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Tonsillectomies are among the most common surgical procedures performed on children. Children younger than 15 years of age receive more than 530,000 tonsillectomies each year in the United States.1 The most common surgical indications are recurrent upper respiratory infections and sleep apnea caused by airway obstruction.1 After the 1970s, indications of surgical necessity have gone from being associated with infections to being more commonly caused by upper airway obstruction.2 Tonsillectomies…

What is the differences between a utopian society and the “world state”? By: Leon Pan 10a A utopian society is where individuals are free to do whatever they want. In the text “Brave new World” written by Aldous Huxley the government controls their people by conditioning them from a young age, controlling them with drugs and pleasure and by removing outliers or people with the slightest indications of individuality. In the text the whole world is under the control of 10 world controllers…

What’s with all these books in the nineteenth century about the future? Books like Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley and short stories like “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut make people feel that the future not as bright as it seems.These stories were made years apart from each other, but their main message is that the way the world is progressing people will give the government totalitarian control and become mindless sheep following their leader. With that in mind “Harrison…

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2015) Depression is a condition that affects one out of every ten people living in the United States at some point in their life. Depression is a disease that can be found in adults, teens, and children. It is found in…

Women respond differently to drugs than men do. There are several differences, women are more susceptible to cravings for drugs than men are. Women also have different obstacles to overcome with addiction. Women who have children or are pregnant may not even search for treatment due to the fear of their children being taken away from them. Women are also more often victims of violence. This, and other risk factors usually result in drug abuse, this includes environmental risk factors and…

he was living alone because his family had abandoned him. I then knew at that point that he was lonely and depressed and the only thing that can help him is someone who will care and give him attention. A prescription from a specialist for anti depressant drugs is also very important in this case so I then refer him to appropriate…

Michelle is a 24 year old, single college student who had recently started visiting a therapist after being suggested by her University advisor. Michelle had been attending a local university for the past 3 years, which she feels is the only thing good in her life. The entire time she has been there, she never made friends. The only person she has established any sort of relationship with is her advisor. She never was able to keep friends because of how closed off she was. She always felt like…

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the readers are challenged to analyze what is wrong with the main character, Holden Caulfield. There are several contributing factors to Holden's illness. Possible conditions that Holden could have are, Clinical Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Borderline Personality disorder. Clinical Depression, also known as Major Depressive Disorder is the most severe form of depression. Holden shows feelings of deep sadness that come out…

Prescription drug medicines are crucial for keeping a person safe from the debilitating agony caused by a variety of health problems. Unfortunately, many pain medicines come with a heavy price: addiction. Some, such as dilaudid (also known as hydromorphone) are opioids. Frighteningly, over 33 million people in the country use these types of substances. As prescription drug overdose deaths continue to rise across the nation (over 20,000 every year, according to the National Institute On Drug…

Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs. It also causes many of teen car accidents. As I go through this paper I shall tell you of many accidents of teens or what alcohol can do to people under age or above age. I will tell you short term effects of alcohol, long term effects, what is alcohol, etc. Also what is alcoholism. The first thing I will talk about is short and long term effects of alcohol. Short term effects of alcohol involves nausea, vomiting, dehydration, loss of judgement and…