Dr. Meir Stampfer, of the Harvard School of Public Health, once said Its a bitter truth to
swallow: About every fourth person on Earth is too fat. Obesity is fast becoming one of the
worlds leading reasons why people die. Most people would agree with this statement. Today,
almost everybody needs a reason for why t
Introduction
Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disease that destroys mental and physical functions. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States. The average life expectancy of a person with the disease is between five and ten years, some patients can live up to 15 years due to the improvements
Anorexia is the persistant refusal to eat, accompaied by an irrational fear of being fat. many people think that anorexia can only affect women, but in actuality, it can affect men as well.
The cause or underlying issues are different from every disordered person. It is often a tramuatic event that has happened in there life, possibly ye
When I found out that I was pregnant, I could not believe that I was going to be a mother. My life was about to change dramatically. My older sister had always told me about the morning sickness, and the sudden urges to raid the refrigerator. Those were the only real symptoms I never experienced. I always took things for granted, and never real
Abstract
Never before in human history has obesity been as prevalent as it is in todays society, especially in the United States. In stark contrast society in the United States places extreme pressure on our adolescent youth to achieve an ideal thinness that is unhealthy and usually not achieved by healthy eating patterns. The media is cons
Attention can be defined as the process of selecting certain environmental inputs needed for cognitive processing. Information that we are capable of sensing stays with us in the sensory register for a very brief period of time. From this point the information is cognitively processed. The role of attention can be found in the moving of this inform
Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than card
An estimated amount of 5000 HIV babies are produced everyday. Among forty two million, 20% are HIV positive, making South Africa the largest AIDS infected population throughout the world. This epidemic develops from the daunting background of the people in the third world country as the environmental condition is so poor and also governments effor
With the largest percentage of people infected with AIDS, Africa is facing a problem that is more deadly than war. Since two decades ago, AIDS has stricken the livelihood of all Africans and continues to ravage the countryside. It has devastated an entire generation and poses a threat to the population of Africa. With no end in sight, AIDS has impa
The Republic of South Africa is a comparatively large country, covering 1,221,042 square kilometers and with an estimated population of about 40 million. An estimate in 2001 suggested that 20.1% of the population is living with HIV / AIDS, an estimated 13% of the world’s total. A survey published in March 2004 shows that South Africans spend more t
In some parts of the world there are still wars being fought and dictators in power. There are societies which consider themselves at the peak of evolution and progress. They are able to create state of the art automobiles, luxurious homes, efficient and organized industries, complex computerized machinery and atomic weapons. Many societies are gov
Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, an
When people hear the word drug, they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most people never consider the fact that consuming alcohol can be just as harmful as illegal drugs, not only on the body, but on the mind and spirit as well. If constantly abused, alco
In present day society, illness runs rampant among cities. Some individuals recognize their disease and seek help, while others continue to walk the streets unaware that they are infected. The disease does not cure itself and only continually increase
in severity as an individual ages; however, thousands of people die each year not kn
On July 18, I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that began at 8:00 pm. It was scheduled as an open discussion meeting. I had researched online various times, locations, and types of meetings in the city. The meeting was in a local church named Jonhus church located on 74th street between First and Second Avenue. The meetings themselves were
Introduction
Violence–whether personal violence, such as suicide; interpersonal violence, such as rape, homicide, or domestic abuse; or group violence, such as unruliness and riotous acts at sporting events–is a major concern to everyone. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism cause a significant number of severe–sometimes fatal–health, social,
Alcoholism refers to the drinking of alcoholic beverages to such a degree that important things of an individual’s life – such as work, school, family relationships, or personal safety and health; are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. Alcoholism is considered a disease, meaning that it follows a characteristic course with known physical, an
Alcoholism is defined as a primary progressive, chronic fatal disease (Estes). It is often questioned whether alcoholism is an actual disease at all. A disease is a heath problem that is involuntary and drinking alcohol and developing alcoholism can be considered a voluntary action. Alcoholism is the persistent and excessive use of alcohol tha
Alcoholism in America is growing rapidly. More and more people are turning to alcohol due to societal influences and to escape underlying emotional issues. As a community, we should try to understand the needs of the alcoholic and help them in their recovery. Everyday an alcoholic is sent to prison as a punishment for their disease. Is this a perma
The symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are rather easy to distinguish and classify. Patients of the
disease lose much of the information that they have recently learned and cannot learn anything new. They
begin to constantly misplace objects, often repeat themselves, and usually become confused in simple
situations. When in rel
