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Papers on Health and Medicine
Mobile Phone Risks
Number of words: 1521 | Number of pages: 6.... no concern, since exposure levels decrease rapidly with increasing distance from the antenna. Cordless telephones, which need to be operated within about 20 metres of a base unit that is connected directly to the telephone system, do not have any health concerns associated with their use because exposure levels are very low. .
Media reports have claimed that up to 70 percent of the microwave emissions from hand-held mobile telephones may be absorbed in the user's head. This is not supported by the evidence, but nevertheless leads to speculation that hot spots may be created in the user's brain, thereby raising concerns that the .....
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Psychology: Dreams And Dreaming
Number of words: 3028 | Number of pages: 12.... is done within the context of psychotherapy and
clinical and sleep research have different approaches and goals than peer dream
work. (Koch-Sheras p.16).
A dream is a period of spontaneous brain activity usually lasting from
about 5-40 minutes that occurs during sleep several times a night usually about
90 minute intervals (Barret p.8).
There are also certain types of dreams. There are fantasy, daydream and
waking dreams. There are also lucid dreams, nightmares and night terrors.
There are also certain stages in the dream cycle. In the first stage, your body
temperature drops, your eyes close and your brain waves begin reg .....
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Health Experience
Number of words: 832 | Number of pages: 4.... a break? Of course not, "Because women use the system more often, we should pay higher insurance premiums." "’Poor women and women of color are liabilities, while insured women are ‘markets’ and ‘billable’ resources." "doctors accuse ‘poor’ women of not taking proper care of ourselves or our children, or they see drug use and depression in ‘poor’ families as individual, preventable failures of character rather than as markets of economically and socially depressed community development." "’Poor’ women are more likely to be used as ‘teaching material’ in hospitals, so that physicians in training can .....
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Right To Die
Number of words: 772 | Number of pages: 3.... most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution”(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. Joseph Davis, brought in from Seminole County, “found that Florida’s strict privacy law and the equal protection clause in the U.S. Constitution entitled Hall, 35, and Dr. McIver to carry out an assisted death without fear of prosecution” (Su .....
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Elephantiasis
Number of words: 341 | Number of pages: 2.... alive. An
interesting feature of these worms is the periodic swarming of the
microfilariae in the bloodstream. In most species swarming takes place at
night. The embryos can be taken up by an insect only when they are in a
human's bloodstream. They develope into infective larvae in the insect,
which is the intermediate host. These hosts are various genera of
mosquitoes, notably A?des, Anopheles, and Culex. Within 10 to 11 days
after ingestion by a human skin they migrate to the lymphayic vessels
where they mature and reproduce. There isn't really any prevention to this
disease.
Bibliography
Drimmer, Frederick; THE ELEPHANT MAN; .....
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Drugs And Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby
Number of words: 1293 | Number of pages: 5.... who use drugs like alcohol, tobacco, or
cocaine may have long term health problems. (2)
Pregnancy and Smoking
Cigarette smoking is associated with severe adverse conditions in
newborns, including low birth weight. Infants whose parents smoke are
unusually susceptible to pneumonia and bronchitis during their first year.
(1)
For women trying to become pregnant, smoking may impair fertility.
For pregnant women, smoking increases the risk of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy,
miscarriage, and stillbirth. (1)
Babies born to women who smoke during pregnancy may suffer from
growth retardation in the womb and t .....
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Vegetarianism
Number of words: 1867 | Number of pages: 7.... Even groups like athletes can thrive on a vegetarian diet if they are well educated to the bodies' dietary needs and are well aware of the limit-less choices available on a vegetarian diet. What follows in this essay, is first: a brief, yet insightful look at the vegetarian diet (the nutritional aspect) and then: an analysis of how this diet may, in fact, be a good choice for an athlete.
The first thing people need to realize is that there is more than just one type of vegetarian diet. In fact, there are three basic vegetarian diets to choose from. The first is the lacto-ovo diet. This diet includes the use of eggs and .....
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Assisted Suicide
Number of words: 586 | Number of pages: 3.... just so the patient can continue living a life he doesn't even want to keep? This medical treatment, in some instances, can only extend a life by mere weeks. In theory, this treatment is just adding on more weeks of pain and suffering. Not only does the patient have to suffer, but the family members have to suffer watching their loved ones live in agony. Furthermore, these medical expenses are probably covered by government medical aid. If this money is being spent on someone who doesn't even want the help, wouldn't it make more sense to spend the money on people who desperately need it? This money could be better spen .....
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Introduction To Human Services
Number of words: 2754 | Number of pages: 11.... it still affects me, just not so profoundly."
"What I would like to do is work with teenagers. As a teenager, I was
befriended by a Young Life leader. He was a man in his 40's and didn't want
anything from me but to be my friend. When I drank beer at lunch, he didn't
tell me to not drink. I don't remember his words so much as the feeling I got
when we were together. He was like a father/friend to me. He seemed to care
about me unconditionally. He looked at me like a real human person, which made
me uncomfortable, which now looking back, was probably because I wasn't used to
that. My own father lived in the same .....
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Alzheimers Disease
Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3.... also be
affected) and include loss of language skills such as trouble finding words,
problems with abstract thinking, poor or decreased judgment, disorientation in
place and time, changes in mood or behavior and changes in personality. The
overall result is a noticeable decline in personal activities or work
performance.
Who is affected by Alzheimers Disease? Alzheimers Disease knows no
social or economic boundaries and affects men and women almost equally. The
disease strikes older persons more frequently, affecting approximately 10% of
Americans over age 65 and 47% of those over age 85.
Is Alzheimers Disease hereditary? Ther .....
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