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Alcoholism Causes

This research paper discusses in five pages alcoholism and its causes and includes sociological, physiological, and psychological ...

The History and Utilization of Acupuncture

In fifteen pages acupuncture or the ancient Chinese technique of stimulating pressure points is discussed through definitions, his...

Nursing and Sleep's Physiology

In seven pages this paper discusses sleep in terms of definition and the physiological components that comprise it and their nursi...

Bias and Sensory Perception

In eight pages this paper discusses cultural, racial, and physiological process biases as they influence sensory perception. Eigh...

Overview of Cranial Osteopathy

the physiological versus psychosomatic basis for results, etc. In essence, Osteopathy is a method of physiological healing ...

Nutrition Concerns in AIDS

at best, death usually occurs within a few months to a few years after the virus attack on the human system. Maintaining proper n...

Sleep's Physiological Stages

individuals begins a backward progression from stage 4 through stage 2 (Appling, 1997). It is during this period that the sleeper...

Cocaine Use by Teens, Causes and Effects

more quickly than that (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). The most negative aspect of cocaine use is of course the possibility o...

Theoretical, Social, and Physiological Overview of Epilepsy

milder cases, a moderate amount of shaking may occur while the individual experiences a varied degree of disorientation and confus...

Terrorists' Interrogation

several of them were personally subjected to in the waning days of Vietnam? Or should interrogators acknowledge above all that th...

Terminally Ill Patients and Nursing Care

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

Maintaining Balance with Form and Function in Physiology

glands because they are more vascular and have no ducts. The hormones that they produce are stored in their vacuoles or granules ...

Pro Sports and Imposing Age Limits

necessities of life for themselves as determined by a capitalistic society. According to antitrust proponents, rules that include...

How We Handle Stress Affects Our Health

substances to the various components of our body. These, in turn, control such aspects of our lives as our emotions. Research ha...

Metabolism and Metabolic Efficiency

properly! All living organisms must somehow be...

PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING (RUNNING)

paper properly! One of the most comprehensive forms of exercise other than swimming whereby the entire body reaps benefit is tha...

Children and Causes of ADHD

a correlation of Attention Deficit Disorder with differences in thyroid hormone receptors. Researchers have found "a small subset...

TBI and its Effects

TBI is defined by Clark (1996) as: "an acquired injury to the brain caused...

The Diverse Disease of Dengue, Plague, Malaria, and the West Nile Virus

malaria first received widespread attention when it began to affect returning servicemen that had contracted the disease while se...

Sherpa People and High Altitude Cultures and Physiological Responses

Acute mountain sickness (AMS)is one of the more common illnesses that inflict travelers to high altitudes (Jansen, Krins, and Basn...

3 Substance Types and Their Effects

addicted to the drug, they are less and less able to deal with the reality of everyday life and often hide away in the false secur...

Human Body and the Impact of Stress

shown to disrupt the metabolism, either speeding it up or slowing it down. There has been recognition of the speeding up of the me...

Anorexia Nervosa and Its Possible Basis in Biology

and anxiety has long been considered indicative of triggering behavior inherent to the eating disorder. An impulsive personality ...

Anorexia: Informational Essay

be anemia, light-headedness and swollen joints. Reduced muscle mass is also a danger for anorexics; if the disorder becomes sever...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

The Physiological, Psychological, and Social Impacts of Methamphetamine

demand because it is cheap and easily available. It is cheap and easily available because it is so easy to manufacture. Methamph...

About Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinsons Disease?"). Researchers now think that PD may result from "a combination of genetic susceptibility and exposure to one ...

Bioidentical Hormones

are grand variances in price throughout the country, the standard scale is between $250 and $395 and half that much for subsequent...

Lead Poisoning

of paint chips. The primary method of exposure is when the child lives in an older homes that have been contaminated by lead paint...