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SCHIZOPHRENIA
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Introduction
Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome that involves cognition, emotion, perception, and other aspects of behavior. The expression of these manifestations varies across people with schizophrenia and over time, but the illness always has a profound impact upon the life of the affected individual.
Characteristics of schizophrenia typically include positive symptoms ...
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Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Introduction
An STI or sexually transmitted infection (called Sexually Transmitted Disease before) is a disease that is transmitted through sexual intercourse with one or more person already contaminated, whether or not penetration. STIs can be caused by different microbes: bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi. STIs among the best ...
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Rise of the Profession of Pharmacy and Medicine
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The paper discusses the rise of pharmacy and medicine in the French colony/state of Louisiana and the British laissez-faire colonies. It mentions the social and the cultural influence of the colonies in transforming the medicine into a professional area of study. The ...
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Influence of Race in the Construction of Medicine
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In this research paper, we try to explore the concept of How did nineteenth-century notions of race influence the construction of medicine. While there was a general elision of race from much anthropological and social science research after the 1960s, biomedical fields ...
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KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUALLY INFECTIONS
Knowledge of Sexually Infections
Knowledge of Sexually Infections
Researchers conducted a survey of 199 students enrolled 2 public high schools in Alberta in Canada to learn of their knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and knowledge, attitude, and behaviors about condoms and their use. 41% were ...
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription Drug Abuse
This publication discusses that adolescents seek drugs in their medicine cabinets to get high, worrying is a form of substance abuse. One in 10 teens say they have abused prescription medicines to get high and double, or one in five teenagers admit ...
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GONORRHEA
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea
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Gonorrhea is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection (STI) or disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria grow in the urethra and in warm, moist parts of the reproductive tract, including the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes of women. The bacteria also can infect the anus, mouth, throat, ...
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RESOURCE-LIMITED MEDICAL LABORATORIES
Resource-Limited Medical Laboratories
Resource-Limited Medical Laboratories
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This report endorses the author's own views on the subject after taking up a laboratory adviser mission in Africa. Taking the example of laboratory services practice in sub-Saharan countries, it is shown that diagnosis of diseases which require the use of ...
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription Drug Abuse
The study assesses the association between points of course execution and alter in adolescent drug use behavior in the Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP), a school- and community based program for drug abuse prevention. Trained teachers implement the program with transition year students. ...
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SOCIAL CONTRACT
Social contract
Social contract
The concept of the social contract implies that people give up sovereignty and hand it over to the government or other authorities to obtain or maintain social order through the rule of law. The social contract means the agreement shall be governed by a set of ...