.... by withdrawal from reality with highly variable affective, behavioral and intellectual disturbances by the American Heritage Dictionary. No definition of schizophrenia can adequately describe all people with this illness. Schizophrenia is an extremely complex mental illness. It is clear that schizophrenia is a disease which makes it difficult for the person with the illness to decide what is real and what is not (Swados 5). It is also clear that this brain disease affects normal, intelligent people in all walks of life. There are six concrete phrases that describe schizophrenia: it is a real disease, has concrete and specifi .....

.... or she would have children and the disease may have been misdiagnosed in earlier generations as Parkinson's disease or other similar affliction, he or she might pass along the gene without even knowing it. The gene for Huntington's disease is located on the short arm of chromosome four in cytogenetic band 4p16.3. It was first identified in 1993. While everyone posseses this gene, in someone suffering from Huntington's disease, the number of repeats of a certain trinucleotide, cytozine-adenine- guanine (CAG), is much larger than what it is in a normal person. In an average person, the number of repeats is between 9 and 37. But is a suffe .....

.... can spontaneously happen to anyone at anytime, yet can be treated. There are nine sources, all of which will be useless in developing the thesis, that include five articles, three books, and a dictionary. Five articles, namely “When fear takes over�. “Everyone does it�, “Social Anxiety�, “The fight to conquer fear�, and “Adam: A Child's Courageous Battle Against Mental Illness.� Will be of no value in supporting the thesis. The facts in these sources are almost scarcely useful in supporting the thesis. However, the first article completely discusses a persons struggle with schizophrenia and the way in which the pe .....

.... happening until it's too late. One high school, in a small town in Quebec, had four suicides in seven weeks. After these had happened, the school invited parents in to discuss suicide prevention. (CTV News 11:00 p.m. January 6, 1997.) These might have been able to be prevented if communities would assume their roles and discuss it on a regular basis and not have suicide be a word that is whispered but never spoken. The myth that those who talk about suicide will never actually go through with it is completely false. Most people who do kill themselves give some sort of clue before doing so. It may be something very subtle such as “ .....

.... or evil. It is society's responsibility to regulate cloning technology. At this point, society has failed to do so. The Medical Benefits: Somatic cell cloning has many potential benefits: 1. Somatic cell cloning provides a way for completely sterile individuals, (those not capable of reproducing) to reproduce. 2. Somatic cell cloning may provide valuable basic research and spin off technologies related to reproduction and development. 3. Cloning technologies could enable the development of donor organs that will not be rejected by the transplant patient. The benefits of these technologies are obvious. Many people will benefit from the .....

.... Herpes should be treated by a doctor for many reasons. Treatments are aimed at easing pain, more so than curing the disease. How it is spread Herpes is spread by direct contact with the Herpevirus. A virus inside the sores. If you touch a sore with any area were the skin is thin, (eyes, mouth or genitals), the Herpevirus is spread. Herpes can be spread even when the sore is not visible. Herpes victims with the sore in on place can infect themselves in others. Symtoms The signs of the virus are itching or tingling and sores. .....

.... phosphate [85%]; Calcium carbonate [10%] ; others [5%] which give it the hardness and rigidity. Other than providing the rigid infrastructure, it protects vital organs like the brain], serves as a complex lever system, acts as a storage area for calcium which is vital for human metabolism, houses the bone marrow within its mid cavity and to top it all it is capable of changing its architecture and mass in response to outside and inner stress. It is this dynamic remodeling of bone which is of primary interest in microgravity. To feel the impact of this dynamicity it should be noted that a bone remodeling unit [a coupled phenomena of bone .....

.... a growing disease which unfortunately takes the lives of many people every year. Supposedly, people began to recognize bulimic behavior in the late 19th century, although it was never really taken seriously until the 1940’s, when it was considered as a symptom of anorexia (Epstein 40). For many years bulimia was associated with anorexia as if it was a joint disease. Finally, in 1979, doctor G.F.M. Russell was the first physician to describe this disorder as a separate disease from anorexia to which he called it bulimia nervosa (Epstein 40). Today this disease has seemed to grow to quite an absurd level. Unlike when this disease be .....

.... oils obtained from a wide assortment of plants. These have been distilled or cold-preserved from roots, bark, flowers, and fruit (what). History shows that has been a vital part of caring for the mind body and soul. Our ancestors have inhaled the sweet aroma, which was used to stimulate the mind. started when a chemist named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse became interested in healing the body by using all natural essential oils. He came across the technique of using distilled plants and fruits for a wonderful smell. His mind pondered on the question could this sensational smell stimulate the mind into relaxation. While pondering this ques .....

.... and diet and nutrition. The three most commonly practiced are mind-body interventions, alternative systems of medical practice and herbal medicine. I became interested in alternative medicine after show on a news program like 20/20 or Dateline. I thought it would be interesting to find our what other sources there are for help when I am ill. Alternative medicine twenty years ago was an obscure term. Only 5 to 10 years ago, most physicians would have dismissed alternative medicine as a fad that was perhaps a remnant of the 60's pop culture. An article in American Family Physician, stated that a survey in 1990 which was repo .....