Essays

Cannabis is a naturally occurring substance that can act as a relaxant and mild hallucinogenic. Cannabis can be smoked with or without tobacco, filtered through water, cooled or inhaled using all manner of drug paraphernalia, or eaten. The Labour Government …

Although legalizing marijuana is a controversial topic, its legalization for medicinal purposes should not be an issue because it helps in reducing pain, and is also a treatment for some terminal illnesses. A few states, (eight to be exact) the most …

Lead is a toxic, soft, malleable metal with four isotopes. It exists in organic and inorganic forms, its atomic number is 82 and it has the symbol Pb. Lead is found in ore with zinc, silver and copper. The most …

Degenerative disorders occur when a certain part of the body, such as bodily tissues or an organ, gradually begins to deteriorate over a period of time, thus resulting in the tissue’s or organ’s failure to function properly and may even …

Depression, often referred to as the ‘common cold of mental illness’, is diagnosed through clinical observations of characteristic symptoms present in the individual. Although a mental illness, it is normal behaviour up to a certain point, at which it could …

The brain is organized into clusters of neurons that form pathways. These are identified according to the particular release of neurotransmitters at these sites. The monoamine pathways are named the meso-limbic-cortical dopamine pathway, the cholinergic pathway and the noradrenergic pathway. …

The word “psoriasis” got its name from the Greek word for “to itch”. In medical terms, psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that is characterized by scaling and inflammation. Red, thickened eruptions appear on the surface of the skin and …

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a group of disorders with unknown origin. There is a progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the upper and lower motor neurones, leading to muscle weakness and wasting, eventually leading to death. It is thought …

According to the official U.S Department of Health and Human Services records, around 2.7 million people still die of malaria every year and a large percentage of these, sadly, are infants. Malaria, deriving its name from mala aria – the Italian …

Until recently, most of our knowledge of the functions of the Nervous System was obtained through research using animals. However, this research provided psychologists with a firm understanding about the causes and the treatments of neurological and mental disorders. This …