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stimulant use disorder, specifically those suffering from severe stimulant disorder such as crack cocaine and crystal-meth use disorder. Levin FR, Mariani JJ, Specker S, Mooney M, Mahony A, et al. (2015) Extended-Release Mixed Amphetamine Salts vs. Placebo for Comorbid Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Cocaine Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry…

time of illnesses not only to escape the troubles responsibility but to hide from society as well. Throughout the book there are multiple traumatic events that give Victor the reason that he sought for to retreat into his ailment that acted as a placebo to comfort him. The creation of his creature immediately sends Victor into a panic and he rushed away when the curious creature…

For the purpose of this discussion topic paper, I reviewed the article Rituximab as a treatment for severe atopic eczema: failure to improve in three consecutive patients. The article discussed the study of three consecutive patients with severe atopic eczema (red, itchy skin) that they treated with rituximab infusions, but the infusions failed to improve the condition. The article also mentions three other case studies that varied in results. Considering the small sample used in the main study…

Menstrually related Migraine (MM) and Pregnancy A normal female goes through a number of hormone related changes during her lifetime: menarche, pregnancy, contraceptive use, menopause, and sex hormones. A review of literature has shown that migraine is twice as prevalent in women as men. Changing levels of female sex hormones (estrogen) have shown to trigger a form of migraine known as menstrual migraine. Signs and symptoms: • Pure menstrual migraine without aura is probably a distinct type of…

As a result of the above recommendations and in order to improve fertility and pregnancy outcomes, many women of reproductive age have been advised or have been themselves seeking to lose weight via numerous interventions. Some of these interventions include the conventional method of diet and exercise. Indeed, a low-fat, reduced calorie diet is the best studied weight loss, dietary approach and is the most commonly recommended dietary method by governing health authorities. Such diets are…

Could vitamins and herbs boost older adults’ memory and improve cognition? Whether they have Alzheimer’s disease or they just have memory issue, it’s been researched that certain vitamins and herbs could protect older adults from memory loss (Ashpari, 2014). Nutritional supplementation can ply a role in improving our memory. According to Harris, Elizabeth, et al that “Nutritional and vitamin status may be related to cognitive function and decline in older adults”. However, some vitamins are…

that THC and its psychoactive chemicals in cannabis help with seizures. Glaucoma patients have found that smoking marijuana helps with the pressure inside the eyes. HIV/AIDs patients have shown weight gain twice as much as those that were given a placebo. Cannabis has also helped MS patients by decreasing muscle stiffness and helped with pain. Speaking of pain, it helps with the perception of pain and reduces chronic…

In Homer’s classic, The Iliad, there is a repetition of the warriors putting on their armor, preparing for war. Strangely enough, there is a scene in the epic that parallels this arming trope; however, it does not involve a soldier of any sort. Instead, the scene’s main character is Hera, who is dousing herself in perfume and accentuating her female charm in order to seduce her husband and brother, Zeus. At first glance, Hera making herself sexually desirable seems to have no connection to the…

hydroxyzine for the treatment of preoperative anxiety (100mg oral tablet single dose) in subjects undergoing general anesthesia before ambulatory surgery. A total of 300 subjects were randomly assigned to one of the 2 treatment groups, 152 of whom received placebo and the remaining 148 received hydroxyzine. Both treatment groups were similar with respect to demographic and baseline characteristics and among them nine subjects prematurely discontinued the study. The ECG data revealed a slight QT…

There are many methodological flaws in the study of video games and genitive development by Bejjanki and colleagues (2011) that could easily provide for an invalid result from the study. One of the biggest problems with this experiment was experimenter bias, which was stated as a possibility while recruiting these men. This study was published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal by Vikranth Bejjanki and some colleagues who work for the research department at Princeton…