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The Meaning Of Abortion
<view this essay>.... carry a strong argument, and continue to push their
beliefs. They feel so strongly about these beliefs that violence has broken
out in some known instances. Pro-choice activists, on the other hand, also
carry very strong points. They believe that the child inside them is their
property and it's life doesn't be until birth. In 1973, the United States
Supreme Court decided that as long as the baby lived in the womb, he or she
would be the property of the mother. Because of this decision almost every
third baby conceived in America is killed by abortion, over one and a half
million babies a year (Willke vii). Many countries have followed our
decision on the abor .....
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Mad Cow Disease
<view this essay>.... that
affect a wide range of animals, BSE has received the most attention because
many people in the world consume beef and people are that they might contract
the disease from eating a burger at their favourite fast-food restaurant. In
this essay I will discuss BSE and other forms of Spongiform encephalopathies,
how it affects the ani mal, what causes the animals to contract the disease, and
the recent issues of BSE in the world. I hope to set out the true facts about
BSE and that it only affects a small percent of the world population. Due to
the fact BSE is a new disease most of my information might be proven wrong in
the future because there .....
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To The Victims Of ADHD
<view this essay>.... EEG Biofeedback. An EEG Biofeedback is the controversial therapy of the moment. Proponents of biofeedback believe that children with ADHD can be trained to increase the type of brain-wave activity associated with sustained attention. Up to 20 electrodes are attached to the child's head. Levels of electrical activity in various parts of the brain are measured and entered into a computer. The computer provides a signal, such as a light or tone. This "feedback" is supposed to teach the child to increase certain kinds of brain-wave activity and decrease other types. Training usually involves 40-80 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes or more. This "treatment" costs .....
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Alzheimer's Disease
<view this essay>.... What causes Alzheimer's? Well no one know exactly the development of
this debilitating disease. But recent advances has produced several clues as to
how it is born. Initially when we study the brain of a Alzheimer's victim, we
focus on two specific areas. One is the cortex of the frontal and cerebral
lobes1. The second is the hippocampus (meaning seahorses in Greek which it
resembles2) which is located below the cerebral cortex and responsible for
short-term memory. If we study samples of these two section, we would find three
irregularities which are not found in normal brain matter. These three are
called neurofibrillary tangles, neuritic plagues .....
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Human Nutrition
<view this essay>.... BMR is an important diagnostic tool especially in determines disorders of the thyroid gland. Inadequate secretion of the thyroid may lead to greatly depresses metabolism with mental and physically lethargy.
Depression is a complex illness with many facets of which mood is only one. Depression is a form of mental illness which a person experiences great sadness and despair in one. Depression can also be considered as self-destructive hatred, blaming oneself for being full of helpfulness. Depression can also be used to describe the blues a person may feel from time to time.
Depressive disorders are at the present the highest-ranking problems in America. .....
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Biological And Chemical Weapons!!
<view this essay>.... chemical weapons are mass destructive anti-civilian weapons. They can kill 100 000 people at once. Biological warfare uses living organisms, mainly for military purposes. These agents could be either viral, bacterial, fungal, rickettsial or even protozoan. Biological agents are preferred over chemical agents at times because of the fact they have the potentials to mutate, reproduce, multiply and spread over an extensive geographical territory through wind, animal and insect transmission. Also, unlike chemical weapons, due to its’ lively state biological agents tend to find niches, and continue to grow exponentially without termination. Because it hardly .....
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AIDS
<view this essay>.... to so-called neuropsychiatric abnormalities, or psychological
disturbances caused by physical damage to nerve cells. Since the first AIDS
cases were reported in 1981, through mid-1992, more than 190,000 AIDS cases and
more than 152,000 deaths had been reported in the United States alone. This is
only the tip of the iceberg of HIV infection, however. It is estimated that
between 1 million and 1.5 million Americans had been infected with the virus by
the early 1990s but had not yet developed clinical symptoms. In addition,
although the vast majority of documented cases have occurred in the United
States, AIDS cases have been reported in about 162 countries wo .....
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Injustice Of Abortion
<view this essay>.... wrong, by all standards, to end a life which has never wronged a single person. If Americans are unable to unite behind a principle which is so seemingly universal, then what will they unite behind? It is simply un-American to solve problems by killing it. On one hand, America is a peace loving country that intervenes in places like Ireland and the Middle East to end war and promote peace. On the other hand, many Americans whole heartedly support the practice of choosing to kill a baby so that the parent can avoid conflicts when the baby is born. This seems like a very contradictory and unnecessary practice.
One major problem with the is the fact that pe .....
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