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Hemophilia
341 Words - 2 Pages.... child. Because of it's genetic makeup,
hemophilia is carried by females however those affected are almost always males.
In one-third of all cases hemophilia thought to be caused by spontaneous gene
mutation with no family history. This is how females are able to be affected
by hemophilia. Inheritance is controlled by a recessive sex-linked factor
carried by the mother on the X chromosome. There is a fifty percent chance that
the sons of a female carrier will have hemophilia. There also is a fifty
percent chance that the daughters of a female carrier will be carriers of
hemophilia. In addition, all daughters of men with hemophilia are carriers, but
his sons are unaffecte ....
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Lyme Disease In Horses
856 Words - 4 Pages.... disease is common may be bitten by a Ixodes spp tick, also known as a deer tick, that is infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi. This may cause the horse to contract Lyme disease. Clinical signs of Lyme Disease are apparent in less than 10% of horses that are infected.
First discovered in Connecticut in 1975, Lyme Disease has been reported in 45 states, however the disease is mainly clustered in the mid-Atlantic, northeast, North Central and pacific coastal regions of the United States. Ninety-four percent of the human cases are reported from California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
For a tick to pass Lyme Diseas ....
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Doctor Assisted Suicide
403 Words - 2 Pages.... on earth to fulfill a divine plan. Not surprisingly, therefore, conservatives become furious at the very idea of suicide. According to them, one who decides to "play God" by causing his own death, or assisting in the death of another, insults his Maker and invites eternal damnation. The Supreme Court's conservative bloc would never explicitly adopt such reasoning, because the First Amendment forbids the establishment of religion.
The Declaration of Independence proclaimed, for the first time in the history of nations, that each person exists as an end in himself. This basic truth which finds political expression in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ....
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Pros And Cons Of Abortion
3069 Words - 12 Pages.... being the right to life. The World Medical Association meeting in Geneve at the same time, stated that the utmost respect for human life was to be from the moment of conception. This declaration was re-affirmed when the World Medical Association met in Oslo in 1970 (Sproul)
Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? First before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mothers womb. This can be done by almost ....
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The Circulatory System
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transported to the right auricle through two large veins. The superior vena cava
and the inferior vena cava. When the right auricle contracts, it forces the
blood through an opening into the right ventricle. Contraction of this ventricle
drives the blood to the lungs. Blood is prevented from returning into the
auricle by the tricuspid valve, which completely closes during contraction of
the ventricle. In its passage through the lungs, the blood is oxygenated, that
is, then it is brought back to the heart by the four pulmonary veins, which
enter the left auricle. When this chamber contracts, blood is forced into the
left ventricle and then by ventricular contraction into t ....
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What Are Visual Defects And How Common Are They ?
344 Words - 2 Pages.... further
when it is dark and closing up more to block out some light when it is bright.
Everything that passes through the pupil, which looks like a black dot, is what
you see.
Next the light passes through the lens. The lens focuses the light rays
onto the retina forming an image in reverse and upside-down. Finally light-
sensitive cells in the retina transmit the image via the optic nerve to the
brain by electrical signals. Then the brain flips the image so it looks right-
side-up to you. You can find a diagram of the above on page 3.
The most common visual defects are nearsightedness and farsightedness.
In nearsightedness, also known as myopia, the eye is longer than ....
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Drugs And Pregnancy: Drugs Affect On The Baby
1293 Words - 5 Pages.... using illicit drugs while they were pregnant.
Additionally, 18.8% reported using alcohol, and 20.4%reported using tobacco.
(3)
Parents who abuse alcohol and illicit drugs face risks of losing
custody of their children. Pregnant women who continue to use drugs
against medical advice face increased risks of losing their babies once
they are born. In some States, they also risk criminal prosecution. (3)
Children born to women 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. In ....
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Psychological Stress
1785 Words - 7 Pages.... these elements that will trigger stress. Frustration is one of the most prevalent sources of stress in my life at this moment. A lot of different events will cause frustration. Frustration occurs from something blocking our attainment of certain goals or needs (Corey 207). All of the little things that frustrate us include waiting in lines or traffic, sense of failure or inadequacies, bad relationships, deaths, and loneliness. Self-defeating thoughts are a way in which we almost deliberately block attainment of our needs. If in our heads, we have this preconceived notion that we are incapable of obtaining something that we want or that others could not possibly love u ....
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