Papers on Health and Medicine
The History Of Medicine
Words: 1138 - Pages: 5.... even cannibalism. Tools used as
weapons were being used to make incisions. Licking and sucking were
replaced by bloodletting , scarification , amputation, and surgery with
stone tools. Copying the acts of previous monkeys, the first casts were
made of dried mud put directly on wounds. Fire brought not only burns, but
cautery .
Civilization came to be around 12,000 BC. Diseases were treated if
minor with domestic remedies such as diet, herbs, plasters, and massage.
Often, if the case was severe, the patient was killed to relieve the
community of his burden, or the healer was summoned. Old shaman's
techniques were more based o .....
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Skin Cancer
Words: 880 - Pages: 4.... worse cases. Malignant melanoma may have a thin stage, in
which survival rates are excellent. The length of thin, or radial, growth phase
may be months to years. If untreated at some point melanoma enters a quick
growth phase. When this occurs the survival rates plummet.(Brandt, 1996) Skin
Cancer can be avoided. A change in lifestyle can reduce the risk of skin
cancer. This includes awareness of the reality of skin cancer, avoiding the sun,
and self-examination and screening.
Most of the time when people think of a serious disease they think of
things like lung cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, and
other hot .....
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The Ethics Of Abortion
Words: 2681 - Pages: 10.... is not an answer. The pro-choice solution is abortion because of reasons they feel are appropriate.
Although abortion is morally and ethically wrong should it be legal for victims of rape or incest who have no other alternative?
There is no real answer to this controversy, there are two sides to it though which have been arguing for many years over the subject. The first is the pro-life group. This group does not believe in the abortion factor. To understand where the pro-life stands we must first understand its beliefs and reasons for its beliefs. Then we can discuss what their solution to the abortion topic is.
Pro-life believ .....
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On Ockham's Razor And Gulf Ills
Words: 311 - Pages: 2.... only one essential cause remains: HIV.
No virus, then no disease, no matter what else is happening.
By the same token, Gulf War syndrome has been attributed to a variety of
causes, including, according to the Presidential Advisory Committee, these
top 10 candidates:
Biological warfare agents
Chemical warfare agents
Depleted uranium in shells, armor
Infectious diseases
Oil-well fires
Pesticides
Petroleum products
Stress
Pyridostigmine bromide as an antidote to poison gas
Vaccines
Several of these putative causes, such as oil-well fires, can be .....
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Lyme Disease
Words: 1400 - Pages: 6.... skin lesion. Known as erythema
chronicum migrans, or ECM, this usually begins as a red discoloration
(macule) or as an elevated round spot (papule). The skin lesion usually
appears on an extremity or on the trunk, especially the thigh, buttock or
the under arm. This spot expands, often with central clearing, to a
diameter as large as 50 cm (c. 12 in.). Approximately 25% of patients with
Lyme disease report having been bitten at that site by a tiny tick 3 to 32
days before onset of ECM. The lesion may be warm to touch. Soon after
onset nearly half the patients develop multiple smaller lesions without
hardened centers. ECM generally l .....
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Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
Words: 1502 - Pages: 6.... to develop mental
disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Some definitions: Stress, Depression & Anxiety
Stress is everywhere in our lives and it can be found in two forms. The
life of Afro-Americans is filled with both eustress and distress, but it is the
high rate of distress due to socio-economic circumstances that are responsible
for higher rates of depression and anxiety amongst them.
Depression is an emotional state characterized by extreme sadness,
gloomy ruminations, feelings of worthlessness, loss of hope, and often
apprehension, while anxiety is a generalized feeling of fear and apprehension.
The number of reported case .....
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Abortion: What Do We Do?
Words: 1400 - Pages: 6.... are located across the globe, and the abortion itself is fairly inexpensive. An abortion with no complications can cost as little as $500. On the flipside, if something goes wrong during or after the procedure, such as excessive bleeding by the female, externally or internally, or other complications, an abortion can be very costly, easily up into the thousands. On the most part, women who do have abortions done, do so without any major complications.
As far as abortion techniques, there are several that doctors can choose from. Used in the first trimester of pregnancy (first 12 weeks) is "suction", or "vacuum aspiration". The fet .....
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The Process Of Changing A Newborns Diaper
Words: 1108 - Pages: 5.... You will have to make the decision based on, which is better for you and your newborns needs.
After you choose the size and brand you need to set up the area in which you will be changing the newborn. It should be soft yet washable. Sometimes things can get a little messy and you will want to be able to disinfect. Put all these supplies at easy access to you where you will be changing the newborn. Make sure supplies are at the foot of the changing area. This will keep little hands from reaching them. All the cellophane should be off the packages. Take the diapers out of the packaging and stack them at a hand's reach. You shou .....
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Abortion
Words: 475 - Pages: 2.... Council of Jewish Women, Presbyterian
Church in the United States, Reformed Church in America, American Friends
Service Committee and the Episcopal Church.5 Even the Catholic Church,
which normally opposes abortion, makes an exception when the fetus is
killed in the process of saving the mother.6 About 83% of Americans
approve of abortion in cases of rape, or when the fetus is abnormal or
likely to suffer a disability later in life.7
Pro-life “supporters” oppose abortion because they believe a fetus
is a person from the moment of conception. A 22% minority of the United
States population oppose legal abortion according to a 1985 New .....
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How Nutrients Get In, And Wastes Out.
Words: 1869 - Pages: 7.... These are the
simple sugars, such as sucrose (cane sugar) or lactose (milk sugar), that must
be processed into smaller units. Occasionally, the simplest form of sugar, a
monosaccharide such as glucose, is present in food. These monosaccharides do
not require digestion.
Proteins are polymers composed of one or more amino acids. When they are
digested, they produce free amino acids and ammonia.
Vitamins are a vital part of our food that are absorbed through the small
intestine. There are two different types of vitamins, water-soluble (All the B
vitamins, and vitamin C) and fat-soluble (vitamins A, D and K).
Neutral fats, or triglyceride .....
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