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Health & Medicine Essays and Term Papers
Treating Diabetes With Transplanted CellsSeventy-five years ago the type of diabetes that affected children and
young adults was lethal. In the 1990's investigators found that a hormone, that
was produced in Islets of Langerhans, was not being produced in diabetes
patients. This hormone, called insulin, enables other cells to take up ...
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Ebolahemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that, with a mortality
rate of 50% to 90%, is one of the world's deadliest viruses. Its causative
organism is called virus. virus is a member of filoviridae, a
family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of
five known ...
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Depression And Its AffectsLike a dark shadow lurking through the night, sadness can creep up without any warning. Most people are able to combat this sadness after only a few hours. Others, however, seem barely able to cope with the sadness. They are overwhelmed by the feelings of defeat and melancholy. This can plague ...
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The Six Essential NutrientsIn order to function properly, a body needs six essential nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, nutrients, vitamins, and water
The VITAL NUTRIENTS
Six kinds of nutrients can be found in foods: carbohydrates, fats,proteins,mineral, vitamins, and water. These substances are essential to chemical ...
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EuthanasiaAn eighty-seven year old grandmother on a respirator, a newborn child
with AIDS, and a father in a coma; all put to death by respectable doctors
with the O.K. of their families. But is it really 3O.K.�? , or
doctor-assisted suicide, has become as common as jumping off of a fifteen
story building ...
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Getting Daily ExerciseOne of the biggest concerns facing both Canadians and Americans alike, is the issue of leading a healthy lifestyle. Trying to maintain a healthy, physically active routine is for some people, a challenge. We all talk about exercise and know we should do it, but to actually get out there and ...
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The Illegalization Of AbortionMany have pondered upon the meaning of abortion. The argument being
that every child born should be wanted, and others who believe that every
child conceived should be born (Sass vii). This has been a controversial
topic for years. Many people want to be able to decide the destiny of
others. ...
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Huntington's Disease, also known as Huntington's chorea is a genetic disorder
that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties, destroys the
mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to twenty years. The
disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve clusters deep in the
brain ...
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Restraints On Alzheimer PatientsFour years ago I arrived at work where I was a staff nurse on an Alzheimer's unit. I got myself situated then began to receive morning report, my supervising nurse assigns me to provide care for eight residents, one of whom is Mrs. Travis, a 65 year old woman who has Alzheimer disease. She was ...
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Why IQ Tests Don't Test IntelligenceThe task of trying to quantify a person's intelligence has been a
goal of psychologists since before the beginning of this century. The
Binet-Simon scales were first proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and various
sorts of tests have been evolving ever since. One of the important
questions that ...
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Alzheimer's DiseaseWe are currently living in the age of technology. Our advancements in the
past few decades overshadow everything learned in the last 2000 years. With the
elimination of many diseases through effective cures and treatments, Canadians
can expect to live a much longer life then that of their ...
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Sickle Cell Anemiais a genetic disease that affects all kinds of people
and can start before a person is even born. This paper will talk about
symptoms of , the people affected, the cause of the disease,
how the disease is diagnosed, and cured.
Symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia are pale skin, short of breath, ...
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HaemophiliaIn the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each
pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through
the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X
and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to the ...
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Osteoporosisis a significant health problem that affects more than 25 million
women in the United States and potentially 200 million worldwide. This disease
is characterized by diminishing the structure of the skeleton (particular the
"spongy" bone). This results in an increased risk of fracture.
develops ...
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Alzheimer�s Special Care UnitsAs the elderly population in the United States of America continues to grow so rapidly, so will the incidence of the dreaded Alzheimer�s Disease. The 1992 United States census stated that at that time there were 33.9 million Americans over the age of 65, some 13% of the population. It is ...
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Tourette's DisorderTourette Syndrome And Other Tic Disorders
Definitions of Tic Disorders
Differential Diagnosis
Symptomatology
Associated Behaviors and Cognitive Difficulties
Etiology
Stimulant Medications
Epidemiology and Genetics
Non-Genetic ...
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Stressed With StressThis report is on stress, what causes it, how and why, and how it can be cured. It will tell you all about stress, why it's important for people to understand, and what it can do to you and other people. Stress affects everyone and everything, that's why it's important that we all be properly ...
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BursitisDoes it hurt to move your arm? Is it tender and radiating pain to your neck and
finger tips? Do you have a fever? If you answered yes to two or more of these
questions then you may have typical joint injury called . is an
inflammation of the bursa that is easily prevented, detected and ...
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Strep ThroatAbout 10% of children who get a sore throat and fever are infected by Group A streptococci (). is a sore throat caused by bacteria, not a virus. The bacteria infects the throat and cause pharyngitis, inflammation of the pharynx. is important to get treated for quickly because certain kinds of ...
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The Middle Of LifeUnlike the young adult, people in the middle of their lives are dealing with realignment, growth, and change. I think this realignment of the launching stage brings with it a time of crisis for the family and the persons identity.
In the launching stage, when a person is reaching mid-life, is a ...
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Is More Than One Cause Of AIDS Possible??
�The HIV establishment and its journalist allies have replied to various
specific criticisms of the HIV theory without taking them seriously. They
have never provided an authoritative paper that undertakes to prove that
HIV really is the cause of AIDS.... After ten years of failure, it is ...
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Artificial ContraceptivesArtificial Contraceptive should be eliminated. This is my argument. Why you ask? Well, although my viewpoint sounds a little radical, I have come up with several reasons why natural is better.
Funk and Wagnall�s New Encyclopedia defines with birth control as any method used to prevent ...
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Canine Hip DysplasiaIn today's society, you can not pick up a newspaper without seeing numerous articles regarding medical advancements. Advancements in Cancer, AIDS, and many other diseases are happening every day. However, you only tend to hear about advancements pertaining to human medicine, what about all of our ...
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The Digestive SystemIn this next report I will be talking to you about . You stomach is your main organ because it mixes your food and breaks down food into units that can be taken into and used by your body. The stomach looks like a big bagpipe. The alimentary canal is a long tube inside your body that runs from ...
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Abortion ALlows Women To Retain Constitutional RightsAbortion has been one of this country's most controversail topics on hand. But if one sees the constitutional infringement to women by the restriction of abortion, the torment to the unwanted child and the anguish society has to sustain, then this topic would not be so debatable. Too many ...
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