Essays Tagged: "Multiple sclerosis"

Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical and Legal Battle

ve ruled that marijuana can be a drug of "necessity" in the treatmentof glaucoma, cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis. From the collection of informationwe now have on marijuana's health benefits for ...

(2 pages) 92 1 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Marajuana

ho presently use marijuanaas a therapeutic agent to alleviate symptoms ofcancer, AIDS, glaucoma, or multiple sclerosis riskarrest and jail to obtain and use their medication.Between 1978 and 1996, 34 ...

(2 pages) 93 0 3.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Multiple Sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most misunderstood diseases of thiscentury. Since it's discover ... ople need to learn more about thisdisease so it can be brought to the attention of the nation.Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system. Itdestroys the fatty myelin sheat ... sualsensation signals, are slowed greatly, or just blocked off. Thus, a personafflicted with Multiple Sclerosis can suffer any number of symptoms.Researchers are not sure yet as to the cause ...

(4 pages) 114 0 4.2 Apr/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Positive Arguments for Euthanasia: Touching on ethical views and the views of terminally ill patients

sive degenerative disease for which there is not a known cure. These diseases include those such as Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, Huntington's Disease, or Alzheimer's Disease. There are three things that ...

(2 pages) 155 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

A simple essay on multiple sclerosis.

Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, is a disease causing demylination of the white matter in the s ... or latent viral infection. There is also reason to consider environmental or even genetic factors. Multiple Sclerosis follows a pattern of destruction slightly similar in nature, although much more d ...

(2 pages) 76 2 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Simple essay on Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, is a disease causing demylination of the white matter in the s ... or latent viral infection. There is also reason to consider environmental or even genetic factors. Multiple Sclerosis follows a pattern of destruction slightly similar in nature, although much more d ...

(2 pages) 75 0 4.5 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Study notes naming various genetically inherited diseases.

ase, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), Gaucher's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, Parkinson's disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Tourette's syndrome, ...

(1 pages) 66 2 2.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

discursive essay on the legalisation of cannabis; different peoples views and arguments for and against it.

be used for medical purposes such as a painkiller, and to relieve the symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis.I don't believe that the use of drugs necessarily leads on to the use of harder d ... nabis is that it has medical purposes. It can be used as a painkiller or to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Even our own Queen Victoria used cannabis to relive the discomfort of menstrual ...

(3 pages) 86 1 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The aetiology, current and potential treatments of multiple sclerosis

IntroductionMultiple sclerosis is the most common human demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, and ... the HLA? may correspond to variations in disease severity and progression.Studies of families with multiple cases of MS and research comparing genetic regions of humans to those of mice infected with ... hibitors to MMP?. These MMP inhibitors have been shown to be effective in suppressing EAE.ConclusionMultiple sclerosis is unquestionably a horrific and frequent cause of chronic neurological disabilit ...

(28 pages) 155 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Multiple Sclerosis

multiple sclerosisCreated on: March 15, 2003recommended cardiovascular, strength, and flexib ... ms may be the only expression of the disorder for some people, perhaps occurring only rarely. Thus, multiple sclerosis is often characterized by an erratic or unpredictable course. For many, it involv ... f the disease itself. (6)End NotesDebra Frankel. Robert Buxbaum. 1982.national multiple sclerosis foundation.Debra Frankel. Robert Buxbaum. 1982.national multiple scle ...

(5 pages) 57 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Multiple sclerosis. the challenges that those who have it have when exercising and what symptoms they have that may make it harder to exercise at all. In APA form with references.

Challenges, Multiple Sclerosis and ExerciseMiranda HoltanNormandale Community College AbstractThe dis ... ction of Myelin interferes with the normal transmissions of nerve impulses along the nerve fibers. Multiple Sclerosis comes with many symptoms that may prevent the person who has the disease from fun ... ymptoms of the disease and/or help them recover faster from an exacerbation or attack. Challenges, Multiple Sclerosis and ExerciseMultiple Sclerosis is the destruction of Myelin which results in i ...

(4 pages) 58 1 2.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Pearl Jam.

f high school he believed his stepfather to be his biological. When his biological father died from multiple sclerosis, his mother told him the truth. He then changed his name from Mueller, after his ...

(11 pages) 51 0 3.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Multiple Sclerosis: Changes Beyond Demyelination.

Multiple Sclerosis: Changes Beyond DemyelinationMultiple Sclerosis: Changes ... ges Beyond DemyelinationMultiple Sclerosis: Changes Beyond DemyelinationMultiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheath s ... ailed Pearson correlations. Relationships between the axonal and cerebral measures were applied by multiple regression analysis. A significant difference was found between groups only in the total n ...

(1 pages) 51 1 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Looks and disabilitys in businesses.

ralytic conditions are poliomyelitis (previously known as infantile paralysis), cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. Bell's palsy is a common facial paralysis, generally temporary and produced by s ... n group of disorders is usually termed anxiety disorders.Chronic SicknessThis can include epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and AIDS.EpilepsyEpilepsy, chronic brain disorder characterized by repeated convu ...

(20 pages) 240 0 4.6 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Drug Abuse: Should Marijuana be legalized?

Although possessing a medicinal value and therapeutic uses for body ailments such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and anxiety, exaggerated marijuana abuse is harmful to the body and leg ... arijuana is that of its therapeutic uses. The drug is said to be a source of relief to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis, and patients argue that smoking a joint before going to bed eases joint pain and ...

(2 pages) 74 3 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Biology career research on immunology

common? Or trying to understand why transplanted organs are rejected, or suppressing diseases like multiple sclerosis or diabetes, or simply to discover the reasons why some of us suffer from asthma ...

(3 pages) 62 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Health care using two basic models: Biosocial and biomedical. It uses marijuana as the main focus point in the discussion and has reference to some newspaper articles

becoming more accepted by popular culture. Therefore, if its use can help patients whom suffer from multiple sclerosis, than there is justification in accepting this as a means of treatment. The media ... Beginning with the biosocial model, recent reports suggest that marijuana is helpful to people with multiple sclerosis (MS) but have received scrutiny due to little evidence: "Anecdotal evidence sugge ...

(7 pages) 114 1 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

United States Health Issues.

becoming more accepted by popular culture. Therefore, if its use can help patients whom suffer from multiple sclerosis, than there is justification in accepting this as a means of treatment. The media ... Beginning with the biosocial model, recent reports suggest that marijuana is helpful to people with multiple sclerosis (MS) but have received scrutiny due to little evidence: "Anecdotal evidence sugge ...

(6 pages) 203 1 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Medical marijuana

rijuana as treatment for various medical conditions. The many people who are suffering from cancer, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS have found that marijuana can be a very effective pain and symptom reli ... rijuana available for their use.Another disease that marijuana seems to be useful in pain relief is multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a painful central nervous disease for which there is no kn ...

(10 pages) 229 1 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The legal of Marihuna

e reality that medical marijuana has assisted patients suffering from the symptoms of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma can no longer be denied. Some patients claim that the therapeutic us ...

(3 pages) 30 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers