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Aromatherapy
Number of Words: 1071 / Number of Pages: 4
... the sweet aroma, which was used to stimulate the mind. started when a chemist named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse became interested in healing the body by using all natural essential oils. He came across the technique of using distilled plants and fruits for a wonderful smell. His mind pondered on the question could this sensational smell stimulate the mind into relaxation. While pondering this question he decided he was going to do an experiment. He purposely burnt his hand and then took the lavender oil and rubbed it on his hand. In minutes the burning sensation was gone.
Soon enough the burn disappear ...
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Breach Of Confidentiality: The Legal Implications When You Are Seeking Therapy
Number of Words: 1866 / Number of Pages: 7
... his own medical care program. Case
discussion, consultation, examination, and treatment are confidential and should
be conducted discreetly. Those not directly involved in his care must have the
permission of the patient to be present. The patient has the right to expect
that all communications and records pertaining to his care should be treated as
confidential. ( Edge, 63 ) This bill of rights enables clients to disclose all
personal information without fears. To fully confide in the therapist is
essential to the success of the therapy. On the other hand, the therapist is
legally obliged to b ...
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Cigarettes
Number of Words: 1606 / Number of Pages: 6
... companies should no longer have the obligation to warn their customers, except if a new ingredient is added, in which case they should be notified. No one is saying get rid of the Surgeon General warnings, but enough is enough! If a person wants to smoke 3 packs of a day, then that is their choice; tobacco companies should not be held responsible. Let us examine the hype surrounding the supposed danger and addition of nicotine. The Food and Drug Administration tells us that nicotine (the addictive drug found in ) is just as addictive as cocaine and should be illegal. "Much of the rhetoric of the a ...
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The Dangers Of Sniffing Glue
Number of Words: 374 / Number of Pages: 2
... you pass out the bag can remain stuck to your face. Never leave someone who's been sniffing glue on their own. Many sudden deaths are caused by glue sniffing.
The location of where someone sniffs can be a danger too. Busy roads, railways, building sites, canals and rivers become extremely dangerous if you've been sniffing solvents. You could fall in a river and not remember how to swim. You might think there's plenty of time to cross the road, but there's not.
Most people start sniffing glue 'just to see what it's like'. Nobody ever expects to come to harm, or to have a problem. If you know that yo ...
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Human Variations In High Altitude Populations
Number of Words: 4158 / Number of Pages: 16
... made by the populations living in them. The two high altitude
populations which I will examine in this paper are the Tibetan people of the
Asian Himalayas and the Quechua of the South American Andes.
The Quechua are an Indian people who inhabit the highlands of Peru and
Bolivia. They speak Quechua, which is a branch of the Andean-Equitorial stock.
They show many remnants of Inca heritage by their houses, music, and religion
which has pagan rites under the Roman-Catholic surface. Their villages consist
of kin groups . Their marriage partners are taken from within each village.
Agriculture is ...
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AIDS: Risk Factors / Modes Of Transmission / W. Africa
Number of Words: 1674 / Number of Pages: 7
... Third World contains three fourths of the Earth’s population, and combining that fact with that of those worlds having an overall lesser knowledge upon transmission, prevention, and AIDS in general, it is not surprising that these countries populations are greatly impacted by mortality. “Africa, with about 12% of the world’s population, is now reporting about 25% of the world’s AIDS cases. It is estimated to have over 65% of the total number of HIV-infected adults and 90% of the world’s HIV-infected children” (Stine, 364). An astonishing fact that further allows the realistic comprehension of the ...
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The Cystic Fibrosis Gene
Number of Words: 2157 / Number of Pages: 8
... this classical
approach proved to be impractical when searching for the CF gene. To find
the gene responsible for CF, the principle of "reverse genetics" was
applied. Scientists accomplished this by linking the disease to a specific
chromosome. After this linkage, they isolated the gene of interest on the
chromosome and then tested its product.
Before the disease could be linked to a specific chromosome, a marker
needed to be found that would always travel with the disease. This marker
is known as a Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism or RFLP for short.
RFLP's are varying base sequences of DN ...
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Assisted Suicide
Number of Words: 2363 / Number of Pages: 9
... are taking their own lives for many different reasons. A lot of philosophers have broken down all the reasons of suicides into two different categories, rational suicide and irrational suicide. A rational suicide has been given five basic criteria that usually must be met for the person's act to be considered rational. The five criteria which a person must show for their suicide to be considered rational are, "the ability to reason, realistic world view, adequacy of information, avoidance of harm, and accordance with fundamental interests."(Battin 1"2) Another opinion of rationality of suicide ...
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Are You A Shopaholic?
Number of Words: 708 / Number of Pages: 3
... is becoming a more and more frequently known disease. It is not only
found in the US, but all over the world including Denmark. In Britain a nation
wide survey revealed that addicts will stop at nothing to found their desire to
spend money. They will do anything from stealing to prosti-tution. One out of
20 adults is found to be obsessed by spending. But why do people become sho-
paholics? I think when you are being a shopaholic you often don´t realise it or
won´t admit it. At one time or another though will you find out that you spend
too much money on things you don´t even need. Most people love sp ...
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Should Abortion Be Supported?
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... a high chance of being born mentally ill, with a handicap, blind, or AIDS. In such cases, according to utilitarianism by which to produce the greatest happiness to the greatest number, then people should have the right to have abortion because it will cause both emotional and economical burden to the parents. Because of the new invention and technology, we are able to find out the worse fetus existing by blood test before getting married even though it isn't a hundred percent accurate. At least, it is one of the means to decrease the probability of giving birth to physical and mentally unhealthy ...
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