Papers on Health and Medicine
Dreaming: Function And Meaning
Words: 1359 - Pages: 5.... dream is like an unopened letter." There is also a third
camp occupying tltL middle ground, that believes both
of the extreme positions on the function and meaning of dreams to be
partly right and partly wrong. Its proponents argue that dreams may have
both physiological and psychological determinants, and therefore can be
either meaningful or meaningless, varying greatly in terms of psychological
significance.
Interpretation Of Dreams Revisited
If we are to understand Freud's view of the dream, we need to consider
his concept of the dreamer's brain. We know today that the nervous system
contains two types of nerve cells (excitat .....
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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 o .....
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The Flu
Words: 1887 - Pages: 7.... Library to gather data on the public's
knowledge of the flu and the flu shot. We then tabulated that information
to show the publics' knowledge of the flu and the flu shot. Using our
Internet research and the data we gathered from our questionnaire, we
learned some of the myths people generally believe about the flu and the
flu shot. During the course of our research we learned ways to educate the
public to eliminate those beliefs.
We have gathered seven resources with information pertaining to the
flu and the flu shot. Two articles came from journals of medicine called
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and .....
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Teenage Abortion
Words: 551 - Pages: 3.... if her parents find out about her sexual activity, or are she can demonstrate that she is mature enough to make the decision on her own she can bypass the law by requesting a hearing before a Superior Court Judge. In implementing this act New Jersey has become the 40’Th State in the county to enforce laws requiring minors to either notify their parents or receive consent from them before having an abortion. The United States Supreme Court first declared these types of laws constitutional in 1979.
Legally, The Parental Notification Act, is constitution and is reasonable, however there are many arguments as to the downside of this new .....
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Hepatitis
Words: 1931 - Pages: 8.... viral invasion of the body
and liver by six and separate viruses. Each type of viral infection varies from
one to another in degree of severity. The names of the viruses are in
alphabetical order corresponding to their discovery. There is also a non-viral
Hepatitis which is caused by substance. One rumor that has spread about
hepatitis is that a person can only contract Hepatitis if associated with HIV or
AIDS. This is not true! Any one can become infected with Hepatitis.
Unfortunately this is about all most people know of Hepatitis. They need to
know the full horror of which the virus is capable.
The first of the Hepatitis viral i .....
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Obesity
Words: 1425 - Pages: 6.... results if done by an inexperienced person or if done
on someone with severe obesity. One is to measure skinfold thickness in
several parts of the body. The second involves sending a harmless amount of
electric current through a person's body (bioelectric impedance analysis).
Both methods are commonly used in health clubs and in commercial weight-
loss programs, but results should be viewed skeptically.
Because measuring a person's body fat is tricky, doctors often rely on
other means to diagnose obesity. Two widely used measurements are weight-
for-height tables and body mass index. While both measurements have their
limitations, th .....
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Should Athletes Use Creatine?
Words: 639 - Pages: 3.... environment for protein synthesis and growth. (Zeibak, 1) When this happens, your muscles become larger and stronger, with, the ability to refuel faster. (Zeibak, 1) Creatine is normally obtained by the foods that we eat. The highest sources of naturally occurring Creatine are meat and fish. After a meal, Creatine is absorbed from the blood into skeletal muscle through the activity of muscle surface transporter molecules. (Dr. Omar, 3) Creatine Monohydrate involves a workout with. You can’t just take it and expect to see results.
One of the myths that have appeared around Creatine is that it is only beneficial for weightli .....
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Prozac: Harmful Or Helpful?
Words: 1762 - Pages: 7.... are also several ways to treat depression such as therapy, a change in diet, and a regular exercise program. The current trend is for doctors to immediately prescribe Prozac before exploring the other treatment options. However, Prozac “was associated with more hospitalizations, deaths, or other serious adverse reactions reported to the FDA than any other drug in America” (qtd. in Freundlich 2).
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company created Prozac in 1974, but it wasn’t approved by the FDA until 1987. The first of the SSRIs, Prozac inhibits or blocks the recapture of the neurotransmitter serotonin by nerve cells (“Prozac” 2). Thi .....
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For Active Euthanasia
Words: 1199 - Pages: 5.... death, so people believe passive euthanasia is acceptable because the doctor is not actually killing the patient. People believe that a doctor should not play God and make decisions concerning someone else’s life. What happens if a cure is found for the disease? The sick person died for no good reason. What if the patient gets better? If they are killed then they have no chance to get better. According to the American Medical Associates doctrine that was adopted, killing someone is wrong but letting someone die is allowed. The American Medical Association’s doctrine should sanction active euthanasia so it can be used in cert .....
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Cancer In American
Words: 330 - Pages: 2.... Also on the increase is the third-
greatest killer, breast cancer, particularly in China and Japan. The
fourth on the list is colon or rectum cancer, a disease that mainly strikes
the elderly. In the United States in the mid-1980s, more than one-fifth of
all deaths were caused by cancer; only the cardiovascular diseases
accounted for a higher percentage. In 1990 the American Cancer Society
predicted that about 30 percent of Americans will eventually develop some
form of the disease. In the United States skin cancer is the most
prevalent cancer in both men and women. Lung cancer, however, causes the
most deaths in both men and women. .....
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