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Heroin, like all drugs, knows no social, ethnic, or economic barriers. Although most people think of a heroin addict as some 'junkie' shooting up in an urban back alley, he or she is just as likely to be a corporate CEO…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that has been brought to the public attention in recent years; especially with regard to child and student development.

SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES?

¶ … military food research on the food industry has emerged in recent years as a topic of growing significance and importance to citizens, scientists and government officials alike.

Dyslexia is considered to be an hereditary and genetic neurobiological disorder (Dyslexia, fluency, and the brain, 1999) whose symptoms frequently include, but are not limited to, difficulties with learning to read,…

Psychoneuroimmunology is relative recent addition to the field of medicine and uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the relationship between a wide range of interlocking and interrelated systems within the body,…

Psychic phenomena are defined as "phenomena lying outside the sphere of physical science or knowledge." How does this occur? There are a great many writings on both sides of the question of whether psychic experiences are even real. However, much research does not yield corroborated evidence as to why psychic phenomena occur.

Autism is characterized by "mental aloneness and a lack of contact with the world, particularly the social world," (p. 137). Ramachandran also explains the range of sensory-motor symptoms that signal autism, such as…

This paper discusses a study in which children were randomly assigned to three different groups. One group listened to classical music, another party music and the third group listened to no music. The fine motor skills of the students were then measured. There were not statistically significant differences in fine motor skill development as a function of the type of music students listened to.

The Society for Treatment of Autism (STA) is a Canadian organization that charitably offers services to autistic children and their parents. The treatments are wide-ranging and are customized to the child's individual level of autism and their overall situation. Parents are heavily involved in the treatment process. While not official employees, parents are part of the process.