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Abstinence And STD Prevention
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... Another serious problem surrounding teen sexual intercourse is the
probability of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Each year,
three million teens are infected with STDs. Among 14- to 20-year-olds,
chlamydia is the most common. It has no obvious symptoms, and can cause
infertility if left untreated. Another common disease is herpes, which
causes sores and painful swelling of the genitals. Its symptoms can be
managed, but not cured. Fifteen percent of all teenage girls carry the
virus that causes genital warts, another common STD. Gonorrhea, not
uncommon in teens, is known to ...
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Teen Suicide
Number of Words: 578 / Number of Pages: 3
... that if one or more of these signs occurs, parents need to talk
to their child about their concerns and seek professional help when the
concerns persist.
Teen suicide leaves behind an unceasing wake of questions. Parents,
friends, and classmates all ask in endless echo-WHY? Everyone tries to
make sense of it. But no sense can be made. All questions. No answers.
Just the cold, haunting specter of senseless death. Psychological studies
have discovered a number of links to teen suicide. It comes as no surprise
that depression and hopelessness typically top the list. Alcoholism an ...
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AIDS: Is It A Modern Plague?
Number of Words: 924 / Number of Pages: 4
... painful and frightening, we are usually confident that proper medication and rest will take care of the matter.
However there is a much more severe and indiscriminate tyrant, with enormous corrupting influence, capable of infiltrating all of civilization. Scientifically, it is a submicroscopic pathogen consisting of a particle of nucleic acid, enclosed in proteins, and able to replicate only within a living cell. Socially, it is responsible for an enormous amount of chaos and fear in the world today, and pronounces the human fault of ignorance. Can it be considered to be a modern plague?
This complex ...
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Being Physically Fit
Number of Words: 1369 / Number of Pages: 5
... way to become physically fit is to start a Physical Fitness Program however, it is important that people are healthy when they start a fitness program. Therefore, they need to check with their physician before starting any new activity or training, to insure a safe and enjoyable workout (Zuti 1). To begin a physical fitness program, people must set goals and develop plans as how they expect to achieve them. Their long-term goal will be overall fitness. Write down ultimate goals, such as being able to jog or walk two miles and feel good about it. No matter what shape people are in now, if they ha ...
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A Definitive Argument On Euthanasia
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... Doctors feel that “the intentional termination of the life of one human being by another—mercy killing—is contrary to that which the medical professions stands…” (Rachel, 473) and to commit such an act would be sacrilegious. However, as Rachel points out, a strong case can be made against this philosophy. In an example given by Rachel, he shows that in a case where a patient had an incurable, painful disease, passive euthanasia would be wrong. By withholding treatment, the doctor might be prolonging the patient’s death, thereby making him suffer in terrible agony, longer than necessary. This pain i ...
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Creatine
Number of Words: 848 / Number of Pages: 4
... anyone who works out for long periods of time at high
intensity. So it won't benefit you if your idea of a work out is getting
some food from the kitchen for the movie you are about to watch.
As of right now creatine is legal in every level of competition
from high school to professional to Olympic. So is it worth taking? If
you ask anyone who is taking creatine they will say yes. How bad can it be
if it is already found in your body and the food you eat it is just like
taking a calcium pill? Why not is what you get from most of the people who
are taking it, it can only help. My frien ...
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Bipolar Affective Disorder
Number of Words: 1956 / Number of Pages: 8
... of energy, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, difficulty
thinking, indecision, and recurrent thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth,
Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood,
increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often
reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). Bipolar
affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population
(approximately three million people) in the United States. It is presented by
both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and
depression. T ...
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Soda Pop And Its Problem
Number of Words: 466 / Number of Pages: 2
... or have bone problems. Most people don't think
ahead that far in life to really care. But when your older you are going
to wish you would have drank more milk. People are drinking more pop than
of milk nowadays because of the taste and of the advertising of these
beverages. If you do not like the taste of milk there is soy milk which
will give you the calcium you need.
Pop also can be very addictive. Some people crave the taste and
feel of pop and need to have it in their diet. Pepsi and Coke have the
cola-bean in them. This ingredient can be very addictive so some. Diet
pop can have even a ...
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Biological And Chemical Weapons!!
Number of Words: 3587 / Number of Pages: 14
... Also, unlike chemical weapons, due to its’ lively state biological agents tend to find niches, and continue to grow exponentially without termination. Because it hardly reaches a closure, biological weapons are not widely used. Nevertheless, history states it has been used during World Wars (I & II), cold war, and last but not least, also very recently in Tokyo, Japan by terrorists. Using such lethal weaponry kill people in exceptional amounts. Furthermore, it causes environmental degradation, spoiling our natural resources. Therefore, usage of mass destructive biological and chemical weapons, is a ...
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The Ebola Virus
Number of Words: 453 / Number of Pages: 2
... In reality,
the virus has attempted to turn its host into a virus. You are dead before
you have even started to show signs of this virus. It is believed that it
is some sort of mutated form of AIDS because it started in the original
spot as AIDS did, Kinshasa and moved along the highway ripping its way
through Northern Africa. As of now there are an estimated 150 000 people
who have died from this virus. This figure is in Africa alone. In October
1989, monkeys were dying by the hundreds in a building 2 miles away from
the White House. They were diagnosed as dying from Ebola. Except that this
strain ...
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