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Drugs And Steroids In Sports
1248 Words - 5 Pages.... new body tissue quickly, but with drastic side effects. Anabolic means the ability to promote body growth and repair body tissue. It comes from the Greek word anabolikos meaning "constructive." Steroids are basically made up of hormones. One woman training to make the 1984 US women's basketball team used them, her muscles started to bulge, her voice grew deeper, and she even had the beginnings of a mustache. These are all the usual symptoms of anabolic steroids. Steroids were not always used for sports, they started out the same way most drugs did, medicinal purposes. Victims of starvation and severe injury profited from it's ability to build new tissue quickly. ....
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Diet And Disease
2489 Words - 10 Pages.... some of the most killing and crippling (Crepino 36) .
After careful examination of different studies relating to , researchers have resolved the general principles of an optimal diet. Specific consideration is given to what foods should be avoided, which to eat in moderation and those to be liberally consumed.
It is stated by Newkarm that general health requires that the total intake of all fats, especially animal fats is reduced. Fatty deposits in the arteries and gallstones are to a large extent made up of cholesterol (19). When foods high in fat content are eaten, excessive amounts of cholesterol are made in the body. Individuals who have fat concentrated in the wais ....
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Modern Technology And Medicine
684 Words - 3 Pages.... but they knew exactly what was needed. One
such example was the drug known as Captapril.
Captapril became a pharmaceutical drug in 1975. The drug Captapril was a
defense against the protein PNP. PNP is an enzyme which takes out the
sugar and nitrogenous substances out of the cells. It then divides the
purine form of the sugar, making it independent and creating or destroying
in order to build more molecules such as DNA. But PNP separates anti-cancer
and other helpful agents , and destroys the therapy provided by those
agents. The goal was to create a drug which could inactivate PNP until
therapy for these agents were complete. A computer was used to create a
mod ....
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Dreams
1481 Words - 6 Pages.... to the conscious mind. This is called lucid dreaming.
With this you can take partial control of what happens during a dream.
Since you can do this you don't have to be restricted to do all the things
you do in real life but you could do whatever you like because it's your
mind that's controlling you not your body and gravity. For example, you
could fly or walk through walls.
The powers of dreams
The dreaming world could be a very powerful thing so much so that
it causes a baby to be born because of lucid dreaming. In a true story
taken from the book called Living with Dreams a woman dreamt that she just
had a period in her dreams. This was so realistic that she actually th ....
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The Safety Of Blood
1528 Words - 6 Pages.... things could have
been much different. What if that blood hadn't been there because the nation's
blood supply was low? What if the blood that she received had been infected
with a deadly disease such as Syphilis or HIV? These are pressing concerns for
today's society. Even though one in every five people will need a blood
transfusion and the risk of contracting a disease such as AIDS is practically
negligible, people are still concerned that the blood that they receive may have
harmful or deadly diseases and that today's blood supply is not "safe."
However, "safe" means different things for different people. For some,
safe is an absolute security from any dang ....
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Artificial Contraceptives
1480 Words - 6 Pages.... sometimes people later regret not being able to have children. Another form of birth control is the intrauterine device or IUD. IUD’s are tiny metal or plastic loops or coils that are placed in the uterus. They have an effectiveness of 95-99%(Funk & Wagnall’s, pg.98). A physician must insert IUD’s, but they can remain there until it is desired to be removed for a pregnancy. Although they sound ideal, some women have experienced uterine cramps and increased menstrual flow when using an IUD. (Billings, pg.63) in fact, some devices increase the risk of pelvic infection(Funk & Wagnall’s, pg.98). Further, in Perry and Dawson’s book, Nightmare, they ....
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Alcoholism
319 Words - 2 Pages.... "When my step-dad comes home he is always in a bad mood,
he takes it out on me and my brothers. He argues with my mom and is always
in a bad mood, when we confront him with the problem, he denies it. I see
that he tries to cut down, but he never stops."
Many people who drink, try to relieve pressure or soothe their
feelings. "Those who stay with the habit, become increasingly dependent on
alcohol or drugs, are using these substances as a medication of sorts or a
way to soothe feelings of anxiety, anger, or depression," says Daniel
Goleman in his book, Emotional Intelligence.
Many clubs and organizations around the country including S.A.D.D.
(Students Against Dri ....
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Women's Right To Choose Abortion
374 Words - 2 Pages.... Taking away this right would be invading on a woman's
constitutional liberty.
The unwanted child also suffers. Most of the time the mother of the
unwanted child is very young and inexperienced or too poor to take care of
the child. The child is usually malnourished, has no medical care, and
gets very little attention or love. The foster care system isn't any
better. Only a small percentage of the children are adopted by suitable
parents. But the rest remain in the foster care system, where there is
little or no personal care. In both cases, the child has a poor education
because of the lack of attention and discipline. He grows up to be
unproductive individua ....
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