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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Euthanasia
Number of words: 840 - Number of pages: 4.... consequences in that, in some instances, the dying process is unnecessarily prolonged. There are two main arguments against that severe pain can and that if some form of killing by doctors, or others were made legal, it might easily be abused and people might be put to death for reasons unconnected with mercy.
However, many people see the argument in terms of their own right to die,when faced with the indignity of deterioration, dependence and hopeless pain.
Doctors although do at times deliberately give up trying to keep someone alive for whom there .....
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Depression
Number of words: 285 - Number of pages: 2.... is the most treatable mental illness, yet the twenty- four
million people caught in it's downward spiral each year may feel so isolated
that they never seek help. But life can be joyous again, as those who have been
fully treated know.
There are many different ways to get help, the two major ways are
Psychoanalysis and Psychopharmacology.
Psychoanalysis is defined by Webster's Unabridged Edition Dictionary
as: a method developed by Freud and others, of treating neuroses and some other
disorders of the mind.
When you undergo psychoanalysis you go to see a psychoanalyst around
three times a week .....
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Dreams
Number of words: 676 - Number of pages: 3.... stimuli during sleeping. Dreaming is
caused by internal biological process. Some researchers have proposed the
activation-synthesis hypothesis. Their neurological research indicates that
large brain cells in the primitive brain stem spontaneously fire about every 90
minutes, sending random stimuli to cortical areas of the BRAIN. As a
consequence, memory, sensory, muscle-control, and cognitive areas of the brain
are randomly stimulated, resulting in the higher cortical brain attempting to
make some sense of it. This, according to the research, gives rise .....
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Assisted Suicides
Number of words: 683 - Number of pages: 3.... believe that when it comes to matters such as life and
death, there are no options. The decision to live or die is made by God.
Judith Curren didn't agree. With the assistance of Dr. Kevorkian, she died and
the retired pathologist presided at his 38th assisted suicide, fairly confident
that he will not be prosecuted or even suffer public disapproval.
Many of the people who have sought out Dr. Kevorkian have been terribly ill
and suffering, with no hope of long-term survival. Their stories offered
examples that built public sympathy for this cause. But fr .....
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AIDS And Its Causes
Number of words: 1006 - Number of pages: 4.... MODE OF TRANSMISSION
Studies in the U.S.A. have retentified five groups of adults at risk for
developing AIDS. The case distribution in these groups 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) e .....
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The Ethics Of Euthanasia
Number of words: 540 - Number of pages: 2.... to die a form of homicide
subject to legal sanctions. Even a passive withholding of help to prevent
death has frequently been severely punished. Euthanasia, however, occurs
secretly in all societies, including those in which it is held to be
immoral and illegal.
Organizations supporting the legalization of voluntary euthanasia
were established in Great Britain in 1935 and in the United States in 1938.
They have gained some public support, but so far they have been unable to
achieve their goal in either nation. In the last few decades, Western laws
agai .....
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Number of words: 752 - Number of pages: 3.... 10 to 20 days in the bloodstream, compared to a normal red cell’s life span of 120 days, the “sickled” cells result in chronic anemia (abnormally low 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, a .....
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Cholesterol
Number of words: 548 - Number of pages: 2.... can block the flow of blood to part of the heart muscle and cause a heart attack. If a clot blocks the flow of blood to part of the brain, the result is a stroke. A high level of LDL reflects an increased risk of heart disease. That is why LDL is often called "bad" .
comes from two sources. It’s produced in your body, mostly in the liver (about 1,000 milligrams a day). And it’s found in foods that come from animals, such as meats, poultry, fish, seafood and dairy products. Foods from plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds) do not contain
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