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Teenage Suicide
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 935.... kill thierselves they realize that they actually dont want to die. They
really do want to live. On the average, a teenager takes his or her own
life every one and a half hours, making about one hundred and thirty
deaths a week, making suicide the second leading cause of death among
teenagers.
Three major aspects of teenage suicide are (1) what causes teens to
make this choice to take their own lives. (2) How you may be able to detect
if someone you know might be going to commit suicide and (3) and how you
could help someone who may be suicidal.
First what really are th .....
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Epilepsy
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 387.... or minutes before the actual seizure. In most people, however, seizure are unpredictable and unrelated to the person’s current situation some external determinants may trigger seizures though. Lack of sleep, emotional stress, missed meals, alcohol ingestion/withdrawal, even fever or some infections may produce seizures.
There are many possible cause of but in more than half the causes, the precise cause cannot be determined. An inherited tendency to develop the disorder occurs in the families of some patients. Some of the known cause include head injuries, st .....
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False Memory Syndrome
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1455.... the memory. Thus it
takes on a life of its own, encapsulated 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.”
Jo hn F. Kihlstrom, Ph.D.
There are many theorys that try to explain how memory works, still
we are not sure that's how memory works. One of the most amazing theorys of
how memory works, is the one which says that every experience a person has
had is 'recorded' in memory and some of these memories are of a traumatic
event that is too ter .....
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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 540.... MELLOW FEELING. SLIGHT BODY WARMTH. LESS INHIBITED.
.05 NOTICEABLE RELAXATION. LESS ALERT. LESS SELF-FOCUSED. COORDINATION
IMPAIRMENT BEGINS.
.08 DRUNK DRIVING LIMIT. DEFINITE IMPAIRMENT IN COORDINATION AND JUDGMENT.
.10 NOISY. POSSIBLE EMBARRASSING BEHAVIOR. MOOD SWINGS. REDUCTION IN REACTION
TIME.
.15 IMPAIRED BALANCE AND MOVEMENT. CLEARLY DRUNK.
.30 MANY PASS OUT.
.40 MOST PASS OUT; SOME DIE.
.50 BREATHING STOPS. MANY DIE.
As can be seen, the most reliably pleasurable effects of alcohol occur
when BAL rises to about .03-.05. Alcohol researchers h .....
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Free Condoms Distribution Programs
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 748.... been together for quite a while and
are beginning to be sexually active. In this scenario my alter ego, Mary,
is in need of some condoms, but she would not feel comfortable asking her
parents for help because they are devout Catholics and would obviously not
be too pleased, nor understanding of her sexual activities.
If Mary had a free condom distribution program in place at her
school, then Mary might feel more comfortable receiving condoms from nurses
and health officials at her school rather than her parents. That is why I
believe that it would be extremely beneficial t .....
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For Active Euthanasia
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1199.... not play God and make decisions concerning someone else’s life. What happens if a cure is found for the disease? The sick person died for no good reason. What if the patient gets better? If they are killed then they have no chance to get better. According to the American Medical Associates doctrine that was adopted, killing someone is wrong but letting someone die is allowed. The American Medical Association’s doctrine should sanction active euthanasia so it can be used in certain situations that require it. There are three reasons why active euthanasia should be favo .....
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2283.... three to
six percent of the child population in the United States(Merrow). Its most
defining symptoms include distractibility, impulsivity, and
restlessness(Hallowell). "A.D.D. is a breakdown of the filter systems of
the brain," according to Dr. Edward Hallowell, a world-renowned expert on
A.D.D. and author of several best-selling books on the subject. A.D.D. is
not an indicator of low intelligence, nor is it a learning disability. The
A.D.D. brain cannot filter the information coming in and cannot filter what
is going out. It is constantly bombarded with stimuli wh .....
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Solutions To The Abortion Issue
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 600.... next leader would lead America to respect all levels of life, including the life of the unborn”(Thomas). This is a statement that the majority of the population would agree with. The thing now is that we need to get on into office that is able to pass laws making it more difficult for one to have an abortion done. In the past George W. Bush has passed laws in Texas making it to where a minor has to have the permission of a parent to have this procedure done. This was a step to making abortion harder to have done and was done by George W. Bush.
There are many possible . As a nat .....
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