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Dreams
<view this essay>.... of Sigmund Freud's infamous psychoanalysis is the
interpretation of dreams. Freud called dream-interpretation the "via
reggia," or the "royal road" to the unconscious, and it is his theory of
dreams that has best stood the test of time over a period of more than
seventy years (Many of Freud's other theories have been disputed in recent
years).
Freud reportedly admired Aristotle's assertion that dreaming is the
activity of the mind during sleep (Fine, 1973). It was perhaps the use of
the term activity that Freud most appreciated in this brief definition for,
as his understanding of the dynamics of dreaming increased, so did the
impression of ceaseless .....
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Is Ritalin Over Prescribed?
<view this essay>.... daily basis. It is also a drug that is very powerful, and one that the United States Drug Enforcement Administration has classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, in the same category as cocaine, methadone and methamphetamine (Snyderman 1). Both cocaine and Ritalin use the same receptor site in the brain, giving the same "high" and in medical research are used interchangeably. The only difference between cocaine and Ritalin is that cocaine leaves the receptor site quicker than Ritalin, possibly making it more addictive (Snyderman 1). Ritalin is not a drug that is typically sold on the street like cocaine or marijuana. It is a drug that doctors prescrib .....
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The Dangers Of Sniffing Glue
<view this essay>.... effect your body by: heart rate and breathing slow down, speech can become slurred, and some people experience blurred or double vision. Most users experience dizziness, drowsiness and sometimes nausea. Repeated use or deep inhalation can cause confusion, loss of control and even loss of consciousness.
Long term effects of glue inhalation include kidney and liver damage, and damage to the central nervous system (including the brain). Sniffing glue out of a plastic bag can cause suffocation. If you pass out the bag can remain stuck to your face. Never leave someone who's been sniffing glue on their own. Many sudden deaths are caused by glue sniffing.
The loc .....
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Osteoporosis And Effects Of Gavity And Space
<view this essay>.... osteocytes and a matrix consisting of organic fibers held together by an organic cement which gives bone its tenacity, elasticity and its resilience. It also has an inorganic component located in the cement between the fibers consisting of calcium phosphate [85%]; Calcium carbonate [10%] ; others [5%] which give it the hardness and rigidity. Other than providing the rigid infrastructure, it protects vital organs like the brain], serves as a complex lever system, acts as a storage area for calcium which is vital for human metabolism, houses the bone marrow within its mid cavity and to top it all it is capable of changing its architecture and mass in response .....
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The Influence Of Ecstasy On The Youth
<view this essay>.... of support in the community for the victims of recreational drug abuse.
Rave culture is highly attractive to the youth audience in general, regardless of class or ethnic background. Raves are non-elitist, and are primarily for the working class. This makes Raves quit different from all other postmodern sub-cultures. The legalization of a Rave has not prevented the illegal taking of the drugs. This means that there are a lot of young people indulging in Rave culture and recreational drug taking every weekend.
Rave has provided an environment where drugs like ecstasy are socially acceptable. Rave like other cult is self-stupefying and refuses to questio .....
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Huntington's Disease
<view this essay>.... such movement. This is known as
chorea.
Huntington's chorea is hereditary and is caused by a recently discovered
abnormal gene, IT15. IT stands for "interesting transcript" because of the fact
that researchers have no idea what the gene does in the body. Huntington's
disease is an inherited mutation that produces extra copies of a gene sequence
(IT15) on the short arm of chromosome 4. A genetic base that exists in
triplicate, CAG for short, is effected by Huntington's disease. In normal people,
the gene has eleven to thirty-four of these, but, in a victim of Huntington's
disease the gene exists from anywhere between thirty-five to one-hundred or more.
The ge .....
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Health Experience
<view this essay>.... identity, age, or disability." "abused us sexually." (Our Bodies, Ourselves, p.681) This is what the medical system of today has done for most women. Women are equal and should not be shunned from the medical society. They should be researched upon and given special care. For heavens sake women make the world go around!
Politically women’s health care system is crap. Women fight and struggle with it everyday. Women are more prone for health care just for the single reason of being a woman. So do you think that the system would give women a break? Of course not, "Because women use the system more often, we should pay higher insurance premiums." "’Poor .....
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Teenage Smoking
<view this essay>.... fallen according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It didn’t change in spite of the fact that fewer high schoolers used illegal drugs or alcohol, adults were giving up cigarettes in droves, and no one in the country could miss the message linking tobacco to cancer, strokes, emphysema, and heart disease.
University of Michigan’s Lloyd Johnston, who directs the annual survey says: “ One in four regular smokers will die from this product. I don’t know of any other product, including guns, that has that death rate.” Each year more than 1 million American children under 18 become regular smokers, according to the Federal Office on Smoking and Health. That me .....
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