Research paper Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea and even malnutrition. Inflammation caused by Crohn's disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people. The inflammation caused by Crohn's disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Like ulcerative colitis, another common IBD, Crohn's disease can be both painful…
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Definition: Crohn’s Disease commonly called Crohn’s is a persisting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is typically located in the ileum (end of small intestine) and the cecum (beginning of large intestine), although it can be found anywhere along the digestive tract (mouth to anus). This happens when areas in the digestive system swell and have open sores called ulcers. Many doctors do not know what causes Crohn’s, but they do know that it can happen when the body has an irregular response to…
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Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are inflammatory conditions, which for a large part affect the large and small intestines. Most people view Crohn’s and Colitis as the same disease. But the truth is that many medical doctors incorrectly diagnose the two separate diseases. There are features of the two diseases that can assist a trained doctor in diagnosing which disease you have. After many years of research so far nobody has been able to gather a clear understanding of what causes Crohn’s…
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Immunology Paper Biological Agents and their use in Autoimmune Disease Autoimmune diseases are from an overactive immune response against the bodies’ own tissues, organs and self-cells. In other words, the body actually attacks its own cells. A part of the body is mistakenly attacked by the immune system thinking that it is a pathogen. This can be isolated to just one organ or tissue in the body, or can be systemic. There are many different types of autoimmune diseases, such as Rheumatoid…
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the cost as you spend on the products already in place. Yet marijuana/hemp is smeared with negative propaganda, hatred, ridicule and, misunderstanding (In the Weeds). In over two thousand years of known historical use and fifty years of clinical research of this plant, there have been no known cases of death or, permanent health side effects caused by exclusive use. Yet time and time again we see the negative, almost mockingly propaganda spewed from our government, our lobbyist groups and, media…
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that a certain drug can do. There are many good reasons to have drug use available, but only used for medicinal purposes, not just to have fun. A few years ago, I did a research paper on the legalization of marijuana for medical use only. While writing this I found many good things that I would not have known without this research. Between 1937 and 1947, the government spent $220 million on the war against drugs. Shortly after the “war” escalated to $1.5 billion and by 1969 the government spent $9…
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Author Note This paper was prepared for Nursing 120 Spring semester 2013 One can turn on the television at any point during the course of a day and see the constant bombardment of advertisements telling viewers that there are products available to assist them with gastrointestinal issues. The products range from antacids to stool softeners to various drugs which are supposed to help us with heartburn, acid reflux, gerd, nausea, constipation, diarrhea…
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leave with a prescription for a medication. It may be a paper prescription or it may be an electronic script that is emailed over to the pharmacy, or it may even be a script that is called into the pharmacy over the phone. Whatever the means of receiving the prescription, (which will be referred to as an Rx in this paper), the mystery to us patients is; How does the Rx turn into the medication we leave the pharmacy with? In this complex paper the pharmaceutical supply chains will be discussed. How…
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but finding the scientific reason behind these effects have been a mystery for years---until recently. Neuroscientists Giovanni Marsicano of the University of Bordeaux, France, and Xia Zhang of the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research came together to explain how marijuana can disorientate the user, cause memory loss and other effects caused by the drug listed above. Due to the drug containing high levels of THC, which is known for creating dangerous illusions to the human mind…
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Thesis Research has demonstrated that cannabis sativa use is medically advantageous, and legalization would render to have a positive impact. The United States government should legalize cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana, for medicinal use. Marijuana can provide relief to those suffering with diseases that cannot be treated with modern medicine. On the contrary, marijuana can provide a psychoactive high and has been known to be addictive. However, according to the federal government,…
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