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- 2851: AIDS: Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ... average around six-thousand dollars, although in 1989 the drug's maker did offer to distribute AZT freely to HIV-infected children. The yearly se for DDI is around two-thousand dollars. It is a big problem problem when legal action might have to be taken. Pretty soon mandatory testing of the disease will be a necessity not a right, and most people are to scared or to embarassed to ask ...
- 2852: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... strongly considered genetically inherited, however, not all cases of ADD may be genetically linked. . Studies have shown that 20-30% of all hyperactive children have a least one parent with ADD. The environment is a big influence on a child during pregnancy and after. Some studies show that a small percentage of ADD cases were influenced by smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs during pregnancy. Exposure to toxins, such as lead ...
- 2853: Needle Exchange Programs
- ... professor has monitored the needle exchange programs, tracking each needle distributed and testing it later for HIV contamination. The professor, Edward Kaplan says the biggest surprise that "a project like this could have such a big impact on HIV in a relatively short period of time" (Knox A1). Kaplan says that at the start of the program 68 % of the needle collected by the vans were infected with HIV. That figure ...
- 2854: One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise
- ... The beauty of bound feet was a value deeply rooted in the Chinese aesthetic and sexual psyche. Bound feet, and the women who had them, were considered beautiful and highly desirable, and natural, so- called big feet were considered ugly, as were the women who possessed them. To change such deeply held values, the patterns and feelings associated with them had to be inverted. What was beautiful had to be rendered ...
- 2855: Soda Pop and its Problem
- ... way into the pockets and create infectious problems. When this occurs this it is called diverticulitis. This doesn't occur very often though, but when it does surgery is recommended. Pop can also be a big concern for young women. If woman growing up doesn't drink enough milk between the ages 9-25 then later in life she will probably be in a wheelchair or have bone problems. Most people ...
- 2856: The Clinton Health Plan
- ... Bradsher, Keith Business Leaders Voice Skepticisms of Health Plan New York Times, October 8, 1993, p.26 3.Church, George C. Lots of Second Opinions Time, October 27, 1993, pp.34- 40 4.Clift, Eleanor "Big Sister" and Critics Newsweek, November 1, 1993, pp.25-26 5.Clift, Eleanor The Gender Wars Newsweek, October 4, 1993, p.50 6.Clymer, Adam Growing Consensus On Covering All, But How? New York Times ...
- 2857: Multiple Personalities: Do They Really Exist?
- ... complete whole, though some retain a few personalities. Some MPD sufferers would rather keep their personalities, they fear that the special skills each one has might be lost if they are all fused into one big personality. For one of the most complicated areas of this topic, I will now discuss crimes. Crimes where a multiple personality is in any way involved immediately become very complicated. Who is at fault? Who ...
- 2858: The Criminalization of Knowingly Transmitting AIDS
- ... her fetus. Infection can occur from blood transfusions of infected blood, or sharing 'dirty' needles. (Needles already used, in this case, by a HIV positive person.) The criminalization of intentionally spreading AIDS has been a big issue recently, and still remains so. As of September, 1991, legislation criminalizing AIDS transmission has been passed in 24 states. Among these states are California, Idaho, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, and South Carolina. Under these current ...
- 2859: Angina Pectoris
- ... rather than to the blood vessels. Lipoproteins and Atheroma The theory is that lipoproteins pass between the lining cells of the arteries and some of them accumulate underneath. All except the chylomicra, which are too big, have a chance to accumulate. The protein in the lipoproteins are broken down by enzymes, leaving behind the cholesterol and triglycerides. These fats are trapped and set up a small inflammatory reaction. The alpha particles ...
- 2860: Herbal Extracts and Hormones
- ... welcome the standardization of all medicinal herbs, and making them from plants that have been proven safe. Standardization has been introduced to off set the negative effects of poor quality control which has been a big problem with the herb industry. We can now reliably count on receiving the same quality and quantity of a substance. Quality control is needed because nature does not always produce a plant with consistent contents ...
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