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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Abortion
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Service Committee and the Episcopal Church.5 Even the Catholic Church,
which normally opposes abortion, makes an exception when the fetus is
killed in the process of saving the mother.6 About 83% of Americans
approve of abortion in cases of rape, or when the fetus is abnormal or
likely to suffer a disability later in life.7
Pro-life “supporters” oppose abortion because they believe a fetus
is a person from the moment of conception. A 22% minority of the United
States population oppose legal abortion according to a 1985 Newsweek poll.8
The anti-abor .....
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Why IQ Tests Don't Test Intelligence
Number of words: 726 - Number of pages: 3.... a
great deal to do with their cognitive abilities. Is the light flickering?
Is the paint on the walls an unsettling shade? Is the temperature too hot
or too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the worst case, do they
have an illness that day? To test a person's mind, it is necessary to
utilize their body in the process. If everyone's body is placed in
different conditions during the testing, how is it expected to get
standardized results across all the subjects? Because of this assumption
that everyone will perform equally independent of their environm .....
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Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
Number of words: 2533 - Number of pages: 10.... which resulted in infection, massive blood loss, and death. It is better now that they have a place to go where abortions can be performed cleanly and with minimal risk. Legalization of abortion is the only choice no matter what side one takes in the debate. Women will try to do what they think is necessary to live as they wish, no matter what the risk. In order to live as she chooses a woman may give up her freedom, her morals, her beliefs, her family, or even her life.
Abortion has been around for thousands of years in every inhabited corner .....
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Antibiotics And Their Role In Society
Number of words: 939 - Number of pages: 4.... some that were once life threatening. Antibiotics can be bacteriostatic (bacteria stopped from multiplying) or bactericidal (bacteria killed). To perform either of these functions, antibiotics must be brought into contact with the bacteria.
It is believed that antibiotics interfere with the surface of bacteria cells, causing a change in their ability to reproduce. Testing the action of an antibiotic in the laboratory shows how much exposure to the drug is necessary to halt reproduction or to kill the bacteria. Although a large amount of an antibiotic taken .....
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Health Care: Elderly
Number of words: 1197 - Number of pages: 5.... from different geographic locations were chosen for this study. At each hospital a care coordinator was chosen to be responsible for questionnaire review, communication with physicians, and further assessment and intervention when deemed necessary. Lists of patients 65 and older were generated from the caseloads of primary care physicians from the three hospital sites. The questionnaires were mailed out with physicians cover letters and consent forms in the summer of 1993. In the questionnaire patients were asked to assess their self-percieved notions .....
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Smoking
Number of words: 234 - Number of pages: 1.... of males who smoke decreased from
more than 60 percent to about 25 percent; however, the percentage of women who
smoke cigarettes increased. Smoking also became more prevalent among young
adults, with about 29 percent of high school seniors admitting to smoking in
1975; but by 1987 this proportion decreased to 18.7 percent. There are programs
that exist to help smokers quit. Some involve group support, whereas others use
aversive techniques in which participants smoke many cigarettes rapidly to the
point of becoming sick of them.
More than 30 million persons in the U.S. say that they would like to
qui .....
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The Ambivalence Of Abortion
Number of words: 434 - Number of pages: 2.... fair to let the mother of two
young children die because SOME PEOPLE don't believe in abortion? On the other
hand, it may be true that young women are taking advantage of the fact that they
can easily have an abortion. Some say they are substituting birth control with
abortion. Nevertheless, no one ever said we can't place restrictions on
abortion but we can't let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch. The fact remains
that although some might take advantage of the situation, it is unconstitutional
to deny the opportunity to someone who REALLY has no other alter .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking Marijuana
Number of words: 1055 - Number of pages: 4.... plant ha s many
uses and has been farmed for centuries. Marijuana can be taken in three
ways, by eating, made into a tea, or smoking (the most popular). Smoking
it can be done three ways, through a pipe, a joint, blunt. A joint is a
rolled piece of paper that is twisted at the ends. A blunt is normally an
emptied cigar wrapper filled with marijuana. In a blunt you can fit much
more marijuana. Though a blunt isn't always purely marijuana, it can be
mixed with other drugs such as angel dust.
The results are varied when someone smokes marijuana. .....
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