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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Excretion And Elimination Of Toxicants And Their Metabolites
Number of words: 1076 - Number of pages: 4.... occurs in
these structures. Active reabsortion is used to recapture glucose, proteins,
amino acids and other nutrients. Water and chloride ions are passively
reabsorbed by the establishment of osmotic and electrochemical gradients. Both
the Loop of Henley and collecting duct are used to establish these osmolar
gradients. The tubule has a brush border that will absorb proteins and
polypeptides through pinocytosis. These molecules are sometimes catabolised and
converted into amino acids. and returned to the blood. Sometimes the
accumulation of these prot .....
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Memory
Number of words: 1594 - Number of pages: 6.... be positive, like memories of girlfriends and special events, or they can be negative, such as suppressed memories. Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is known to cause severe psychological and emotional damage. Adults who were sexually abused in childhood are at a higher risk for developing a variety of psychiatric disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and mood disorders. To understand the essential issues about traumatic , the human mind’s response to a traumatic event must first be understood. The is made up of many different sections wi .....
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Abortion
Number of words: 969 - Number of pages: 4.... tiny six week old unborn baby has forty six chromosomes in every cell which is the scientifically verifiable human genetic code and he has brain waves that can be measured. The end of human life can be defined as the moment when brain waves cease but many ignore the scientific evidence of brain waves in unborn babies. As small as seven weeks old a baby can swim freely in the amniotic sack. At nine weeks, the baby is extremely active and begins swallowing. When the baby is ten to eleven weeks old he is sensitive to touch and will grab an object that is placed in .....
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Ritalin And Its Uses
Number of words: 1468 - Number of pages: 6.... 1971, and became the drug of choice for ADHD in 1981. It is also used in
treating narcolepsy. It is thought to activate the brain stem arousal system
and cortex, and, like cocaine, works on the neurotransmitter dopamine. It
appears to increase the levels of dopamine in the frontal lobe where attention
and impulsive actions are regulated. When taken in its intended form under a
doctor's prescritption, it has moderate stimulant properties. There has been a
great deal of concern about it's addictive qualities and adverse affects.
ADHD is a relatively .....
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Chinese Medicine
Number of words: 1470 - Number of pages: 6.... two different disease classification systems, cold damage or warm damage
where he feels it is appropriate, without being deterred by contradictions
between the two.(3)
One (Western) method of gaining knowledge is analysis. It is the method
of breaking things into component parts to understand the whole. This method
has been applied in China, but not to the same level as in the West. Analysis
is one of the important features of all western modern science and technology.
In fact, the analytical approach is the basis of western medicine, and it is .....
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Caffeine And Its Affects
Number of words: 607 - Number of pages: 3.... with work.
It shortens reaction time among some users, but its impact on creativity
and other intellectual activities is hard to define.
Caffeine can be habit-forming. Some regular users who give it up
may experience withdrawal symptoms twelve to sixteen hours after the last
dose, such as: drowsiness, headaches, lethargy, irritability, disinterest
in work, depression, occasional nausea and vomiting.
How caffeine affects you depends on what and how much you drink.
Strongly brewed coffee or tea has much more caffeine than a weakly brewed
drink. Age and size m .....
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Ebola Virus In Depth Report
Number of words: 701 - Number of pages: 3.... cared for the laboratory worker, with secondary spread to other health workers and to family members acting as carers. Two thirds of the deaths have been among health workers. Until the outbreak provoked a response, Kikwit General Hospital was short of barrier nursing supplies and disinfectants.
The current outbreak resembles earlier African out breaks, in which the first cases were found in hospitals where infection control mechanisms were not in place because of economic controls. Ebola virus was spread to health workers in contact with body fluids, and also .....
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The Functions And Disorders Of The Liver
Number of words: 702 - Number of pages: 3.... liver is not just an energy producer it is an important filter
for keeping out harmful substances of the body. The liver also regulates
the amount of red blood cells in circulation by breaking down and absorbing
the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some
poisons and breaking them down into less harmful materials. The liver then
allows the substance to pass out of the body.
The substance left after the blood cells have been broken down, any
unusable nutrients have been broken down, and chemicals that are to be
passed are r .....
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