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The Ebola Virus
Number of words: 1588 - Number of pages: 6.... the geographical location in which it was
discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what
kill victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's
Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol
infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, malaise, and respiratory
or GI symptoms, followed by capillary hemorrhages, and, in severe infection,
oliguria, kidney failure, hypotension, and, possibly, death. The incubation
period for Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever ranges from 2-21 days (JAMA 273: 1748). The
blood fail .....
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The Risks Of Smoking
Number of words: 333 - Number of pages: 2.... on effort sponsorships. But the smoking industry disagrees saying sponsorship raises millions of dollars and many sports rely on that money to stage events.
There are many companies against smoking these companies aim to educate people about the dangers of smoking and also force governments to restrict the tobacco industry in areas such as advertising. The United States government has recently become more involved in trying to stop smoking. The FDA has threatened to ban cigarettes if the agency is not allowed to control tobacco.
Many people ask if smokers should have a right to smo .....
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Teenage Abortion
Number of words: 551 - Number of pages: 3.... Court Judge. In implementing this act New Jersey has become the 40’Th State in the county to enforce laws requiring minors to either notify their parents or receive consent from them before having an abortion. The United States Supreme Court first declared these types of laws constitutional in 1979.
Legally, The Parental Notification Act, is constitution and is reasonable, however there are many arguments as to the downside of this new law. If minors are allowed to make any other major medical decisions during their pregnancies and can even decide to give up there babies for adoptio .....
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Reasons To Be Fit
Number of words: 546 - Number of pages: 2.... and fit are less prone to
disease such as coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, frailty, diabetes and
conditions like obesity than the people are not. Fit people also tend to
live a longer life. Doing aerobic and weight exercises such as running,
walking, swimming, weight lifting etc. and a healthy diet is important in
preventing or treating the above diseases or conditions.
When you are fit, you feel energized and want to be active. Unfit
people are always sitting around saying they are tire and don¡¦t want to do
things. The truth is, unfit people are always tire. Their heart and .....
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The Heart
Number of words: 1535 - Number of pages: 6.... many different parts of the heart: The Three
Layers of Muscle, Atriums, Ventricles, Systole and Diastole, Treatments for the
Heart, Valves, and many Diseases.
The Three Layers of Muscle
The heart has three layers of a muscular wall. A thin layer of tissue,
the pericardium covers the outside, and another layer, the endocardium, lines
the inside. The myocardium is the middle layer and is the biggest of all.
Myocardial Infarction is a disease later read about in this report. The
pericardium is a fibrous sac which is very smooth lining. In the space space
between the pericardium and .....
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RU-486 The New Abortion Pill: How Safe Is It?
Number of words: 564 - Number of pages: 3.... testing has only been under way in France and England. The massive field trail has involved dating more than 100,000 women.
The creator of RU-486 is Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu. He made this for the French pharmaceutical company named Rossel-Uclaf. RU-486 is the first of a generation of birth control drugs called “antiprogestins” considered to be a breakthrough in birth control drugs.
RU-486 works by binding to progestorone receptors in the women’s uterus and blocking the action of progestorone. Without progestorone the lining of a woman’s uterus breaks down and sheds, so that bl .....
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Patient Assisted Suicide: Whose Example Should Be Followed?
Number of words: 1273 - Number of pages: 5.... as possible" is shared by both Kevorkian and
Quill (Quill 434). There are many cases in which people become sick and
life becomes an endless episode phasing between unconsciousness and severe
pain. There are also cases in which an individual becomes diagnosed with a
disease with no definite cure and faces a road of painful treatment and
emotional heartache . One example of this was Diane's case. Diane was one
of Dr. Quills patients who was diagnosed with "acute myelomonocytic
leukemia", a disease with a 25% survival rate with treatment and certain
death in at most a few months without t .....
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The Worlds Fight Against Microbes
Number of words: 2210 - Number of pages: 9.... by an electron microscope they have the appearance of long filaments or
threads. Filoviruses can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans and animals, and
because of this they are extremely hazardous. Laboratory studies of these
viruses must be carried out in special maximum containment facilities, such as
the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia and the United States
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), at Fort
Detrick in Frederick, Maryland (CDC I,II).
The Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans is a severe, systemic illness
caused by infection with Ebola .....
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Smoking On Campus
Number of words: 545 - Number of pages: 2.... several nonsmoking students and asked their opinion on the subject; Maria Malaka, a first year student at SPJC stated, “I hate when people smoke near me, it makes me sick!”. Just about every nonsmoker I asked had close to the same opinion. Of the 24 students I interviewed 5 were smokers. Why should so many of us have to suffer for a small percent of students to reap the benefits? The administrators know the effects of smoking, I guess they’re just not concerned about the well being of their students.
Second hand smoke should not be a problem on our campus. SPJC administrators should .....
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Tourette Syndrome
Number of words: 874 - Number of pages: 4.... dominant
trait. Some cases however are sporadic, and there may not be a link to family
history involved. These cases are mild however, and not full blown. The onset
of Tourette Syndrome must be before the age of fifteen, and usually occurs after
the age of two. The mean age onset of motor tics is seven. The mean age onset
for vocal tics is nine. In order for a person to be classified as having
Tourette Syndrome they must have both multiple motor tics and vocal tics. These
tics however do not have to occur everyday. In fact, affected individuals may
rarely exhibit all of the symptoms, .....
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