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- 3081: Animal Testing
- Animal Testing Using Animals for testing is wrong and should be banned. They should be entitled to the rights we have. Every day humans are using defenseless animals for cruel and most often useless tests. The animals cannot fight for themselves therefore we must. There should be stronger laws to protect them from laboratory experiments. Although private companies ... or poison made the animals extremely sick. Also, these experiments are part of series of similar ones, repeated over and over with only minor variations and are being carried out all over the country every day. These experiments DO NOT save human lives or improve them in any way. It was already known that Strontium 90 is unhealthy before the beagles died; and the experimenters who poisoned the dogs and pigs ... period of weeks. No other attempt is made to treat the rabbits or to seek any antidotes. The rabbits that survive the Drazie test may then be used as subjects for skin-inflammation tests. Every day of the year, hundreds of thousands of innocent fully conscious animals are tortured to death, dying slowly in agonizing pain. I see no reason for this suffering. I feel that animal testing is inhumane ...
- 3082: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- ... is now fairly common. According to the United States National Institutes of Health, nearly 5,000 people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with ALS each year. (That's about 13 new cases a day!) It is estimated that as many as 30,000 Americans have the disease at any given time. And that some 300,000 men and women who are alive and apparently well in the country today ... would be a family history of ALS among blood relatives and also a 50/50 chance of the affected person passing it onto their children. If neither parent or other blood relatives have ALS, you'd expect to have the Sporadic form and, therefore, not expect to pass it onto your children. Presently there is no blood or genetic screening test to detect "the ALS gene" for all familial forms of ...
- 3083: Alzheimer’s Disease
- ... abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old woman Auguste D., of Frankfurt, who died after several years of progressive mental deterioration marked by increasing confusion and memory loss. Taking advantage of a then-new staining technique, he noticed an odd disorganization of the nerve cells ... towards this stage. Persons affected may have difficulty naming objects(agnosia), or with maintaining a logical conversation. They may also have difficulty understanding directions or instructions. They often become easily disoriented with regards to what day it is, where they are, and who they are with. Confusion and the resulting frustration are often evident. Memory losses become even more pronounced. They may also begin to experience loss of self-care skills ...
- 3084: Aggression As A Mental Disorder In Canines
- ... fear (i.e.-the postman), sharpening up on obedience training, limiting the dog's urination to one spot in the yard, and, if prescribed, a medication such as propranolol (Dodman 68). C.W. Meisterfeld, PH.D., is considered to be a pioneer in the study of canine psychology. Meisterfeld says that, "The biting behavior of a dog is a natural response to certain trigger situations,"(48). Meisterfeld sites survival instinct and ... owner and dog occurs when the owner does not assert himself as leader and the dog therefore becomes dominant (Meisterfeld 51). Preventing a dog from becoming aggressive is something that must be worked on from day one of the dogs life through obedience training and consistent commands (Meisterfeld 51). However, as seen through the work of Dr. Dodman, even if your dog does become aggressive, all is not lost. There are ...
- 3085: Euthanasia Outline
- ... through direct action with response to a request from that person, mercy killing C. physician assisted suicide- physician supplies info and/or means of committing suicide- example: lethal dose of sleeping pills, carbon monoxide gas D. involuntary euthanasia- killing of person against their will- form of murder III. Euthanasia is justified A. quality of human life is more important than length of life B. death is a good medical treatment b/c it stops the suffering of the patient C. euthanasia may become an economic need due to the increase of new diseases, AIDS, and their high costs D. termination of life of animals- ¡§putting it out if its misery¡¨- but when it comes to humans, we allow long suffering just so they can live E. an empty life 1. people in vegetative state ... religion 1. the death of humans should be in the hands of god not ourselves 2. killing is not justified by any means C. who is to decide when the patient¡¦s mind is unconscious D. if euthanasia is allowed, people may be under the impression that suicide is a right E. the risk of incorrect diagnosis may lead to undesired euthanasia Word Count: 334
- 3086: Assisted Suicide Or Euthanasia
- ... euthanasia to include both voluntary and involuntary termination of life. Euthanasia has many meanings so it is important to differentiate among the vaguely related terms. These meanings of terms were cited from George Lundberg, M.D. in Views of Assisted suicide. Involuntary Euthanasia: This term is used by some to describe the killing of a person in opposition to their wishes. It is basically a form of murder and not a ... org/docstudy/newsletters/ a0000580. Html. “Death.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 “Euthanasia.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 Halpern, A.L. and A.M. Freedman. Letter. New York Times. 2 NOV. 1997: n. pag. Lundberg M.D. George D. Views of Assisted Suicide from Several Nations. 1997. New York: JAMA, 1997. Online. Medical News and Perspectives. Internet. 24 Sept. 1997 available http://www.asst.suicide.com/html. Quill, Thomas A. Bio Medical Ethics: ...
