Essays on Health

The beginning of literature on anxiety began similar to that of depression based on learned helplessness. Rats were placed in mazes and subjected to experimental neurosis, a stimulus that induces an anxiety-like response (in this case unpredictable electric shocks), and their behavior was assessed. Those rats exposed to experimental neurosis had extreme levels of agitation...

Education On Organ Donations Has anyone ever wondered how many organ donations occur every year? (Matching Donors and Recipients, 2018) The American Transplant Foundation is a nonprofit program that educates people on emotional and financial support to living donor families and friends. According to the American Transplant Foundation 6,000 living donations occur every year and...

How dangerous can a simple beverage containing caffeine be and why would anyone worry about it? There are tons of different foods and drinks that aren’t the healthiest and are mostly sugary and fattening. People have to control what kinds of things consume, along with the amounts. Caffeinated drinks especially are a danger when it...

Bipolar Disorder is when the brain goes through phases where someone may feel very energetic at one moment then all of a sudden feel very sad or depressed. People that have bipolar disorder have frequent mood changes which can not only harm themselves, because they can have suicidal thoughts and become depressed, but others. Not...

Anderson went to Niger in late July 2005. Originally he was in Rwanda on vacation. He saw a new report about starvation in Niger and decided to take a trip there. In the book, Dispatches from the Edge, Cooper states that Nigerians diets are very poor and they have little access to medical care. Cooper...

Human cloning and the ethics behind it have been an issue that has come up over the years, especially with the advancement in science and technology. The people speaking for both sides of the issue have many reasons to clone or not to clone. I feel that given the right circumstances and under certain guidelines,...

Drugs and illegal substances are the cancer killing the United States as we know it. It has become more common to have a drug related encounter during the happening of our daily life, from an intoxicated individual on the streets, to school lockdowns and shootings related to illegal substances. The production of these substances, their...

Anxiety is the body’s natural response to stress, you can experience it at a new job, a new school, or any new or uncomfortable setting. Though anxiety is a natural part of life and it comes and goes, some people experience it daily and with a stronger force that renders them “useless” or unable to...

We as humans require sleep to function, and we actually spend one-third of our time performing the function of sleep. Sleep is way more complex than just hitting the pillow and closing your eyes. Sleep is important to a number of brain functions, including how nerve cells, or neurons communicate with each other. The brain...

When you hear the word tobacco many things will often come to mind. For me personally, I think about 2 things in general, the first being smoking and my aunt smoking. The reason this reminds of my aunt is because she had a stroke from smoking and it really affected everyone in my family on...