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Advantage Of Nutrition, Exercise, And Well-being Programs
Number of Words: 511 / Number of Pages: 2
... offer smoking cessation programs and ergonomic supplies to prevent work-related injuries. With implementation of exercise and well-being programs, companies are not only helping employees, but also dramatically increasing the overall potential of the company.
Exercise in the work place? True this sounds unusual, but look at all the benefits exercise has to offer, and with so many exciting choices in exercise programs, popularity of exercising at work has increased. " Enthusiastic participation in workplace wellness programs can yield a variety of health benefits," said Dr. Roy J. Shephard of the Univ ...
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Euthanasia And The First Amendment
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of
Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the
State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection
without fear of prosecution”(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html).
On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own
life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. Joseph Davis, brought in
from Seminole County, “found that Florida's strict privacy law and the
equal protection clause in the U.S. Constitution entitled Hall, 35, and Dr.
McIver to carry out an assis ...
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Conquering The Smoking Habit
Number of Words: 532 / Number of Pages: 2
... as useful substitutes for cigarettes, even in times of tension. The choice of a substitute depends on what will achieve the same effects without having any appreciable risk.
Once a smoker understands his own smoking behavior, he will be able to cope more successfully and select the best quitting approaches for himself and the type of life- style he leads.
Because smoking is a form of addiction, 80 percent of smoker who quit usually experience some withdrawal symptoms. These may include headache, light-headedness, nausea, diarrhea, and chest pains. Psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, short- ...
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Drug Dependence
Number of Words: 203 / Number of Pages: 1
... from misuse of alcohol, and 20,000 from use of
illicit drugs. Many of the adverse health effects associated with the use of
tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs result from long-term use caused by
substance dependence (i.e., addiction)---a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological symptoms indicating sustained psychoactive substance use despite
substance-related problems. In addition, substance dependence is characterized
by repeated self-administration that usually results in tolerance, withdrawal,
and compulsive drug-taking behavior. Nicotine is the psychoactive substance in
cigarettes and o ...
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Osteoporosis
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... vertebral fractures
-200,000 wrist fractures
Certain some people are more likely to develop Osteoporosis than others. These
factors can increase your chances of getting osteoporosis.
-A family history of fractures in elderly women
-Use of certain medications
-Chronically low calcium intake
-Thin and/or small bones
-An inactive lifestyle
-Cigarette smoking
-Excessive use of alcohol
-Advanced age
Women have approximately 10 to 25 percent less total bone mass at maturity than
men, making them more open to osteopor ...
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The Effects Of Ultra-Violet Rays On The Body
Number of Words: 828 / Number of Pages: 4
... because there isn’t enough sunlight for a need to have higher SPF.
Minimizing the effects on the skin and eyes of the sun’s UV rays is easy. When you are out side in the sun for long periods of time during 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. make sure you are wearing good amount of sunscreen, and reapply every 2 to 2 ˝ hours when you are in the sun. “The risk of developing skin cancer is affected by where a person lives. People who live in areas that get high levels of UV radiation from the sun are more likely to get skin cancer. In the United States, for example, skin cancer is more common in Texas than it is in Minnes ...
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Abortion: A Controversial Subject
Number of Words: 2681 / Number of Pages: 10
... this controversy, there are two sides to it though which have been arguing for many years over the subject. The first is the pro-life group. This group does not believe in the abortion factor. To understand where the pro-life stands we must first understand its beliefs and reasons for its beliefs. Then we can discuss what their solution to the abortion topic is.
Pro-life believes that rape and incest are very emotional topics. "They often elicit throughout the population feelings of revulsion; people draw back from the issue of rape and incest. People don't know how to handle a person who is in th ...
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The Immune System
Number of Words: 732 / Number of Pages: 3
... body, it may be partly neutralized by
components of the innate immune system. It may be attacked by phagocytes or by
performed antibodies that act together with the complement system. The human
immune system contains approximately 1 trillion T cells and 1 trillion B cells,
located in the lymphoid organs and in the blood, plus approximately 10 billion
antigen-presenting cells located in the lymphoid organs. To maximize the chances
of encountering antigens wherever they may invade the body, lymphocytes
continually circulate between the blood and certain lymphoid tissues. A
lymphocyte spends an averag ...
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AIDS
Number of Words: 1767 / Number of Pages: 7
... AIDS 355). This quick progress in the
battle even lead Heckler, the secretary of health and human services, to say
that a cure was just a few years away. Today, no cure is available and no sure
treatment for AIDS symptoms is at hand. People are still contracting and dying
from AIDS at an alarming rate. AIDS is a fatal disease that does not kill the
patient. Its principle source of infection is the HIV virus which is a
retrovirus. This means that the protein coat contains RNA instead of DNA and
when the virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, it must first
cause the cell to transc ...
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Circadian Rhythms: Experiment
Number of Words: 677 / Number of Pages: 3
... They will do this for three days. At the end of the three days they
will come back to my laboratory. They will then be put in an isolation booths.
In one of the booths there will be a clock that doesn't have the right time on
it. In another one there will be a window so that they can see where the sun is.
In the third one there will be no windows and no clocks. All they would have is
a light bulb in the ceiling. All the booths will have a bed and a bright red
button on the far wall. The button will be for ringing. They will ring when
they are tired, hungry, or need to use the facili ...
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