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Mobile Phone Risks
1521 Words - 6 Pages.... telephone and the nearest base station is achieved by the microwave emissions from the antenna.
Concerns have been raised about the type of mobile telephone that has the antenna in the handset. In this case, the antenna is very close to the user's head during normal use of the telephone and there is concern about the level of microwave emissions to which the brain is being exposed. Those telephones that have the antenna mounted elsewhere are of no concern, since exposure levels decrease rapidly with increasing distance from the antenna. Cordless telephones, which need to be operated within about 20 metres of a base unit that is connected directly to the telephone system, d ....
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Quit Smoking!
926 Words - 4 Pages.... (Payne 2). Smoking has been proven to cause many life threatening problems, therefore cigarette use should not be tolerated.
“The number one killer of smokers is heart disease” (Bailey 135). Not only that but also, “Cigarette smoking accounts for 30% of all heart disease deaths” (Kim and Saltzberg 1). Carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke causes the amount of cholesterol clogging the arteries to rise dramatically. Smoking also makes the walls of the arteries harden which increases the chance for the artery to rupture. Another drug in cigarettes, nicotine, causes your blood pressure to rise, your heart rate to rise, and your heart increasingly requires more ox ....
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Plants, Spirits, And Healing
546 Words - 2 Pages.... witch doctors locally in South Africa alone. Shamans are
usually the ones who hold power in their communities because they have the
power to communicate with the spirits. The shaman learn from a spiritual
teacher and are asked to protect people from harm, to cure the ones with
poor health, and to help with affairs of the heart.
Amulets are believed to have traditional magical powers, and are
used to protect the wearer from evil and illness. Some can be made of
various items including teeth or bone. Masks are used in ceremonies. The
medicine man usually wears the mask to inspire fear and belief. Australian
Aboriginal groups have initiation rites, that can i ....
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Multiple Sclerosis
988 Words - 4 Pages.... or just blocked off. Thus, a person afflicted with
Multiple Sclerosis can suffer any number of symptoms.
Researchers are not sure yet as to the cause of Multiple Sclerosis. There
is a kind of deadlock among scientists and doctors whether it's hereditary,
viral, or a combination of the two, with the disease being hereditary, but with
a viral trigger, or just a simple chemical imbalance in the immune system. One
thing is certain, though. Some sort of defect in the immune system causes white
blood cells to attack and destroy the myelin sheath.
There are five main types of Multiple Sclerosis. The first type is Benign
Multiple Sclerosis. It is the least severe, ....
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Facts On AIDS
502 Words - 2 Pages.... breast feeding, an infected mother can
pall the virus to her child
How you cannot become infected:
1. sitting next to someone 2. touching or shaking hands 3. eating in a
restaurant 4. sharing food, plates, cups or utensils 5. using bathrooms, water
coolers, or telephones 6. swimming in a pool or using a hot tub 7. donating
blood 8. being bitten by mosquitoes or any other insects
Symptoms:
Symptoms may not show for 10 years after you become infected by the HIV virus.
A month or two after exposure to the virus there may be flu-like symptoms that
may last a week to a month and is often mistaken for those of another viral
infections. More persistent or severe symptoms that m ....
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Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
2536 Words - 10 Pages.... to women. The violence which occurs today because the of pro-choice/pro-life conflicts is minimal in comparison to the thousands of hopeless women who turned to the illegal abortions --either self-inflicted or preformed by the backroom "professionals"-- which resulted in infection, massive blood loss, and death. It is better now that they have a place to go where abortions can be performed cleanly and with minimal risk.
Legalization of abortion is the only choice no matter what side one takes in the debate. Women will try to do what they think is necessary to live as they wish, no matter what the risk. In order to live as she chooses a woman may give up her freedom, her m ....
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Rabies
694 Words - 3 Pages.... cases in cats have outnumbered all other domestic animals every year
since 1988. There was fifty-three percents increase in cat rabies between 1991-
1992. Most of the cases with cats have been unvaccinated strays.
Even if your pets do not go outside, they should still be vaccinated.
You cannot tell if you pet will accidentally get out or an infected animal will
get in. Avoid close contact with any wild animal. Never feed, handle, pet, or
take any wild animals in. Rabid animals will usually act in an abnormal way,
have a foamy saliva around the mouth, and show a loss of hair or fur. If the
animal is nocturnal, it may be out during the day. Rabid animals are usually
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Memory
1594 Words - 6 Pages.... have effect on the influences in the present. For example, touching a hot stove would cause a burn and therefore would convey a message to not repeat again. All of this is effected by the development of short-term (STM) and long-term (LTM).
Memories can be positive, like memories of girlfriends and special events, or they can be negative, such as suppressed memories. Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is known to cause severe psychological and emotional damage. Adults who were sexually abused in childhood are at a higher risk for developing a variety of psychiatric disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and mood disorders. To understand the essentia ....
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