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AIDS And Its Causes
Number of Words: 1006 / Number of Pages: 4
... are as follows: (1).
Homosexuals or bisexual males constitute the largest group, about 60% of the
reported cases. This includes 5% who were intravenuous drug as well. (2).
Intravenous drug users with no previous history of homosexuality compose the
next largest group, about 23% of all patients. (3). Hemophiliacs (the people who
have inborn disease characterized by excesssive bleeding and occuring only in
males) especially those who received factor VIII concentrate before 1985, about
1% of all patients. (4). Recipents of blood and blood components who are not
hemophiliacs but who received tranfusions ...
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Issues Of Assisted Suicide
Number of Words: 1094 / Number of Pages: 4
... commit suicide they just find reasons to get the easy way out. Assisted Suicide should not be legalized because it is religiously wrong, because it is unethical and because it is MURDER.
Assisted suicide is wrong in the eyes of God because suicide is a sin. Thomas Aquinas documented the Christian beliefs on suicide as “ It violates one’s natural desire to live, it harms other people and life is the gift from God and is thus only to be taken by God”. According to F. Schaeffer and C. Koop, “Every life is precious and worth fighting for…We must use our constitutional processes, while we still have them ...
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Turner's Syndrome
Number of Words: 202 / Number of Pages: 1
... a normal
ovum, resulting in a female that has only one X chromosome, producing a
male body type: short, with a broad neck, and usually lacking female
internal reproductive organs and secondary sex characteristics. The
patient is usually sterile and pregnancy is rare. Other signs and symptoms
include a low hairline, webbed neck, shield-shaped chest with widely spaced
nipples, and usually kidney and heart malformations. The patient may also
have immature breasts and be of above-average height. Some are mildly
retarded.
Despite many efforts, no real causes have been found to be linked to ...
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The Effects Of Smoking
Number of Words: 788 / Number of Pages: 3
... to 14%. Even smoking one cigarette causes a wide range of
physiological reactions. The carbon monoxide inhaled when a cigarette is
lit has a number of toxic effects on the body. The first is the impairment
of oxygen transportation in the blood. This impairs muscular performance,
and may also affect the vision, particularly at altitude.
In general, smokers are less fit than non-smokers, performing less
well in both endurance and short-term exercises. Smokers are slower, reach
exhaustion earlier, and achieve lower goals. These disadvantages are
directly related to duration of smoking and am ...
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Teens And Suicide
Number of Words: 922 / Number of Pages: 4
... to friends, to a family member, or to someone they feel they can trust. Listen to their feelings let them know that someone is here for them. Do not give advice or feel obligated to find simple solutions. Just try to imagine being in their place, dealing with the feelings and emotions they are feeling. When talking with your child, don’t’ let their actions or words scare you. If you feel you know what it is like, share your feelings too. Let them know that they are not alone.(When a Child Talks of Suicide)
Studies show that suicide attempts among young people may be based on long standing problem ...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Number of Words: 1233 / Number of Pages: 5
... factor. Synovial fluid analysis and complete blood counts are also part of diagnosis. Radiology studies will show soft tissue swelling, narrowed joint space and marginal erosions.
Signs and symptoms of early can be feeling of fatigue, low-grade fever, anorexia, weight loss and weakness. Midcourse symptoms include: tenderness, pain and stiffness in the affected joints; reduced joint function; paresthesia; joint contractors and deformities. The symptoms of late (chronic) range from subcutaneous nodules, cysts that develop in the synovium and in the bone, leg ulcers, inflammation and dryness of mucou ...
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Abortion: Birth Control Or Legal Murder?
Number of Words: 2606 / Number of Pages: 10
... activists put it) from a woman's body. Abortion
is the destruction, dismembering and killing of a human life--an unborn baby.
"But it is scientific and medical fact based on experimental evidence, that a
fetus is a living, growing, thriving human being, directing his or her own
development" (Fetal Development). A fetus is not just a blob of tissue, rather a
fetus is Latin for "offspring or young one." Human life begins at fertilization,
therefore it is wrong to murder the innocent child in the womb. At a US Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee meeting, most scientists said that life begins at
concep ...
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Suicide
Number of Words: 1187 / Number of Pages: 5
... want to die. It was a cry for help,
and she didn't know of any other way to ask for it. I stayed a week with
her through this trying period in her life, and found out it was partly
because of her French exchange student boyfriend. They weren't broken up,
but he had to go back to France, and she couldn't see him as much as she
would have liked to. Her mother started taking her to a psychiatrist to
help her through her depression. If we hadn't have done this she might not
be with us today. Now, she has a fairly normal life. She has a job at Amy's
Ice Cream which required her to design an art piece i ...
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The Safety Of Using Cell Phones
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... phones being used increases. “The risk (of accidents) gets even greater if the person is discussing something important or especially is in the middle of an argument.” (Kolata, par. 2) The solution to cell phones in the cars is that cell phones should only be used in cases of emergencies.
The chance of brain tumors also increases with the usage of cell phones. Radiation emitted from cell phones is extremely hazardous to cell phone users’ well being. Experiments done in a Swedish laboratory have been done to test the affects of radiation emitted from cell phones. The conclusion of the experime ...
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Syphilis
Number of Words: 967 / Number of Pages: 4
... without treatment, but the bacteria will remain and begin to spread if untreated.
In the secondary stage, occurring about six weeks later, a generalized rash appears. It can last for weeks or months, perhaps up to a year. Painless ulcers develop in the mouth. Most people discover raised areas around the genitals or anus. The bacteria can be easily spread through mucous patches on the raised areas, which are called condylomalata. Flu-like symptoms start to occur, and can come and go for years. These symptoms may include a rash (over entire body or just on palms of hands and soles of feet), a sore in ...
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