NAVIGATE |
|
|
MEMBERS |
|
|
SUBJECTS |
|
|
|
Term Papers on Health and Medicine |
Antibiotics And Their Role In Society
Number of words: 939 - Number of pages: 4.... multiplying) or bactericidal (bacteria killed). To perform either of these functions, antibiotics must be brought into contact with the bacteria.
It is believed that antibiotics interfere with the surface of bacteria cells, causing a change in their ability to reproduce. Testing the action of an antibiotic in the laboratory shows how much exposure to the drug is necessary to halt reproduction or to kill the bacteria. Although a large amount of an antibiotic taken at one time might kill the bacteria causing an illness, such a dose usually would make the person suffer from illness caused by t .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Depression: The Heart Of Darkness Article By Francesca Delbanco
Number of words: 631 - Number of pages: 3.... tells you to do is to realize that
there are people whom are willing to help. The author advises you to talk
to some one who is “ gentle, respectful of your opinions; someone who
treats you with dignity...” The article also tell you to realize that if
you plan to suicide think of the people that you are going to hurt, your
family and friends, overall the people who cares about you.
The second step to recovery is to visit a professional which means
a person who is certified to deal with other peoples emotion such as a
psychiatrist or even a school counselor. In the second step medication .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Teenage Smoking
Number of words: 876 - Number of pages: 4.... I don’t know of any other product, including guns, that has that death rate.” Each year more than 1 million American children under 18 become regular smokers, according to the Federal Office on Smoking and Health. That means they replace at least two thirds of the adult smoker who either quit or die.” Congress banned advertising on television and radio in 1971. Cigarette manufacturers barely skipped a beat, putting their money into promotions such as free samples and giveaways at the point of purchase. A telephone survey of teenagers conducted by the George H. Gallup Internation .....
Get This Paper
|
|
The HIV Epidemic
Number of words: 1090 - Number of pages: 4.... Lawson, decided by an appellate court in California. The day after 12-year-old Jennifer received a transfusion, her doctor discovered that the blood was contaminated with HIV. Jennifer, however, was never informed. Three years later, Jennifer began dating Daniel Reesner, and she still was unaware of her infection. Later she was diagnosed with AIDS and died 1 month after the diagnosis. After learning of his girlfriend's death, Daniel tested positive for HIV. Did the physician have an obligation to inform Jennifer? If he failed to tell Jennifer, could he be held liable to her boyfriend ye .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Abortion In America And Elsewhere
Number of words: 1047 - Number of pages: 4.... at the huge majority of South Africans, abortion is a morality issue, but is addressed from a political overview. Despite the overwhelming 80% majority of South Africans who do not support the practice of committing an abortion it has recently become legalized and protected by the law. The action of legalizing abortion in South Africa provides insight into the values and objectives of the South African government. The ANC (African National Council) is surely attempting to demonstrate its political influence on the people of South Africa, forcing them to submit regardless of their personal be .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Alcohol
Number of words: 1925 - Number of pages: 7.... users may become intoxicated at a much lower Blood
Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level that I am about to show you. Along with
drinking their are different levels to it:
0.02-0.03 BAC: No loss of coorination,slight euphoria and loss of shyness.
Depressant effects are not apparent. 0.04-0.06 BAC: Feeling of well-being,
relaxation, lower inhibitions, sensation of warmth. Some minor impairment of
reasoning and memory, lowering of caution. 0.07-0.09 BAC: Slight impairment of
balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearing. Judgement and self-control
are reduced, and caution, reason and mem .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Alzheimer's Disease
Number of words: 736 - Number of pages: 3.... the cell bodies of nerve cells in the
cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other
diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's
Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired
helixes are related in these very different diseases.
Neuritic Plaques are patches of clumped material lying outside the
bodies of nerve cells in the brain. They are mainly found in the cerebral
cortex, but have also been seen in other areas of the brain. At the core of
each of these plaques is a substance called amyloid, an abnormal .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Pro-Life And Pro-Choice Regarding Abortion
Number of words: 571 - Number of pages: 3.... at viability, the moment when a fetus can survive outside the mothers womb. That is why they believe abortion is an okay decision to make.
Pro-life advocates believe that a babys life begins at conception. They state "That right to be born overrides the mothers right to make decisions about her body since her decisions to abort affect the life of another human being, the unborn baby."To them abortion is "murder." They say that "Its not a choice its a child." Pro-life advocates say "That there are other options other than abortions theres adortion, or family parenting." "To kill an i .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Necrotizing Fasciitis/Myosits (Flesh Eating Disease)
Number of words: 565 - Number of pages: 3.... is called Necrotizing Myositis.
Background
The first record of the disease was in France in 1783. The disease
occurred throughout the 1800's and 1900's, but was usually only found in
military hospitals in times of war. Some outbreaks have occurred also in
civilian populations. There seemed to be some decrease in the 1940's, and
then another outbreak in the 1980's.
Ontario is the only province in Canada where there is statistics on
serious group a streptococcal infections (including necrotizing fasciitis).
These cases are reported to health authorities. Surveillance for grou .....
Get This Paper
|
|
Preventing Health Problems Through Running
Number of words: 514 - Number of pages: 2.... run. Leonard said, After the Zuni tribe started running, "many
Zuni were able to reduce or eliminate their diabetes medication."(5)
My research also reveled that diverticular disease can be reduced
in men that run. For instance, Marty Munson and Teresa Yeykal writes in
the article "Outrun trouble" which says, "guys who racked up the most ours
doing vigorous exercise reduced their risks of diverticular decease by a
third."(38) They also say "it's good advice to make your lifestyle to
consume high fiber."(38)
I found that running can also reduce the risk of heart disease.
Th .....
Get This Paper
|
|