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Papers on Health and Medicine
Dyslexia
Number of words: 2036 | Number of pages: 8.... influences. The left part of the brain
controls the production and comprehension of language and it also deals
with orderly and precise thought. The right part of the brain controls
visual perception, emotion, instincts, and non-verbal responses. Both the
right and left part of the brain must work together to create speech,
writing, and mathematics. Some scientists say that the cause of dyslexia
don’t have anything to do with different brain chemistry, or the genetic
make-up of the person, but rather a result of disturbances in the
environment. Dyslexia is not caused by the loss of sight and hearing,
emotional proble .....
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HIV/AIDS Seminar
Number of words: 614 | Number of pages: 3.... of? Since these are adults being familiarized with HIV/AIDS, how to contract it, the consequences, and the raw statistics, they will probably disregard all of the information. Education on the issue of HIV/AIDS obviously needs to begin at an earlier age.
Since this is such a controversial issue, the age at which education should begin is debatable. The children need to be mature enough to handle the concerns and they need to be young enough to begin practicing measures of safety that will continue throughout their lives. But, when it comes down to it, education of HIV/AIDS should begin when these children are able to un .....
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Abortion
Number of words: 1580 | Number of pages: 6.... hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (vv. 13-16)
Here David speaks of God's relationship with him while he was growing and developing before birth. "David is not just a piece of protoplasm that becomes him: David is already being cared for by God while in the womb" (Anderson)
Another biblical argument against can be found in the Old Testament, specifically Exodus 21:22-25.
If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth premat .....
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Multiple Births
Number of words: 1090 | Number of pages: 4.... children. These drugs cause
the ovaries to release an egg once a month but in some cases they release more
than one egg, sometimes releasing several at a time, increasing the chances of a
multiple birth. The drug clomiphene citrate is one of the most widely taken
fertility drug and has resulted in the birth of twins about once in every twelve
births, much greater than the chances of the birth of natural twins.
Twins are the most common form of a multiple pregnancy. About one in
eighty-seven births result in the birth of twins. Twins can be fraternal, also
known as dizygotic twins, or identical, also called monozygotic twins, .....
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People Vs. The Tobacco Industry
Number of words: 1038 | Number of pages: 4.... and even change the social status of men, women, and teens. A camel smoking a cigarette, wearing a leather jacket, with several beautiful ladies surrounding him portrays that smoking is for tough and outgoing ladies’ men. Models are used to illustrate that smoking will make women thinner and more glamorous. Slogans such as “You’ve come a long way, baby” interprets women’s entrance in the business world. Teens are especially being targeted because they make up 90% of all new smokers. Ads imply that smoking will make teens look mature. Companies such as Marlboro even give points that can be achieved with each carton o .....
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Euthanasia In Canada
Number of words: 1328 | Number of pages: 5.... intent, whether by doing something (commission), or by
omitting something(omission). Euphemisms of the pro-euthanasia movement,
include "right to die", and "death with dignity". The term "passive
euthanasia" is often applied to the withdrawal of useless treatment that is
onlyprolonging the dying of a person. This needs to be differentiated from
withdrawing of something that is actually keeping them alive, the withdrawl
of which actually causes their death. It has been pointed out that the pro-
life lobby will be split and discredited if there is an insistence by some
that all technological means must be used whenever possible to pr .....
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Prenatal Diagnosis
Number of words: 439 | Number of pages: 2.... pregnancy. The amount of risk is the same as in amniocentesis.
Amniocentesis
Amniocentesis is performed at 15-20 weeks of pregnancy. It will detect chromosome abnormalities and other certain genetic disorders. This test can detect up to 95% of neural tube disorders such as spina bifida. It is done by inserting a needle near but not through the woman's naval into the amniotic sac. A small amount of amniotic fluid is withdrawn and sent for laboratory testing. Cells are then separated from the fluid and cultured. After the cells are cultured they can be tested for genetic disorder. The amniotic fluid is measured for the concentrat .....
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Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria
Number of words: 714 | Number of pages: 3.... then this will just give the bacteria
some time to find a way to avoid the effects of the drug.
One antibiotic that will always have a long lasting effect in history is
penicillin. This was the first antibiotic ever to be discovered. Alexander
Fleming was the person responsible for the discovery in 1928. In his laboratory,
he noticed that in some of his bacteria colonies, that he was growing, were some
clear spots. He realized that something had killed the bacteria in these clear
spots, which ended up to be a fungus growth. He then discovered that inside
this mold was a substance that killed bacteria. It was the antibioti .....
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Shellfish Poisoning
Number of words: 874 | Number of pages: 4.... generally mild gastrointestinal disorder, i.e., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain accompanied by chills, headache, and fever. Both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms characterize NSP, including tingling and numbness of lips, tongue, and throat, muscular aches, dizziness, reversal of the sensations of hot and cold, diarrhea, and vomiting. ASP is characterized by gastrointestinal disorders (vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain) and neurological problems (confusion, memory loss, disorientation, seizure, coma).
Jellyfish in spite of their name - are actuality is not fish. They are invertebrates, which are relatives .....
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Dead End: Teenage Suicide
Number of words: 720 | Number of pages: 3.... suicide are really crying out for help. They want the unhappiness and strains in their live to end, but they really do not want their lives to end. When I was in High School at the age of fifteen, I tried to commit suicide. I was looking for a way out of my sad, impoverish, lonely, single-parent life. I thought that the easiest and most convenient way out was to commit suicide. That way I would no longer have to deal with the pressures of home and school. In the end I survive the overdose and went on to live a regrettable, happy productive life. If only I would have known that there was help out there for me, somebody I cou .....
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