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- 1601: Vegetarian Diet
- ... this poses the most serious of threats to the health of Americans because "...the liberal use of antibiotics in animal feed may, in time, build immunity in animals and, through them, in us, to these drugs, some of which may play a role in the treatment of human diseases" (10). Leonardo Da Vinci said "the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as ...
- 1602: Bipolar Disorder
- ... institute. 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 ...
- 1603: IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden?
- ... you support an argument when the very means of acquiring the desired goal is in fact a violation of the argument itself? You can't. This is like a parent forbidding a child to do drugs, when at the very moment, the parent is high on cocaine. The child is not going to respect the parent's wish because the actions contradict the goal. Likewise, IVF cannot be said to be ...
- 1604: AIDS: Risk Factors / Modes of Transmission / W. Africa
- ... France and the United States, fewer than 5 percent of children born to HIV women were infected. While in developing countries, the average is between 25 percent and 35 percent. Breastfeeding practices and access to drugs for reducing mother-to-child transmission are the two major reasons for this difference. “In developing countries, between one-third and half of all HIV infections in young children are acquired through breastmilk” (WHO, 48 ...
- 1605: The HIV Epidemic
- ... information can cause patients a great deal of emotional, social, and economic harm. Stigmatization may be a consequence of such disclosure, particularly when HIV infection reveals the person's sexual orientation or use of illegal drugs. Disclosure can cause embarrassment, social isolation, and loss of self-esteem. A breach of privacy can result in loss of employment or employability, insurance or insurability, or housing. This privacy principle is being repeatedly tested ...
- 1606: Restraints On Alzheimer Patients
- ... not allow her normal access to her own body. Physical restraints include leg restraints, arm restraints, wrist restraints, hand mitts, soft ties or vests, lap and wheel chair belts, and safety bars. Chemical restraints are drugs that are used to control a person's mood, mental state or behavior (A Guide, 1999). Now that we defined "restraints" lets talk about facts and fiction on the issue. Health care providers once believed ...
- 1607: Artificial Contraceptives
- ... something that happens naturally. Therefore, if life is desired to be prevented, it should be prevented naturally as well. Naturally family planning is becoming more and more popular. This is because as dissatisfaction with contraceptives drugs and devices grows, so grows the number of women seeking a fertility control method that is natural-that does not interfere with the body’s normal processes(Billings, pg. 185). We know that nature has ...
- 1608: CIA Covert Operations: Panama and Nicaragua
- ... no solutions to domestic troubles, and the U.S. will continue to decline while growing more separate and unequal. The U.S. government has no “red menace” to whip up hysteria, but the war on drugs seems to be quite adequate for justifying law enforcement practices that have political applications as well. The U.S. should note that in the current political climate, with clamor for change everywhere, the guardians of ...
- 1609: Smoking on Campus
- ... have been known to cause cancer, emphysema, and other horrible illnesses. The deaths of over 420,000 Americans this year will be attributable to cigarettes. With all the other causes of preventable deaths, alcohol, illegal drugs, AIDS, suicide, transportation accidents, fires, and guns, cigarettes still account for more preventable deaths than all of those combined(Bristow 333-336). If I were a smoker and knew those facts I would think twice ...
- 1610: What Is PMS?
- ... performance, and altered libido. Physical clumsiness, bloating, headache, migraine, swollen ankles, fluid retention, fatigue, heart palpitations, weight gain, numbness of fingers, carbohydrate cravings, naval congestion, skin problems, visual disturbances, contipation, low tolerance to alcohol and drugs, urinary tract infections, breathlessness, insomnia, and lethargy. But these are only some of the many symptoms caused by PMS. According to Edward M. Litchen, an American Neurologist grouped the symptoms of PMS in 1931. The ...
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