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AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Number of words: 806 - Number of pages: 3

.... AIDS epidemic is having a profound impact on many aspects of medicine and health care. The U.S. Public Health Service estimates that in 1993, the lifetime cost of treating a person with AIDS from infection to death is approximately $119,000. Outpatient care, including medication, visits to doctors, home health aids, and long-term care, accounted for approximately 32 percent of the total cost. Persons exposed to HIV may have difficulty in obtaining adequate health-insurance coverage. Yearly AZT expenses can average approximately $6,000, although in 1989 the dru .....


Teenage Suicide
Number of words: 1015 - Number of pages: 4

.... losses which might be a factor in teen suicide("The Real World [Suicide: Facts]," 1). Perceived abuse such as physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, social abuse or neglect can lead to self-murder("Teen Suicide," 3). Significant changes, losses, and abuse can promote suicidal tendencies. Few suicidal people have some type of depression, yet those who have one can be provoked to commit suicide. There are two main types of depression suffered by suicidal people("Suicide," {Grolier}). The first type is reactive depression. This type of depression .....


Multiple Personality Disorder
Number of words: 962 - Number of pages: 4

.... know that the Internet isn’t always accurate, so I knew that I had to look into books. I started out by looking into the Internet. I have the Internet at home, so it was easiest for me to start with. MPD was not a very common subject on the Internet. I couldn’t fine too much information on MPD, and I became very frustrated. Whenever I conducted a search on MPD, I would find DID instead. I wasn’t quite sure what DID was, but I had a feeling that it was some what related to MPD. My next step was to look into an encyclopedia. I looked up MPD on Encarta. The .....


Bell's Palsy
Number of words: 848 - Number of pages: 4

.... Bell's Palsy: Sudden facial paralysis of one side of the face, including muscles of eyelid. Flat expressionless features Distorted smiles and frowns Pain on the effected side of the face, ears, skull Changes in taste, salivation or tear formation Face may feel stiff and pulled to one side Headache Sensitivity to light and sound Incidence: Statistics indicate that Bell's Palsy affects approximately 2 out of 10,000 people, however, the actual incidence is likely to be much higher (around 1 out of 500 to 1,000). The disorder will effect 40,000 .....


The Right To Die
Number of words: 715 - Number of pages: 3

.... then these people would be able to end their day to day pain if they choose to do so. If those who are our designated healers (doctors) cant heal the sick then the control should be past over to the individual. Those people who suffer from terminal illnesses are forced to live out life while losing their dignity. Families are forced to watch their loved one deteriorate and in the mean time put their own lives on hold to care for the ill patient that has lost all will to live. Watching a loved one slowly fade in the most horrible task for any human bei .....


Euthanasia: An Overview
Number of words: 1599 - Number of pages: 6

.... proponents arguments highlighted by the right to autonomy, and empirical examples of legalized euthanasia all prove the moral legitimacy of physician- assisted-suicide. Opponents of euthanasia generally point to three main arguments which I will mention only for the purposes of refuting them. First, many cite the Hippocratic oath which reads, "I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel" as a reason to oppose euthanasia. Clearly, the Hippocratic oath does condemn the practice, however, I do not find this as reason enoug .....


Abortion Paper
Number of words: 1935 - Number of pages: 8

.... gives us the rights we have today. In 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut upheld the right the right to privacy and ended the ban on birth control. Eight years later, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy included abortions. In Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court stated that it is the women's right to have an abortion if she so chooses. In Jan 1988 the abortion section of the Criminal Code of Canada was struck down in Morgentaler decision. (Gentles, 13). Most arguments against granting women the right to abortion are based on religious and moral prohibitio .....


Autism
Number of words: 311 - Number of pages: 2

.... problems with their brain function or structure. Recent studies estimate that as many as 14 children out of 10,000 may have autism or a related condition. About 125,000 Americans are affected by these disorders, and nearly 4,000 families across the country have two or more children with autism. Three times as many boys as girls have autism. Researchers are still unsure about what causes autism. Several studies suggest that autistic disorder might be caused by a combination of biological factors, including exposure to a virus before birth, a problem with t .....



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