… struck Europe and the Mediterranean area from 1347 through 1351. It was the first of European plague epidemics that continued until the early 18th century. The plague had been preceded by ancient plagues between the 6th and 8th centuries A.D.; they…

… believe that you are what you eat. When assessing an obese individual you would now that they have a nutritional problem. Likewise when you look at a frail underweight individual they may have a nutritional problem as well. Your health depends on what…

… year. Will your child be one of them? Cigarettes are banned from T.V. commercials because they kill more than one thousand people a year. Alcohol is the leading cause of car related deaths. Unfortunately both alcohol and cigarettes are still advertised…

… effect of nicotine on the brain and nervous system. There are lots of reasons why people start smoking. The main reasons are peer group pressure, feeling left out while friends' smoke and trying to fit in with the crowd, stress at home, work,…

… grains and vegetables used as solvent, antiseptic and sedative moderate potential for abuse. Its possible effects include intoxication, sensory alteration, and/or anxiety reduction. Symptoms of overdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss…

… lotus. Soon the people of the land smelled the sweet flowers and ate them. They immediately feel into a deep and troubled sleep. From that day on, they awoke only long enough to gather the lotus flowers and sleep again. Eventually they lost their strengt…

… disease is at present a senten,ce of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. In my part of the country, one…

… and Causes Sub-Saharan Africa is made up of about ten percent of the world's population. In 2001, two-thirds of the 40 million people living with HIV resided in this region (Hearing 2). Only in Sub-Saharan Africa is this epidemic not concentrated…

… red blood cell disorders. Normal red blood cells are round like doughnuts, and they move through small tubes in the body to deliver oxygen. Sickle red blood cells become hard, sticky and shaped like sickles used to cut wheat. When these hard and pointed…

… individual should undergo several evaluations first. These tests are also known as, and can be referred to as a fitness appraisal. A fitness appraisal consists of a medical evaluation, physical assessment, and a weight management plan. These three…