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- 601: Vegetarians
- ... hunter," but studies of contemporary "hunter-gatherers" suggest that early humans lived primarily on a diet of plant foods, with supplementation from animal flesh. Studies of tribal Australian aborigines and the Kung-San of South Africa-groups that live under conditions similar to those of our ancestors-show that only about one fourth of their caloric intake derives from animal products. Nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables are the staple foods of ...
- 602: Ebola
- ... believed to cause health poblems in humans. The most recent strain discovered is the Ebola Tai. It was identified by Dr. Bernard Le Guenno in 1995. It was discovered in the Ivory Coast of west Africa in the Tai Forest. A Swiss researcher was the first to contract this strain he survived the infection. There are many differences betweent these strains. Ebola Reston does not cause illness in humans but does ...
- 603: Cholera: Virulence, Origin, and Pandemics
- ... next six or seven years, the second subperiod, it crossed most of mainland Asia. By 1966, cholera had reached the Middle East. The third subperiod of the pandemic started in about 1970 as cholera decimated Africa. The fourth period, 1991-present, spawned the return of cholera to South America for the first time in over a century (4). Peru was hardest hit with over 3000 deaths (3). The pandemic reached up ...
- 604: Diet and Disease
- ... be prevented by dietary means. According to recent research and studies in the area of cancer prevention daily fruits and vegetables included in our diet actually contain cancer prevention (chemo-preventive) properties. Most people in Africa and South and Central America have little fear of cancer or cardiovascular disease. Yet in Europe and North America, Australia and New Zealand, heart disease and cancer are epidemic. The advance of medical science is ...
- 605: Argument Against Euthanasia
- ... The word euthanasia becomes a respectable part of our vocabulary in a subtle way, via the phrase ' death with dignity'. Tolerance of euthanasia is not limited to our own country. A court case in South Africa, s. v. Hatmann (1975), illustrates this quite well. A medical practitioner, seeing his eighty-seven year old father suffering from terminal cancer of the prostate, injected an overdose of Morphine and Thiopental, causing his father ...
- 606: Euthanasia Term Paper
- ... The word euthanasia becomes a respectable part of our vocabulary in a subtle way, via the phrase ' death with dignity'. Tolerance of euthanasia is not limited to our own country. A court case in South Africa, s. v. Hatmann (1975), illustrates this quite well. A medical practitioner, seeing his eighty-seven year old father suffering from terminal cancer of the prostate, injected an overdose of Morphine and Thiopental, causing his father ...
- 607: HIV
- ... although no one has been able to pin point it's origin. There are many theories floating around the medical world but the most predominant theory "is that the virus first attacked humans in Central Africa up to 100 years ago."(Kelly 524). It is said that the virus stayed mainly in this closed society until many years later. Many say the disease spread when international travel began to increase. The ...
- 608: AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ... not yet developed clinical symptoms. In addition, although the vast majority of documented cases have occurred in the United States, AIDS cases have also been reported in almost every country in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa in particular appears to suffer a heavy burden of this illness. No cure or vaccine now exists for AIDS. Many of those infected with HIV may not even be aware that they carry and can ...
- 609: Hepatitis
- ... for. The only treatment for this virus is to get medical attention as soon as possible and from there the doctors will determine what to do. Cases of Hep. D are only found in West Africa and Asia where it has become epidemic like paportions and cases reported in the U.S. are very rare. The reason the virus is so common is because in third world countries the water system ...
- 610: AIDS/HIV
- ... the body may suffer damage to the nerves and brain. The life expectancy of an AIDS victim after the birth of symptoms is 1 to 5 years. AIDS was believed to have begun in Central Africa around 1979. Nearly all of the first AIDS patients were male homosexuals. However, after 1989 90% of all new cases of AIDS were from heterosexual intercourse. Public awareness rose as famous people began to die ...
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