Health Care Essays and Term Papers

ESSAY 4 THE HANGOVER THAT LASTS A LIFETIME 1 June 2002 Fetal alcohol syndrome is often called the hangover that lasts a lifetime. The only cause of fetal alcohol syndrome is women who drink during pregnancy. This affects the…

Is pot good for you? Well, no. But the latest research suggest that health risk from occasional use is mild and it might ease certain ills. No one has ever died THC poisoning mostly because a 160 pound person would have to smoke roughly…

doctors in Los Angeles and New York became alarmed about the possibility of a new disease when they noticed that some of their homosexual patients had contracted rare forms of cancer and pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

human demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, and the most frequent cause of chronic neurological disability in young adults. Symptoms of the disease usually appear in the 20 ?40 age group, but the most common age of onset is between…

Everyone has a family member, friend, or someone who smokes. They have chosen to smoke, but by just being around them you are smoking; only you have not made that choice. Before you choose to take this chance you should think about what may happen…

promote natural healing and to improve functioning. This is done by inserting needles and applying heat or electrical stimulation at very precise acupuncture points. The classical Chinese explanation is that channels of energy run in regular patterns…

abnormalities in the glands of the exocrine system, affecting the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive functions of sufferers. In our body, exocrine glands discharge various bodily secretions into small ducts (tubes), which lead to the outer surface…

is a chronic disorder that causes an inflammation of the deep layers of the intestinal wall and may continue to come back throughout the patient's lifetime. What Are the Symptoms? Many patients will have long periods of no symptoms when it…

Alcoholism affects families, friends and relatives. Many children live in households with at least one alcoholic parent. Many people have either married or have a blood related relative who is an alcoholic. One in ten women drink while pregnant.…

like a Tylenol. The main chemical in Ecstasy is Methylenedioxymethamphetamine(MDMA). Chemically, Ecstasy is an analogue of MDA, a drug that was popular in the 1960s. In the late 1970s, MDMA was used to facilitate psychotherapy by a small group of therap…