Papers on Health and Medicine
The Physical And Psychological Effects Of Marijuana
Words: 1457 - Pages: 6.... section will address each of these reported negative side-effects.
Various studies have claimed that cannabis destroys brain cells. However,
several other studies found no structural or neurochemical atrophy in the
brain at all. Furthermore, it should be noted that Heath's work was
sharply criticized for avoiding safeguards of bias and reporting "changes"
that occur normally in the mammalian brain. Wu et al. found a correlation
between cannabis use and low sperm counts in human males. This is
misleading because a decrease in sperm count has not been shown to have a
negative effect on fertility and because the sperm count returns to normal .....
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Euthanasia And The Moral Right To Die
Words: 1161 - Pages: 5.... what would be done to him? The answer was obvious: the pound, and the chloroform. No human being with a spark of pity could let a living thing suffer so, to no good end"( Rachels 13). The experience of Stewart Alsop, a respected journalist, with his terminally ill friend Jack, forces us to ask why a dying dog is entitled to more humane treatment than a human in the same condition.
Finding a humane and sensible approach to treating the terminally ill has become a hotly debated topic in recent years. One approach to this problem is euthanasia, which by definition mean "a painless death, a mercy killing"(Webster's 190). In other words, euthan .....
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What Are Brain And Spinal Tumor
Words: 799 - Pages: 3.... alcohol consumption, and certain dietary habits are associated with some types of cancer, they have not been linked to brain and spinal tumors. The cause of most brain and spinal cord tumors remains a mystery. Scientists do not know exactly why cells in the nervous system or elsewhere in the body lose their normal identity such as (nerves, blood, or skin) grow uncontrollably. Possible causes under investigation include viruses, defective genes, and chemicals.
Metastatic tumors occur when the cancer cells break from tumors in other parts of the body, travel throw the blood stream, hook up to other tissues and make new tumors inside .....
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The Functions And Disorders Of The Liver
Words: 702 - Pages: 3.... energy is needed
the liver releases it into the bloodstream like when playing football.
The liver is not just an energy producer it is an important filter
for keeping out harmful substances of the body. The liver also regulates
the amount of red blood cells in circulation by breaking down and absorbing
the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some
poisons and breaking them down into less harmful materials. The liver then
allows the substance to pass out of the body.
The substance left after the blood cells have been broken down, any
unusable nutrients have been broken down, and chemicals that ar .....
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Lupus
Words: 1301 - Pages: 5.... appears on the face,
neck and scalp. One of the most common rashes appear on the nose and
cheeks, it's called a butterfly rash. Another type of Lupus is, Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is usually more severe
than Discoid Lupus. Systemic Lupus can affect almost every organ in the
body. Most of the time or some of the times Discoid lupus will progress
into systemic Lupus. For some people, it only the joints and skin. In
others, the joints, blood, kidneys, lungs or other organs or tissues can be
affected. Last of all, Drug-induced Lupus, which occurs after taking some
certain prescribed drugs. Many of t .....
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Nature / Nurture Or Both !
Words: 1344 - Pages: 5.... and behavior, the more obvious
it becomes that nature and nurture are similarly influences rather than
determinants, not only singly but also in combination. Here below, I will
endeavour to expose the leading theories dealing with the question of nature vs.
nurture. I will also try to present the third, new-emerging approach meant to
solve the mystery of “ What is it that makes us who we are?”
“Our genes made us. We animals exist for their preservation and are
nothing more than their throwaway survival machines.” This is what Richard
Darwin states in his book: The Selfish Gene. In his international best seller
book, he argues .....
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Nursing: Think In Practical Way
Words: 575 - Pages: 3.... degree. In today's society,
teachers usually have a master's degree. Second, their working hours varies
according to teaching load. They usually don't have a stable working hours.
Working hours really depends on their experiences, seniority, and performance.
Their job is a contract basis only. Teachers' contracts run between nine to
twelve months in a year. Third, according to EUREKA, average community college
instructor pay is $3,166 per month and ranges from $2,577 to $3,990 per month.
Full professors and those with many years of experience may earn from $3,833 to
$5,463 per month. The top pay may exceed $6,932 per month. Finally, .....
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Abortion
Words: 828 - Pages: 4.... that pro-life activist use, might seem a little ridiculous at
times many of the activist aren't able to have children or are just trying to
defend a baby that can't defend it self. The pro's of pro-life are that the
baby gets a chance to live and experience life outside of the womb and maybe
someone who is unable to have children will get the chance to be a mother or
father if they adopt this child who would have been aborted. The opposing side
takes a different side to the argument.
The pro side of legalizing abortion is known as pro-choice which is the
side of the argument that believes that if a woman is pregnant she sh .....
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Cancer
Words: 1507 - Pages: 6.... are generally classified into two groups: malignant and benign.
Malignant tumors, or abnormal tissue, grow more rapidly than benign tissue and
they invade normal tissue. Benign tissue is structured similar to normal tissue
while malignant tissue is abnormal and has an unstructured appearance. Of
greater importance, benign tissue does not metastasize, or begin to grow in
other sites, like malignant tumors do. Cancer always refers to metastasized
tumors but the term tumor is not always necessarily cancer. A tumor is any
living tissue that is distinguishable as abnormal living tissue. After a
cancer forms, it can also change from a benign to .....
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AIDS: Risk Factors / Modes Of Transmission / W. Africa
Words: 1674 - Pages: 7.... continent as a whole (Bethel, 138). Also, “we can assert that AIDS cases do not occur on the African continent in a uniform fashion but rather form an “AIDS Belt” in central, southern, and eastern Africa” (Bethel, 138).
First, by mentioning the fact that the Third World contains three fourths of the Earth’s population, and combining that fact with that of those worlds having an overall lesser knowledge upon transmission, prevention, and AIDS in general, it is not surprising that these countries populations are greatly impacted by mortality. “Africa, with about 12% of the world’s population, is now reporting about 25% of .....
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