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James Rachels' Death And Dying
<view this essay>.... killing him is an ongoing struggle. If you let a person starve
to death, it might be putting that person through a lot of pain but he'll still
be alive (who knows, maybe a miracle cure will be found.) If you killed him on
the spot with a lethal injection, it would be a more peaceful death but you
would be shortening that person's life. Putting a person to death in a peaceful
manner is called euthanasia. Euthanasia is an ancient word that means "easy
death." There is also the issue of morality. Would killing someone by their
own will or suicide be a moral act? What about a patient that is suffering from
cancer? Is it moral to let that person suffer? Th .....
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Dyslexia
<view this essay>.... Kussmaul thought that dyslexia was directly
related to vision problems. Approximately ten years later W.P Morgan gave
it the name dyslexia. WP Morgan also classified it much better. He
described it as a variety of reading, writing, and spelling disorders.
Later James Hinshelwood, a Scottish eye surgeon cleared up the myth that
dyslexia is caused bye vision problems.
There are many distinct types of dyslexia, but there is not just
one particular cause of dyslexia. The causes are usually a combination of
both biological and environmental influences. The left part of the brain
controls the production and comprehension of language and it also deals
with ord .....
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Bulimia
<view this essay>.... adolescents, but is observed in older women and men also. People with are often obsessed with food and self gratification, and the disorder frequently accompanies Anorexia Nervosa.
Such behavior stems from psychological difficulties involving a compulsive desire for perfection, poor self-image, and stressful familt relationships; depression is also common. Research in the late 1980's says that itselg, however, may be caused by impaired secretion of a hormone, chlecystokinin (CCK), that normally induces a feeling of fullness after a meal.
Severe medical problems can result from nervosa, such as nutritional deficiencies and hormonal changes leading to menst .....
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Schizophrenia
<view this essay>.... who proclaims himself Jesus Christ, rants gibberish, or sits with his
body unmoving as if frozen in time and place. For some people, such an
experience is too shocking, too fearsome, too repulsive. They hurry away, trying
to dismiss the image of the deranged individual from their minds.
No other illness is as disabling and baffling as schizophrenia. Today,
in spite of the drugs that have allowed many schizophrenics to live at home or
in the community, a significant number of people admitted to mental hospitals
are victims of the disease. According to the Encyclopedia Of Health,
schizophrenics account for nearly 40% of admissions to state mental hosp .....
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Treatments Of Alcoholism
<view this essay>.... accidents.
(Institute of Medicine, 1989)
Clearly alcoholism harms society in numerous ways and it is in society's
best interest to find effective treatments for alcoholics.
The primary goal of all treatments for alcoholism is to get the alcoholic
to stop drinking and refrain from abusing alcohol in the future. The paths to
this goal are diverse. Several factors - biological, social and psychological -
influence why an individual becomes an alcoholic. So treatments vary, depending
upon why the alcoholic drinks and what the physician or therapist believes is
the best method for recovery. Some treatments focus on the physical addiction
of alcoholism .....
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Herbal Extracts And Hormones
<view this essay>.... In the
United States, with the introduction of herbal capsules and pills, people are
enjoying the benefits of Earth's good medicines. The herb industry has been
growing at about thirty percent per year for the past several years. Herbs are
being used in homes, for more than just spicing the sauce or glazing the chicken.
Herbs are being used as an alternative for medications as well. In the coming
years, we may see the introduction of newer and better medicinal herbs as
scientists Mowry pgs. 26-27 continue their search for the cures of all
aches and pains.
In past years, herbs were used for pains and aches. These herbs are
making a comeback because t .....
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Strep Throat
<view this essay>.... fever is a skin rash that looks like pinkish-red goose bumps. This rash usually starts under the arms and in the groin area, then spreads to the rest of the body. It is not possible to tell if a sore throat is caused by strep from just looking at the throat itself with the naked eye. The symptoms of can resemble the sore throat caused by many viruses. In fact, most sore throats are not strep, but are merely sore throats caused by viruses. So, in order to tell if a sore throat is in fact strep, a throat culture is needed.
There are a few symptoms of . First, a significant fever of about 101 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Second, pus, or white spots, o .....
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The Ear And Hearing Loss
<view this essay>.... is the skin covered flap of elastic cartilage, that sticks out from the side
of the head. It acts like a funnel catching sound and sending it to the middle
portion of the ear. The middle portion contains the ear drum and the connection
between the pharynx and the drum, the Eustachian tube. The inner ear contains
the sensory receptors for hearing which are enclosed in a fluid filled chamber
called the cochlea. The outer and middle ears purposes are only to receive and
amplify sound. Those parts ofd the ear are only present in amphibians and
mammals, but the inner ear is present in all vertebrates.
The ear can hear in several different ways. They are v .....
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