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Psychoanalysis
Number of words: 2220 - Number of pages: 9.... empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and
feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and,
using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was
going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the
unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in
1895, Breuer and Freud published their findings and theories in Studies in
Hysteria.
CLASSIC PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Traditional psychoanalytical theory states that all human beings are born
with instinctual drives that are constantly acti .....
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Myasthenia Gravis
Number of words: 1269 - Number of pages: 5.... MG than the general population, suggesting a genetic predisposition.
Clinical Features
The cardinal feature of MG is muscle weakness and fatiguability. The muscles most commonly affected are the oculomotors, which cause ptosis or diplopia. MG can also commonly present with oropharyngeal muscle weakness. The patient may regurgitate food through the nose, be unable to chew meat, speak in a markedly ‘nasal’ tone, or have a history of choking on food/secretions. MG can also present with limb weakness and rarely respiratory distress. The weakness typically (but not always) worsens as .....
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How I Deal With A Loved One Who Has Aids
Number of words: 823 - Number of pages: 3.... of somebody I love. I need to put my guilt and pain aside so my loved one does not see the pain and suffering that was accidentally forced upon them by a blood trusfusion or by their own bad judgment and the agony caused to all family members and friends. How do I cope with the pain? First, I must deal with the pain by getting everything out in the open. I can not make plans for the future anymore. I have to plan everything on a day by day basis. Now. I’m going to try to be there for my loved one through his pain and his happiness.
The pain of seeing someone I love with HIV wh .....
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Diseases: Sex Linked And Sex Influenced
Number of words: 3011 - Number of pages: 11.... is a deficiency of a protein needed for blood clotting,
causing this hereditary bleeding disorder. In red/green color blindness, the
broadest form of color blindness that affects six percent of the population, the
cones in the retina that receive green light do not function properly. Unlike
sex linked diseases, sex influenced diseases are not reserved solely for the
male. However, the diseases occur in males much more frequently than in females.
This is because sex influenced diseases occur from imbalances in testosterone,
much more highly concentrated in males. Baldness and gout are t .....
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Euthanasia Is Not Murder
Number of words: 1023 - Number of pages: 4.... or her death. By
its nature, murder is death by violence at a time of the killer's rather than
nature's choosing.
Unlike murder, euthanasia is not an act of violence. In an editorial in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dr. Eric Chevlen argues that patients, who are worn
down by pain, extensive testing, and depression, will be easily persuaded to
seek assisted suicide (11B). Furthermore, Chevlen mentions that the courts have
decided that the right to die should be made available to everyone (11B).
Modern medical technology has allowed doctors to prolong life past the point of
a patient's n .....
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Eating Right And For The Right Reasons
Number of words: 1272 - Number of pages: 5.... guys about the same age as he is. He is from Stockton and grew up there his whole life in a middle-class home, but received a private and exclusive education at Catholic school. He does work a little and he gets most of his money from his school loans or from his parents. Once a week he goes home to get his food and laundry for the week which is prepared by his parents. He is 5’11” and weighs 205 lbs.. Male B is Filipino and is 24 years old. He came from a lower-class family. He lives with two other guys from his fraternity. He works about 30 hours a week and goes to school pa .....
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Reversing The Aging Process, Should We?
Number of words: 1620 - Number of pages: 6.... man’s natural tendency to
play G-d has reached it’s final manifestation. By attempting to slow down the
aging process man is using himself as the ultimate canvas, to play the role of
the omnipotent.
Research into the process of aging began in 1961(Rose, Technology Review:64).
Since then a great deal of time, money and effort have been appropriated into
discovering the causes of aging, it can therefore be inferred that humanity has
an almost "personal" interest in aging. Of course the culmination of discovering
how we age, is discovering how to stop it. An intrinsic characteristic of Man .....
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Impotency: New Therapy
Number of words: 140 - Number of pages: 1.... According to almost 60 medical centers all
over the United States of America, the new approach has been found.
Transurethral Alprostadil has enabled 64.9% of all men with erectile disfunction
to have an erection during sexual intercourse, compared to 18.6% on placebo.
Other therapies include needle injection, vacuum devices, and implants.
the new treatment is used by inserting an applicator containing a microspository
of aprosital into the urethra after going to the bathroom. When a button on the
applicator is pressed the suppository is deposited into the urethral lining.
Then .....
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Miscarriage
Number of words: 1710 - Number of pages: 7.... accompanied by lower abdominal discomfort and backache. It is a relatively common situation. The second word used is, spontaneous /abortion, and it indicates that the abortion occurred naturally and that it was not induced. Complete abortion means that all the products of conception-the fetus, placenta, and amniotic sac-have been expelled from the uterus, and that the uterus is empty and a scrape is not necessary. Very early s, before 7 weeks’ gestation, are usually complete. Incomplete abortion means that only some of the products of conception gave been expelled and that some remai .....
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