Medicinal Marijuana Medicinal Marijuana It is in human nature to help those who are suffering. The most deadly diseases, and the most painful diseases bring not only physical suffering, but mental suffering as well. And for this, I stand resolved that the use of marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes. Marijuana takes away the stress, and pain of many ailments that are th

Melanoma What is melanoma' Melanoma is a “skin disease in which cancer cells are found in the cells that color the skin.” It occurs mainly in adults but it does occur in children and adolescents. “More women get melanoma than men.” It is sometimes called cutaneous melanoma or malignant melanoma. “Melanoma is a more serious type of cancer than the more common skins cancers.” “Peopl

Mental Disorder Schizophrenia is a disorder that can effect anyone. It is the greatest disorder that effects teenagers. When someone is effected by the disorder it is not just that one person that has to learn to deal with it, the families of the patients must also learn to deal with it. There are many possible causes for the disorder with many doctors believing that there is more than o

Method For Losing Weight Method for Losing Weight Quick fixes, rather than the conventional methods of dieting, is an obsession to American’s. Every day one can open a magazine or newspaper and see advertisements touting some new product, pill, or patch that will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be looking for that "magic" weight loss pill. Millions of Americans a

Music Therapy What would it be like if you dread going to work every single day' You had a job you didn't enjoy doing but had to do anyway. Is that a way to live the rest of your life' Choosing a career is one of the most critical decisions you will have to make because you will be living that career every day of your life. Some people want a job that not only satisfies themselves

Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a lifetime chronic disease, found mostly in young adults. As of now there is no cure for multiple sclerosis. Scientist are researching MS for a cure. MS can affect a persons speech ability, walking ability and seeing ability. People with MS do have a normal life expectancy. There is no cure for MS, until recently

Natural Childbirth Vs Epidural Natural Birth Versus the Help of an Epidural Since the beginning of time, women have struggled to have their children naturally. In the early years, they had no help at all with the birth of their children. Occasionally, the women had a midwife to assist with the delivery of their babies. The only things that the midwife used was a pall of boiling water,

Euthanasia Euthanasia is defined as “the act of killing an individual for reasons being considered merciful.” It is a planned self-deliverance from a painful and hopeless disease. Today’s society has many different names for it such as: suicide, self-deliverance, auto-euthanasia, aid-in-dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, and playing God. I believe that no one or a

Physical Therapy One of the most rapidly growing occupations in the United States today is Physical Therapy. The United States Department of Labor has projected 23,000 unfilled physical therapist positions in the year 2000 and a lack of qualified physical therapists to fill them (www.apta.org). While Physical Therapy grows rapidly, questions of ethics in this field have also grown in lar

Nursing Since the days of Florence Nightingale, patients in hospitals around the world depended on the care of nurses. These trained professionals assist doctors and specialists in virtually every area of medicine. In addition, nursing allows for a special type of one-on-one contact that doctors can’t provide. Nurses provide various services for patients on an hourly basis. This special,

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Symptoms and Treatments Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is one of the deepest injuries that Vietnam War veterans received during their time of battle (Arpey). Unlike many other illnesses, PTSD cannot be measured by physical scientific fact (Arpey). It is something that can only be understood by a person who has experienced something

Physical Therapist Physical Therapists are health care professionals who study and treat people with health problems that are caused from injury or disease. A Physical Therapists assess joint motion, muscle strength and endurance, function of heart and lungs, and performance of activities required in daily living. Physical Therapists can specialize in a few different areas. There is

Nurse Anesthetists Nurse Anesthetists www.aana.com Anesthetists have been providing anesthesia care in the US for over 100 years. Nurse anesthetists’ association name is the American Association of Anesthetists. There are a total of 42% of the nations 28,00 CRNAs are men, versus approximately 5% in the nursing profession as a whole. They are required to have education and experien

AIDS AIDS has taken many lives in the short time it has been around. It spread rapidly before doctors knew what it was and how it spread. But, with awareness it has slowed down. The bubonic plague took one-third of the European population, violently attacking peoples’ lives. It was the last time a disease took down the world population. It spread fast because no one was sure how it spr

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome also known as AIDS is a group of many different illnesses that together make the characteristics of a disease. AIDS begins with attacks on the immune system caused by an infection called the human immunodeficiency virus known best as HIV. In patients who have acquired HIV there is a steady loss of immune cells called CD4+ T-lymphocytes. The loss

