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Medicine and Nutrition Term Papers and Reports |
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Preventing Injuries
859 Words - 4 Pages.... muscle groups are going to be used and slowly start to condition those areas. A doctor’s visit is not out of the question when starting some physical activities, and sometimes it is very much suggested. A person should get a physical exam done to check their blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight to make sure the exercises they are going to begin are appropriate for their fitness level.
Once a person is cleared to exercise, they should always remember to stretch and warm up before doing the activity. Like any automobile, a person also needs to warm up their body before being used. One of the best ways to do this is to just do a light jog and then stretch. This way ....
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Diabetes
887 Words - 4 Pages.... with diabetes often experience symptoms. Some of the symptoms
are:
1)being very thirsty
2)having to go to the bathroom very frequently
3)weight loss
4)increased hunger
5)blurry vision
6)skin infections
7)wounds that don't heal
8)and/or extreme unexplained fatigue
In some cases, there are no symptoms, this happens at times with Type II
diabetes. In this case, people can live for months, even years without knowing
they have the disease. This form of diabetes comes on so gradually that symptoms
might not even be recognized.
Diabetes can occur in anyone. However, people who have close relatives
with the disease are somewhat more likely to develop it. The r ....
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Garlic As Medicine
219 Words - 1 Pages.... on garlic because, for reason it is a medicinal plant and there is a range
of reasons why garlic is important to us but there are
things we need to be aware of though.
For about 5000 years garlic has been known to reduce blood cholestrol
levels. Garlic tastes very hot, dry, and pungent. The cloves (a part of the
garlic plant) are used mostly for infections, especially for such symptoms as:
chest problems, some digestive disorders, blood sugar levels; and so, can be
helpful in later-onsets of diabetes. Sometimes, the cloves are efffective for
some types of skin infections and acne. Garlic is best used if it is fresh.
Things to be aware of about ....
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The Life Of Identical Twins
1729 Words - 7 Pages.... resulting in twins being so dependent upon each other that, in some cases, they cannot fall in love or marry (Mathias, 1992). It is important, therefore, to encourage individuality in, and a healthy relationship between, each twin from birth so that they will not experience individualisation problems (Siemon, 1980).
According to Sandbank (1988), three main factors play roles in the development of twin individuality. These are: competition in the twinship, the school environment and parental attitude.
Competition, according to Mathias (1992), results from being either envious or jealous of someone else. Jealousy is something that twins probably experience before other child ....
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Alcoholism
664 Words - 3 Pages.... and alcoholic. It is possible to abuse alcohol for a
short period of time without developing alcoholism. For example, some people
may drink abusively during a personal crisis and then resume normal drinking.
College students tend to drink more heavily than other age groups. It is often
difficult to distinguish such heavy and abusive drinking from the early stages
of alcoholism. How well the person can tolerate giving up alcohol for an
extended time and the effects of drinking on the family, friends, work, and
health, may indicate the extent of the alcohol problem.
More than ten million Americans are estimated to be alcoholic.
Alcoholism is found in all ages, cu ....
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Medicine: "Microsurgery: Sew Small"
893 Words - 4 Pages.... are so thin that they have to be held with needlenosed
jeweller's forceps and will sew together nerves that are as wide as the
thickness of a penny. To make such a stitch, the surgeon's hands will
move no more than the width of the folded side of a piece of paper seen
end on!
Imagine trying to sew two pieces of spaghetti together and you'll have
some idea of what microsurgery involves.
Twenty-five years ago, this man's thumb would have been lost. But in the
1960s, surgeon's began using microscopes to sew what previously had been
almost invisible blood vessels and nerves in limbs. Their sewing
technique had been developed on large blood vessels over a half century
earlier ....
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Cancer: The Costs, Causes, And Cures
2876 Words - 11 Pages.... normal tissue, and virtually destroy it, (Grolier Electronic
Encyclopedia, Cancer).
The question is, what exactly is cancer? Cancer, is the break down and mutation
of the cells of the body, when the DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) sequences in
those molecules are disrupted and errors form in the structures, (Grolier,
Genetic Code). This mutation spreads through surrounding tissue until it
disrupts major systems in the body (such as respiratory, digestive and waste
management) cause that system to fail.
What causes Cancer to become active?
Since it is believed that almost all people have some type of cancer in their
body, (although benign), any person that comes in contact ....
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Heartburn And Gallstones
561 Words - 3 Pages.... from the
stomach. Also, if you lean over while working, pressure builds in the organs,
pushing the acids upwards.
Heartburn is often very uncomfortable for the individual who has it.
There are not many symptoms, but the ones most commonly found are, a burning
sensation in the chest and upper abdomen, sore throat, and when the mouth
sometimes fills with a liquid called water brash.
Heartburn has many affects on the body, but I will focus now on the
effect on the digestive system. Heartburn causes ulcers, which eat through the
mucous layer of the organs in the digestive tract by means of enzymes and acids.
It also causes an irritable bowel through syndromes. Stinosis is ....
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