An ischemic stroke is typically caused by excess buildup of plague on the blood vessel walls that narrows blood flow dramatically. A hemorrhagic stroke typically occurs when the blood vessel walls weaken over time, which leads to a bulge or rupture of the vessel. Aneurysm is the most common type of hemorrhagic strokes with a low survival rate. They also kill brain cells, which can never regenerate. The affect of strokes on the body can range between mild dizziness or slight numbness to impaired speech and loss of motor control.
Reduced immunity, in turn, makes the person susceptible to a great number of diseases that weaken the body to a great extent and hence, the overall growth reduces. In addition to the growth hormone, lack of sleep may disturb other hormones responsible for the metabolism of compounds such as glucose. This results in conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Millions of students don’t get enough sleep and they suffer with bad grades. A survey shows that forty-nine percent of
Abstract Breanna What is a starvation diet? A starvation diet is when you drastically cut back on calories. Starvation diets require the body fast and are supposed to make you lose weight really fast. Diets consisting of 800 to 1200 calories are called low calorie diets or starvation diets, whereas meal replacements are limited to 200 to 400 calories. Starvation diets have a very big range on how people use starvation diets and also why they are using starvation diets or low calorie diets.
Discuss psychological explanations of one eating disorder (8+16 marks) The DSM defines eating disorders as ‘illnesses in which the victims suffer severe disturbances in their eating behaviours and related thoughts and emotions’. It is argued that the preoccupation with food in many Western cultures, coupled with the obsession of losing weight has led to the emergence of food and eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa (AN). As society has developed its understanding of the causes of eating disorders, it has become apparent that they are as much a mental disorder as they are a physical disorder. Thus psychological explanations have emphasised the risk factors of media, culture, personality and childhood experiences in the cause of Anorexia Nervosa. The DSM (IV) states four criteria for AN.
Most addictive drug b. Contains poisonous chemicals (there are more than 4,000 chemical compounds in second hand smoke of which 200 of them are poisonous). c. Leads to lung cancer, serious illnesses, and death. d. The risk for cardio vascular disesase is 70 percent greater for smokers. (Donatelle, 2010) 3.
There are over 4,000 harmful chemicals in cigarettes. Cigarettes are the number two leading cause of death in the U.S. And they are a major contributor to heart disease, the number one cause of death in the U.S. Cigarettes also contain a number of carcinogens and are the number one cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Cigarettes are harmful for both the mother and the baby. And there’s always the possibility the baby will be stillborn, or have SIDS, and will die before it has the chance to live. This would cause severe mental and emotional stress for mother, knowing it was her fault she lost her baby. She could be sacred for life and never recover.
The name literally means loss of appetite. (p. 1) “Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which the person experiences hunger but refuses to eat because of a distorted body image leading to a self-perceptions of fatness” (Stuart & Laraia, 1998, p. 855). Individuals who suffer from this condition do not experience a loss of appetite, but rather deny their body the nutrients, and the subsistence in needs to function properly. “Anorexia nervosa appears at a rate of 80-85%, in young women at the age of 12-25 years old.” Wozniak, Rekleiti & Roupa, 2012, p. 1) Based on a fact sheet from a
Two main eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. People with anorexia have a great fear of weight gain and have a view of their body size and shape. As a result, they strive to keep a very low body weight. Some restrict their food intake by dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise. Bulimia is characterized by habitual binge eating.
SOSC 2330 THE ECONOMICS OF LAW, POLICY AND ORGANISATION. Smoking costs governments millions of dollars because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for smoking related problems. Tobacco consumption is by far the leading cause of premature deaths and deceases in Canada. According to Health Canada more than 37,000 people will die this year due to smoking. Of those, more than 300 non-smokers will die of lung cancer and at least 700 non-smokers will die of coronary heart disease caused by exposure to second-hand smoke.
Suicide affects 1 in 13 Canadians. These estimates are likely to be low because many suicides are not reported and a death is only certified as a suicide by medical and legal authorities when the victim’s intent is clearly proven. This is a huge problem that costs our health system over 3 billion dollars a year. Suicide rates differ between males and females. Females attempt suicide twice as often as males, they account for 75% of the attempted suicides.