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AIDS: Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Number of Words: 685 / Number of Pages: 3
... your special pin number and they give you your results. I think
this is cool but there has to be some drawbacks like them getting samples messed
up and it getting mixed up in the mail or other stupid things like that, like if
you really don't have the disease but you get someone elses reading who does
have HIV.
Thats about all I know about this horrible disease,so ill move on to
what I found when I reaserched this topic. I went on the internet to find some
of my information, and i used different books the librarian recommended me to
read on AIDS and HIV.
AIDS appears to be constantly changing it's ...
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Spinal Fluid May Help Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Number of Words: 276 / Number of Pages: 2
... reported of the 34 samples of spinal fluid they set
apart the 15 samples that were from people with Alzheimer's or an other
related condition from the 19 samples from people who didn't have
Alzheimer's. Most Alzheimer's patients are determined to have Alzheimer's
by symptoms, psychological testing, and medical testing to prove its not
another disease that is causing the person to appear to be having
Alzheimer's.
Scientists and other Alzheimer's experts felt it was too soon to
see how useful this test might be for doctors. Doctors diagnosis's are
usually 80 to 90% accurate.
Alzheimer's patien ...
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The Pituitary Gland And Dwarfism
Number of Words: 440 / Number of Pages: 2
... functioning correctly, resulting
in underproduction of growth hormone. This may result from a tumor in the
pituitary gland, absence of the pituitary gland, or trauma.
Growth retardation may become evident in infancy and persists throughout
childhood. Normal puberty may or may not occur depending on the degree of
pituitary insufficiency that is present, which is the inability of the pituitary
to produce adequate hormone levels other than growth hormone.
Physical defects of the face and skull may also be associated with
abnormalities of the pituitary gland. A small percentage of infants with cleft
lip ...
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Myotonic Dystrophy
Number of Words: 598 / Number of Pages: 3
... than from father to child. Anticipation
appears to be explained by the ability of the gene to expand from
generation to generation. Amplification is frequently observed after
parent-to-child transmission, but extreme amplifications are not
transmitted through the male line. This explains anticipation and the
occurrence of the severe congenital form almost exclusively in the
offspring of affected women.
Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
Congenital myotonic dystrophy is the early childhood form of
myotonic dystrophy (also known as Steinert's disease). Usually in myotonic
dystrophy the symptoms begin to sh ...
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The Dangers Of Smoking
Number of Words: 712 / Number of Pages: 3
... smoking as well.
Lung cancer has become the leading killer among cancers in the
United States. More than eight of every ten cases of lung cancer are caused
by smoking, and nine out of every ten victims die within five years.
Emphysema is a progressive respiratory disease characterized by
coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing, developing into extreme
difficulty in breathing, and sometimes resulting in disability and death.
In recent years, emphysema has become a serious public health problem.
Second hand smoke is also a serious problem. It contributes to
thousands of cases of lung cancer and ...
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Teenage Years
Number of Words: 647 / Number of Pages: 3
... Another great source of pressure is ourselves. We try our
hardest to be accepted among a certain group or circle. Whereas most of the
time we are rejected and we become depressed. Depression, another problem,
along with ignorance and apathy that thwarts our lives. A wise man when
questioned about his view on ignorance and apathy, said "I don't know, and
I don't give a damn.
We find outlets for our emotions through either art, poetry or music, being
the three most common. There are thousands of poems floating around written
by bitter or depressed teenagers that are never recognised as works of art.
An ...
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Suicide In Our Society
Number of Words: 993 / Number of Pages: 4
... have been able to be prevented if
communities would assume their roles and discuss it on a regular basis and not
have suicide be a word that is whispered but never spoken.
The myth that those who talk about suicide will never actually go
through with it is completely false. Most people who do kill themselves give
some sort of clue before doing so. It may be something very subtle such as “I
wonder where my father keeps his gun” or they might just come right out and say “
I would rather die then go on living this way.” What ever it is everyone should
know how to recognize when someone is feeling s ...
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The Hormones And Development Of One's Sex
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... the article fails to mention how, "Jost deduced that two secretions
from the fetal testis are essential for male development - Mullerian-inhibiting
substance and androgen." The mechanism in which spermatogenic tubules form
Mullerian-inhibiting substance is still unclear to scientists. Problems with
improper levels of this hormone result in genetic and phenotypic reproductive
disorders.
The other hormone secreted by the testis is testosterone. It has two functions;
it promotes maturation of the spermatogenic tubules (and is therefore indirectly
effecting the levels of Mullerian-inhi ...
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Drugs And Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby
Number of Words: 1293 / Number of Pages: 5
... prosecution. (3)
Children born to women who use drugs like alcohol, tobacco, or
cocaine may have long term health problems. (2)
Pregnancy and Smoking
Cigarette smoking is associated with severe adverse conditions in
newborns, including low birth weight. Infants whose parents smoke are
unusually susceptible to pneumonia and bronchitis during their first year.
(1)
For women trying to become pregnant, smoking may impair fertility.
For pregnant women, smoking increases the risk of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy,
miscarriage, and stillbirth. (1)
Babies born to women ...
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Euthanasia
Number of Words: 577 / Number of Pages: 3
... ().”
There is also another point that has to be looked at which is future medical advances. It would reduce pressure on scientists to come up with cures and symptomatic treatments for those of us who do want to live, no matter the circumstances. It would have to be thought of through a different point of view, think about the past. If had been legalized 40 years ago, there is a good chance that hospice care would not exist. I think that the improvement in terminal cared is directly effects how good treatments to minimize suffering. “If that suffering had been extinguished by extinguishing the ...
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