Essays Tagged: "Menstruation"

anerexia

his horrific disease may make the person not want to eat and she may stop menstruating. The loss of menstruation could lead to a damaged uterus making it hard for the woman to get pregnant. She may lo ... may sometimes be connected to a disorder of the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that regulates menstruation, eating, body temperature, and sleep. About half of all the patients permanently recove ...

(2 pages) 82 4 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Woman's Curse?, Meredith F. Small, The Sciences, Jan/Feb 1999, pp. 24-29.

n"A Woman's Curse?, Meredith F. Small, The Sciences, Jan/Feb 1999, pp. 24-29.In almost all mammals, menstruation does not occur; the discarded uterine lining is simply reabsorbed into the body if fert ... f the shed endometrium is not reabsorbed, but discharged through the vaginal opening. The fact that menstruation is not common amongst mammals suggests that it must confer an evolutionary advantage sp ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

This is a project for my Intro to Pyschology class on anorexia nervosa.

d unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, a distorted body image, and by the cessation of menstruation in women. The name comes from two Latin words meaning "nervous inability to eat". The p ... on body weight affecting self-esteem- In females, infrequent menstrual periods or delayed onset of menstruation- Cold intolerance- Severe malnutrition- Dry, scaly and possibly discolored skin- Loss o ...

(5 pages) 96 1 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Anoerxia nervosa

yellowish color, or look slightly blotchy. In females, there could also be an absence, or delay to menstruation. Depression usually follows one with an eating disorder, and many people fail to realiz ...

(2 pages) 47 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

"Depression's Double Standard"

arison between women and men, and their depressive states. Women are said to have depression during menstruation and menopause and no underlying facts link depression to their physical states. Hormone ...

(3 pages) 99 2 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Women and the Sikh religion

omic oppression, denial of right to property and inheritance, a false sense of impurity attached to menstruation and child birth, deliberate deprivation of education led to the deterioration of women' ...

(3 pages) 52 1 3.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Diabetes

thirst, increased urination, weight loss, increased appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and absent menstruation in women (Juvenile Onset Diabetes). Patients with diabetes have to monitor and manage t ...

(4 pages) 124 1 4.2 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Abortion: From The Beginning To The Present.

edroom. Six weeks later this girl goes to the doctor complaining of stomach problems and no sign of menstruation. The doctor has her take a pregnancy test and it comes back positive. She panics becaus ...

(7 pages) 120 1 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Infertility and Egg Donation.

radually released constantly in a random fashion from places other than her ovaries. At the time of menstruation she will not get as rapid and as high an increase in FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) ...

(11 pages) 45 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

What Women Go Through

by their menstrual cycles. In aboriginal (tribal) societies, women were pampered every month during menstruation. "But, along with the universal devaluation of the feminine, women's ways have been dis ...

(4 pages) 46 0 3.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A Flow of Meaning: The Symbolism of the Menstrual Cycle in ZZ Packer’s “Every Tongue Shall Confess”

f the Bible relating to her "womanly troubles" (Packer 35, 32). According to the Bible, "[o]nset of menstruation render[s] a woman unclean for seven days" (Sprinkle 2); during menstruation, the woman ... eese as only slightly less than reasonable. In spite of the literal meaning of the verses regarding menstruation, the opening of the story finds Clareese in church complaining of the very thing that i ...

(7 pages) 2 0 0.0 Dec/2011

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

coursework

or India and this regressive attitude will not be tolerated by the upcoming generation.Dealing with Menstruation in IndiaOn 15th August, 1947 India fulfilled its destiny, it provided us with 3000km of ... I shall be educating you women, and your male counterparts on how NOT to treat a menstruating woman.Menstruation isn't another one of the modern generation's nonsensical inventions, or a tardily disco ...

(6 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues