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Heart Attacks
Number of Words: 604 / Number of Pages: 3
... per minute.
Nicotine also causes the blood vessels to contract. People who smoke have a
harder time keeping their hands and feet warm because their blood does not
circulate as well as it does in non-smokers. When the heart rate increases and
the blood vessels remain constricted for an extended period of time, ten or more
years, arteries begin to close up. When an artery feeding blood to the heart
closes up, the heart can no longer function. This results in a heart attack.
Stress is another cause of heart attacks. The causes of stress vary from
person to person, although there are many str ...
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Autism: False Words And False Hope
Number of Words: 1822 / Number of Pages: 7
... factors due to:
neurological symptoms, mental handicap, genetic causes, infections, and even
difficulties in pregnancy.
Even though autism is thought of as a disease or disorder, autistic
children can demonstrate special skills. These skills are referred to as
"isolated islets of intelligence" (Baron-Cohen 53). Some examples of these are
found in an autistic child's ability to draw, play music, or recall a certain
date. Nadia, an autistic child, has the ability to draw in an "almost
photographic way" (Baron-Cohen 54). Autistic children can also play instruments,
accurately sing songs, recogn ...
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Premarital Sex
Number of Words: 1203 / Number of Pages: 5
... Once the respect for your body and your partner's body is lost it makes it easier to do it the next time. Once you have begun to have sex it changes your mind and you begin to feel love as the physical love not the emotional love that God commands us to have. The only time that you get the emotional love that you need is through marriage not through sexual intercourse before marriage. When you wait to have sex you will never have to worry about sexual transmitted diseases that come from having unprotected sex with more than one partner before your marriage. Sexual transmitted disease could kill or cri ...
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For Active Euthanasia
Number of Words: 1199 / Number of Pages: 5
... the disease? The sick person died for no good reason. What if the patient gets better? If they are killed then they have no chance to get better. According to the American Medical Associates doctrine that was adopted, killing someone is wrong but letting someone die is allowed. The American Medical Association’s doctrine should sanction active euthanasia so it can be used in certain situations that require it. There are three reasons why active euthanasia should be favored over passive euthanasia. Passive euthanasia could make the patient suffer longer than if active euthanasia was used to s ...
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Permeability Of Hydrophilic
Number of Words: 2422 / Number of Pages: 9
... proportional to molecular weight and discriminated more
accurately between the molecules of intermediate molecular weight compared to
Caco-2 cells.
These results indicated that 2/4/A1 cells could be used as a model for
hydrophilic drug absorption.
INTRODUCTION
The small intestine plays a crucial role in the absorption of drugs and
nutrients. Exogenous substances cross a series of barriers during the process
of intestinal absorption: (1) the aqueous boundary/mucus layer, (2) a single
layer of epithelial cells, and (3) the lamina propria, which contains the blood
and lymph vessels that then trans ...
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Multiple Sclerosis
Number of Words: 988 / Number of Pages: 4
... the immune system. One
thing is certain, though. Some sort of defect in the immune system causes white
blood cells to attack and destroy the myelin sheath.
There are five main types of Multiple Sclerosis. The first type is Benign
Multiple Sclerosis. It is the least severe, has little progression, and takes up
twenty percent of all cases. The second type is Benign Relapsing-Remitting
Multiple Sclerosis. It carries symptoms that fluctuate in severity, mild
disability, and it makes up thirty percent of the total. The third type is
Chronic Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis. It is characterized by ...
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Regulate And Reform Euthanasia
Number of Words: 1254 / Number of Pages: 5
... own and
lived another ten years (Humphry 107).
The Quinlan case brought to the forefront patients' desire to die a
proud, quiet death. It also brought to the forefront the complications
caused by the advancement of medical technology ("Euthanasia"27).
Euthanasia has been practiced in Eastern and Western culture since the
beginning of civilization. The capability of medical technology to extend
life (as demonstrated by the Quinlan case) has made the issue of euthanasia
more complicated. Individuals should be allowed to "die with dignity" in
the event of terminal illness if he or she wants it. T ...
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Genetics And Heredity
Number of Words: 963 / Number of Pages: 4
... from your parents. Chromosomes contain the information of a person's potential height, potential strength against disease, and other physical characteristics.
A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes in every cell in his or her body (except reproductive cells). If, during a stage of growth, a fetus somehow loses one of these chromosomes, the baby may die, or have a birth defect. Since this error is written on their genes, they may pass it on to their children, who may or may not have anything wrong with them.
The way a person looks, as I have stated, is hereditary. In humans, brown eyes are ...
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The Harm Of Illegal Drugs
Number of Words: 503 / Number of Pages: 2
... regurlary.”(Carr 56). At high school level one-half of all students have tried marijuana.
The next drug, heroine, is a narcotic drug derived in 1898 in Germany as a pain reliever. It was discovered during the search for a non-addictive morphine substitute. It was not carefully tested. Heroine is a bitter, odorless, white crystalline power. It can be injected into the veins which brings the biggest reaction. “Once injected, it may cause unconsciousness or maybe even death.”(Zaclcon 65). It does cause hallucinations and other distortions, but could put people in a sleepy mood..
“Physiological effects ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Number of Words: 1098 / Number of Pages: 4
... A.D.H..D. is involving much more hyperactive behavior.
A.D.D. is a genetic disease, and in the case of A..D..D. If a child has it there is a more than good chance the parent has it as well. Fifty percent of parents that have kids with A.D.D. have A.D.D. as well. There are many different symptoms and effects of A..D..D. such as Bad organization this is due to being very anxious because of the disease, they seem to not know where to begin something and often get frustrated.
There are lots more signs of A..D..D. that one would normally have as a child such as not being able to pay close attenti ...
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