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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a communal disorder that disturbs the large intestine in 5-20% of adults. With this gastrointestinal disorder, it would commonly give a person abdominal pain, bloating, cramps, constipation, diarrhea, and gas. Irritable bowel syndrome is classified into four different categories which are IBS with constipation (IBS-C), IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), mixes IBS (IBS-M), and un-subtype IBS (IBS-U) (Bethesda, 2013). There are patients that have reported discontinuous…

Adolescences is a time where boys and girls start figuring out who they are and how they want others to perceive them. Adolescences identify themselves is through self-image, creating an identity for themselves and for others to like. Self-image is a crucial development stage for adolescences because they want to be accepted by their peers, have the latest fashion trend, and have good self-esteem. There are many different types of influences on self-image that pressure teens to strive for…

Bulimia Bulimia affects society in many ways. Bulimia is a eating disorder where a person has a cycle of binge eating and purging. This disorder negatively affects the person's mental and physical well-being because of altered self perception and unhealthy eating practices. What are some treatments for Bulimia? One way that Bulimia can be treated is by discontinuing the cycle of regurgitating the food that they digested or consumed. Another treatment is changing negative thoughts…

This last February’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit catalog has received a lot of heat for the risque image on the cover of the issue. The beautiful 24-year old, Hannah Davis, was given the rare the opportunity to be this year’s SI cover girl, and has unfortunately gotten a bad wrap for the image that she has produced. She looks stunning and incredibly fit in the photo, but many viewers are unhappy with the sight of “dangerously low-slung bikini bottoms” (Business Insider). Hannah is a model,…

There is a great amount of injustices are happening all around us as we speak and we are aware of maybe half of them. For example, In America you have to have been charged with a crime to be in prison. Tariq Ba Odah has been imprisoned since 2002 without charge. Many changes have occurred since his arrest, police injustice towards him, and attempts to close Guantanamo. Tariq Ba Odah may die in Guantanamo if he soon isn’t released. He has been on a hunger strike for eight years now and is in a…

higher expected rates of death both from medical complications as well as suicides. Individuals with eating disorders abuse caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin and over-the counter medications such as diuretics, emetics or laxatives to suppress appetite, increase metabolism and purge themselves. For these people, the high is never high enough, the scale is never low enough, and the image in the mirror is never good…

inflammation of the arteries. This would explain Hitler’s complaints of headaches, cardiac symptoms, and poor eyesight. “Dr. Redlich concludes, in contrast, that while Dr. Morell was ignorant and made mistakes – at one point he gave Hitler both very potent laxatives and opiates, a dangerous combination – he “was proud of his historical…

process of eating large amounts of food at one time, then proceeding to bring it back up. Most people are unaware that Bulimia Nervosa is categorized into two categories: purging and non-purging. Purging is the procedure where a person uses nausea, laxatives, or enemas to remove any processed food from the body. Bulimics may also go through the process of non-purging, this involves keeping off any weight gain by abstaining and exercising excessively (Whitney 260). Although it is still most…

“a free lance writer in Rocklin, California,” in order to appeal to the writing instructors by giving them someone they can relate to and quotes “even CEO’s need writing help…many of these guys write in inflated language that desperately need a laxative” (417). The use of referencing executives in this sentence in particular alludes to “making light” of a widely accepted, unexpressed but understood notion of not questioning your boss. Dillon uses this to stress that email illiteracy extends…

In the short essays “On Being a Cripple,” by Nancy Mairs, and “Living Under Circe’s Spell,” by Matthew Soyster, two different authors expose what their life was like after being diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis). The first essay is a piece that discusses years of dealing with this chronic degenerative disease, reflecting on what it has taught the author, how it has made her a better person, and also talks a lot about how society should treat the disabled as normal people. The second is a…