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Medicine and Nutrition Term Papers and Reports |
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Why IQ Tests Don't Test Intelligence
726 Words - 3 Pages.... not a good indicator of intelligence.
To issue a truly standardized test, the testing environment should
be the same for everyone involved. If anything has been learned from the
psychology of perception, it is clear that a person's environment has a
great deal to do with their cognitive abilities. Is the light flickering?
Is the paint on the walls an unsettling shade? Is the temperature too hot
or too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the worst case, do they
have an illness that day? To test a person's mind, it is necessary to
utilize their body in the process. If everyone's body is placed in
different conditions during the testing, how is it expected to get
sta ....
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The Effects Of Marijuana Use
529 Words - 2 Pages.... Other pleasure giving effects include a state of
relaxation, a sense of heightened taste, touch, smell and hearing, also a
heighten sense of awareness might be experience too. The effects can be
quite different depending on the amount of the drug consumed and the
circumstances under which it is taken. Marijuana has not been proven to be
physically addicting and no physical withdraw symptoms occur when its use
is discontinued.
Second of all, marijuana usage can also have non-pleasure giving
effects. Mood changes are often accompanied by altered perceptions of time
and space and of one's bodily dimensions. The thinking processes become
disrupted by fragmentary ideas and mem ....
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Interpretation Of The Human Body
1120 Words - 5 Pages.... Most of the important men of Egypt paid to have their body carved out of stone. That was were the spirit would live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very important. The bodies are always idealized and clothed. Figures are very rigid, close-fisted, and are built on a vertical axis to show that the person is grand or intimidating. Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was e ....
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Erikson's Psychosocial Theory Of Development: Young Adults
1443 Words - 6 Pages.... occurs". (Gething, 1995,
p.377). As people age the progress of the developmental stages can differ, so
they have formulated to assess the progression by using two principal crisis
models. The first, are the normative crisis model and the second includes the
timing of events crisis model. The normative crisis model has been powerful in
shaping the psychology of the developmental stages as it has allowed theorists
to imply that stages of development can follow an age related time sequence.
(Gething, 1995).
The normative crisis model suggests that human development has a built in
ground plan in which crisis as describe by Erikson are seen as a requirement
that must ....
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The Differences And Similarities Of Pneumonia And Tuberculosis
2432 Words - 9 Pages.... went to visit her doctor. Her doctor admitted her to the hospital with
bacterial pneumonia and after three days of unsuccessful treatment it was
discovered that she actually had active tuberculosis. This misdiagnosis shows
the similarities between the two diseases and how easily they can be confused.
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a serious infection or inflammation of the lungs with
exudation and consolidation. Pneumonia can be one of two types: lobar pneumonia
or bronchial pneumonia. Lobar pneumonia affects one lobe of a lung while
bronchial pneumonia affects the areas closest to the bronchi (O'Toole, 1992).
In the United States over three million people are infect ....
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Euthanasia
869 Words - 4 Pages.... not be prohibited by law, since
if a patient wants to die, that is strictly a personal affair, regardless of how
foolish or immoral the desire might be. [Rachels, 56] My position is almost
identical. I believe there are some instances in which euthanasia is immoral,
but I believe it should unquestionably be legal. In the following paragraphs, I
will display the position of the opposition to the legality of euthanasia as
well as the position of the supporters. I shall attempt to prove that, yes,
euthanasia should be legal. There is a strong opposition against the
legalization of euthanasia. The main argument against the legality of
euthanasia is sometimes known as th ....
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Cancer Of The Eye
373 Words - 2 Pages.... and lines the back side of the lids.
The cause of most eye cancers are unknown. However retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer that occurs during infancy and early childhood, follows a well recognized hereditary pattern which strongly suggests that cancer causing gene may be the instigating factor.
A papidly growing eye cancer usually produces symptomes such as double vision, a protrsion of the eyeball, or other obvious changes leading to early diagnosis and treatment. A slow growing tumor of the unnoticed until the cancer is more advaced. Any changes in vision or other problems such as a prtruding eye, squinting, or changes in the eyelid should be seen by an ophthalmolo ....
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Preventing Health Problems Through Running
514 Words - 2 Pages.... and even
common sicknesses like a cold.
One source agrees that running reduces the risk of diabetes. Jim
Harmon writes, in Sports Illustrated, about Bruce Leonard, a marathoner
with a masters degree in public health. Bruce Leonard went to study the
Zuni Indian tribe. This tribe has had a bad history of diabetes until they
started to run. Leonard said, After the Zuni tribe started running, "many
Zuni were able to reduce or eliminate their diabetes medication."(5)
My research also reveled that diverticular disease can be reduced
in men that run. For instance, Marty Munson and Teresa Yeykal writes in
the article "Outrun trouble" which says, "guys who ra ....
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