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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Doctor Assisted Suicide
Number of words: 1062 - Number of pages: 4.... will die anyway. Physician assisted suicide should be legal in all states because it ends the suffering of many ill people.
People have a right to die if they choose to. The only problem is that some states have decided to not allow physician assisted suicide. For example, people like Dr. Kevorkian has been under much scrutiny for assisting in deaths. I don’t necessarily agree with his bedside manor and his “icy okey-doke” (Goodman, 495) But when somebody decides to take his own life, it is up to the individual to do so.
Another problem is the moral issue. Is .....
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Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Number of words: 2523 - Number of pages: 10.... emotional system as explained in the video "The World of Personality Disorders volume 5" says the sociopath is "emotionally retarded" .
The sociopathic behavior problems that start as a child have links to heredity, a family with a pre-disposition to perform crimes, alcoholic parents that do crimes, irresponsible behavior that persists and parents that do not discipline. The child that will eventually be a sociopath exhibits certain feeling inside that they are inadequate, shamed and because of that they are teased and made fun of. The child characteristics of a .....
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Down's Syndrome
Number of words: 2663 - Number of pages: 10.... defects at birth. The average
life expectancy for all others is now beyond age 55 years.
*Today less than 5% of persons with Down syndrome have severe-to-
profound mental retardation. The majority are on the border of mild-to-moderate
mental retardation, and some are exhibiting normal IQ scores today.
*The average reading level for persons with Down syndrome is 3rd grade,
with many reading at 6th-12th grade levels today.
*The vast majority of adults with Down syndrome today can be expected to
live semi- or totally independently and many enter the work force .....
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Braces: A Pain In The Ass
Number of words: 483 - Number of pages: 2.... expressions. If one should forget to brush their teeth before their
visit, they will regrettably become immortal as the doctor announces the left-
over remains of Taco Bell in-between molars.Braces become a constant source of
embarrassment.
Braces are three years of physical torture beginning with the very first
office visit. The application of the brackets itself is long, tedious, and
uncomfortable. First, cold, polydent flavored clay is thrust into the crevices
of the mouth, forcing imprints. Jagged metal squares are glued to the enamel,
forci .....
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AIDS And You
Number of words: 3405 - Number of pages: 13.... heterosexuals of
both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by primarily female
prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of STAGGERING proportions
in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of
the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what
occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among
heterosexual folks.
AIDS was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was
a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the day .....
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Hepatitis A
Number of words: 1094 - Number of pages: 4.... by yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes,
particularly the white of the eyes. Hepatogenous jaundice is caused by
liver damage, particularly hepatitis. Hepatitis exists in an acute and/or
chronic form. The acute form may subside after about two months or, rarely,
can result in liver failutre. Chronic carriers are at risk of lasting
liver disease. There are many different kinds of Hepatitis, some more
serious then others.
Hepatitis A, once called infectious hepatitis, is the most
widespread cause of acute hepatitis. Usually transmitted by food a .....
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Hypnosis
Number of words: 1459 - Number of pages: 6.... body, and any kind of pain will not cause them any pain. The
heartbeat can be slowed or quickened, and a rise in temperature and perspiration
can be created. They can be commanded to experience visual or auditory
hallucinations or live the past as if it were the present. Also, recently a
scientist discovered that the way the subject's mind experiences time can be
altered so that hours or even weeks can pass in second, from the subjects point
of view. Subjects may forget part or all of the hypnotic experience or recall
things that they had forgotten. The hypno .....
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Depression, The Fight Within
Number of words: 1615 - Number of pages: 6.... causes it. Heredity seems to play a major part in many cases of depression. “Studies of families, in which members of each generation develop bipolar disorder, found that those with the illness have a somewhat different genetic makeup than those who did not get ill. However the reverse is not true” (Morgan 561). A stressful environment, such as a bad work situation, family problems, and even problems with one’s own sex life are common catalysts for depression. Even though these are usually not at the basis of the individual’s problem, by just knowing wher .....
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