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Medicine and Nutrition Term Papers and Reports |
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AIDS
214 Words - 1 Pages.... of is the HIV virus, and is most commonly spread by venereal routes
or exposure to contaminated blood or blood products. This disease weakens the
body's immune system, allowing other diseases to occur. The most common
treatments available for this virus are the drugs called AZT, DDI, and DDC which
interfere with HIV'S ability to reproduce itself. These are the only known ways
to slow down the production of the virus.
This virus is spread through the exchange of body fluids {semen, blood,
and blood products} this virus can stay in the body for as long as a decade with
no symptoms. People who have AIDS have to go through a lot of complications and
anxiety.The most co ....
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Euthanasia
577 Words - 3 Pages.... is worth fighting for. I am glad that assent-suicide is a crime in most places, including here. The word comes for a Greek word meaning literally “good death.” “Disconnecting respiratory devices is not a acceptable method of . It causes the patient to starve for oxygen and gasp for it, but when he/she cannot breathe, the body is starved 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 b ....
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Pro Choice: Letter To The Editor
294 Words - 2 Pages.... along with
several others helps to form the fabric of morality and ideas that we live by
everyday. When this right is denied to someone by the government, undoubtedly
something very wrong.
It is such the case with making abortions illegal. By outlawing abortions,
you are outlawing a woman's choice for how she will live her life. The
government has in a sense become a "big brother" and has decided what is good
for her and what is not. When government goes beyond foreign affair and the
protection of it's citizens, into the controlling of lives and decisions that we
make, it is no longer a government. It becomes something that goes against every
single principle and ....
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Assisted Suicide
1052 Words - 4 Pages.... recover and go on to lead productive, happy lives, and it would be unconscionable to encourage or support them in a transitory wish to die. There are also many unemployed and unemployable, many disabled of all ages, and many senior citizens whose families might, for selfish or downright malicious reasons, encourage them to seek . All kinds of people in difficult situations could be at risk of being intimidated or forced into feeling their early death would be a convenience to society. Section 241 is doubly flawed. It is not an especially effective drawback against those who seek to prey on the vulnerable, but at the same time it forces persons enduring intolerable suff ....
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The Effects Of Lead Poison On Children
2310 Words - 9 Pages.... to become a
problem. After a period of about ten days, depending on the weather, it falls
to the surface. Here lead builds up in the soil particles. Where it may make
its way into underground water or drinking water due to the fact the grounds
acidic or if it's soft enough. Either way it stays a long time on the soil or
in water. Months or years down the road after the lead has built up it starts
to become a problem for children that play outside of their homes (Xintaras,
1993). These lead containing soil particles get on the child's hands or
clothing and end up in the child's mouth. After the build up of so much lead it
leads to a problem commonly known as lead ....
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Epilepsy
387 Words - 2 Pages.... an impending seizure hours before it occurs, changes such as a headache, change in mood , sluggishness or involuntary jerking are some of the common symptoms that tend to precede a seizure. These symptoms are different from the aura or feeling that precedes a generalized seizure and comes seconds or minutes before the actual seizure. In most people, however, seizure are unpredictable and unrelated to the person’s current situation some external determinants may trigger seizures though. Lack of sleep, emotional stress, missed meals, alcohol ingestion/withdrawal, even fever or some infections may produce seizures.
There are many possible cause of but in more ....
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
865 Words - 4 Pages.... factor to COPD, is smoking. Statistics show that
90 percent of COPD is due to smoking.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is a disease, that obstructs the
lungs. Your lungs work by taking a breath of air, which travels down your
windpipe or trachea, into the bronchial tubes. The bronchial tubes or
passages, look like trees, and branch out into smaller and smaller airways
the further they go further into the lungs. All along the breathing
passages, tiny protective hairs called cilia help keep the dust and other
pollutants from entering your lungs. These airways end in tiny air sacs
known as alveoli. The alveoli transfer oxygen from the air you inhale
directly into the ....
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Tuberculosis
742 Words - 3 Pages.... years in these walls and eventually break out. At this time TB is
active then it becomes TB disease. It can now affect the system's organs. A
person can have TB disease shortly after being infected with TB germs if the
person's immune system is weak.
TB can attack any part of the system. The lungs are the most common area of
attack. People with the TB disease have one or more of the following symptoms:
a cough that hangs on, fevers, weight loss, night sweats, constant fatigue, and
loss of appetite. A person with the TB disease in the late stages will cough up
blood streaked sputum. People who have Active TB disease usually only have mild
symptoms. There are three ....
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