AIDS HIV/AIDS "Somewhere among the million children who go to New York's publicly financed schools is a seven-year-old child suffering from AIDS. A special health and education panel had decided, on the strength of the guidelines issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control, that the child would be no danger to his classmates. Yet, when the school year started on September 9th, se

Aids The 1980’s were a period of transition for everyone. Modification was underway; fashion, music and cultures were changing. While the world was adapting to all those changes a deadly disease crept in almost unnoticed by the public. The new disease was given the name Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). No one would have ever thought that the new disease that started out so sm

Aids AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, better known as AIDS, is caused by the incurable HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. There are two groups of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), HIV-1 that occurs throughout the world and HIV-2 that mainly occurs in Africa. The HIV virus enters the white blood cells and takes over the reproductive

AIDS AIDS By Adam Hans A virus is the smallest particle that consists of a nucleic acid and it attacks your cells just like the Aids virus. They can not replicate themselves it must use a host cell. For instance, if we were to catch a cold our cells would be the host cells. They attach to the host cell and insert their DNA/RNA and then the host cell replicates the virus. Ac

Aids The topic I choose for my last journal is HIV/AIDS. Over my life through High school and in my first year of college I have learned about HIV/AIDS in many of my classes. We were taught high-risk behaviors and many ways to prevent it. I was taught all similar material in this course but this all took on a whole new meaning recently. Some of the high-risk behaviors to get HIV/Aids

AIDS AIDS is said to be the plague of the twentieth century. After learning more about the virus in class I now agree with this statement. I have never personally known anyone who has been infected with AIDS. I am very grateful for this. It was not until my discussion class earlier this week that I realized how quickly that statement could change. In class we did an activity that shows h

AIDS and HIV Aids-acquired immune deficiency syndrome- is caused by HIV (Human Immunodefiniency Virus), which produces no symptoms for up to ten years before a person is diagnosed with aids. This virus attacks the immune system and leaves the body vulnerable to a lot of life-threatening illnesses. Bacteria, yeast, and viruses that do not cause disease cause these illnesses. Aids has beco

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a bone disease in which bones become thinner and more porous. This disease is usually painless until a bone breaks or fractures. Fractures are the most common result of osteoporosis. These fractures are usually in the spine, hip and wrist. More than 1.5 million osteoporosis-related fractures occur each year in the United States, mostly in older

AIDS in AFRICA Is it right to let people die when their death could be stopped' Billion-dollar pharmaceutical manufacturers are faced with this question every day. Should they reduce the price of AIDS drugs, allowing many more Africans to be able to afford them' Or should they keep their prices high and only allow the wealthy to take advantage of these AIDS symptom suppressers' The A

AIDS symtoms The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of infections that do not normally develop in people with healthy immune systems. These infections are termed "opportunistic infections." Patients with AIDS have had their immune system destroyed by HIV and are susceptible to such opportunistic infections. The general symptoms are fevers, sweats, chills, weakness, and weight

AIDS/HIV A Cure AIDS/HIV A Cure I did a research paper on AIDS/HIV to find more information about the topic and how a family copes with a love one with the virus. In my paper I will address the AIDS virus and the cause and effect of the disease. Then I will discuss how it affects the world. In conclusion add that if this disease isn’t prevented in the future what will happen to our so

Physical/ Massage Therapy Description of Career Massage therapy is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques with the intention of positively affecting the health and well being of a person. Massage is a healing art as well as a science. It requires a balance of academic and technical knowledge, medical skills, manual ability, sensitivity, and awareness. Educat

Physician Assisted Suicide Would you want to sit and watch one of you loved ones suffer and die a slow painful death' When if they wanted they could end their suffering and pain. I wouldn't want to see one of my loved ones die a slow painful death if they could have all of their pain and suffering gone Why should it be illegal for someone who is suffering immense pain and is going to die

Cannabis As Legitimate Medicine CALM Cannabis As Legitimate Medicine The functionality of marijuana for medicinal purposes is not a concept born in modern time. With the earliest written reference to medicinal marijuana found in the fifteenth century Chinese Pharmacopia, its medicinal uses predate recorded history (Zeese). Throughout history, marijuana has been used to treat numerous

Ritalin In recent years, more and more kids seem to be on a prescription drug called Ritalin. This drug is being handed out more and more by doctors as a way of treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a complex neurological impairment that prevents kids from concentrating. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates one out of every six students has this disorder. The ra