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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Euthanasia And The First Amendment
Number of words: 779 - Number of pages: 3.... the means and/or knowledge to commit suicide”(Death and Dying,91). “
Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or
agent”(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of
Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the
State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection
without fear of prosecution”(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html).
On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own
life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. Joseph Dav .....
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The Plague In 1347
Number of words: 532 - Number of pages: 2.... into a matter of survival, however survival eventually turned to death. Many occurring symptoms of this plague began from bloody noses as a fatal prognostic. Then certain tumors in the groin or under the armpits would form, some as big as a small apple, others as an egg. Afterwards purple spots in most parts of the body; in some cases large and but few in number, in others smaller and more numerous both sorts the usual messengers of death. The cure of this plague, neither medical knowledge nor the power of drugs was of any effect; whether because the diseas .....
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Garlic As Medicine
Number of words: 219 - Number of pages: 1.... important to us but there are
things we need to be aware of though.
For about 5000 years garlic has been known to reduce blood cholestrol
levels. Garlic tastes very hot, dry, and pungent. The cloves (a part of the
garlic plant) are used mostly for infections, especially for such symptoms as:
chest problems, some digestive disorders, blood sugar levels; and so, can be
helpful in later-onsets of diabetes. Sometimes, the cloves are efffective for
some types of skin infections and acne. Garlic is best used if it is fresh.
Things to be aware of about garlic: Garlic acts as a natu .....
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Cystic Fibrosis
Number of words: 1738 - Number of pages: 7.... carriers, and because they have one working gene they have no symptoms.
Carrier parents have 1:4 chance to have a child who is a noncarrier of cystic
fibrosis, a 1:2 chance to have a child who carries the gene, and a 1:4 chance
with each pregnancy to have an affected child. If you have a son or daughter
with cystic fibrosis, then you have a 1:1 chance of being a carrier. If you have
a brother or sister with CF, you have a 2:3 chance of being a carrier. If you
have a niece or nephew with CF, you have a 1:2 chance of being a carrier. If
you have an aunt or un .....
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Tourett’s Syndrome
Number of words: 876 - Number of pages: 4.... characterized by rapid, repeated, and purposeless involuntary movements of various muscle groups (motor tics) and by grunts, barks, and sniffling sounds (vocal tics) (“Encyclopedia” 375). The definition of tic is rapid, repetitive movements of individual muscle groups (“Encyclopedia” 374). Tics are also seemingly random. In order to be diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, a child must exhibit multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics several times a day for a period of at least a year (Neifert 126). The swearing is often perceived to be most distres .....
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Alzheimer's Disease
Number of words: 736 - Number of pages: 3.... Neurofibrillary Tangles are also found in the brains of Alzheimer's
victims. They are found within the cell bodies of nerve cells in the
cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other
diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's
Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired
helixes are related in these very different diseases.
Neuritic Plaques are patches of clumped material lying outside the
bodies of nerve cells in the brain. They are mainly found in the cerebral
cortex, but .....
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Cocaine And Its Dangers
Number of words: 779 - Number of pages: 3.... "They can be also called C, Charlie, coke, dust, gold dust, lady snow and white." "Cocaine is very expensive and so dealers push up their profits by mixing it with anything else that is white and powdery." "In the mid nineteenth century, cocaine is used in eye, ear and throat surgery." "Now, they have been largely replaced by synthetic and local anesthetics such as lidocaine."
There are different ways of taking cocaine, because it is in a powdery form. "The most popular ways to take cocaine is snorting into nostrils or taking it orally." "To get a f .....
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Free Condoms Distribution Programs
Number of words: 748 - Number of pages: 3.... say that I have
a boyfriend named Joe. Joe and I have been together for quite a while and
are beginning to be sexually active. In this scenario my alter ego, Mary,
is in need of some condoms, but she would not feel comfortable asking her
parents for help because they are devout Catholics and would obviously not
be too pleased, nor understanding of her sexual activities.
If Mary had a free condom distribution program in place at her
school, then Mary might feel more comfortable receiving condoms from nurses
and health officials at her school rather than her paren .....
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