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Health & Medicine Essays and Term Papers
ElephantiasisI did my report on filariasis, which is more commonly known as
. is the late phase of filariasis. Filariasis
is a tropical mosquito born parasitic disease causing obstruction of the
lymph vessels. In some people the presence of the worm causes a tissue
reaction that causes the lymph flow to be ...
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Abortion In America And ElsewhereFrom an anthropological view, abortion in America is a very controversial issue. Our culture is one primarily governed by a highly structured society. As a world superpower we are at the forefront of world technology. The United States strives to provide an example as the nation with the most ...
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Partial-Birth Abortion And Its Affect On The American PeopleWe sat and watched our televisions and rejoiced as Jeffrey Dahmer was
sentenced to life in prison for the brutal killing of hundreds of men, women,
and children. Yet, right now, as you are reading this paper, another life has
been taken...a child's life. A child who, one day, could have been ...
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Epilepsyis a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. Seizures are defined as passing neurological abnormalities caused by unregulated electrical brain discharge, a direct result of unusual electrical activity in the brain. They can last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, and ...
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Therapeutic Touch : Its Effectiveness On Surgical Incision Site PainINTRODUCTION
Therapeutic touch has been shown to decrease patients anxiety levels and
increase their pain tolerance levels when other more mainstream therapies have
not been completely effective. "Therapeutic touch is a process by which energy
is transmitted from one person to another for the ...
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Diphtheria (Corynebacterium Diphtheriae)Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
Corynebacteria are Gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria
related to the Actinomycetes. They do not form spores or branch as do the
actinomycetes, but they have the characteristic of forming irregular shaped,
club-shaped or V-shaped ...
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Mandatory AIDS TestingAIDS has become a worldwide epidemic that has struck every identifiable group.
However, persons who are considered to be in a high-risk group of contracting
HIV, the disease believed to cause AIDS, are still stigmatized by the media and
other professionals as being diseased and abnormal. It is ...
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Homosexualityhas been on debate for numerous years. It is mentioned in
the Bible which is thousands of years old. But recently two philosophers have
spoken how they feel about . Michael Levin and Richard Mohr's
views on the subject are in conflict with one another. Levin argues that
homosexuality is ...
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DepressionEverybody's mood varies according to events in the world around them. People
are happy when they achieve something or saddened when they fail a test or lose
something. When they are sad, some people say they are 'depressed', but the
clinical s that are seen by doctors differ from the low mood ...
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Cognitive DissonanceHow do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take
action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer
with my theoretical research into Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive
dissonance, as well as many of the other related theories. We often do ...
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SchizophreniaChild , like other psychopathologies has many documented, and several uncertain causes. Some scientists have evidence that pregnant mothers have experienced an immune reaction that present dangers to the unborn child. is a disorder where the body's immune system attacks itself. is not present ...
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AbortionIntroduction
From 1973 to 1987, over 22 million s have been performed. Pro-
lifers would call that a terrible waste of human life. True, 22 million
lives were taken, but I believe that we are better off without those.
Please let me explain in the following report.
What is abortion? ...
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The Cost Of Sleep DeprivationI definitely suffer from sleep deprivation. At the beginning of the school I was alternating 4 hours of sleep a night, with none at all. However, staying up all night to finish a paper or to study for an exam is not uncommon among high school and college students. A few months ago, I decided to ...
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The Causes And Effects Of AnorexiaWhen I think of anorexia, a few things come to mind. I think of really bad episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and Baywatch in which females, ususally teenagers, starve themselves and take diet pills. The eating problem is always resolved within the timespan of one 30 minute episode. From the ...
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Alzheimer's Diseaseis a progressive and irreversible brain disease that destroys mental and physical functioning in human beings, and invariably leads to death. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States. Alzheimer's creates emotional and financial catastrophe for many American families every ...
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Euthanasia"It is conceivable, that life can deteriorate to the point where persons
lose their dignity and self-respect and are unable to communicate; life in such
a form no longer meets meets the basic criteria of human-ness." (O'Keefe, A1)
Under these circumstances only should be practiced and then ...
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Schitzophrenia And Other Mental DisordersMental Disorders
The term mental disorder means psycological and behavioral syndromes
that deviate signicantly from those typical of human beings enjoying good mental
health. All that mumbo jumbo means that a person with a mental disorder was a
few cards short of a full deck. This is probably ...
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EuthanasiaShould a patient who has lost all powers of reasoning and who lives
like a vegetable, totally hopeless and helpless, a terminal case who only
wants to die, be forced to live? The number of people who are asking this
question increases each day. Although the official position of the ...
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Pursuing A Career In PsychiatryThe prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the human population today is alarmingly high. For instance, major depression afflicts ten to twenty-five percent of women and five to twelve percent of men in their lifetime. Along with that, twenty-five percent of the population suffers from anxiety ...
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Alcohol And Its Effects On HumansDoes alcohol have any effect on human aggression? Americans are very concerned today over violent crime. This is probably because the US violent crime rate has been increasing. A violent crime occurs every sixteen seconds in the U.S. (Adler 1994). According to Pernanen (1991), studies already ...
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Memoryis defined as the faculty by which sense impressions and
information are retained in the mind and subsequently recalled. A person’s
capacity to remember and the total store of mentally retained impressions and
knowledge also formulate . (Webster, 1992)
"We all possess inside our heads a ...
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Stressis a lot of different things. Everyone has but most everyone does something to reduce his or her . For me, makes me feel less than what I am. I try to deal with my so that it doesn't bother me.
There are many different things that cause me to have . One factor for me is being on the foul ...
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Abortion And My Own ThoughtsWhat would it be like to die so young and so fragile? What would it be
like to kill something so young and so fragile? Abortion, in my definition, is
the taking of a life. Now it is hard for me to sit here and type this paper
when I know good and well that if my daughter or wife were ever ...
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EbolaMy report is on . In this report I will tell what is, the different kinds of strains of there is, the differences between the strains, the symptoms, fatilility of the virus, incubation period, what the virus infects, transmittion of the virus, how long it infects the body, treatments for the ...
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