International Association for the Study of Pain

cytomegalovirus is the most common viral infection that infants are born with in the United States, is the leading cause of congenital abnormalities, has no cure or vaccine and is spread by body contact and body like sweat and saliva. Recently though, new studies have emerged to provide data on a virus, which has similar characteristics as the cytomegalovirus. This virus is the zika virus. The zika virus displays similar symptoms however it is spread by the female mosquito. There is currently an…

signatory to the United Nations 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, is obliged to assist with international efforts to control cultivation, production and distribution of cannabis (Krajewski, K., 1999), Of the three forms of cannabis, marijuana is currently scheduled under Class C of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 while the more potent forms; hashish…

I can see myself being a physical therapist since six years ago, when my grandmother suffered a car accident, she was paralyzed from the waist down for at least three years. I remembered watching her desperate, powerless and tired from seeing herself depending from someone else. One day my grandfather contact a physical therapist, a young and very friendly lady that helped my grandma do her training and exercises, so she could regain mobility of her legs. I became very interested when I saw my…

executed. “The death penalty process is a traumatizing experience for families, often requiring them to relive the pain and suffering of the death of their loved one for many years. Life without parole provides certain punishment without the endless reopening of wounds” (deathpenalty.org, para.2). The death penalty is not only cruel; it does not stop crime either. “Scientific studies have consistently failed to demonstrate that executions deter people from committing crime. “Around our…

While most Americans don't realize it, the consumption of meat inspires a wasteful misuse of the earth's valuable resources, leaving an irreparable scar on the earth and squandering sources of food that could be used to feed the hungry. 20 billion livestock occupy the earth, three times the number of human beings (Motavalli): in the U.S. alone livestock outnumber people 25 to one. The amount of room required to raise all these animals is massive (Corliss). In South America, about 70 thousand…

one must go back in time where it was discovered in Ethiopia And then brought to the Arab region around the sixteenth century, then finally traveled to western Europe where it was closely observed and mastered in time. The European Food Safety Association reviewed the science of the effects of caffeine and for purpose…

Frida Kahlo, one of the most well reputed, thoroughly studied, and widely influential artists today, has been comprehensively misunderstood and exploited since before she had achieved international notoriety. Kahlo’s relationship with the surrealist movement is complicated; André Breton and his fellow surrealists considered Kahlo’s paintings to be archetypal surrealist works due to their outlandish imagery and fantastic themes, yet Kahlo herself rejected the title and even disdained certain…

Lombardi, winners never think about quitting and quitters never win. There are a lot of parents who believe that if their children participate in sports then it will affect their academic accomplishments. Some of them believe that child distraction from studies depend on how much time they give to sports. Sports and its impact on health is a very important topic because many people do not know the importance of sports and how it can make their life better by improving their health. This essay…

(Silva, Billings, Garcia & Lara, 2008). This means that about 70,000 women who are pregnant die each year because of abortion procedures. Safe abortions should be legal on demand and physicians should minimize the casualties as much as possible. Studies show that, in Argentina, 78% of physicians believe that if abortion becomes legal, the percentage of maternal mortality would drop. (Silva et al, 2008). Also, the number of physicians who are now supporting abortion in Mexico is increasing, hence…

They both were of a prison setting they both had guards abusing and torturing prisoners. In a New York Times article it stated that forty-four instances of Abu Grahib prisoners being abused. The soldiers were committing offenses in violation of international and U.S. law to include the Geneva Convention and The Uniform Code of Military Justice and also violated many Army values. The leaders were not there to supervise the interrogation process and failed to see the dynamics created. The leaders…