1.7 - Health

Question 1

What is a drug?

Answer 1

A chemical you take that affects the way your body works

Question 2

How does alcohol affect the nervous system?

Answer 2

It slows down your reactions

Question 3

What are some health problems caused by obesity?

Answer 3

• heart disease
• high blood pressure
• type 2 diabetes
• breast, womb cancer
• bowel cancer
• gall bladder disease

Question 4

What can high blood pressure lead to?

Answer 4

-increased chance of a heart attack, stroke or kidney disease

Question 5

What long term damages can alcohol cause?

Answer 5

• liver disease
• kidney failure
• circulatory and heart diseases

Question 6

What factors can health be affected by?

Answer 6

• diet
• living conditions
• genes
• lifestyle
• contact with infections

Question 7

Why do some groups oppose testing on animals?

Answer 7

• they are so different to humans and do not react to drugs in the way that humans do
• humans do not have the right to subject any animal to experimentation

Question 8

Why do scientists think it is alright to experiment with animals?

Answer 8

• humans should never have their lives threatened by experimental procedures
• testing on individual cells from tissues does not reflect the complexity of living organisms
• computer simulation are not accurate enough to model all the biological processes that take place in living organisms

Question 9

Use of fibre in the body and problems if excess taken in:

Answer 9

-prevents constipation but loss of important minerals

Question 10

Uses of salt in the body:

Answer 10

-regulation of blood volume and for muscles and nerves to function

Question 11

What are the problems and benefits with aspirin?

Answer 11

Benefits: -helps to prevent a heart attack
-relieves head and muscle aches

Problems:

• dark urine
• increase in risk of stomach bleeding