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- 221: Marijuana And Hemp, The Untold
- ... a very safe and effective medicine. Marijuana is more effective, much less expensive, and much safer than many drugs currently used in its place. Marijuana can provide superb relief for those who suffer from cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, arthritis, rheumatism, asthma, insomnia, and depression. If knowledge of marijuana's many medicinal uses, its remarkable safety, and hemp's enormous potential as a natural resource become widely known, the ... by supplying government-grown, FDA-approved marijuana cigarettes to 8 seriously ill Americans remaining from its discontinued medical marijuana program. The federal government closed its medical marijuana program to new patients in 1992 after the AIDS epidemic created a flood of new applicants. In November 1996, California voters approved an initiative (Proposition 215) that re-legalizes the personal use and cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. MARIJUANA / HEMP WAS LEGAL, WHY ...
- 222: Evaluating Methods of Contraception
- ... for those made of animal skin, condoms also act as a barrier to viruses and bacteria, protecting both partners from sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital warts, genital herpes, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, and AIDS. Next to abstinence, condoms are the best protection against AIDS. To improve their effectiveness, condoms can be used with a spermicide- a sperm killing jelly or cream. To protect against all infections, condoms should be used for oral sex, anal sex as well as vaginal ...
- 223: Eric "Eazy-E" Wright
- ... with only an even stronger urge to reunite the original members of N.W.A. Unfortunately, part of that goal wasn't realized. Eric Wright died Sunday, March 26, in Los Angeles from complications with AIDS. With only his family at his bedside, he released a statement saying that he had full-blown AIDS and warned others of the dangers of multiple sex partners. Yet another message to his always loyal fans. Months later, on the weekend that would have been his thirty-second birthday, KKBT/The Beat canceled ...
- 224: Anabolic Steroids Just The Facts
- ... physical benefits of these drugs, anabolic steroids have also gained some valuable use in the medical community. Their most beneficial use is in the treatment of wasting syndrome that is associated with many diseases especially AIDS. New legislation is now being passed in this country so that anabolic steroids may be legally administered by prescription to AIDS patients. This will probably facilitate the ease of attaining pharmaceutical quality drugs by athletes in this country. This country has strict laws that enforce and regulate the sale of anabolic steroids. This makes attaining these ...
- 225: African Women
- ... call on a telephone and an ambulance comes. Here we cant call on a phone because their are none and you cant call for an ambulance because their are none." Also malnutrition, starvation, AIDS, and even diarrhea are deadly in Africa. "29.3 percent of pregnant women have AIDS." Nelson Mendela once said "We must give health to the aged to the pregnant women and to the young children." Doctors are rare and expensive in Africa. Many people who need them cant afford ...
- 226: Princess Diana 2
- ... a lot with benefits and charities to raise more money. Diana had a few special charities, which were her favorites. She donated the most to these. They were the Leprosy Mission, English National Ballet, National AIDS Trust, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and London s Great Ormond St. Hospital for children (Donnelly 96-97). Over the years, Diana did so much charity work. She often donated food, clothes, and money to starving ... children, by keeping them company playing games, or just visiting with them. Even the little things helped (Delano 74-75). Diana touched the lives of so many in everything she did. She also helped with AIDS patients, battered women, and drug addicts cope with their problems (Kantrowitz 40). One of the bigger projects the late Diana worked on was the Angolan landmine. She did research on the subject, after it occurred ...
- 227: The Blind And Deaf
- ... There are schools that teach special techniques to people who are blind on how to read, live and get around alone, and even help blind persons find jobs. To help overcome blindness there are many aids to help the blind. Braille and books on tape help blind people read. Blind people use a special cane when walking alone. These cane are painted white to show that the person is blind. They ... surgery may help some ,however. It is an implant that sends electric vibrations to the ear drum. There are many special communication techniques for the deaf and hearing impaired. The hearing impaired can use hearing aids. These convert sound to electricity and amplify it so the the person can hear. For those who are deaf the have to communicate manually. They have to learn sign language, which is an alphabet using ...
- 228: The Praying Mantis
- ... or tan in bright light, to dark brown in the dark. An elongated prothorax or neck that helps gives the mantis its distinctive appearance. The prothorax is also quite flexible, turning and bending easily which aids in its locating and seizing of prey. Two long, "raptorial" front legs that are adapted to seize and hold prey. These legs have three parts: 1. The lower part of the legs or tibia have ... can also slowly stalk prey. The mantid often begins to undulate and sway just before striking its prey. Some have speculated this is to mimic the movement of surrounding foliage. Others suggest that this behavior aids in the visualization process. They attacks by "pinching" and impaling prey between its spiked lower tibia and upper femur. The mantid's strike takes an amazing 30 to 50 one- thousandth of a second. The ...
- 229: Marijuana 2
- ... any signs of physical addiction, but with heavy regular use mild withdrawal symptoms can occur for a couple of days. Marijuana has many possible medical uses. Positive effects are claimed for ailments such as cancer, aids, and glaucoma. Aids can cause a loss of appetite known as the "wasting syndrome" which can lead to drastic weight loss and weakness. Chemotherapy used in the treatment of cancer causes nausea resulting in an inability to keep ...
- 230: The Geography of New Zealand
- ... person receives approximately 3,250 calories per day. New Zealand has one of the highest life expectancies in the entire world, that being 74 for men, 80 for women, and 77 for any person. Unfortunately, AIDS is a growing problem in New Zealand that continues to spread at a phenomenal rate. There have been 3,548 AIDS cases reported, affecting one out of every 1,000 people with the syndrome, not to mention the thousands more infected with the HIV virus. New Zealand's government has contributed to its impressive standard of ...
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