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The Hormones And Development Of One's Sex
Words: 413 / Pages: 2 .... which causes such
a differentiation. In order to confirm this belief, he removed the gonads from
embryos, prior to the onset of phenotypic differentiation. All resulted in
female phenotypes. The male phenotype is induced and will not manifest if the
proper secretions are not made from the testis.
Although the article fails to mention how, "Jost deduced that two secretions
from the fetal testis are essential for male development - Mullerian-inhibiting
substance and androgen." The mechanism in which spermatogenic tubules form
Mullerian-inhibiting substance is still unclear to scientists. Problems with
improper levels of this hormone result in .....
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AIDS
Words: 1737 / Pages: 7 .... carry the virus. was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days before had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual men or women. In addition, it turned out that rectal sex was a particularly effective way to transmit the disease, and rectal sex is a common practice among gay males. For these reasons, the disease spread in the gay male population of this country immensely more quickly than in other populations. It became to be thought of as a "gay disease". Because the disease is .....
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The Roy Adaptation Model
Words: 2270 / Pages: 9 .... could be combined in
summary statements related to person, goals of nursing and the nursing process.
According to Fawcett, this position is a simplistic solution to a difficult
problem. Nursing, with its limited experience with metaparadigms and conceptual
models, is not ready for restrictions on its ways of thinking. It's my belief
that this act of advocating a single unified model was an act of multi-oppressed
thinking influenced by men, the Roman Catholic Church and the medical world.
During a 1987 conference of nursing theorists, Sister Roy made a number
of deferring remarks to a speech made earlier by a male Bishop.
Fawcett also says the Roy .....
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Herbal Medicines
Words: 1870 / Pages: 7 .... have been shown to have some good effects. have a tendency to be more gentle on the body and safer than conventional medicines. Herbs are usually "more dillute, slower acting and their side effects are usually less severe"(Flint np). Since herbs do tend to be more dillute, it decreases the risk of the more serious side effects that come along with the stonger drugs. Antibiotics, as a drug, may do more to the body than just get rid of the bacteria or virus. That is why Ann Beemer, a Pierre, S.D., sophomore, said "she felt good about taking zinc and Echinacea tablets when she had a cold." She felt they were more gentle than over the counter me .....
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Preventing Health Problems Through Running
Words: 514 / Pages: 2 .... 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 racked up the most ours
doing vigorous exercise reduced their risks of divert .....
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Melatonin And The Pineal Gland
Words: 2148 / Pages: 8 .... which we age, when we go through puberty, and how well our immune
systems fend off diseases. Being set in the middle of our brains, the pineal
gland has no direct access to sunlight. Our eyes send it a message of how much
sunlight they see, and when it's dark. The sunlight prohibits the gland from
producing melatonin, so at night, when there's no sun, the sleep-inducing
hormone is released into our bodies. Because of the pineal gland and melatonin,
humans have known to sleep at night and wake during the day since long before
the age of alarm clocks.
Humans don't produce melatotin right from birth; it is transfered in utero
to babies through t .....
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Narcolepsy
Words: 1027 / Pages: 4 .... of one another, and in addition, the sequence in which symptoms appear is never uniform. Initially, the symptoms are rather mild and increase in severity at a gradual rate over a period of years.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) and Cataplexy are the two primary symptoms of . Other symptoms include Disrupted Nighttime Sleep, Sleep Paralysis, Hypnagogic Hallucinations, and Automatic Behavior . However, only 20 to 25 percent of patients suffer the complete range of symptoms.
EDS is usually the first symptom to be noted. It is sometimes expressed as sleepiness, tiredness, lack of energy, sleep attacks, or an unusual susceptibility to becoming sleepy .....
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The Effects Of Alcohol On People
Words: 2158 / Pages: 8 .... beverage in earlier times because the Arabics and other
earlier settlers had no idea at that time what alcohol did to them .
Alcohol has also been used as a tranquilizer , sedative , stimulant , and
as an intoxicant. (History of Alcohol , page 1)
Alcohol has played a significant role in religious backgrounds and
ceremonies in the past. In Greece there was a god of wine which was named
Bacchus. The Romans drank vast amounts of wine and other alcoholic
beverages. Wine and beer both have a very long background and or history.
Alcohol was used to supposedly relieve stress and the drudgery of day to
day life. (History of Alcohol , page1)
Gin hou .....
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Teenage Smoking
Words: 876 / Pages: 4 .... and no one in the country could miss the message linking tobacco to cancer, strokes, emphysema, and heart disease.
University of Michigan’s Lloyd Johnston, who directs the annual survey says: “ One in four regular smokers will die from this product. I don’t know of any other product, including guns, that has that death rate.” Each year more than 1 million American children under 18 become regular smokers, according to the Federal Office on Smoking and Health. That means they replace at least two thirds of the adult smoker who either quit or die.” Congress banned advertising on television and radio in 1971. Cigarette manufacturers barely .....
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Bell's Palsy
Words: 848 / Pages: 4 .... paralysis that causes one side of the face and/or eyelid to droop and sag. This disorder comes on suddenly, sometimes overnight.
Symptoms of Bell's Palsy:
Sudden facial paralysis of one side of the face, including muscles of eyelid.
Flat expressionless features
Distorted smiles and frowns
Pain on the effected side of the face, ears, skull
Changes in taste, salivation or tear formation
Face may feel stiff and pulled to one side
Headache
Sensitivity to light and sound
Incidence:
Statistics indicate that Bell's Palsy affects approximately 2 out of 10,000 people, however, the actual incidence is likely to be much higher (aro .....
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