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The Effects Of Teenage Alcoholism
Words: 1072 - Pages: 4.... dreams process what they have learned. The slowing down of eye movement can also cause lack of sleep. Since the brain won’t be able to review what happened in one day they will not be able to remember what they have learned.[ Coping with]
Alcohol also has other effects on the body. It can cause a person to loss their balance and make it very hard for them to stand up and walk. Alcoholism also effects a person’s reaction time and hand-eye coordination, which can often lead to serious accidents. High concentrations of alcohol can cause your breathing to slow and eventually stop. Alcohol slows a person synaptic transmission which slows .....
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A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
Words: 4505 - Pages: 17.... 17. Drapes
18. Fireplace
19. Household Chemicals
20. Asbestos Floor Tiles
21. Pressed Wood Cabinets
22. Unvented Gas Stove
23. Asbestos Pipe Wrap
24. Radon
25. Unvented Clothes Dryer
26. Pesticides
27. Stored Hobby Products
28. Lead-Based Paint
INDOOR AIR QUALITY CONCERNS
All of us face a variety of risks to our health as we go about our day to day lives. Driving in cars, flying in planes, engaging in recreational activities, and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose varying degrees of risk. Some risks are simply unavoidable. Some we choose to accept because to do otherwise would restrict our ability .....
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Depression: A Deadly Disease
Words: 1858 - Pages: 7.... Darkness Visible, providing us with an in-dept description of his own personal experiences when he suffered from depression
Over the course of the year, 17.6 million American adults suffer from a depressive illness. That is 10% of the population. (Pfizer, Dealing) Depression is a whole-body illness, including mind, mood, body, and thoughts. It effects everything from the way you sleep to the way you feel about yourself. It effects how you react and how you see things. Depressive illnesses often interfere with normal functioning and cause pain and suffering not only to those who have the disorder but also to the ones who care about th .....
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Cocaine
Words: 1215 - Pages: 5.... mass cultivation for processing into . These two species, cultivated primarily in Peru, Bolivia, and Columbia, supply the world’s . It also can be harvested four times a year.
Coca leaves have been used before recorded history by South American Indians, so the knowledge is derived totally from archaeological sources. Chewing coca leaves has been associated historically with the religious ceremonies of the Incas and reserved specifically for nobility. The coca plant was considered to be a gift from the gods and it was only used during religious rituals, burials, and other special purposes. By the time the Spaniards arrived in the 16th .....
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An Essay On Abortion. Both Sides Of The Issue Are Stated
Words: 1460 - Pages: 6.... are over three times more likely
to abort than those with incomes above twenty-five thousand. Unmarried
women are four to five times more likely to abort than married and the
abortion rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year olds. Recently the U.S. rate
dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of abortion among girls younger than
15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per
1,000 to 189 per 1,000.
The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum
aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or less
since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the
cervix and .....
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Braces: A Pain In The Ass
Words: 483 - Pages: 2.... other patients.
This means an audience as the nurse stretches and pulls patient's mouths in Jim
Carrey-like expressions. If one should forget to brush their teeth before their
visit, they will regrettably become immortal as the doctor announces the left-
over remains of Taco Bell in-between molars.Braces become a constant source of
embarrassment.
Braces are three years of physical torture beginning with the very first
office visit. The application of the brackets itself is long, tedious, and
uncomfortable. First, cold, polydent flavored clay is thrust into the crevices
of the mouth, forcing imprints. Jagged metal squares are glued .....
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Cancer
Words: 1301 - Pages: 5.... and treat s all forms of . In the United States, the National Institue has played a major role in research since it was established in 1937. The American Society also support research programs. The National Act of 1971 expanded government efforts in research. research and control programs have made definite progress. In 1900, was almost always fatal. I the 1930’s fewer than one of every five patients were saved. Today, doctors successfully treat one of every three people who get . Some experts believe that if all present knowledge were used promptly in every case of at least half of all patients could be saved. The American S .....
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Euthanasia: People Should Have The Right To Choose
Words: 874 - Pages: 4.... in unbearable pain and close to death or is in a
vegetable state and no longer able to function, their life is by all practical
means over. There is no reason to keep them alive. The only way to end their
physical life is by euthanasia. The question is whether to do this by way of
active euthanasia or passive euthanasia. Many are against active euthanasia
because in this case you actually kill the person rather than letting them die.
But both methods are used for the same end which is to end someone's life
without further pain for the patient as well as for the family. The only choice
to make after this fact is established is which of .....
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AIDS Esssay
Words: 501 - Pages: 2.... of drugs and AIDS prevents things such as family time during the week. There is not enough care and effort put into the families when a person is engulfed by AIDS. Drugs has made AIDS a moral issue because there is no family time spent when there should be.
The Bible says that no one should have sex before marriage. One who believes in the Bible would follow this command. Some people think that nothing will happen to them or that a person can only get AIDS by needles. Unprotected sex outside of marriage, in the eyes of some, is considered wrong. Through unprotected sex people can contract AIDS. When a person incessantly sleeps ar .....
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Ebola Virus In Depth Report
Words: 701 - Pages: 3.... at first to have typhoid; subsequent cases were initially found among a surgical team and others who cared for the laboratory worker, with secondary spread to other health workers and to family members acting as carers. Two thirds of the deaths have been among health workers. Until the outbreak provoked a response, Kikwit General Hospital was short of barrier nursing supplies and disinfectants.
The current outbreak resembles earlier African out breaks, in which the first cases were found in hospitals where infection control mechanisms were not in place because of economic controls. Ebola virus was spread to health workers in contact with b .....
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