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Breast Cancer In Women
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 700.... used tests used for detecting breast cancer among women today. The self exam is a simple exam that women can perform on their own with a few simple steps.
Another way of detecting breast cancer is with a mammography. This is an X-ray that scans in make up of the breast to show whether there are and tumors. This is the most effective type of detection to date. (Cancer Facts, Detection. National Cancer Institute) One disadvantage to using mammography is that with mammography, the x-ray picture sometimes detects substances in the breast that are not recognizable. (NCI .....
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Depression And Its Affects
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 577.... with depression. Fewer than one-third of [people] ever receive treatment or even recognize that their misery could be relieved(Whybrow 7). When dealing with depression people often deny that anything is wrong. Feelings of shame often begin to emerge when someone does finally admit that they don't feel "normal". When things are abnormal life suddenly takes on a dull new look. They significantly alter our familiar behavior, changing the way we relate to the world, even changing our perception of who we are(Whybrow 255). Learning to see these signs can help hold a state of .....
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AIDS:Is There A Cure? Are There Preventions?
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1091.... virus. The third most common way AIDS is spread is by blood transfusions.
This is done almost the same way as by IV needle but it is always by the
blood.(Madaras,187) The most rare way the AIDS virus is spread is by a mother
passing it to fetus inside her.(Madaras,188)
AIDS is a very rapidly-spreading disease although it is only spread four
ways. Ten years ago only two cases of AIDS were known. Nine years ago only seven
cases were known. In 1983 over 3,000 cases were recorded, and by 1989, there
were more than 100,000 cases. (Samuel,26)
Many people think you can get .....
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Euthanasia In Today's Society
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1883.... depressed and say that
they want to die (Johanson 1). Research has shown that the vast majority of
these people are just asking for sympathy and don't really want to die but
rather hear the calls of there loved ones begging them not to go on with the
procedure. They want the attempt to fail. The second type of euthanasia involve
people who are suffering from an illness that makes them unable to communicate
(Johanson 2). These type of people are those who are in comas, paralyzed, or
simply so sick that they cannot make meaningful sounds or other communication
(Johanson .....
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The Illegalization Of Abortion
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1726.... 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 abortion issue and some of these include
Canada, England, and France. Other countries still believe abortion should
be illegal, they include Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. Although many
believe that abortion is a women's choice, abortion should be banned
because its immoral and .....
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Dreaming: Function And Meaning
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1359.... and meaning of dreams to be
partly right and partly wrong. Its proponents argue that dreams may have
both physiological and psychological determinants, and therefore can be
either meaningful or meaningless, varying greatly in terms of psychological
significance.
Interpretation Of Dreams Revisited
If we are to understand Freud's view of the dream, we need to consider
his concept of the dreamer's brain. We know today that the nervous system
contains two types of nerve cells (excitatory and inhibitory). Both types
discharge and transmit electrochemical impulses to ot .....
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What Is Abortion?
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 396.... as a
newborn baby or when is it too late to end a pregnancy? Some would say at any
point before birth; however, a fetus can be viable and live outside its mother's
womb quite some time before its natural birth otherwise would occur. Is that
the point at which abortion is inappropriate and, thus, illegal as well as
immoral? While there are those who would answer in the affirmative, many would
argue that a life entitled to protection began at the time of concep tion, the
entry of a sperm cell into the egg.
In any event, abortion must be viewed as an issue with many an .....
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Xenotransplantation
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 393.... of humans. Further more, pigs are free from the known pathogens that would put the general human population at risk, and few would voice ethical concerns about them being slaughtered for transplants since they are currently being killed for human consumption.
could affect the overall quality of human life, if perfected. People would suffer less from hemophilia, diabetes, Alzeimers, Parkinson’s diseases, and aids. People would no longer have to wait for transplants from other humans, for the animal supply would be abundant. It would affect me personally much in the sam .....
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