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Euthanasia
Number of words: 577 - Number of pages: 3.... for oxygen and suffocates. This is not merciful by any means, ().”
There is also another point that has to be looked at which is future medical advances. It would reduce pressure on scientists to come up with cures and symptomatic treatments for those of us who do want to live, no matter the circumstances. It would have to be thought of through a different point of view, think about the past. If had been legalized 40 years ago, there is a good chance that hospice care would not exist. I think that the improvement in terminal cared is directly effects how good treatments to minimize .....
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Ebola Virus In Depth Report
Number of words: 701 - Number of pages: 3.... acting as carers. Two thirds of the deaths have been among health workers. Until the outbreak provoked a response, Kikwit General Hospital was short of barrier nursing supplies and disinfectants.
The current outbreak resembles earlier African out breaks, in which the first cases were found in hospitals where infection control mechanisms were not in place because of economic controls. Ebola virus was spread to health workers in contact with body fluids, and also from patient to patient by the reuse of unsterilized needles. Secondary transmission occurred also among family members who appli .....
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Body Systems
Number of words: 311 - Number of pages: 2.... Its constructed of the brain, the spinal
cord and the nerves (neurons). Its functions are to communicate (fast with short
duration), integration, and to control. The subsequent system is the Endocrine
System (known as ductless too...). This is composed of a lot of things... They
are:pituitary gland - below the brain (master gland), pineal gland - brain (It`s
called the "third eye" by some, because its sensitive to light cycles),
hypothalamus - also in the brain (it works with the pituitary), the thyrodic -
neck (controls the metabolism), adrenal - kidneys (responsible for the
adrenaline), .....
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Vitamins
Number of words: 704 - Number of pages: 3.... different vitamins have different
chemical properties. This discovery caused vitamine to be turned into vitamin.
In 1912 Hopkins and Funk made a hypothesis. The hypothesis stated the
absence of some vitamins could cause diseases such as beriberi and scurvy.
Later a letter was assigned to each vitamin. The letters which were assigned to
vitamins in the early years of vitamin research categorize them according to
their functions. As research progressed, the vitamins were given scientific
names.
Foods that contain vitamins are very essential for good health and
growth. M .....
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus And Mutations
Number of words: 2069 - Number of pages: 8.... HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is classified as a RNA
Retrovirus. A retrovirus uses RNA templates to produce DNA. For example,
within the core of HIV is a double molecule of ribonucleic acid, RNA.
When the virus invades a cell, this genetic material is replicated in the
form of DNA . But, in order to do so, HIV must first be able to produce a
particular enzyme that can construct a DNA molecule using an RNA template.
This enzyme, called RNA-directed DNA polymerase, is also referred to as
reverse transcriptase because it reverses the normal cellular process of
transcript .....
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Assumptions And Principles Underlying Standards For Care Of The Terminally Ill
Number of words: 1137 - Number of pages: 5.... of an
incurable illness. There must be openness, interchange, and overlap between the
two systems so that the patient receives continuous appropriate care. The
patient should not be subjected to aggressive treatment that offers no hope of
being effective in curing or controlling the disease and may only cause further
distress. Obviously, the clinician must be on the alert for any shifts that may
occur in the course of a terminal illness, which make the patient again a
candidate for active treatment.
Patients suffer not only from inappropriate active care, but also from inept
terminal care .....
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The Ebola Virus: One Deadly Disease
Number of words: 859 - Number of pages: 4.... in the United States in 1989. A shipment of African Green and Rhesus monkeys arrived in Virginia from the Philippines. The one hundred and forty-nine workers that had worked with the monkeys were not effected by the virus at all, although two have developed antibodies from the Ebola Reston. Many other countries have been affected with this deadly disease and are spreading rapidly.
Like many things, the Ebola Virus is a member of a family. It comes from RNA viruses know as filoviruses. Marburg virus and four Ebola viruses: Ebola Zaire, Sudan, Reston and Tai are the five different viru .....
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What's Love Got To Do With It; Everything!
Number of words: 1436 - Number of pages: 6.... us, people who are in love. Ask to yourself, Why are they in love? Then,
ask yourself, How are they in love? It may be surprising, but the answers to
these questions can be surpassingly different. Only when they are the same will
the love be true.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, is set in a house somewhere
in Albuquerque NM, some time in the afternoon or early evening, and going into
night. As previously stated, the story was written in 1981, and it appears to
set in the same time. Two couples are sitting around the kitchen table, drinking
gin, and talking, talkin .....
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Sleeping Disorders
Number of words: 1331 - Number of pages: 5.... in America have a case of insomnia at least once
in their life. Most cases only last one or two nights, but insomnia can
continue for weeks or possibly even months.
There have only been three standard types of insomnia that have been
identified by doctors. They are as follows:
- Transient insomnia is considered a few sleepless nights that is usually
brought on by stress, excitement, or environmental changes. A person could have
trouble sleeping the evening before a big meeting or shortly after a breakup or
a fight with his girlfriend. - Short-term insomnia is usually two or three .....
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DNA: An Invasion Of Privacy?
Number of words: 464 - Number of pages: 2.... that relevant material evidence will be found and (3) the method used to secure it is safe and reliable. (347)” These laws were put into place also to protect U.S. citizens. At the same time they exist so the court systems time is not wasted on a case that has no evidence to go on.
There are all types of reasons DNA tests should be done. Whether they are ethical or not is hard to say. Should someone who is suspected of a rape have to give a sample? Should a person who is suspected of a murder have to give a sample? These are the questions people have asked before. “Liter .....
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