Disordered Eating This paper is on disordered eating. It was chosen because disordered eating is an important problem in society today. It is important to research this topic because it is dangerous and research on it can help put an end to it. Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious problems with disordered eating. This is an issue with women, al

Drugs The United States is by far the richest and most powerful country in the world. We citizens take for granted luxuries that people of other countries can only dream. Yet in our society there are serious social issues that for reasons unknown are not being addressed. One of the most important issues that typical politicians are afraid to address is that of what to do with the nation’

Body Image In the world today, images of beauty are everywhere you turn. Pictures of muscular macho males and thin beautiful females fill magazines, television and the music business. Women go through diets faster than they go through socks. Men are at the gym, striving for that toned body they think is the answer to all their problems. But why' How did so many people become obsessed wit

Personal Health Plan Personal Health Plan How are you doing today' This question is asked by many people everyday. Most respond with nothing more than “good”, “great” or “fine”. But how are we really doing' I used to think that I was 100% healthy until I learned about the various dimensions of health. There are several areas that contribute to our overall health and/or wellbeing. Phys

Alcohol Abuse Alcohol Abuse People have been brewing and fermenting alcoholic drinks since the beginning of time. Consumed in moderate amounts, alcoholic beverages are relaxing and in some cases may even have beneficial effects on health. Consumed in excess, alcohol is poisonous to the human system and is considered a drug. Nearly 100,000 Americans die each year as a result of alcohol

Food Recall And Analysis Nutrition Spring 2003 Food Recall and Analysis Completing a three day recall of all the food a person eats can be time consuming, eye opening and even a little fun. I wrote down everything I ate for 3 days, entered the information into the computer and was in for quite a shock. You must first have a little history about my current eating habi

Pilates Colleges and universities around the country are universally fighting against a common enemy hidden amongst freshman. It is known as the freshman fifteen. The average college freshman gains fifteen pounds in his or her first year of college. The way to combat the freshman fifteen is to develop good eating habits, to keep stress levels at a minimum, and to follow an exercise re

Physical Activity In Teens Girls Becoming Less Physically Active Once They Reach Teens On September 5th of 2002, a study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, on the physical activity of teenage girls. The study consisted of 1,200 black girls, and 1,170 white girls who were enrolled in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study. A doctor f

Physical Activity And Diabetes Physical Activity and Diabetes What is diabetes' In order to understand the disease we firstly need to know about insulin. The role of insulin is to convert the food we eat into various useful substances, discarding everything that is wasteful. It is the job of insulin to see that the useful substances are put to best use for our well-being. The use

Chello Violence In the ancient world, violence was part of everyday life in ways we do not experience today. Some societies, such as the Greeks and India constructed cultural ideas and institutions to deal with violence. While some accepted it in and made it part of their cultural ideals, others tried to contain it and control it. Both the Greeks and Indian civilizations had there

Energy Energy is the ability to do work, a force multiplied by the distance. . There are two types of energy, Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy. Potential energy is the capacity to do work. Kinetic energy is the total amount of work that is done. As an object moves it is transformed from Potential to Kinetic energy. We begin our process by the soaking up of energy through plants,

Dieting For my first project, I chose to observe my friends’ weight loss plans. My friends Tracy Montgomery and Shane Cassidy are both 29 years old and are getting married in February. They have tried many different types of diets to lose weight and get in shape for the big day, so I chose to observe the types of diets they try and record their weight. Both Shane and Tracy live very busy

Diabetes What is diabetes' Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but persons with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. 15.7 million people -- 5.9% of the popula

Plastic Surgery When people hear the words ‘plastic surgery’, they tend to think of cosmetic surgery. Not many people think about reconstructive surgery. Reconstructive surgery restores or improves physical form and function after birth defects, abuse, accidents and diseases. Reconstructive surgery is performed on people of all ages Reconstructive surgery is done to make someone look

HIV Testing Introduction: AIDS is a serious problem that is plaguing the world today. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a disease characterized by the progressive deterioration of an individual’s immune system. (2) A retrovirus, HIV-1 is the cause of AIDS. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus type 1. “Infection with HIV can weaken the immune system to the poin

Abortions Among Teenagers Finding sources and research for the issue of the outcome of abortions among teenagers aged 15-19 was not difficult, but in the same sense it was neither very easy. When I first chose the topic I knew that abortion was far too broad, so I narrowed it down to just teenagers aged 15-19. There is much extensive research on this topic that it is easy to quickly coll

