...It was important for doctors to balance internal and external forms of these humors. The internal and external humors include: blood-air, phlegm-water, yellow bile-fire and black bile-earth. When an individual was ill the doctor would check to see which of the four humors was unbalanced. Finding a balance in the four humors was believed to be the cure to an illness. Often times to balance the four humors the doctors would use herbs usually grown in common gardens. Some herbs used in medicine may include lemons, chamomile, frankincense, and myrrh. All of these and more helped to treat ailments, prevent disease, cure illnesses, or maintain heath in the body. Herbs were also used for clearing skin or helping women grow healthier hair. Many times herbs did not cure an illness. Doctors may then turn to bloodletting to balance the four humors. Bloodletting was very common during the Middle Ages because doctors thought that many diseases were caused by an excess of blood in the body. To conduct bloodletting doctors would either use leeches to drink the blood out of the body or cut a vein if a large amount of blood was needed. Unfortunately bloodletting failed to cure many illnesses so doctors then turned...
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...how does it have an effect our daily life? Chris Cunnings Composition 1 Ms. Epperson May 15, 2014 The pineal glandII Abstract “SEAT OF THE RATIONAL SOUL was the function assigned to the human pineal (H) by Ren6 Descartes in his mechanistic theory of perception. According to Descartes, the eyes perceived the events of the real world and transmitted what they saw to the pineal by way of "strings" in the brain. The pineal responded by allowing animal humors to pass down hollow tubes to the muscles, where they produced the appropriate responses. The size of the pineal has been exaggerated in this wood engraving, which first appeared in 1677.”(Richard J. Wurtman and Julius Axelrod) in stating this, one can’t not help but begin wonder how significant the pineal gland is to our existences. The pineal gland 1 What are the Functions of the Pineal Gland and How Does it Have an Effect on our Daily Life? A review of the literature What is the pineal gland? The pineal gland is a coned shaped endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It is placed in the center of the two halves of your brain in a groove where the two halves of the thalamus join. The full functions of this gland however have been debated on for quite some time now. Some who study this gland believe it could be a gate way to our true inner being as well as having significant part of our daily life. From the words of Richard j Wurtman and Julius Axelrod since the functions of the thymus gland has been proven through demonstrations...
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...nformative speechINFORMATIVE SPEECH Speech Title: Laughter is the best medicine. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the benefits of laughter. Central Idea/ Thesis statement: There are several benefits of laughter in terms of physical, mental and social. Introduction 1. Attention Material How we can improve our health without having a drug or doing an exercise every day? While it hears seem impossible, I'd like to let all of you know about this fact. Based on your knowledge, what is laughter? According to undated article on How Laughter Works by Marshall Brain defined that laughter is not the same as humor but laughter is one of the physiological responses to humor. Laughter consists of two parts which are a set of gestures and the production of a sound. When we laugh, the brain pressures us to conduct both those activities simultaneously. When we laugh, changes may occur in many parts of the body which effects on arm, leg and muscles. 2. Tie To Audience/ Relevancy Statement/ Reveal Your Topic You may be thinking whether it is true or not, right? Laughter is a great thing that is why usually we heard that people saying, "Laughter is the best medicine." This statements shows strong evidence that laugh every day can make a big difference to our health. Laughter means you feel happy and when you are happy you tend to be healthier. It is a regular series of short sounds like "hahaha," “huhuhu,” “heeheehee” or “hohoho." These sounds...
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...carry out its natural functions. Laughter is a great way to support that. Secondly, laughter increases oxygenation of your body at both the cellular and organ level. By laughing, you intake vast amounts of oxygen in huge gulps, and you repeat this process in a sort of temporary hyperventilation session. This is the natural result of laughter, and if you watch someone laugh, you will notice these biophysical effects. People would ask why oxygen is good for the body. Oxygen is one of the primary catalysts for biological energy in the human body. Remember, we breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, so oxygen is an element of intracellular energy that's absolutely necessary to sustain human life. It's also interesting to note that cancer cells are destroyed in...
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...bipolar they are not only prone to depression but also to mania, sometimes at the same time. Some might even say that being bipolar is better because it is less common than unipolar disorder but personally I think not. This assumption that bipolar and unipolar depressions are distinct has continued to guide research for almost 30 years (Cellar, A., Johnson, S., and Winters, R, 2005). Bipolar is really a mixture of depression with a side order of mania. When it comes to the causes of unipolar and bipolar disorders things are different. With bipolar “much evidence suggests that the illness has at least a partial genetic basis, but its origins are still uncertain. The symptoms are thought to result from abnormal functioning of brain circuits that regulate mood, thinking and behavior, and are beyond voluntary control (WebMD, LLC, 2013) As for unipolar disorder (depression), the exact cause of it is unknown. There are things that can play a part in it though, addictions, certain diseases like cancer, and stress. The stress could be from a death in the family,...
