Treatment of Tourette syndrome

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    beings brain and slowly damages it in specific ways. Many parents disregard the change in the behavior of their children and thus ignore the possibility that their children may have some of the illness. Now research have found that the way to give treatments, children get therapeutic for 25 hours per week. When parents notice such behavior from their child, it is time to see a neurological therapist. In the research case of “An Anthropologist on Mars” by Oliver Sacks analyzes the conditions…

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    In this paper I’m going to be talking about ADHD, and what it means, how you get it, what it can do to the body, the signs and systems, etc. I picked ADHD because one, I have it, two, I want to learn more about it, and three how I got it. There are probably other people out there wondering how or why they got it. So what is ADHD? It affects millions of children and often persists into adulthood. ADHD used to be called Attention-Deficit Disorder or ADD. ADHD means Attention Deficit…

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    Vincent, who has Tourette Syndrome. As a result of his mother’s sudden death, Vincent was forced to live with his father, Robert, and stepmother. For selfish reasons, they send him to an experimental treatment center in Nebraska. There he is paired with Alex, who suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Out of mysophobia , Alex sabotages Vincent, in hopes of getting rid of him. Finally, Marie is introduced as Vincent’s tour guide and an anorexic. During Vincent’s stay at the treatment center,…

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    piece “The studies evaluated marijuana’s ability to relieve a range of symptoms including nausea from chemotherapy, loss of appetite among HIV positive patients, multiple sclerosis spasms, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, psychosis and Tourette syndrome”. Mukherjee and Park both show examples of symptoms that marijuana can treat, such as nausea from chemotherapy. Their evidence displays that marijuana is beneficial for people, who need to relieve a bad medical symptom. That is important…

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    Marijuana has been a controversial subject for years, not only to those who use it medicinally, but to those who do not use it at all. However, marijuana is not as bad of a drug as most people may think; those who use it talk of its major benefits when it comes to chronic pain or illnesses such as depression and anxiety. But the concern when it comes to marijuana is whether or not the United States government should make it legal for the general public, or just legal to those who use it…

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    require patients to receive marijuana from a state licensed dispensary. A majority of medical marijuana users claim that they suffer from chronic pain or anxiety and smoke the raw plant for their treatment. Unfortunately, marijuana suffers from a lack of credible research on its effectiveness in medical treatment. The scheduling of marijuana by the Drug Enforcement Agency as a schedule I substance, has eliminated valuable research that could be conducted on the drug. Rescheduling marijuana…

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    employee needed to comprehend that despite a huge age difference, in an employment setting your co-workers should have a say in how a project is run. While it is true that often more experienced workers have more wisdom, this does not justify the treatment of millenials as your children in the work…

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    that inhaled (marijuana can be helpful treatment of neuropathic pain” (ACS). An article in Time magazine described the results of a study that was conducted researching how marijuana can have health benefits. “The studies evaluated marijuana’s ability to relieve a range of symptoms including nausea from chemotherapy, loss of appetite among HIV positive patients, multiple sclerosis spasms, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, psychosis and Tourette syndrome. Most of the studies showed…

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