.... from drug overdose; including Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton's brother. There are many different types of drugs. Some drugs are good for you and some could kill people. Some good drugs are anesthetics, hormones, vaccines, and antibiotics. Some bad drugs are narcotics. These are sleep inducers. Examples of this are codeine, heroin, and morphine. Other drugs include cocaine, nicotine, and marijuana. Nowadays, drugs are a big problem in our society. The only drugs that you should take should be drugs that your doctor prescribed for you. And you should only take the amount of that drug that he tells you to. Every drug can be poisonous if you take too much. Peer press ....

.... are. Natural steroids play a key role in the body processes of living things. They are naturally produced by plants and animals, and are used for various reasons. Steroids include sterols, such as cholesterol, bile acids from the liver, adrenal hormones, sex hormones, and poisons in certain toads. Sex steroids in humans give men and women the characteristics that make up the sex, such as the type of voice, and the physical build. Adrenal steroids, produced in the cortex of the adrenal gland in humans, regulate protein and carbohydrate metabolism. Aldosterone, another steroid produced in the adrenal cortex, plays a role in the mineral and water balance of the body. Ana ....

.... always feel they may be too heavy and never reach their weight goal, no matter what their true body image may be. Over the years bulimia has become a growing disease which unfortunately takes the lives of many people every year. Supposedly, people began to recognize bulimic behavior in the late 19th century, although it was never really taken seriously until the 1940’s, when it was considered as a symptom of anorexia (Epstein 40). For many years bulimia was associated with anorexia as if it was a joint disease. Finally, in 1979, doctor G.F.M. Russell was the first physician to describe this disorder as a separate disease from anorexia to which he called it bulimia ....

.... itself, and your psyche repairs itself, also. According to the Gallup poll, people who don¹t have problems sleeping, are able to cope with problems easier, concentrate better, and finish tasks more adequitely. Lack of sleep can cause memory, learning, reasoning and calulation functions to decrease in efficiency. Lack of sleep can lead to illness and psychiatric problems also. An approximate 200,000 auto accidents are probably caused by sleep hindrence, and also, an estimate was made that sleep deprivation and work cost the economy one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Amount of sleep necessary depends upon the individual. Some are ready to go with six hours of s ....

.... more, the body’s need to sleep is treated as a waste of time. Nighttime hours are used for daytime activities, while cheating the body of precious sleep. In the past century, the average time asleep has been reduced by twenty percent, and in the past twenty-five years, a month has been added to our average work and commute time. Whatever the case may be, the effects of sleep deprivation are not so widely known. Three common symptoms seen in studies of prolonged sleep deprivation are a deep negative energy balance, the suppression of the immune system, and an odd change in patterns of sleep. Perhaps the most obvious effect sleeplessness has on a person is the negati ....

.... no means exhaustive, specific symptoms vary from person to person. The same person suffering from several anaphylactic reactions can also present with differing symptoms. Physiologically speaking, the two main effects of the body's released mediators (IgE) during an anaphylactic reaction are smooth muscle contraction and vasodilatation, which cause most of the body's adverse symptoms. (JAMA, 11/26/82) Since the most life threatening reactions usually involve the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, that is where emergency treatment is focused. In the cardiovascular system, a combination of vasodilatation, increased vascular permeability, tachcycardia, and arrhythmias ....

.... of sperm" (A Guide To Contraceptive Choices). Because this sheath is blocking the passage of any sperm entering the vagina, the percent of effectiveness is quite high. In fact it only has a 2% failure rate. Failure may be caused by possible holes in the condom or by storing it in unfavorable conditions for periods of time. The pill is an oral contraceptive containing the hormones estrogen and progestogen. "This form of birth control suppresses ovulation…by the combined actions of the hormones estrogen and progestogen" (A Guide to Contraceptive Choices). The pill is 97-99.9% effective, however, the pills effectiveness can be reduced if the woman is taking some medicati ....

.... it is in society's best interest to find effective treatments for alcoholics. The primary goal of all treatments for alcoholism is to get the alcoholic to stop drinking and refrain from abusing alcohol in the future. The paths to this goal are diverse. Several factors - biological, social and psychological - influence why an individual becomes an alcoholic. So treatments vary, depending upon why the alcoholic drinks and what the physician or therapist believes is the best method for recovery. Some treatments focus on the physical addiction of alcoholism. Others emphasize the alcoholic's social or psychological cravings. Alcoholics Anonymous and Rational Recove ....