Absence seizure

According to the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause…” Yet, in the United States at this very moment, the government is collecting information on everyone who makes any kind of call, sends any kind of email, plays any kind of video game, or owns any kind of computer. They are in…

Slavery after 1793 In the late 18th century, the extensive development of agriculture in the South of the US is exhausted, agriculture of the South begins to fall, especially plowed tobacco plantations. Together with the crisis of agriculture, slavery loses its role in the south. Around the same time, after the industrial revolution in the textile industry in Britain there is a big demand for US cotton. But cotton harvest is not very profitable occupation, since culture is a manual cleaning. In…

Preeclampsia is characterized by persistent high blood pressures during pregnancy associated with proteinuria or the new development of decreased blood platelets, trouble with the kidney or liver, fluid in the lungs, or signs of brain trouble such as seizures and/or visual disturbances at 20 weeks gestation or later (Preeclampsia Foundation, 2013). C. Many obstetricians theorize that bed rest may improve blood flow to the placenta (Bigelow & Stone, 2011). D. Because SBP is higher when standing…

In her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander discusses the legal mechanisms used by the criminal justice system that contribute to the mass incarceration of African American males. Among sentencing laws and prejudice in jury selection, Alexander (2010) identifies stop and frisk policies as a discriminatory practice that allows police to racially profile African American men when stopping and searching them in the streets at higher rates than…

This is also known as the restorative approach (Cahill, 2001). In the perspective of the biomedical model, health is seen as the absence disease with the exclusion of psychosocial aspects. Furthermore, the responsibility to accomplish such a level of health is placed on the individual. Zola, a sociologist created the term medicalization in 1972 (Arunima, 2012). Conrad (1992) describes…

In the US Army during World War I they were the second most common reason for disability and absence from duty, being responsible for nearly 7 million lost person-days and the discharge of more than 10,000 men. During World War II between 1941 and 1945 the annual incidence of STD’s in the US Army was 43 per 1,000 strength. (Syphilis – Its Early History…

Therapy (GAT) is perceived as a useful tool for not only improving the care provided by the caretaker, but also the quality of life for the child. This is the case with a child named Blue who suffers various disabilities, such as brittle bone disease, seizure disorder, biochemical imbalance and atypical mental development, due to a condition called Hypercalcemia. Blue’s parents, after stumbling across the Ashley Treatment case, believe GAT will improve her life and are seeking permission to have…

also contracts blood vessels in the brain which increases the chance of a stroke or a seizure. Users can damage their respiratory system when they use cocaine. When they snort cocaine they can harm their sinuses. Smoking crack can cause permanent damage to the lungs. Since cocaine causes blood to contract, it can do damage to the gastrointestinal tract. When blood can’t reach the gastrointestinal tract, the absence of oxygen can cause problems such as ulcers and perforation in the stomach and…

While Jews certainly did prosper in medieval western Christendom - in Spain, England, France and the Holy Roman Empire - it is arguable whether this occurred during times of true Christian persecution, for this phrase implies a coherent, general and importantly, state-backed, form of oppression, which did not exist until late in the period. Indeed, even though anti-semitism did exist, the two distinct phases of Jewish prosperity during the Middle Ages were marked rather with tolerance and…

newborns an example of genetic screenings success can be found from Phenylketonuria (PKU). PKU forms in approximately one out of twelve thousand live births. A child who hosts PKU shows no sign of problem at birth but if left untreated may suffer seizures and develop behavioral problems and mental retardation. PKU testing started in the 1960's and is now mandatory in the United States. Through this regulatory process PKU has practically been eliminated. To add more support to the genetic…