.... and a huge sign tells you a number before you are even able to speak to anyone. After waiting a while your number is called, you must give your health card number to the receptionist before continuing. You are then given a file number, which is your only identity for the time you spend within the hospital environment. After seeing the doctor you may come out with a few prescriptions which furthers your nameless ordeal. When you drop nameless ordeal. When you drop into a pharmacy to have a prescription filled the first thing they ask is if you know your prescription number. If you cannot remember it, your actual name is a sec .....

.... called ALS (a.k.a. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease). The disease progressively worsens until it robs the individual of all their abilities (like walking, control of body movement, swallowing and breathing) until they are totally dependent on mechanical devices to survive. Before she ended her life, she brought the debate over assisted suicide and the right to die to the Supreme Court of British Columbia (which was denied) and then to the British Columbia Court of Appeal which was lost. She fought though for the right to change the laws of assisted suicide and have the right to choose when sh .....

.... in those who suffer from ”(Bower,1). Also scientists believe is caused by poor parenting of weak will power. “This disease makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences, to think logically, to express normal emotional responses or to behave normally in social situations”(, 1). This disease affects about 1 percent of the world population. 2.5 million people in the United States have this disease. “ affects men and women equally, however, its onset in women is typically five years later than with men.”(Puharic, 2). Symptoms usually appear between the ages of 15 an .....

.... the aging process man is using himself as the ultimate canvas, to play the role of the omnipotent. Research into the process of aging began in 1961(Rose, Technology Review:64). Since then a great deal of time, money and effort have been appropriated into discovering the causes of aging, it can therefore be inferred that humanity has an almost "personal" interest in aging. Of course the culmination of discovering how we age, is discovering how to stop it. An intrinsic characteristic of Man is His obsession with superficiality. Superficiality is equated with appearance. The appearance of beauty can be equated with youth. Therein .....

.... mid-nineteenth century. The community was based on the radical religious beliefs, and biblical interpretations of John Humphrey Noyes. Noyes grew up in a well to do household in Vermont. He Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830 with high honors. Up to that point he had been cynically agnostic. But in 1831 he attended a revival with his mother lead by Charles Finney, the leader of a large religious movement in the northeast. Deeply moved he decided to enter the ministry. Noyes attended the Andover Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. It was at Yale that he started developing his controversial views, which then prevent .....

.... form of color blindness is called dichromatism. People with di-chromatic vision tend to confuse red, green, and gray, but can easily distinguish blue and yellow. Some cannot even see the longest wavelengths of light -- the red end. Though it is rare, others cannot see the short wavelengths, near the violet end. These people tend to confuse blue, yellow, and gray, but not red and green. Normal vision is called trichromatism. Most color blind people have a version of trichro-matism called anomalous trichromatism. People with this condition can see the same colors as people with normal vision, but not as well. For example, many .....

.... 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 brain. In some cases is generic. strikes one in 100 people at some point in his/her lifetime (Compiled by Ontario Friends of , Oct 94). worsens and becomes better in cycles, also known as relapses and remission. People who are suffering from look relatively n .....

.... will have a great appetite but poor weight gain and bulky foul smelling stools. causes mucus to clog the lungs and leads to fatal infections. The thick mucus also obstructs the pancreas, preventing enzymes from reaching the intestines to digest food (Scientific 1). Lung problems are the most common cause of death of patients (CFF 4). Lung impairment accounts for more than 90 percent of the disability and death in patients with . Infant deaths from Cystic Fibrosis are often caused by blockage I the intestines. affects the digestive system; therefor the body doesn't absorb enough nutrients. Cystic Fibrosis works .....

.... which arise every day in front of them, they try to hide under the mask called god, but by doing that they do not solve them, they only ignore and try to escape their everyday problems, which makes everything worse. The desperate attempt to explain their own existence took people to the creation of many various myths, which also incorporated in them many different aspect of the culture and everyday life of their creators. This connection between people and the myths is actually illustrated on the three creation stories Genesis, Buddha and Zeus mythology. One of the best examples to illustrate this is to take a look at the crea .....

.... like a burden. A lot of people are not aware of being under stress. Some are frequently under so much stress that they assume the feeling is normal. Pros By hearing the word "stress" most people think of something unpleasant and bad. But that is only conditionally true. Stress has also several positive aspects: - A lot of people (students!) take stress as a replacement for self-discipline. They just can't start working without time-pressure. They need to know a certain date when they must finish their work.. (like students before a test) - It is known, that people work better, faster and more effective under stress. The .....