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Assisted Suicides
Number of words: 683 - Number of pages: 3.... live or die is made by God.
Judith Curren didn't agree. With the assistance of Dr. Kevorkian, she died and
the retired pathologist presided at his 38th assisted suicide, fairly confident
that he will not be prosecuted or even suffer public disapproval.
Many of the people who have sought out Dr. Kevorkian have been terribly ill
and suffering, with no hope of long-term survival. Their stories offered
examples that built public sympathy for this cause. But from the beginning,
even among observers who believe that the desperately sick should be given help
to die, there have been question .....
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AIDS And You: The Lethal Relation
Number of words: 1109 - Number of pages: 5.... figures may currently be less in
much of the rest of the country, this is changing rapidly. There currently is
neither a cure, nor even an effective treatment, and no vaccine either. But
there are things that have been PROVEN immensely effective in slowing the spread
of this hideously lethal disease.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Defficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus.
The disease originated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago. There it first
appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both
sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by pri .....
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Bacteria
Number of words: 736 - Number of pages: 3.... decay leads to cavities, which means is arises the film on our teeth. People with diets high in sugar have a higher chance of getting tooth decay or cavities. The sugar us turned into lactic acid, the acid leads to a lost of calcium and if followed by the breaking down of the tooth.
Scientists have found that most stomach ulcers are the result of l infection. Many of us once believed that stress was the caused of ulcers. It is possible that the stressful environment helps the ’s growth.
Each species of pathogenic has a different way of being transmitted. It can be carried in water, i .....
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Stressed With Stress
Number of words: 1269 - Number of pages: 5.... to face such stressors as meeting deadlines, fear of failure, anger, and frustration at the workplace. Everybody is effected by stress when it comes to things like wars, pollution, poverty, overcrowding, and crime. It is important to learn how to live with these situations, because it is nearly impossible to get through life without encountering them.
Most people know that stress could be bad, but how bad? Physicians have proven that stress-related disorders, diseases brought on or worsened by psychological stress, are more likely to happen to people with very busy lives. The sad re .....
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Dehumanization Of Infants
Number of words: 922 - Number of pages: 4.... said that in most cases you would consider this
disrimitory but in many cases these abortion are considered justified
because the baby may have a handicap. She gave allot of reasonable
arguments of the unfairness that is involved in the laws in regards to
abortion for instance in America if you pay taxes your tax money could be
used to help fund abortion in the united states . and she also talked about
how recent medical advancements have spread light on the reality that the
unborn child is not just a mass of cells and tissue, this hypothesis was
used to explain the anti- life message that th .....
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Narcissism: Psychological Theories And Therapeutic Interventions In The Narcissistic Disorders
Number of words: 4322 - Number of pages: 16.... the narcissist seeks to be admired by others. However,
the narcissist"s extremely fragile sense of self worth does not allow him or
her to risk any criticism. Therefore, meaningful emotional interactions with
others are avoided. By simultaneously seeking the admiration of others and
keeping them at a distance the narcissist is usually able to maintain the
illusion of grandiosity no matter how people respond. Thus, when people praise
the narcissist his or her grandiosity will increase, but when criticized the
grandiosity will usually remain unaffected because the narcissist will devalue .....
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The Trip: Journey To The Center Of Terence McKenna's Inner Self.
Number of words: 340 - Number of pages: 2.... machine
elves of hyperspace, McKenna has fashioned his mental Merzbau on the New Age
lecture circuit, where he has earned the benediction of the psychedelic High
Priest himself, who dubbed him “the Timothy Leary of the 90's”.
McKenna has written several books as well as having rave bands set his
ruminations to billowing techno-trance music.
The main focus of this article is on McKenna's theory, which is concocted from
psychedelic Darwinism, fringe linguistics, and New Age eschatology. This theory
is based on the notion that “Hallucinogenic plants may have been the catalysts
for e .....
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease)
Number of words: 445 - Number of pages: 2.... then
become useless and begin to deteriorate.
Symptoms of ALS include:
Tripping and falling
Loss of motor control in hands and arms
Difficulty speaking and swallowing or difficulty breathing
Persistent fatigue
Twitching and cramping, sometimes severely
As ALS progresses, all voluntary muscles become useless. The patient
cannot eat, breathe or communicate with others. Total life support may be the
only thing keeping them alive. ALS can lead to total paralysis.
Although there is no cure, medications such as siazepam can assist with
controlling spasms and muscle cramps and .....
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AIDS:Is There A Cure? Are There Preventions?
Number of words: 1091 - Number of pages: 4.... is by blood transfusions.
This is done almost the same way as by IV needle but it is always by the
blood.(Madaras,187) The most rare way the AIDS virus is spread is by a mother
passing it to fetus inside her.(Madaras,188)
AIDS is a very rapidly-spreading disease although it is only spread four
ways. Ten years ago only two cases of AIDS were known. Nine years ago only seven
cases were known. In 1983 over 3,000 cases were recorded, and by 1989, there
were more than 100,000 cases. (Samuel,26)
Many people think you can get AIDS by what scientists call "casual
contact." Casual contact .....
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How Has AIDS Affected Our Society?
Number of words: 1223 - Number of pages: 5.... of
Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and a group headed by American virologist Jay Levy
at the University of California at San Francisco isolated a retrovirus from
people with AIDS and from individuals having contact with people with AIDS. All
three groups of scientists had isolated what is now known as HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS. In 1995 HIV was estimated to infect almost 20 million people
worldwide, and several million of those people had developed AIDS. The disease
is obviously an important social issue.
AIDS has caused many to rethink their own social behavior. People are
for .....
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