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Health & Medicine Essays and Term Papers
CounselorsClients often come to to change their lives in some way, such as
to become more assertive. As likely, clients seek counseling as a result of
some change, prehaps a death or different working conditions. Clients ofren find
themselves in the midsyt of some change they do not understand or over ...
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Abortion Debate - Pro-Life StanceIn Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed a declaration of the ...
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Plagues And EpidemicsHumans are remarkably good at finding a religious scapegoat for their
problems. There has always been someone to blame for the difficulties we face in
life, such as war, famine, and more relevant, disease. Hitler blames the Jews
for economical woes in a corrupt Germany long after the Romans held ...
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Breast Cancer In WomenAs most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future, we will envision a life of good health, success and family. What if the health factor was not good? What if the woman in the family became ill with one of the most uprising and terminal illnesses. Breast cancer is a type of cancer ...
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Down Syndromeis one of the most common birth defects. Usually, children born with the condition have some degree of mental retardation, as well as characteristic physical features. Many of these children also have other health problems. Each year in the United States, approximately one in every 800 to 1,000 ...
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Abnormal Psychology: Mental DisordersSchizophrenia
http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sc02.html#Head_1
Schizophrenia is a disorder that can effect anyone. It is the greatest
the greatest disorder that effects teenagers. When someone is effected by the
disorder it is not just that one person that has to learn to deal with it, ...
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A Look At AbortionAbortion is the loss or removal of an embryo or fetus before it can survive
outside the mother's body
Abortions are classified as spontaneous (occuring from natural causes) or
induced. Induced abortions are those in which a procedure is used to
intentioanlly end the pregnancy by removing the ...
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BulimiaAmericans place a great deal of importance on being thin. All the
models, television personalities and athletes are extremely thin. It says
to the American youth that to be successful you have to be thin. As a
result, 1 in 10 teenage girls struggle with an eating disorder. ,
one type of eating ...
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseIn the United States, nearly 16 million Americans suffer from a disease
that accounts for approximately 105,000 deaths annually. This disease which
has no cure, is known as (COPD). COPD
is a disease of the lungs, which is caused the blocking of the airways in
the lungs. It is a group of diseases ...
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Bulimiais an eating disorder marked by consumption of large quantities of food at one sitting, followed by induced vomiting of taking laxatives to get rid of the body food. It usually affects young women, especially adolescents, but is observed in older women and men also. People with are often ...
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Diabetesis a disease in which your body is unable to properly use and
store glucose. Glucose backs up in the bloodstream causing your blood glucose or
"sugar" to rise too high.
There are two major types of , Type I and Type II. In Type I
diabetes, your body completely stops producing any insulin, a ...
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SteroidsImagine this. The year is 1999 and the New York Jets are playing the Minnesota Vikings in the last Super Bowl of the twentieth century. It is late in the fourth quarter, the score is Jets 21, Vikings 20. The Vikings are faced with a crucial fourth and one with a minute, ten left to play in the ...
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Morality And Legality Of AbortionSomewhere amidst the abortion debates of the last quarter century, the
real issue has been lost. The focus has become too religious for a country that
has separated church and state. Therefore, I won't argue the religious rights
and wrongs of abortion. No answers can be derived until we focus ...
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Healing Health CareAs Grant nears the end of his forty-fifth year old age begins to shed
its ominous light over every aspect of his life. He has already watch four of
his teeth rot out because, although he works nearly sixty hours a week, he
cannot afford basic health care. As he enters the twilight years of his ...
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Herbal Extracts And HormonesHerbs are found everywhere, and hormones are a natural product of
everyone's body. The production of hormones increases and decreases with the
age and development of the individual. Due to the nature of hormones and the
ongoing research still being done, this article will investigate only ...
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Meningitisis an inflammation of the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This condition is caused by several different organisms such as bacteria and viruses. Viral is more common and usually occurs in late summer and early fall. Sometimes abdominal discomfort, chest pain, or a rash will be ...
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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)MONITORING
The amount of alcohol in your blood stream is referred to as Blood
Alcohol Level (BAL). It is recorded in milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
of blood, or milligrams percent. For example, a BAL of .10 means that 1/10 of 1
percent (or 1/1000) of your total blood content is alcohol. ...
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The Circulatory SystemCirculatory System in anatomy and physiology. The course taken by the blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins back to the heart. In humans and the higher vertebrates, the heart is made up of four chambers. The right and left auricles, or atria, and the right and left ventricles. The ...
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Treatments Of AlcoholismAlcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic's
family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these
statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence:
*In 1988, alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United ...
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Type II DiabetesDiabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that is used in the cells to ...
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Skin Cancer: “What Disease Am I”This type of cancer is estimated to affect 300,000 people. There
are three forms, basal cell, carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and
malignant melanoma. Basal cell and squamous cell are the most common and
most treatable.
Basal cell carcinoma is a tumor of the skin usually appears as a
small, ...
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Reproductive TechnologiesThe two articles that I have chosen involve a controversial issue that many people believe to be an unnecessary debate. I have chosen the debate over the banning of . The technologies in the U.S alone have tripled the amount of multiple births since 1980 and quadrupled since 1971. The women whose ...
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The Education Of A.I.D.S DiscriminationEmployees are being discriminated against for their infectious illness
known as A.I.D.S. They are labeled incapable of performing the tasks they
pursued before they were recognized as being infected. The confidentiality of
an employee is a private matter and very personal. There aremany ...
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Fibromyalgia SyndromeFMS () is a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder for which the cause is unknown. Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligament and tendons. FMS used to be call fibrositis, meaning it was an inflammation of muscles, but researchers then found inflammation did not occur. ...
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The Ebola Virus10 out of 10 people infected with it will die with die with it.
It is airborne.
It is 100 times more contagious than AIDS.
It has no known origin, vaccination or cure.
It kills you in such a way that even highly trained professionals
get sick from just hearing about the effects.
It ...
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