itself. Th ...



Doctor Assisted Suicide
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... therefore, conservatives become furious at the very idea of suicide. According to them, one who decides to "play God" by causing his own death, or assisting in the death of another, insults his Maker and invites eternal damnation. The Supreme Court's conservative bloc would never explicitly adopt such reasoning, because the First Amendment forbids the establishment of religion. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed, for the first time in the history of nations, that each person exists as an end in himself. This basic truth which finds political expression in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means in practical terms that you need ...




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