- 3087: Walkabout
- ... were killed when the plane exploded, but Peter and Mary got out just in time. Then they began to wander in search of food in a nearby gully. Mary and Peter woke up the next day and walked forward through the gully. Then found a fruit called quondong. Later Peter thought he heard something and turned around the find and Aborigine boy. 2/4-Mary at first felt threatened by the ... three hours avoiding the heat. They hiked some more then when it was night the bush boy made a fire.They left early in the morning. Peter sneeze the whole time them where hiking that day. When they getting ready to go to sleep that night unexpectedly the bush boy sneezed. The bush boy walked off in the morning and Peter chased after him. They went and caught some fish to ... Aborigine had a weak immune system his cold kept getting worst. Until the Bush Boy died. Mary and Peter sadly and worrily buried him. And then, they sat up camp for the night. The next day Mary and Peter saw what appeared to be smoke signals. They responded by asking for help using smoke signals. The people giving the smoke came to Mary and Peter. They turned out to be ...
- 3088: Violence
- ... taken to new heights every year, more people seem to argue that the violence is influencing our country's youth. Yet, each year, the amount of viewers also increases. This summer's smash hit Independence Day grossed more money than any other film in history, and it was full of violence. The other summer hits included Mission: Impossible, Courage Under Fire, and A Time to Kill. All of these movies contained violence, and all were highly acclaimed. And all, with the exception of Independence Day, were aimed toward adults who understood the violence and could separate screen violence from real violence. There is nothing wrong with having violence in film. If an adult wants to spend an evening watching Arnold ... and how it is used and depicted that make the movie so violent. It has gone from the .357 Magnum that Clint Eastwood held to a thug's face and said "Go ahead, make my day," to the magnetic pulse rifles seen Arnold Schwartzenager's latest The Eraser. Men seem to have a fascination with gadgets and technology, and this is what Rosenblatt uses to defend this progression. Just as ...
- 3089: Sexual Abstinence
- ... city. If an engaged woman was seduced by one other than her fiancee, she and the man who seduced her were also stoned to death she for not screaming for help, and he because he'd violated the virginity of another man's fiancee. The bible clearly states that "God wants you to be holy and pure, and to keep clear of all sexual sin so that each of you will ... Maynard B3). The promise reads: "Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, those I date, my future mate, and my future children to be sexually pure until the day I enter a covenant marriage relationship." "The core of the whole thing," says Margaret Gleason, youth group leader at the First Baptist Church of Lakewood, "is that God tells us to wait," (Maynard B3). So ...
- 3090: School Violence
- ... that injured twenty-four students at his high school. As a 15-year-old high school student, Kinkel shot his parents who were both popular Spanish teachers, Bill and Faith Kinkel, at home on the day he was suspended for bringing a handgun to school. The next morning he drove the 10 miles to school and opened fire with a .22-caliber rifle in a crowded cafeteria, killing two students. (Online ... get to know the neighborhood, its problems, and its people, and the residents get to know the police. Police are also assigned to schools. Five schools have a policeman or woman who spends the whole day there, knows the students and can respond if there are any signs of violence. The police also work with psychologists at the local university, Yale. Doctors and psychiatric social workers are on call 24 hours a day. They are summoned to the scene of a crime to help children deal with the violence. Research shows that young people are more likely to accept violence and act violently if they witness it ...
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