persistent depressive disorder‚ perinatal depression‚ psychotic depression‚ seasonal affective disorder and bipolar disorder. These different types can develop under certain circumstances‚ but all cannot be diagnosed until the symptoms are present for at least two weeks. Symptoms common in someone with depression include but not limited to: persistent sad or anxious mood‚ irritability‚ feeling hopelessness‚ loss of interest or pleasure in activities‚ decreased energy‚ difficultly making decisions‚
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Failures within Today’s American Education System The American education system has been on a gradual decline over the past several years and has become very non competitive to other nations across the world. This is quite surprising considering the fact that America has one of the most developed and strongest economies in the world yet is so far behind other countries in the education matter. One of the most recent debated issues in the U.S. Department of Education‚ is the 2002 No Child Left Behind
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The Cost of a Dollar: Is It Worth an Animal’s Life Animals have been suffering by the hands of humans for decades. The Urban Dictionary defines animal cruelty as any human infliction of suffering or harming upon non-human animals‚ for purposes other than self-defense or survival. This means that their basic needs of survival have not been met and/or being beaten for no reason. When animal cruelty comes to mind‚ one doesn’t atomically think places such as zoos‚ aquariums‚ circuses or even SeaWorld
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1. INTRODUCTION A. HISTORY OF VIRUS 1. AFRICA‚ ZAIRE 2. 1970 B. SYMPTOMS AND AFFECTS 1. BLEEDING‚ HEMORRHAGING 2. DEATH W/IN 20 DAYS C. CURES 1. NONE KNOWN D. INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS 2. HISTORY OF VIRUS A. WHERE IT STARTED 1. SCIENTISTS B. HOW IT IS SPREAD 1. NON AIRBORNE 2. BODILY CONTACT C. WHERE IT EXISTS TODAY 3. SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS A. SEVERE FEVER‚ ABDOMINAL PAIN 1. INSIDES "MELT" B. DEATH RATES
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Thomas Wilkinson Mr. Morris English 112 Research Paper Forty years of failure: The true cost of the war on drugs The drug policy of the United States has a forty year legacy of failure. According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ the annual number of arrests for drugs in the U.S. has more than quadrupled from just around 300 million in 1970 to almost 1.8 billion drug in 2006 (see table 1). Despite this sharp increase in arrests‚ the illegal drug trade has flourished into an international business
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different and will have unique symptoms‚ but here are some of the more common symptoms of depression: >Feeling of sadness and loss: Feeling that life is not worth living or worth the effort to even maintain their appearance or hygiene. They may believe that a negative situation will never change and be pessimistic about their future >Feelings of guilt and worthlessness: Low self esteem and guilt assuming blame for negative events or circumstances. You may feel like a failure and have negative views
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Have you ever thought of what happens to the brain during a concussion or how to treat one? A concussion is a head injury that is usually involved with sports injuries. Concussions are growing in how many people get them each year and need to be attended to when someone has one. People might not think they have one‚ but certain symptoms of a concussion might say otherwise. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that
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evidence of Persian doctors that have attempted to diagnose its symptoms around 865 C.E. – 925 C.E. (Sleep paralysis‚ 2012). The most recent known documentation after the Persian doctors is a case from 1664 by a Dutch physician. Isbrand Van Diemerbroeck diagnosed sleep paralysis as intercepting the motion of the voice and respiration (Sleep paralysis‚ 2016)‚ also considered a false dream. In Diemerbroeck’s studies‚ the patient’s symptoms included that she was being held down
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nausea. The brain is preparing for violent physical action‚ "fight or flight" - one reason thinking is muddled. The sweat glands perspire. The blood decreases in the arms and legs‚ gathering in the head and trunk." (Kernodle‚ pg 12). The symptoms include: "1. shortness of breath‚ 2. dizziness‚ 3. accelerated heart rate‚ 4. trembling or shaking‚ 5. sweating‚ 6. choking‚ 7. nausea or abdominal distress‚ 8. feeling unreal‚ 9. numbness or tingling sensations‚ 10. hot or cold
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What is Myasthenia Gravis? Myasthenia Gravis Many people may have the question‚ what is Myasthenia Gravis? Well‚ Myasthenia Gravis is a disorder that is caused by an abnormal defect in the transmission of nerves to the muscle. In Latin and Greek this is translated into “grave muscle weakness” although this disorder does not lead to the grave but the total opposite of that. This means that the communication between the nerves are not connecting nor working as they should be. (Myasthenia Gravis Fact
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