Analgesic drugs prescribed for pain carry the risk for drug addiction, but music used in the studies have been just as effective in relieving pain and discomfort: "Multiple studies have demonstrated that music-based interventions may have a mild to moderate analgesic effect (Archie, 2013).... " Anxiety was significantly reduced in the music group compared to the control group (Archie, 2013). ... " Hypertension Relief and Blood Pressure Control Music has been proven effective in relieving hypertension and controlling blood pressure levels. ... Music has been used in therapy to tr...

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Why is a drug that has so many beneficial uses illegal? ... It is sad to think that a legal drug like alcohol, the drug of choice for most teens, causes so many fatalities on our highways each year, yet marijuana is the drug that is illegal. ... Marijuana is commonly used for controlling nausea and vomiting in cancer and AIDS patients that are being treated with chemotherapy or AZT. ... One way of controlling the nausea is to smoke marijuana, but the problem is that it is illegal. ... Marijuana helps control the eye pressure and keeps glaucoma from leading to blindness. ...

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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. The drugs often are called "anticancer" drugs. ... Because some drugs work either together chemotherapy often may consist of many drugs. ... This allows physicians to repeatedly treat tumors and control their growth. ... Fortunately, the pain of PDT is usually mild and is easily controlled with a painkiller. ...

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"Cells contain chromosomes that control the growth of the cell" (Leukemia, Medline Plus). ... "Some doctors treat chronic leukemia patients by prescribing medicine that will control the cancer and it's symptoms" (Leukemia, Medline Plus). ... "The drugs can interfere with any cell in the body. Drugs can also affect the patient's fertility" (Leukemia FAQ). ... Treatments consist of anticancer drugs. ...

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He started to say that it is a great thing for the schools to be teaching the kids about marijuana since it is a very deadly drug. ... Marijuana has never been proven to lead to the use of harder drugs. ... One thing that has led to marijuana being classified as a gateway drug is the way the studies are conducted. ... The government should change marijuana's status from that of a Schedule 1 drug (considered to be potentially addictive and with no current medical use) to that of a Schedule 2 drug (potentially addictive but with some accepted medical use) and regulate it accordingly" (Ka...

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We are not able to control certain risk factors but ones we can we should. ... Treatments and therapy include surgical removal of the infected tissue, Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy drugs, Radiation, Brachythreapy, and Hormone blocking therapy. ... Drugs are given to the victim to decrease and deprive the cancer of its source of energy no matter what size the tumor is found to be. One drug is called tamoxifen. ... Chemotherapy and Chemotherapy drugs such as alkylators, antimetabolites, antibiotics and antimicrotubules provide a reduction in cell growth and division and kills the cancer wit...

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The human body is made up of trillions of living cells, each one growing and dividing at a normal pace, but when damage is done to a person's DNA, their cells begin to grow at a rapid, out-of-control pace which in turn, causes cancer. ... Chemotherapy is a treatment in which a medical oncologist injects anti-cancer drugs into the bloodstream and spread through all areas of the body (American Cancer Society). ... Another solution is a drug called Abraxane, or nab-paclitaxel. ... According to Innes, scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that this drug could "eradicate th...

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Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply without control, destroy healthy tissue, and endanger life. ... The treatment of chemotherapy consists of a combination of anticancer drugs which may induce a response rate, ranging from 30 to 50 percent, yet has a minimal effect of long term survival. ... With the help of modern science and research new drugs and treatments are being developed every day. ...

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By the time the colon cancer reaches Stage 4, treatment that is required chemotherapy and other drugs and surgery on multiple organs. ... Systemic therapy consists of chemotherapy and biological therapy, for these drugs enter the bloodstream and destroy or control cancer throughout the body. ... Alternative Treatment Colon cancer treatment largely depends on the stage of the cancer, but surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or targeted drug therapy are often used. ...

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Cells in Malignant tumors are abnormal and divide without any kind of control or order. ... Many different treatments and combinations of treatments may be used to control lung cancer, or to improve quality of life by reducing symptoms. ... Chemotherapy is the use of specialized types drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body. ... Chemotherapy may be used to control cancer growth or to relieve symptoms. ... Cryosurgery, a treatment that freezes and destroys cancer tissue, may be used to control symptoms in the later stages of non-small cell lung cancer. ...

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Cancer is a group of diseases that are produced when a single cell or a group of cells escapes from the controls that regulate cellular proliferation and differentiation. ... Even with fertility drugs, miscarriages, multiple births and birth defects are always a threat. ... Other things like birth control would also have to be banned because it is not natural. ...

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It occurs when cells become abnormal and divide without control or order. ... Chemotherapy is a word to describe chemical agents (drugs) that are used in the treatment of various types of cancer. ... The breathtaking pace of gene discovery in the last two decades, coupled with the birth of recombinant DNA technology, gave rise to the concept that genes may be manipulated and used as drugs. ...

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Cancer is caused when a group of unhealthy cells or damaged DNA doesn't die but instead begins growing out of control. These cancer cells begin interfering with normal cells, as they grow into other cells and continuously multiply. When these cancer cells form in the epidermis of the skin, in the m...

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Such tumors, also called carcinomas, form when the processes that control normal growth break down, enabling a single abnormal cell to multiply at a rapid rate. ... McDonald conducted a population-based, case-control study to determine the risk of breast cancer among former and current users of oral contraceptives. ... A total of 4575 women with breast cancer and 4682 controls were interviewed. ... In chemotherapy, a patient receives cancer-fighting drugs that travel through the body to slow the growth of cancer cells or kill them. ...

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The law, approved by voters in 1994 and 1997, allows the terminally ill to request a lethal dose of drugs if two doctors confirm they have less than six months to live, and the patients are mentally competent to make the request. ... Ultimately, euthanasia is a question of choice: empowering people to have control over their own bodies. ... "As a doctor and a human being, it was gratifying and rewarding to be able to make people more comfortable and let them remain in control of their own lives, and in their own deaths," Rasmussen said. ... "Assisted suicide perfectly coincides with my role wi...

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All forms of Cancer involve out-of-control growth and spread of abnormal cells. ... Apparently smokers have low levels of MOA B and have exceptionally abnormal levels of dopamine, which most likely encourage the smoker to go for the more pleasure seeking things such as smoking, and sometimes experimenting with more mind altering drugs. ...

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Crime and drug trafficking are not the only problems in our society, according to the National Institutions of Health, "Obesity is the second cause of death in the United States, causing approximately 300,000 deaths every year, what basically means that 1 in 5 American deaths is associated with overweight". ...

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All forms of Cancer involve out-of-control growth and spread of abnormal cells. ... Apparently smokers have low levels of MOA B and have exceptionally abnormal levels of dopamine, which most likely encourage the smoker to go for the more pleasure seeking things such as smoking, and sometimes experimenting with more mind altering drugs. ...

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