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Breast Cancer Research
Number of Words: 377 / Number of Pages: 2
... when used together.
A big problem in this country is that many people don’t understand just how many cases of breast cancer there is each year. They neglect to give themselves self- examinations, which has been proven to be, when done correctly, the very first step in detecting breast lumps. If these examinations are done regularly a women can detect changes in breast tissue and detect any lumps that appear. She should also have regular mammograms after the age of 40 years old. Most doctors suggest a base-line mammogram at the age of 35. Mammography is 95% accurate and if can detect lum ...
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Lupus
Number of Words: 1301 / Number of Pages: 5
... Lupus. Systemic Lupus can affect almost every organ in the
body. Most of the time or some of the times Discoid lupus will progress
into systemic Lupus. For some people, it only the joints and skin. In
others, the joints, blood, kidneys, lungs or other organs or tissues can be
affected. Last of all, Drug-induced Lupus, which occurs after taking some
certain prescribed drugs. Many of the symptoms of drug-induced only four
percent of people who take hydralazine or procainamide will develop the
disease.
Life as a teen living with Lupus would be difficult. Living with
the embarrassment of t ...
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Euthanasia: The Right To Die
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... That is what Sue
Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year. Knowing that her condition
was only going to get worse, and eventually, after the pain and suffering, would
result in death, Sue wanted to die. She wanted people to remember her as a
lively healthy woman, not just a body lying helpless in a hospital bed. With
that thought in mind, Sue went to court to fight for right to die by euthanasia.
The courts did not agree with her though.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, proposed the creation of a new medical specialist, the
"obitiarist," who would assist terminally ill patients to take their own liv ...
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The Human Brain Vs. The Computer
Number of Words: 1433 / Number of Pages: 6
... let alone approach. Even if a man can calculate the same
problems as a computer, the computer can do it far faster than he can possibly
achieve. Let us go one step further. Say this man can calculate as fast as a
computer, can he, as the computer can, achieve a 100% rate of accuracy in his
calculation? Why do we now go over the human data entry into a computer when a
mistake is noticed instead of checking the computer? It is because computers
now possess the ability to hold no error in its operation, where mankind has not
advanced in this area in any noticeable margin. Why do you think the ...
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Abortion: Pro-life - Reilyism Speech
Number of Words: 781 / Number of Pages: 3
... yet -- and by that definition, it
wouldn't matter if your shot and killed on the street because "your not
fully developed". We are a stage in development -- teenager -- just like a
child is, just like a toddler is, just like an old man is, and just like a
aborted child is. There is no magical transformation that occurs when a
child is born. He has the same basic needs to survive before he is born,
and the same needs after he is born.
The negative is going to attempt to make you believe that the
differnce in quality of a unborn child is so great that these children do
not resemble what we ...
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Issues To Consider In Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Patients
Number of Words: 2518 / Number of Pages: 10
... are provided in Table 1. Table 2 provides suggestions for conducting interviews with these patients.
Illustrative Case
A 60-year-old deaf woman, a native user of American Sign Language, presented as a new referral. During visits with her previous physician, she had always communicated by using her daughter as an interpreter. The referral physician arranged for a certified interpreter and then called the new patient (using the state's relay service) to inform her that an interpreter would be present during the office visit. The patient expressed her relief. For the interview, the physician chose ...
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Number of Words: 752 / Number of Pages: 3
... levels of red blood cells).
is most common in people whose ancestors came from parts of Saudi Arabia, India, Africa, and the Mediterranean region. Persons of South American, Central American, or Cuban origin may be affected also. Health experts estimate that approximately 2 million Americans currently carry the trait, while another 72,000 have the disease. Right now, 1 out of every 500 African-American children, and 1 out of every 1,100-1,400 Hispanic-American children are born with .
causes the general symptoms of anemia (fatigue, shortness of breath, and pale skin) together with other more specifi ...
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Artificial Contraceptives
Number of Words: 1480 / Number of Pages: 6
... they sound ideal, some women have experienced uterine cramps and increased menstrual flow when using an IUD. (Billings, pg.63) in fact, some devices increase the risk of pelvic infection(Funk & Wagnall’s, pg.98). Further, in Perry and Dawson’s book, Nightmare, they proclaim the dangers of IUDs. They focus, especially, on the Dalkon Shield IUD; an IUD described as “the safest and most satisfying form of contraception.” In their book, Perry and Dawson state that “more than 12,000 women have filed damage suits for complications ranging from debilitating pain and severe bleeding to perforated ...
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Breast Cancer Treatment
Number of Words: 1314 / Number of Pages: 5
... considered local treatments. Systemic treatments are used to destroy or
control cancer cells anywhere in the body. Chemotherapy and hormonal therapy
are considered systemic treatments.
Surgery is the most common treatment for breast cancer. Although there
are many different types of breast cancer surgery, they all fit into a few basic
categories. An operation that aims to remove most or all of the breast is
called a mastectomy. If at all possible, doctors shy away from mastectomies due
to the side effects which include loss of strength in the closest arm, swelling
of the arm, and limitati ...
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Dealing With Death
Number of Words: 456 / Number of Pages: 2
... either,
because I end up shutting people out. This is just another way to deal
with death and I'm not saying it's the best way to deal with death just the
way I dealt with it.
No matter how you deal with death you must learn to live with the
fact that someone you know is now no longer around. You must go on with
your life and learn how to have fun with that person around anymore. Some
people may take longer to get past the shock of the persons death, but
they will have to go on with there lives sooner or later. I think the best
thing to do is to keep yourself busy and do new things so you don ...
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