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Being A Doctor
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1829

.... (1). He probably was one of the best known physicians who really gave a basis for medicine. His enthusiasm in medicine helped him in his quest to help humanity. Hippocrates developed a set of medical ethics that influences medical practice still to this day (Hopke 494). Physicians that are starting to practice medicine generally take the Hippocratic Oath, which Hippocrates gave to his peers that were starting medicine. Becoming a doctor is probably one of the hardest fields. To become a doctor, a person must be emotionally stable to handle any kind of situation. What if .....


Teen Drug Use In The United States
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1314

.... and unique ways. Depressants for instance, as well as stimulants, effect the central nervous system and the brain by blocking the nervous tissue. Some common depressants include any type of sleeping medication, anti-depressants, marijuana, and inhalants. These drugs are known to relax you. They put you in a mild comfortable stage of euphoria. Stimulants may include anything from cocaine to any sort of amphetamines; and to a much lesser degree, caffeine as well as nicotine. These types of drugs stimulate nervous tissue in the brain and central nervous system unlike depr .....


Anorexia Nervosa
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1119

.... Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which preoccupation with dieting and thinness leads to excessive weight loss. The individual may not acknowledge that weight loss or restricted eating is a problem (www.anorexia.com, Internet). The American Anorexia Nervosa Association defines anorexia as a "serious illness of deliberate self-starvation with profound psychiatric and physical components." Now that we know what anorexia means, lets narrate how this disease came to be noticeable. We have the knowledge that anorexia nervosa is affecting a greater numbe .....


Flash Memory
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1787

.... carefully avoids any confrontation what so ever with any evidence that might challenge the memory. So this syndrome takes on a life of its own, keeping itself to be alone and resistant to correction. The person may become so focused on the memory that he or she may be effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life. There are many models which try to explain how memory works. Nevertheless, we do not know exactly how memory works. One of the most questionable models of memory is the one which assumes that every experience a person has had is "rec .....


Morality And Legality Of Abortion
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 546

.... and shun drunk drivers, charging involuntary manslaughter in the case that he/she inadvertently kills another in an accident. There are severe repercussions for rapists and assault of another person. We also often assert that to harm oneself intentionally or in a way that could have been prevented by our own precaution is wrong. These examples include the seatbelt and helmet laws and the ingestion of harmful drugs. In keeping with our common and lawful morality that is careful to protect human life, the legality of abortion appears incongruent. An important question of this .....


Addiction: Its Causes And Effects
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1228

.... ad dictum. Ad dictum means "to the dictator". When people were captured and sent into slavery, they were sent ad dictum. This idea of enslavement is mirrored by the addict's need to maintain the addiction (. Before we can understand why addiction is the number one social and health problem in the United States, a definition of addiction needs to be established (Experience 12). It is important to remember no one thing can explain addiction. Factors include personalities, culture, environments, substances and behaviors (Rodgers 5). The definition of addiction varies depe .....


Small Pox
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1780

.... again ejected when the victim coughs. The disease can be transmitted by dried small pox scabs and through materials the infected person has come in contact with. The virus is reproduced in the lymphoid tissue and released into the body. Virus reproduction begins when the virion comes into contact with a suitable host cell. The virus must interact with a receptor on the cell surface. The infectious cycle usually consists of two stages. The first stage makes the proteins necessary for the protein to form. The second stage forms the adult virion to start the attack on the .....


Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2286

.... however, this is highly unlikely because the bacteria dies rapidly when demed the warmth and moisture of mucous membranes. Symtoms of infection usually appear within two to ten days after exposure but might take up to thirty days. In males, gonorhea usually strikes first at the urethra, the tube that extends from the bladder to the tip of the penis. A burning sensation during urination may be experienced due to the irritation of the urethra's mucosal lining. Many males may also notice and abnormal discharge from the penis. The penis itself may be red or swollen at the tip .....



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