The HIV Epidemic
.... significant risk of contracting HIV infection.
Consider the case of Jennifer Lawson, decided by an appellate court in California. The day after 12-year-old Jennifer received a transfusion, her doctor discovered that the blood was contaminated with HIV. Jennifer, however, was never informed. Three years later, Jennifer began dating Daniel Reesner, and she still was unaware of her infection. Later she was diagnosed with AIDS and died 1 month after the diagnosis. After learning of his girlfriend's death, D .....
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Side Effects Of Carl Djerassi And Syntex's Oral Contraceptive
.... his goal that he did not stop to think of the ramifications of his accomplishment. The ethical dilemma was not explored before hand, and this to me is the great tragedy of most scientific discovery, since I firmly believe each scientist is responsible for that which he creates. Djerassi does confront a few questions of ethics and morality after the fact.
On page 61, in chapter 6, he reflects on the argument of the use of poor Mexican and Puertorrican women for preliminary experiments. Is this .....
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Chicken Pox
.... Varicella can also cause 'Shingles' in adults. When people with suppressed immune systems are infected, the disease can become quite serious. If a pregnant woman contracts the disease during the first or second trimester there may be a congenital birth defect. If the disease is contracted within five days of birth the child risks being infected seriously with the disease and should be vaccinated immediately. The disease usually runs its course within two weeks, leaving the person infected healthy, as w .....
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Do Men Have Symptoms Of PMS?
.... they are just stressed out." Most men think that when women get stressed out, it is due to a hormone-imbalance due to PMS. Some people get food cravings when their hormones are imbalanced.
Hormones control when people feel get cravings. Most people crave certain foods. Whether, the chocolate melts in their hands, the toppings are piled on the pizza, or they feel the need to lick the inside of the potato chip bag; people get cravings. Cravings can influence a person's diet. Some people ea .....
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The Cost Of Sleep Deprivation
.... to our average work and commute time. Whatever the case may be, the effects of sleep deprivation are not so widely known. Three common symptoms seen in studies of prolonged sleep deprivation are a deep negative energy balance, the suppression of the immune system, and an odd change in patterns of sleep.
Perhaps the most obvious effect sleeplessness has on a person is the negative energy balance. This occurs because the thyroid hormone expends more energy than is actually being metabolized. Your b .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
.... like other drugs, such as, cocaine or methanfedamines. Marijuana as opposed to cocaine and methanfedamines is not addictive. Cocaine and methanfedamines are however legal for specific medical uses. When marijuana is mentioned in emergency room episodes, it is only in conjunction with other drugs. This is because marijuana can not induce overdoses like other, more harmful drugs.
Harvard psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon describes several possible benefits of marijuana which include, easing nausea and vomi .....
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The Life Of Identical Twins
.... (Siemon, 1980).
According to Sandbank (1988), three main factors play roles in the development of twin individuality. These are: competition in the twinship, the school environment and parental attitude.
Competition, according to Mathias (1992), results from being either envious or jealous of someone else. Jealousy is something that twins probably experience before other children as they are always competing for a share of parental attention. So, identical twins will adopt different strategies .....
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Psychological Bond Between Infants And Parents
.... on One or More Figure(s). The infant is now three to six months. The baby is now starting to focus his/her attachment on the primary caregiver. The infant is starting to smile at the caregiver more than he/she would a stranger. This is not a full-blown attachment. The baby does not feel a sense of security.
Phase 3 is called the Secure Base Behavior. Bowlby thought that at the age of six months, the baby forms a pure attachment. They now feel safe. At the age of seven months the baby will start t .....
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Cystic Fibrosis
.... glands, and your skin.
Cystic Fibrosis is accompanied by many symptoms; some of the most common are salty-tasting skin, persistent coughing, wheezing, or pneumonia (Scientific 1). The Cystic Fibrosis patient usually will have a great appetite but poor weight gain and bulky foul smelling stools. Cystic Fibrosis causes mucus to clog the lungs and leads to fatal infections. The thick mucus also obstructs the pancreas, preventing enzymes from reaching the intestines to digest food (Scientific 1). .....
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IVF: A Medical Breakthrough Or A Medical Burden?
.... 16 years ago, causing many people to question IVF as a morally acceptable means of conception. Among these concerns are the following: (1) Is IVF morally unacceptable because it is an "unnatural" means of conception? (2) Does IVF threaten the moral status of women? (3) Does IVF harm the autonomy of a woman?
The first of these concerns, that questioning the acceptability of IVF as a means of conception on the grounds of naturality, is one of great importance. Those opposing the use of IVF as a mea .....
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Magnetic Therapy
.... that because of this capability, they would also be able to leach diseases from the body. However, Paracelsus was also very aware of the tendency the human mind has in playing a role in the healing process:
"The spirit of the master, the imagination is the instrument, the body is the plastic material. The moral atmosphere surrounding the patient can have a strong influence on the course of the disease. It is not a curse or a blessing that works, but the idea. The imagination produces the eff .....
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Breast Feeding Infants
.... vs. bottle is very old and controversial. Many have argued that there's no way to really know the effects of breast-feeding, but studies have proved otherwise.
It has been said that breast-feeding is the ideal method for feeding and nurturing infants, and that it is the best way to achieve optimal infant and child health, growth and development. "Human milk is uniquely superior for infant feeding and is species-specific; all substitute feeding options differ markedly from it." (www.app.org) A mothe .....
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Getting Daily Exercise
.... unhealthy. If we get an excessive amount of exercise, then again, the same result.
What I have been told over the years, was to get at least twenty minutes of exercise, three times a week. This article states that you should get at least thirty minutes of moderately intense exercise everyday of the week. I feel this is quite a bit for some people and should not be stated as the “minimum” amount you should receive. I agree with having an exercise routine throughout your life, beginning when you .....
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Bipolar Disorder
.... There are medications for bipolar disorder such as lithium and other anti-depressants and attention deficit disorder hyperactive (ADDH) medications. Sometime a person when depressed might try to treat it them self by using drugs and alcohol which just makes it worst and even makes them more depressed. Such as if someone is going though a bad phase then they try to treat it with cocaine. All that’s going to do is make it worst, when they fiend for and it don’t have any money or anything to get it a .....
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Attention Deficit Disorder
.... is in sad disgrace…
Until the early 20th century, patients with Attention Deficit Disorder were concidered stupid and lazy. At this point medicine and psychology begin to study the causes for people to have reduced attention spans. The studies of the disorder quickly lead to both chemical differences and genenic links observed in patients . ADHD, once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction, is one of the most common mental disorders among children. It affects 3 to 5 percent of all children .....
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