Thin Equals Beautiful In American Society today, thin equals beautiful. American women are judged by the way they look. It can define who they are as people. {Who they are or how they see themselves'] To get ahead in this world you have to look the “right” way. [Why' Too cliché.] The standard of what women should look like is very clearly put to them. It is posted on bill

Anorexia What are the effects of the obsession with thinness on young females' Many people in America are gaining weight and the problems that come along with it. Stroke, heart disease, and diabetes are some bad effects of being overweight. Also, at the same time many people, especially young females, are losing weight maybe to avoid health problems associated with gaining weight. Yet

Acupuncture Acupuncture Acupuncture is a treatment in which small needles are inserted into specific points on the body. It is a treatment, which is promoted as a pain reliever from chronic aches and pains. Acupuncture has been practiced in China for several thousand years but didn’t start getting popular in the United States until the early 1970’s. Acupuncture is mainly used to

Diseases In Humans And Animals Caused By “Proteinaceous Infectious Particles” Or Prions A few rare diseases such as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad-cow disease), and Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) in humans are caused by a transmissible agent. The identification of this transmissible agent has been the subject of much scientific inquiry

Positive Effects Of Tanning The Positive Effects of Tanning Indoor tanning is not only efficient, but it provides a measure of control over the tanning process that outdoor tanning does not comply with. The indoor tanning process can aid in preventing those damaging sunburns that can cause health risks later in life. The steady depletion of the ozone layer is a legitimate conc

Prevention Of Mental Retardation Mental Retardation, has had significant advances within the last thirty years through research, that have prevented many cases. Newborn screening identifies biochemical or other inherited conditions that may have produced mental retardation. Making sure that a child or adult wears a bicycle helmet, reduces brain injury. Governmental programs are set up to

Prenatal And Neonatal Health Abstract Neonatal and prenatal complications have been shown to occur with greater statistical frequency in persons with schizophrenia than controls. This paper provides an overview of literature relevant to this topic. Neonatal and prenatal complications related to schizophrenia are broken down into four general areas of research: family history, gestati

Caution: Video Game Playing In Session Palms are sweating, heart-beating, breathing hard and heavy. No, this is not going to be about Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” song, this is how a player feels while playing in an intense video game session. Quick reflexes are needed to gun down hundreds of enemies on-screen in ultra-violent and very realistic first-person shooters like “Halo” and “Doom”

Depression Depression is a condition that affects many Americans. Depression is a potentially a serious mental condition. Minor depression may last from a couple of days to a month. Major depression may last 6 months or more. Depression may occur as repeated episodes over a lifetime, with periods free of depression in between (“Depression as,”). . A person experiencing depression may

Drug And Alcohol Abuse 1.) Many people often view the terms drug abuse and drug addiction as being the same. However that is not the case. As put by the book, Psychology in Action, drug abuse generally refers to the consumption of a drug, which will harm an individual’s mind and body. The use of the drug in this case is often uncontrollable and follows a powerful pattern. An example

Skin Cancer Every hour one American is killed by skin cancer and every thirty seconds one American gets skin cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease that alters the DNA of a skin cell and causes it to reproduce at a rapid pace. This overproduction of cells can be harmful and in many cases deadly. Out of these cancers the most common is Basal cell carcinoma. Many steps have been made in the tr

Chocolate Chocolate Definition There is some confusion about the derivation of the word "chocolate." The Merriam Webster Dictionary, and many other sources, state that it comes from the Aztec, or more accurately Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs), word chocolatl. Michael Coe, Professor of Anthropology at Yale, and author of The True History of Chocolate, presents a different view.

Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Issues in Healthcare Prostate Cancer is a cancer of the prostate which affects men. 190,000 new cases are detected each year in America, making it the most common cancer among men. Additionally, prostate cancer has grown 192% between 1973 and 1992. (PCA) There are social, environmental and political conditions which currently exist a

Cholesterol Cholesterol For years, cholesterol has been a major concern for millions of people around the world. The fear of cholesterol has led to many people going to specialists like physicians and nutritionists. The people have heard stories from family and friends who have had high cholesterol and they fear heart disease and other crippling diseases like Atherosclerosis and Heart