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Vegetarianism
<view this essay>.... there are many benefits to becoming a vegetarian, the decision could also be harmful. There are many reasons for people to choose a vegetarian lifestyle. Some people adopt it as a fad, while others profess to do it because of an aversion to eating animals. There are religious reasons for not eating meat and still others follow as a way to lose weight, using it as a diet. In each case it can be a healthy or a harmful way to eat. The benefits or harm of is associated with two factors: education about nutritional needs coupled with food choices. Even groups like athletes can thrive on a vegetarian diet if they are well educated to the bodies' dietary nee .....
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Brain Transplant
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could have been damaged in some way without the doctors knowing it. It would
also be very difficult to attach a person's brain in a different body because of
the millions of neurons that send and receive messages to and from all over the
body. It would be almost impossible to reconnect every single neuron, and
without them a person could not function normally. Many psychological effects
are also possible because the human brain is so complex. Our brain makes us who
we are, and with a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with
a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would
be. Hopefully these da .....
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Euthanasia: The Right To Die
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the loved one who has finally died many months after they were diagnose as
terminally ill, is a memory of a person lying there helpless, not able to
feed themselves, get out of bed, or talk to you.
One notable euthanasia case would be Sue Rodrigous. She had a disease
known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS, which is a rare incurable disease of
the nervous system. ALS gradually destroys the nerves that control the
muscles. The results of which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually
death. That is what Sue Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year.
Knowing that her condition was only going to get worse, and eventually,
after the pain and suffe .....
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Doctor Assisted Suicide
<view this essay>.... his family not to mention all the suffering he had already been through. So with the help of Dr. Kevorkian he terminated his life. Some people seem to think that physician assisted suicide helps people; other people seem to think it is immoral and unethical. But I feel if somebody is terminally ill, why should they go through the suffering when they will die anyway. Physician assisted suicide should be legal in all states because it ends the suffering of many ill people.
People have a right to die if they choose to. The only problem is that some states have decided to not allow physician assisted suicide. For example, people like Dr. Kevorkian has been under m .....
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Destroying Your Health By Smoking Cigarettes
<view this essay>.... I understand these are one of the strongest brands of
cigarettes you can buy. Yes, there are plenty of other brands of cigarettes out
there but why bother going threw all that money to pick the right one when you
can take my word on it? These are really strong cigarettes. How do I know,
because take one out and look at it, you will notice that there is no filter on
the end of it. Due to no filter you will get none of the toxins filtered
Without filtering out some of the toxins you will destroy yourself quicker; that
is the goal we are seeking, is it not? Lets take out one of our friends (we will
call them that to be funny) and look at it. It is .....
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Ebola And Marburg Viruses
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adept in space suits." (paperback pg.63-64 - Project Ebola).
A large, shy man by the name of Gene Johnson was the first pioneer to
venture out to find the roots of the Ebola and Marburg viruses. Gene spent
many years in Central Africa looking for these viruses. After digging up
virtually every piece of land in Central Africa, Gene Johnson wound up without
a single case or report of a virus. A man by the name of Charles Monet and a
young boy referred to in this book as Peter Cardinal both contracted the same
level 4 hot virus. There is only one connection between Charles and Peter.
"The paths of Charles Monet and Peter Cardinal had cro .....
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How Moods Are Affected By The Sun
<view this essay>.... experienced it first-hand. This
phenomena is still sort of a mystery as many researchers don't completely
understand why this happens. "It may be that certain individuals have inherited
vulnerability that causes them to develop depression in the absence of exposure
to sufficient environmental light"1. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic explorer,
provided a vivid description of the effects of prolonged darkness on the human
psyche: "The curtain of blackness which has overfallen the outer world has also
descended upon the inner world of our souls," Cook wrote in his journal on May
16, 1898, "Around our tables . . . . men are sitting about sad and dejected
lost in .....
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Schizophrenia
<view this essay>.... Schizophrenia is a very serious disease, but
through defining schizophrenia and getting the patient help and treatment a
schizophrenic can lead a full life like any other person.
Schizophrenia is defined as any of a group of psychotic reactions
characterized 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 .....
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