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Alcoholism
914 Words - 4 Pages.... inheritance of in family lines. The defective gene is located on chromosome 11 and is called Dopamine. Dopamine is a receptor located in the pleasure center of the brain; people with fewer dopamine receptors are very likely to develop . This defect has been noted in many people with a family history of . Some other scientists have been skeptical of these findings, but we now have solid proof that a person is not always an alcoholic by choice. Predestined has been haunting society for years but it is only recently being dealt with.
It is my belief however, that is indeed heredity. The evidence that is provided is simply too substantial to ignore. Family history of ....
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Ban Smoking
669 Words - 3 Pages.... to sixty-four years old result from smoking. On the average,
every cigarette takes five and a half minutes of life away from a smoker.
(Bartecchi, 46) Although restrictions have been placed on the use of
cigarettes in public areas such as restaurants and airplanes, the US has
yet to place a ban on smoking. The government frequently inspects items
sold to the American public. Commercial products that may be dangerous such
as food, cars, and toys have been recalled in order for alterations. In the
August 1995 issue of consumer reports, twenty-four products were recalled
because of possible dangers to the consumer. These products included a car
that may lose a wheel while i ....
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The Best Way To Support Health Care
350 Words - 2 Pages.... themselves as long as they have the money to get treatment. For example, the person who smokes would increasehis or her chances of becaming chronically ill with cancer of enphasima and they would still feel entitled to health care because they paid the taxes when they bought the product.
Second, an increase in taxes wouldn’t solve the problem because people would still buy these products and get a serious elnes like cancer. For example an increase in tases won’t stop people from buying and abusing alcohol. As a consecuense of buying alcohol, inocent people could get killed by irresponsible drunk drivers.
Finally, It would be unfair to raise taxes on just one suspected ....
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The Respiratory System
763 Words - 3 Pages.... As this exchange takes place, the blood becomes bright red. It then enters the pulmonary venous system. In this system, small vessels join to form larger vessels the largest vessel, the pulmonary vein carries blood to the left side of the heart back into the body tissues.
The Larynx is a hollow chamber in which the voice is produced, at the upper part of the windpipe; it is also called the voice box. It leads from the lower portion of the pharynx to the trachea and is next to esophagus, behind the skin and connective tissue of the throat. The larynx is supported by ligaments from the hyoid bone, at the base of the tongue. Going into the trachea
The trachea, is a section of ....
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AIDS
1737 Words - 7 Pages.... in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days before had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual men or women. In addition, it turned out that rectal sex was a particularly effective way to transmit the disease, and rectal sex is a common practice among gay males. For these reasons, the disease spread in the gay male population of this country immensely more quickly than in other populati ....
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Definition Of Job Burn Out
2245 Words - 9 Pages.... provides an emotional buffer between the individual and the imposing work demands. Finally, individuals recognize the discrepancy between their current attitude and their original optimistic expectations about their potential contributions…" (Cordes & Dougherty, p.624).
Job burn out is best known for occurring among professionals, such as lawyers, nurses and doctors, who often spend large amounts of time in close, and sometimes highly emotional, contact with their clients (Schaufeli & Buunk, 1996). In some workplace situations people do not have all the resources they need, such as time, to do the job as well as they would like. If the employee has a high level of ....
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Chicken Pox
346 Words - 2 Pages.... fill with a clear fluid and burst, sometimes causing scars, or bacterial infection. The spots continue to break out from one to five days, so they may appear on the body in different stages.
The fever and malaise common in children with the disease is more serious in adults. Varicella can also cause 'Shingles' in adults. When people with suppressed immune systems are infected, the disease can become quite serious. If a pregnant woman contracts the disease during the first or second trimester there may be a congenital birth defect. If the disease is contracted within five days of birth the child risks being infected seriously with the disease and should be vaccinated ....
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Teenage Suicide
935 Words - 4 Pages.... is familiar
with it. and some have even grown accustom to hearing about teenage
suicide so much that they pay no attention to what may be really going on.
Suicide is defined as the voluntary and intentional taking of one’s
own life. When somone tries to commit suicide while they are attempting
to kill thierselves they realize that they actually dont want to die. They
really do want to live. On the average, a teenager takes his or her own
life every one and a half hours, making about one hundred and thirty
deaths a week, making suicide the second leading cause of death among
teenagers.
Three major aspects of teenage suicide are (1) what causes teens to
make thi ....
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