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...SYMPTOM CHECKER PHYSICIAN DIRECTORYSIGN IN SIGN UPSUBSCRIBE WebMD: Better information. Better health. HEALTH A-Z DRUGS & SUPPLEMENTS LIVING HEALTHY FAMILY & PREGNANCY NEWS & EXPERTS Search Common ConditionsVIEW ALL ADD/ADHD Allergies Arthritis Cancer Cold, Flu & Cough Depression Diabetes Eye Health Heart Disease Heartburn/GERD Pain Management Sexual Conditions Skin Problems Sleep Disorders Featured Topics See What Severe Psoriasis Looks Like 16 Tips to Help You Get Organized Feeling Your Best When You Have MS Symptom CheckerWebMD Symptom Checker Health Concern On Your Mind? See what your medical symptoms could mean, and learn about possible conditions. Get Started Resources SECOND OPINION Read expert perspectives on popular health topics COMMUNITIES Connect with people like you, and get expert guidance on living a healthy life INSURANCE GUIDE Get ready for changes to your health care coverage PHYSICIAN DIRECTORY Find a doctor in your area Pain Coach WebMD Pain Coach AppTrack your pain levels, triggers, and treatments. Set goals and get tips with our app. Download Find Information About: Drugs & Supplements Get information and reviews on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, and supplements. Search by name or medical condition. Find or Review a Drug Find or Review a Vitamin or Supplement Check for Drug Interactions Drugs Basics & Safety Commonly Abused Drugs What's Your Medication...
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...• Why they become ill • How they respond when they get ill •Health: Complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being • Wellness: Optimum state of health Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 3 •Health promotion and maintenance •Prevention and treatment of illness •Etiology and correlates of health, illness, and dysfunction • Etiology: Origins or causes of illness •Improvement of health care system and the formulation of health policy Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 4 •Disease during prehistory - Considered to arise when evil spirits entered the body •Humoral theory of illness - Diseases resulted when the humors or circulating fluids of the body were out of balance • Personality types associated with the humors • Blood - Passionate temperament • Black bile - Sadness Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 5 • Yellow bile -...
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...psoriasis. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases AssociatonAssociation, Inc., women are three times more affected than men and it became the fourth largest cause of disability among them in the United States. Although the cause of autoimmune diseases is unknown, research shows that compared to men, women have stronger immune system and are thus more resistant to infections, but are also more susceptible to autoimmune diseases which are believed to be related to...
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...Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction It is often said that laughter is the best medicine, and most of the people are applying this principle. People often hear this expression from different kinds of people especially when they are facing problems in their lives. Some are saying that laughter is a smile that has taken on life. Laughter according to Oster (2009) is music of life. He believes that a patient with a well developed sense of humor had a better chance of recovery than a solid individual who seldom laugh. Sharing a chuckle is a reminder that although someone may be seriously ill, human beings are still more powerful than their disease and they can still have the power to overcome their illness. So even with laughter, it gives a person some much needed relief, increasing to store personal energy and developing the stress coping skills. And positive thinking builds resilience to stress and positive emotions strengthen the immune system. Laughter could not only help the physical health of a person but it also can help him in coping stress. Laughter is considered as the most common and effective way in coping stress. Studies show that laughter can make a person young. It can avoid the aging effect of stress, help in being optimistic, and assist a person surpass his problems. Nowadays, people are experiencing stress, and for those who can’t cope with it, sometimes it can lead to death. But, what is stress? How does it affect the mindset of the people especially...
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...Chapter 01 Pre Test | 1. | Which of the following is a guideline for doing research with people? | | | a. | Participants cannot just quit without a valid, logical reason. | b. | Deception is never justified. | c. | Participants must be allowed to make an informed decision about participation. | d. | Participants must understand that confidentiality is not guaranteed. | | | | | | | | Grade: | 2 | | | User Responses: | c.Participants must be allowed to make an informed decision about participation. | | | Feedback: | a.Correct. Ethics of Psychological Research, p. 34 | | 2. | A ________ has a medical degree and is a medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. | | | a. | psychoanalyst | b. | psychiatrist | c. | psychologist | d. | psychiatric social worker | | | | | | | | Grade: | 2 | | | User Responses: | b.psychiatrist | | | Feedback: | a.Correct. Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization, p. 18 | | 3. | Researchers who allow their expectations about what they will see to affect the results of their observation studies are suffering from: | | | a. | controlled observation. | b. | participation observation. | c. | the observer effect. | d. | observer bias. | | | | | | | | Grade: | 2 | | | User Responses: | d.observer bias. | | | Feedback: | a.Correct. Psychology: The Scientific Methodology, p. 23 | | 4. | Researchers...
