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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Abortion Should Be Kept Out Of The Criminal Code
Number of words: 1426 - Number of pages: 6.... medical, social, or private reasons.
Abortions at the woman's request were first allowed by the Soviet Union in 1920,
followed by Japan and several East European nations after World War II. In the
late 1960s liberalized abortion regulations became widespread. The impetus for
the change was threefold: (1) infanticide and the high maternal death rate
associated with illegal abortions, (2) a rapidly expanding world population, (3)
the growing feminist movement. By 1980, countries where abortions were permitted
only to save a woman's life contained about 20 percent .....
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Suicide In Jails
Number of words: 1429 - Number of pages: 6.... leading to action
takes place over a long period of time. Such is not the case in jail suicides.
Much of the research shows that "of all [jail] suicides occur within the first
twenty four hours of incarceration, and an overwhelming number of these take
place in the first three hours of isolation which is referred to as the “crisis
period" (Hess 1987). The crisis period is reflective of arrest and incarceration
as producing extreme confusion, fear, and anxiety. The crisis period is also the
result of isolation. Isolation causes an individual to lose all so .....
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Schizophrenia
Number of words: 1341 - Number of pages: 5.... like other psychopathologies has many documented, and several uncertain causes. Some scientists have evidence that pregnant mothers have experienced an immune reaction that presents dangers to the unborn child. is a disorder where the body’s immune system attacks itself. is not present at birth but develops during the adolescence period or young adulthood. is a biological brain disease affecting thinking, perception, mood, and behavior. Its exact cause is unknown but overwhelming evidence points to faulty chemistry or structural abnormalities in the bra .....
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Number of words: 937 - Number of pages: 4.... 1994, (GAD) became an identifiable mental disorder with a DSM-IV diagnosis. The diagnostic criteria for GAD are:
A. Unrealistic or excessive anxiety and worry about life
circumstances for a period greater than 6 months, during
which this person has been bothered by these concerns for
more days than not.
B. The person has difficulty controlling the anxiety and
worrying.
C. The anxiety and worry are associated with at least 3
of the following symptoms:
1) Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
2) Being easily fatigue .....
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Cognitive Development In Children: Experiment
Number of words: 784 - Number of pages: 3.... is a chair: On the chair is a tray with 15 cups on it. Susan (Jim)
doesn't know that all of this is behind the door. She (he) pushes on the door,
the door knocks against the tray, and bang, goes the 15 cups! They are all
broken.
B. A girl (boy) named Mary (Robert) wants to get some candies. But her (his)
mother tells her (him) that she (he) can't have any more candies, and she (he)
leaves. But Mary (Robert) wants a candy, so she (he) climbs up on a chair and
reaches up to the shelf. But she (he) knocks over one cup and it falls on the
floor and breaks!
S .....
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The Controversy Surrounding The Gulf War Syndrome
Number of words: 2591 - Number of pages: 10.... agreed to a
permanent cease-fire. Allied troops started heading home, including Mark.
There were tears and laughs along with parades and other festivities to
celebrate the war's end when troops returned home to their loving countries.
As for Mark, he had done his job, he defeated the enemy and kept himself
alive. His own personal joy and relief overwhelmed him to the extent of
asking his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. She immediately said yes.
Within a year and a half upon the year's end, Mark and his wife had their
first child. Their child was not b .....
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Body Systems
Number of words: 311 - Number of pages: 2.... maintain body posture & tone and in the production of
body heat.
Now its time for the Nervous System. Its constructed of the brain, the spinal
cord and the nerves (neurons). Its functions are to communicate (fast with short
duration), integration, and to control. The subsequent system is the Endocrine
System (known as ductless too...). This is composed of a lot of things... They
are:pituitary gland - below the brain (master gland), pineal gland - brain (It`s
called the "third eye" by some, because its sensitive to light cycles),
hypothalamus - also in the brain .....
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus And Mutations
Number of words: 2069 - Number of pages: 8.... attempts to counter the
effects of viruses in general, and how HIV infects the body.
Definition
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is classified as a RNA
Retrovirus. A retrovirus uses RNA templates to produce DNA. For example,
within the core of HIV is a double molecule of ribonucleic acid, RNA.
When the virus invades a cell, this genetic material is replicated in the
form of DNA . But, in order to do so, HIV must first be able to produce a
particular enzyme that can construct a DNA molecule using an RNA template.
This enzyme, called RNA-d .....
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