.... illegal. Now the debate is on environmental tobacco smoke also known as secondhand smoke, passive smoking, and sidestream smoke. The worry is that when non-smokers are exposed to secondhand smoke they face the same health hazards as smokers. Tobacco smoke contains more than forty known carcinogens. Sidestream smoke carries these carcinogens into the air (Sussman 12). According to scientific studies tobacco smoke contains four thousand chemicals, and at least sixty are known to cause cancer. Carbon monoxide is the main gas in cigarette smoke. This gas competes with oxygen for binding sites on red blood cells, a .....

.... According to the Encyclopedia Of Health, schizophrenics account for nearly 40% of admissions to state mental hospitals, 30% of psychiatric admissions to Veterans Administration hospitals, and about 20% of admissions to private psychiatric hospitals. Schizophrenia is incurable. Its cause or causes are yet unknown, and it is impossible to predict what course the disease will take. There are many theories about the causes of schizophrenia, its progression, and its eventual outcome. They are currently being explored by researchers around the world. Schizophrenia's most dramatic symptoms are severe and perpetual delusions and hal .....

.... of being a responsible parent, but you are, at times, capable of making rational moral decisions. However, because you are not able to make important, rational, moral decisions most of the time your mother can claim that you are not mentally capable of raising a child. Also. We took in to account that the father of this unborn child is unknown. There is no one to help you make this decision, but more importantly, there is not another parental figure to aid in the raising and caring for this child. From testimonies from your mother and your psychiatrist, it is our understanding that you can do neither on your own. Ms. Smith, .....

.... circumstances that are responsible for higher rates of depression and anxiety amongst them. Depression is an emotional state characterized by extreme sadness, gloomy ruminations, feelings of worthlessness, loss of hope, and often apprehension, while anxiety is a generalized feeling of fear and apprehension. The number of reported cases combining both depression and anxiety with Afro- Americans has dramatically increased since the civil rights movement, when scientists began recording such causal relationships. In addition, statistics show that the rate of violence demonstrates a positive relationship of mental health .....

.... expects the birth will go right. "Midwife" is a word that comes from the old English words mit wif, literally "with woman." A midwife is a person who is "with woman," especially during the period of pregnancy, birth, and caring for the newborn. Some people also use the word midwife as a verb, meaning to help give birth, as in "She 'midwifed' the project." The things that midwives do is called "midwifery" (pronounced mid-whiff-err-ee). There are many types of midwives throughout the world. The World Health Organization recognizes the importance of midwives in promoting the health of women and babies throughout the world and s .....

.... alcohol, is generally thought of as socially acceptable and relatively harmless. But it can have devastating effects. Alcohol might seem very harmless but it can harm the user very easily. Alcohol is easy to obtain and consume. It is taken as a beverage and, since it is legal, it can be purchased at the corner store. The immediate effects on the user are relaxation and a slight anesthetic effect. Alcohol is a very addictive drug. There are more than 18 million alcoholics in America2 , an indication of how widespread its harmful effects are. Alcoholics normally drink a lot on mornings and weeknights, at times which separate the .....

.... blood counts are also part of diagnosis. Radiology studies will show soft tissue swelling, narrowed joint space and marginal erosions. Signs and symptoms of early can be feeling of fatigue, low-grade fever, anorexia, weight loss and weakness. Midcourse symptoms include: tenderness, pain and stiffness in the affected joints; reduced joint function; paresthesia; joint contractors and deformities. The symptoms of late (chronic) range from subcutaneous nodules, cysts that develop in the synovium and in the bone, leg ulcers, inflammation and dryness of mucous membranes, valvular lesions, splemomegaly, and joint fixation. occurs in .....

.... This protein deficiency of causes the blood to not be able to form a firm clot, and there a person who gets bruised or cut, keeps on bleeding. Not more, but longer. There are also other blood clotting disorders such as von Willebrand disease which can affects both sexes. is the most common hereditary blood disorder, affecting approximately one in ten thousand people, almost all male. People with suffer from abnormal blood clotting. In c's, clotting cannot occur and bleeding is prolonged. They also have times of painful internal bleeding in their joints and muscles. Brain hemorrhages are another symptom that can be fatal .....

.... substance. A new method is being tested. It includes "baking" the marijuana under a flame without burning it. It is nearly the same as smoking it, but there is no smoke, which may limit the chance of lung cancer. Yet is this drug safe? No. The short term effects, besides the calmness are the following: temporary memory loss, rapid heart beat, and dizziness. The long term effects include the following: Lung cancer, heart problems, and immune system disorders. The equivalent of one joint is four cigarettes, or ten seconds of car exhaust. No one sees the dangers of this drug, and they usually do not care about them, making it .....

.... They believe that is murder, and that God does not approve of this. There is a book called “The Hand of God“, written by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, one of the doctors that was instrumental in getting legislation for passed in the 1960’s. Dr. Nathanson is now an ex- doctor, who actually performed an on his own child and felt no remorse. He himself states that he performed thousands of s in his career and supervised thousands more. He states in the book that a lot of the statistics that were used initially to assist with the passing of were exaggerated in order to get the laws passed. In the book he tells of h .....