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...muffled which can make conversations difficult to understand, thus driving them away from social situations. It's important for people of all ages to protect their ears from loud noises by wearing protective equipment that covers the ears to help prevent hearing loss and damage to the eardrum. Along with hearing comes many vision problems that come along with age. Presbyopia occurs when the lens loses its ability to adjust itself at varied distances. Another common issue is glaucoma. Glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve due to pressure build up in the eye. The vitreous humor in the eye is a thicker fluid that you are born with to help keep the retina spread out and flat. The retina is responsible for receiving light and sending signals to the brain, however when you get older in age the fluid tends to dry up which can cause retinal detachment. Retinal detachment is a very serious medical issue, because it can cause blurred or even complete loss of...
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...behavioral, and societal consequences. In reality, however, it is impossible to separate them completely. Physical consequences, such as damage to a child's growing brain, can have psychological implications such as cognitive delays or emotional difficulties. Psychological problems often manifest as high-risk behaviors. Depression and anxiety, for example, may make a person more likely to smoke, abuse alcohol or illicit drugs, or overeat. High-risk behaviors, in turn, can lead to long-term physical health problems such as sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and obesity. This factsheet provides an overview of some of the most common physical, psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences of child abuse and neglect, while acknowledging that much crossover among categories exists. Factors Affecting the Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect Physical Health Consequences Psychological Consequences Behavioral Consequences Societal Consequences Summary References The Federal Government has made a considerable investment in research regarding the causes and long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect. These efforts are ongoing; for more information, visit the websites listed below: LONGSCAN (Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect) is a consortium of longitudinal research studies on the causes and impact of child abuse and neglect, initiated in 1990 with grants from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. The size and...
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...WRI 102 Argumentative Essay 21st March, 2013 Cloning The twenty first century has brought in many extraordinary breakthroughs one of which happens to be cloning. Cloning can be defined as the process of creating a cell, tissue line or even a complete organism from a single cell (Jane Maienshchein, 2001). Cloning was a mere dream that people in the past used to have and wish upon, where cloning has been seen to be an impossible desire that no man can achieve. However, nowadays technology has reached levels that people thought would never reach and spread into so many branches and depths that now it has become safe to say that nothing is really impossible. Breaking the impossibility, many questions are being asked and many arguments are taking place around human cloning. Cloning has been considered to not just human beings but to animals as well. When the sheep dolly was cloned, the issue of cloning became something familiar to read about in the news. Many headlines have helped the public consider about taking part in this serious issue that is human cloning. Questions start to rise regarding the possibility of human cloning, and of course technology, they are questions that never stop. What has started out as thoughts and ideas about human cloning written down on papers, are now ideas that are being turned in to live experiments preformed in the labs. Away from the different views of the religious organizations and people’s thoughts and disagreement, cloning can be considered...
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...relationship between cigarettes and lung cancer to the eerie post WWII feeling that infringed on the minds of civilians, we can see how the time period of the play, The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter may have had an effect on the characters themselves. The play is also a reflection of the setting that Ben and Gus are put in as their personalities are satirically described through their interactions with one another. Straight from the get go, it is obvious that one character in smarter than the other and uses that to control the lesser-minded. Ben is the alpha male, the leader and the brains of the operation while Gus is the weak one with nothing to do but smoke cigarettes and ask questions. This is made apparent in the beginning of the play when Ben orders him to make tea while he just continued to read his newspaper as if he were entitled to Gus’ servitude. Through this interaction between these two malefactors, a dynamic relationship is constructed thus birthing a plot even though the play takes place in just one tiny room. It is genius, yet impossible without the social and cultural exploits taking place during this time period. In January of 1954, just three years before this play took place, the TIRC made an announcement that according to studies, it had recently been discovered that there may be a link between cigarette smoke and lung cancer (www.tobacco.org). It was entitled, “A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers.” The humor of this sudden cause for concern lies within Gus’ addiction...
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...Social-cognitive Reciprocal determinism—interplay of Personal factors/internal cognition Behavior Environment Personal control (Julian Rotter) External locus of control Internal locus of control *Without internal locus, learned helplessness results Explanatory style (Martin Seligman) Optimistic Unstable, specific, external Pessimistic Stable, global, internal Bandura Personality influenced by observational learning, outside influences (Bobo doll study) Self-efficacy (belief in ability to do things that lead to positive outcomes) Humanism Maslow—self-actualization Hierarchy of needs * Safety—security—love—selfesteem—self-actualization Carl Rogers—person-centered Genuineness Unconditional positive regard Empathy Trait theory Greeks—4 humors (choleric, sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic) Allport (student of Freud) Eysenck—unstable/stable; introverted/extroverted Costa & McCrae (Big 5) OCEAN (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) Assessment MMPI (used factor analysis, empirically derived) Cattell’s 16PF Person-situation controversy Walter...
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