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Medicine and Nutrition Term Papers and Reports
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
581 Words - 3 Pages

.... "the diagnoses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder requires: (a) experience of a significant traumatic events; (b) re-experiencing of the trauma in one of several different thought, emotional, or behavioral forms; (d) persistent symptoms of increased arousal, Particularly when exposedto stimuli concretely or symbolically reminiscent of the trauma; (e) symptoms lasting at least one month. (Famolaro, Maternal and Child Post traumatic... 28)". Children are now becoming realized as significant sufferers of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is particularly bad for children under the age of 11, because they lack many of the skills needed to protect th ....


James Rachels' Death And Dying
1725 Words - 7 Pages

.... person through a lot of pain but he'll still be alive (who knows, maybe a miracle cure will be found.) If you killed him on the spot with a lethal injection, it would be a more peaceful death but you would be shortening that person's life. Putting a person to death in a peaceful manner is called euthanasia. Euthanasia is an ancient word that means "easy death." There is also the issue of morality. Would killing someone by their own will or suicide be a moral act? What about a patient that is suffering from cancer? Is it moral to let that person suffer? These are some of the many questions people have been trying to answer for year without success. Euthanasia is a ver ....


Work Stress
3014 Words - 11 Pages

.... section will briefly explain why management should be concerned with rising employee stress and will describe some actions management can take to alleviate work stress. 2.0 Harmful Effects of Stress Most research studies indicate a high correlation between stress and illness. According to authorities in the United States and Great Britain, as much as 70% of patients that are treated by general practitioners are suffering from symptoms originating from stress . Everyone experiences stress, however, each person responds to stress very differently. Their response is dependent on how each person reacts to stress emotionally, mentally, and physically. There are, however, co ....


The Black Plague
1113 Words - 5 Pages

.... of citizens in Europe. The Plague struck first along the northern edge of the Black Sea in 1348, where it killed and estimated eighty eight thousand people in less than three months. The Plague reached southern England in the late summer of 1348 and swept northward through the following year. completed it's journey and died out by the end of 1351. Although the people of Medieval Europe did not know the direct cause of the Plague, they believed without doubt that God was responsible, judging human behavior and ready to punish the wicked. They concluded that this Black Plague was punishment from an angry God (Corzine 27-31). had several different names. Bubonic Plague ....


Euthanasia
419 Words - 2 Pages

.... A study was done by the American Encephalograhic Soceity has concluded that when an EEG reading is what is known as "flat line" the person, is officially dead. What this actually means is that although there may not be any brain activity, other vital organs can work by means of certain equipment. Now heart- lung machines can augment the duration of life. Well some say that life is precious, HOW IS LIFE PRECIOUS, WHEN IT CAN NOT BE LIVED TO THE FULLEST ?. I believe that Euthanasia should be legalized because of that option of dying. People say that their should be a option to live, but I think that there should also be a option to die. Many also think that they sh ....


Von Willebrand’s Disease
2937 Words - 11 Pages

.... hemostatic process is at the specific location of the site of the injury is impaired. (See figure.1) is probably the most common hereditary bleeding disorder and may occur in up to one percent of the population (sixty-two million people worldwide). Patients with von Willebrand disease have either have stopped the production of von Willebrand factor or they produce a molecule that does not function normally, which cause their platelets do not adhere properly when blood vessels are injured, therefor it takes longer for a blood clot to form. In some patients, the factor VIII (the anti-hemophilic factor that helps blood clot) is also reduced, and blood clotting is severally imp ....


Acquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome
684 Words - 3 Pages

.... Overview AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Defficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus. The disease originated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago. There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by primarily female prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of STAGGERING proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among heterosexual folks. AIDS was first seen as ....


The Human Genome Project
451 Words - 2 Pages

.... approached. Ultimately, it is true that powerful tools are subject to great abuse. Knowledge of genetics is a powerful tool, and could be abused by a government, which is a central reason this proposal is limited to voluntary individual choice. Many tools are powerful in our modern society. Genetics, particularly of a large population, cannot be quickly changed. Tyrants, like Hitler, Stalin, or Mao, may be interested in genetics and attempt to manipulate the gene pool, but do not have generations to wait . They usually do terrible and evil things long before the effects of a multigenerational genetic improvement program, however misguided, could be carried out. Many religi ....



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