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Psychology: Dreams And Dreaming
3028 Words - 12 Pages.... you need to change methods of
interpretation. Dream interpretations that lead you toward self-criticism,
depression or despair are simply wrong and if these conditions persist you may
wish to seek help from others. Finally, there is no such thing as a dream with
one meaning. If you feel stuck on one meaning or feel another person is pushing
one meaning, it is time to reconsider your methods and approach. (Lemley p. 17).
Clinical dream work is done within the context of psychotherapy and
clinical and sleep research have different approaches and goals than peer dream
work. (Koch-Sheras p.16).
A dream is a period of spontaneous brain activity usually lasting from
about ....
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Meditation: A In-Depth Look
988 Words - 4 Pages.... the soul is
eternal, it must reincarnate in various forms to retain this everlasting
relationship. Thousands of young people flocked to the ideas of Hinduism in the
1970's to escape the drug culture of the times.
As the troubled youth of the 1970's matures into the professionals of
the 1990's, the practice of meditation has been incorporated into the medical
field and studied for its effect on the body and mind. The physical practice of
meditation slows and calms the body, lowering blood pressure and heart rate with
the use of deep breathing exercises.
The calming of the body in itself works to fight stress but those who
meditate say that meditation also helps to replenish ....
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Syphilis
967 Words - 4 Pages.... It often hides and many people never realize that it is there. On women, the sore can be found hidden in the vagina or the folds of the labia. On men, it usually hides in the folds of the foreskin, under the scrotum, or near the base of the penis. Men more often than women will also have swollen lymph nodes in the groin. At this stage, the chancre is very infectious. It will heal with or without treatment, but the bacteria will remain and begin to spread if untreated.
In the secondary stage, occurring about six weeks later, a generalized rash appears. It can last for weeks or months, perhaps up to a year. Painless ulcers develop in the mouth. Most people discover r ....
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A Look Into Asian Herbology
1358 Words - 5 Pages.... benefits really exist, I think from a multicultural standpoint, a look into the history, uses, and other aspects of Chinese folk medicine is an interesting topic that provides a look at another cultures way of life that varies from our western norm.
First, we must have a quick look at the history of treating people with Chinese drug therapy. Treatment is accomplished by utilizing two basic theories, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TMC) and Tuina therapy. The practitioner questions their patient about their symptoms and examines their tongue, palpates their pulse and body, and observes condition of color, smell, voice, posture, or movement. This information is is arranged in ....
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Dreams
676 Words - 3 Pages.... in the memory
system; and (6) that, in a more cognitive psychological explanation, REM
dreaming enhances memory storage and reorganization.
Contrary to popular belief, dreaming is not caused by eating certain
foods before bedtime, nor by environmental stimuli during sleeping. Dreaming is
caused by internal biological process. Some researchers have proposed the
activation-synthesis hypothesis. Their neurological research indicates that
large brain cells in the primitive brain stem spontaneously fire about every 90
minutes, sending random stimuli to cortical areas of the BRAIN. As a
consequence, memory, sensory, muscle-control, and cognitive areas of the brain
are randoml ....
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Alcohol: Most Used And Abused Drug
2126 Words - 8 Pages.... think alcohol is
necessary and life will not be good without it. The physical dependence an
alcoholic has is when their body becomes so used to the drug that it now needs
alcohol to function without pain. Alcoholism is not a disease experienced only
by adults. Alcoholism, like any illness, can strike at any age. Ten percent of
the adult drinkers in the U.S are considered alcoholics or at least experience
drinking problems to some degree. Surveys have shown that more than one out of
three Americans have a personal friend or relative who has had a drinking
problem for ten years or longer. Almost two out of three Americans report that
they know someone who drinks too mu ....
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The Ear And Hearing Loss
1113 Words - 5 Pages.... like a funnel catching sound and sending it to the middle
portion of the ear. The middle portion contains the ear drum and the connection
between the pharynx and the drum, the Eustachian tube. The inner ear contains
the sensory receptors for hearing which are enclosed in a fluid filled chamber
called the cochlea. The outer and middle ears purposes are only to receive and
amplify sound. Those parts ofd the ear are only present in amphibians and
mammals, but the inner ear is present in all vertebrates.
The ear can hear in several different ways. They are volume, pitch, and
tone. Pitch is related to the frequency of the sound wave. The volume depends
on the amplitude ....
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Euthanasia: A Question Of Ethics
1619 Words - 6 Pages.... suffering; and 2. the duty to
act to end pain or suffering already occurring. Under the first of these, for a
physician or other caregiver to extend mercy to a suffering patient may mean to
refrain from procedures that cause further suffering-provided, of course, that
the treatment offers the patient no overriding benefits. The physician must
refrain from ordering painful tests, therapies, or surgical procedures when they
cannot alleviate suffering or contribute to a patient's improvement or cure.
Perhaps the most familiar contemporary medical example is the treatment of burn
victims when survival is unprecedented; if with the treatments or without them
the chances of the p ....
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