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Health & Medicine Essays and Term Papers
CigarettesIt is clear that businesses have an obligation to inform their customers about their product's ingredients and dangers. Looking at the case of Rose Cipollone we see that she was a heavy smoker. Her doctor's had to remove part of her right cancerous lung and informed her that she had to quit ...
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Being Physically FitAccording to Steven Blair, More than sixty percent of American adults do not get the recommended amount of physical activity. In fact, twenty-five percent are not active at all. Nearly half of all American youths 12-21 years of age are not vigorously active on a regular basis. Moreover, ...
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Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderPost traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition from which nearly 10% of
Americans suffer. It, unlike other afflictions, is associated with a wide
variety of circumstances. Many war veterans suffer from Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder. However, a new group of people are quickly emerging as common ...
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Human SubconciousIn the past two millenniums, humans' situation has evolved a lot. We have
come a long way since the Roman empire. Many new types of technologies have
been discovered and developed. Today, our knowledge and understanding of
different types of phenomenons have increased tremendously. Among ...
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Euthanasia And The Moral Right To Die"The third night that I roomed with Jack in our tiny double room, in the solid-tumor ward of the cancer clinic of the National Institute of Health in Maryland, a terrible thought occurred to me. Jack had a melanoma in his belly, a malignant solid tumor that the doctors guessed was the size of a ...
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DreamsMany people who dream do not understand why they dream or what
their mean. I can still remember one particular dream I had as a
young child that still puzzles me. I was in my backyard on my tire swing
spinning and swinging around. As I was swinging the door on my dad's tool
shed started to ...
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Abortion And The Mentally HandicappedMs. Smith,
We of the Ethics Committee have reviewed your case for an extended
period of time. We took into consideration, for our decision, the yearn of any
female to experience childbearing, child birth, and the joy of raising young.
Being a mother is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and once ...
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Biologic Nutrition And NutrientsBiologic nutrition is the growing and consuming of foods of the highest possible nutritional value. It is rapidly expanding in popularity, as more and more people become interested in eating for good health. A biologic diet is a natural, wholesome diet, supplemented by vitamins, minerals, and ...
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Angina PectorisCONTENTS
3 Introduction
4 The Human Heart
5 Symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease
5 Heart Attack
5 Sudden Death
5 Angina
6 Angina Pectoris
6 Signs and Symptoms
7 Different Forms of Angina
8 Causes of Angina
9 Atherosclerosis
9 Plaque
10 ...
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Ban Smoking In Restaurants And The WorkplaceI’m sure that everyone in this room has gone out to eat sometime in the past for a formal or special occasion. Things like these take time: you have to dress up nice, make reservations, make sure you have your best manners, etc… Now, imagine you’re going out to eat an expensive restaurant for ...
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The Problem Of SuicideEach year 40 000 Americans commit suicide. Of these 40 000, 30 000
are teenagers between the ages of thirteen and twenty. Recently society
has begun to blame music, more specifically alternative and rap, for some
of these deaths. People say teen music's negative lyrics force their ...
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The Bubonic PlagueThe first symptoms of are headache, vomiting, nausea,
aching joints and a feeling of ill health. The lymph nodes of the groin or
of the armpit or neck suddenly start to become swollen and painful. The
pulse and respiration rate of a bubonic plague victim is increased, and the
victim will become ...
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Suicide In JailsThe United States is plagued by a countless number of social dilemmas.
Although not in constant public scrutiny, suicide is a serious problem which has
seemed to have lost importance. When suicide is coupled with arrest and
incarceration it becomes an increasingly complex situation. In fact, ...
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How Has AIDS Affected Our Society??
Today more Americans are infected with STD's than at any other time in
history. The most serious of these diseases is AIDS. Since the first cases were
identified in the United States in 1981, AIDS has touched the lives of millions
of American families. This deadly disease is unlike any other in ...
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From The Menstral Cycle To BirthThe Hypothalamus releases the gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH). This hormone actives the pituitary gland to release the follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH) and the luteining hormone(LH). FSH is carried by the blood to the ovaries, where the follicle development is stimulated. The follicles ...
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Suicideis a very serious problem, and it happens too often for us
to ignore. I have always been interested in the different things involved
in and what would cause a person to kill themselves, but have never
had the time to find out, until now.
I used to think it was something that was a spur ...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, better known as S.I.D.S., is one of the
leading causes for the inflated infant mortality rate in this country today. It
is often misunderstood or unrecognizable. For the most part, the causes of SIDS
are unknown to the general public. This is changing, however, as public
awareness is ever ...
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What Causes Infectious Diseases To Strike??
Since the seventies, many knew diseases have been dicovered in many different parts of the world. The new diseases are all of an infectious nature, meaning that they are viral infections, not bacterial infections. The main difference between viral diseases such as Marburg and Ebola and ...
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Social And Personal Effects Of Alcohol ConsumptionAlcohol, probably the oldest drug known, has been used at least since the earliest records exist. Out of the many numerous types of alcohol, ethyl alcohol is the one consumed in drinking. People drink Alcohol in three main beverages, these are, beer, which contains 3% to 8% alcohol, wines, ...
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Cystic Fibrosis“Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty, for he is bewitched and soon must die.” Northern European folklore, though a salty brow was the least of that child’s worries that at the time was the way people found out that their child was going to die. How horrible this ...
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The Parkinson Patient At HomeMore than ninety per cent of all patients with Parkinson's disease live at home with their families. The purpose of this report is to help the patient and family to achieve better adjustments to home living. Our goal is to make each patient as comfortable and contented as pos- sible in spite of ...
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KidneysIn vertebrates, are the two major organs of excretion. Excess
water, toxic waste products of metabolism such as urea, uric acid, and inorganic
salts are disposed of by in the form of urine. are also largely
responsible for maintaining the water balance of the body and the pH of the
blood. ...
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Nursing: Think In Practical WayNursing is an exciting and challenging field to study. Nursing uses a
scientific process to plan care for people in acute illnesses and teach them how
to stay healthy or cope with their illness. Nurses basically the helper of the
doctors. They assist the doctors by giving medicine, ...
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Euthanasia, is one of the most controversial issues of our time. This
diver se issue raises many questions such as: how should decisions be made,
and by whom? What should be determined as a matter of law and what left a
matter of discretion and judgment? Should those who want to die, or who
are in a ...
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EuthanasiaA long time ago, culture was universal and permanent. There was one set
of beliefs, ideals, and norms, and these were the standard for all human beings
in all places and all times. We, however, live in the modern world. Our ethics
are not an inheritance of the past, completed and ready for ...
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