Free Condoms Distribution Programs
.... Joe. Joe and I have 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 sc .....
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Indian Healing Beliefs
.... illness and healing. Most tribes have the
beliefs that their medicine people have “extra” that others don't. This
power comes from varied sources: a visionary experience that leads one into
the study of medicine, or being born into a family that includes
generations of medicine people. Many tribes have both men and women
medicine people, but some tribes have only medicine women. Many medicine
people have a specialty, such as herbalist, bone setter, midwife, or
counselor. The Hopi tribe has Effie, a medic .....
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AIDS
.... contact with infected blood and transactions to
babies from the infected mother's fetus will also cause the disease.
Although some speculation, you cannot receive the disease from air, food,
water, or insects.
AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is a
sentence of slow but inevitable death. There currently is no cure or
vaccine for this disease. There are drugs that have been proven effective
in slowing the spread of this deadly disease.
We know enough about how the infection is t .....
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Senility
.... a number of subterfuges, such as writing lists or notes to
themselves and leaving them in conspicuous places (Horton and Smart, 1984,
p. 320). Individuals with benign forgetfulness also are acutely aware of
their memory deficit, while those with dementia - except for in the early
stages of the disease - have no insight into their memory deficit and often
blame others for their problems.
In addition to the memory deficit interfering with the patient's
daily activities, patients with dementia have evidence .....
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Alzheimer's: Genetic Dementia
.... comes in three alleles, e2, e3,
and e4. Those with one or two e4 alleles are deemed at higher risk of
Alzheimer's disease, although those who possess APOE-e4 are not guaranteed
to develop the disease. APOE-e4 may simply be unable to efficiently repair
nerve cells. The presence of e4 does not signify if person will develop
Alzheimer's; instead, it signifies when he or she will get it. Recent
studies suggest that Alzheimer's may be affected by an interaction between
APOE and the newly discovered ris .....
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Depression: The Heart Of Darkness Article By Francesca Delbanco
.... them selves.
The first thing that the article tells you to do is to realize that
there are people whom are willing to help. The author advises you to talk
to some one who is “ gentle, respectful of your opinions; someone who
treats you with dignity...” The article also tell you to realize that if
you plan to suicide think of the people that you are going to hurt, your
family and friends, overall the people who cares about you.
The second step to recovery is to visit a professional which means
a per .....
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The Effects Of Alcohol On People
.... , and
as an intoxicant. (History of Alcohol , page 1)
Alcohol has played a significant role in religious backgrounds and
ceremonies in the past. In Greece there was a god of wine which was named
Bacchus. The Romans drank vast amounts of wine and other alcoholic
beverages. Wine and beer both have a very long background and or history.
Alcohol was used to supposedly relieve stress and the drudgery of day to
day life. (History of Alcohol , page1)
Gin houses used advertisements like " drinkers can drink .....
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The Cystic Fibrosis Gene
.... the gene, then to identify the mutated
protein in the gene of interest, and finally to locate the actual gene.
However, this classical approach proved to be impractical when searching
for the CF gene. To find the gene responsible for CF, the principle of
"reverse genetics" was applied. Scientists accomplished this by linking the
disease to a specific chromosome. After this linkage, they isolated the
gene of interest on the chromosome and then tested its product.
Before the disease could be linked .....
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Bacteria: Good And Bad
.... causing organisms most are
harmless or even beneficial.Most of bacteria found in soil,water,and air
are eubacteria.Eubacteria produce many of the antibiotics used in medicine.
Bacteria can also be harmful.Some bacteria cause diseases such as
Tuberculosis,Gonorrhea,Typhoid fever,Lyme disease,Gangrene,and
Endocarditis.Some of these diseases are fatal.Bacteria can also cause skin
diseases such as Dermatitis,Leprosy,and Carbuncle.Some bacterial diseases
can be controlled by antibiotics.Some of t .....
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The Nervous System: Brain And Spinal Cord
.... The cerebellum commands balance coordination
and posture. The last major part of the brain is the medulla it is in
charge of heartbeat digestion, breathing sleeping and being awake. These
are all the involuntary function of the body This part of the brain is the
connector between the spinal cord and the cerebrum.
The spinal cord belongs to the C.N.S. It is the most important
bones of your lower back and it controls movement and mostly every thing in
the body it has nerves. If you do not have a .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking
.... and esophagus; about
one third of all cancers of the bladder, kidney, and pancreas are
attributed to smoking as well.
Lung cancer has become the leading killer among cancers in the
United States. More than eight of every ten cases of lung cancer are caused
by smoking, and nine out of every ten victims die within five years.
Emphysema is a progressive respiratory disease characterized by
coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing, developing into extreme
difficulty in breathing, and sometimes resulti .....
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The Cystic Fibrosis Gene
.... to identify the mutated protein in the gene of
interest, and finally to locate the actual gene. However, this classical
approach proved to be impractical when searching for the CF gene. To find
the gene responsible for CF, the principle of "reverse genetics" was
applied. Scientists accomplished this by linking the disease to a specific
chromosome. After this linkage, they isolated the gene of interest on the
chromosome and then tested its product.
Before the disease could be linked to a specific chromoso .....
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The Bubonic Plague
.... the town and country? Via wild rodents in the countryside, by the rats
and fleas in transported freight, or by the fleas on their human
hosts?Although the evidence is mixed and debatable, it is suggested they
all played a role. There is evidence to support that plague was caught from
baggage and bales of clothes and cloth, as in Eyam in Derbyshire in 1665.
There is also existing evidence that human transmission is solely
responsible. The spread of the plague across the country was far too rapid
to be accou .....
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Spinal Fluid May Help Alzheimer's Diagnosis
.... . This is one reason why this test is not completely
determined to be completely accurate.
The one thing I learned from this article was that there wasn't a
diagnosis for Alzheimer's in the first place. I had always thought that
Alzheimer's was detectable in some way.
Yes, I would recommend this article to another student. I feel
that a number of people should be known to the subject of Alzheimer's by
itself. Because a number of families have a member in it that may have
Alzheimer's and this artic .....
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The Human Heart
.... ensues
shortly. Since heart attacks are the number-one cause of death in the
United States, the heart gets a great deal of attention.
The heart's wall has three parts, Muscle tissue, or myocardium, is
the middle layer. The inner layer, or endocardium, that lines the inside of
the heart muscle consists of a thin layer of endothelial tissue overlying a
thin layer of vascularized connective tissue. The outside of the heart, the
epicardium, is in intimate contact with the pericardium; this serous
membrane .....
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