SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Alcoholism as Disease

Essays 211 - 240

A Literature Review of Research on Alzheimer's Disease

neuronal cells (Marx, 2001). Cells consequently die through the process of apoptosis (Marx, 2001). The cells shrink, their DNA...

A Literature Review of Current Research on Alzheimer's Disease

activities like gardening, fitness walking, swimming, reading, and doing crossword puzzles. The connection may be related to the ...

Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Comparison Between Reduction of Symptomatic Gallstone Disease and Consumption of Coffee

study relied on the input of professional males such as dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, osteopathic physicians and podiatri...

Heard Disease and Psychosocial Factors

a Type A personality, chronic stress, hostility and anger all increase the risk of heart attacks (Harvard Mental Health Letter, Ju...

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention and Exercise

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

Relationship Between Growth Factors and Parkinson's Disease

Without the neurotransmitter dopamine the striatum dries up. Although there are still plenty of reserves of dopamine in the...

Growth Factors and Parkinson's Disease

to receptors that are on the surface of nerves (Pressman, 2004). What happens then is that they are transported to the cell body t...

Coney Island and Heart Disease Community Proposal

in the general area, but that the population immediately surrounding the church is rather homogeneous. Nearly 29 percent of Coney...

Modern Society and Heart Disease

advertising by big businesses that has contributed in a large part to the decline in the health of the average American citizen. ...

Evil Disease of Crime Cured in Gorgias by Plato

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

Examination of the Disease Leukemia

However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...

Emergent and Reemergent Infectious Diseases

pathogen (National Institutes of Health, 1999). The most concerning infectious agents are those that are both highly contagious ...

The Role of Nutrition in Treating Celiac Disease

Although celiac disease cannot be cured, it can be controlled with the elimination of the causative glutens from the diet. Those ...

Conversion Disorder

such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a way that intensifie...

Digestive Health: Dietary Choices in Celiac Disease

in wheat, barley, and rye, however, are typically the culprit in aggravating celiac disease (See and Murray, 2006). In some case...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig's Disease

comprised of both a smooth exterior and a tubular inner membrane that establish plate-like double membranes called cristae. Studi...

Diabetes: Alternative Health Care

of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al 55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture poin...

Exercises for Parkinson's Disease Patient

to the assignment prompt and call the client "Mr. Fox" or "Michael," if the student is so inclined. Walking is highly recommende...

Addressing Poverty And Disease (HIV/AIDS) Problems In South Africa

importance in the fight against AIDS/HIV by utilizing the force inherent to their extended reach into the population. "Journalist...

Reevaluation of Causes of Heart Disease

In six pages this paper considers heart disease in terms of the investigation into its root causes and includes the identification...

Forms of Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

In nine pages this paper provides a description of Parkinson's disease and then examines various types of treatment and therapeuti...

Parkinson's Disease and PT Treatments

In nine pages this paper discusses how Parkinson's disease symptoms can be alleviated through various types of physical therapy ap...

Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

In two pages cardiovascular disease and the complications it represents for patients suffering from Type II diabetes are discussed...

Pscyhology and Disease

Organization of Behavior, Canadian psychologist Donald O. Hebb established the first comprehensive theory of brain capacity for in...

Alzheimer’s Disease

their memory and have difficulty in doing normal things that involve any kind of thinking. Most people assume that people, as they...

Threats to American Health/Chronic Disease v. Contagion

people, also indicating that this flu pandemic killed between 40 to 50 million people worldwide (Zimmer and Burke (2009). Feldman ...

Data in a Disease Database

safeguard, to meet both legal and ethical standards (Montgomery, 2003). The data, once entered will be in different fields, each w...

High Blood Presssure and Heart Disease

has been linked to risk for hyperreactive responses to stressors (Lehman et al., 2009). Parent education and training might mitiga...

New Methodologies in Treating Skeletal Injury and Disease

Upper extremity injuries can result in tremendous pain and physical impairment. Treatment approaches vary substantially according...