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- 5461: AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- ... As you can see, AIDS does not discriminate by color nor socio-economic status as was once believed. It has become an epidemic for the entire nation and will need the cooperation of everyone to control. Already, many private and government organizations have been created to help deal with the problem. And millions of dollars are being spent in research and treatment, as well as in helping people cope with the ...
- 5462: Importance Of The American Revolution
- ... so he decided to capture it. Ethan Allen had the same idea. Both men took eighty-three of there best men and led them to the fort when night fell. The Green Mountain boys took control of Fort Ticonderoga and won an important battle for the Americans. The Americans believed it was time to declare how they felt. The Congress Committee chose Thomas Jefferson ,a man from Virginia, to write a ...
- 5463: Healing Health Care
- ... health insurance, and as a result enjoy a extremely high quality of living. Even here we have harnessed some of the power of collective medicine, through publicly funded institutions such as the Center for Disease Control and many smaller research projects. These projects, sponsored by state and federal, have yielded many important breakthroughs, yet many Americans cannot afford the technology that they helped to pay for. And if we continue on ...
- 5464: Ovarian Cancer
- ... risk is probably no longer important (Barber, 200). The high fat content of whole milk, butter, and meat products has been implicated with an increased risk for ovarian cancer in general. The Centers for Disease Control compared 546 women with ovarian cancer to 4,228 controls and reported that for women 20 to 54 years of age, the use of oral contraceptives reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 40% and ...
- 5465: Vaccine
- ... states that rubella's portion of the vaccine showed failure in preventing this fatal disease (3). Therefore, the fact that vaccination is not effective is common in many diseases. According to the 'Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality' in 1985, about 80 percent of measles cases occurring to children in America were in vaccinated ones who were vaccinated in an appropriate age (McTaggart 3). Therefore, generally vaccination is ineffective against ...
- 5466: Eating Disorders: Anorexia
- ... nervosa, a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging " behaviors to control their weight. These eating disorders also occur in men and older women , but much less frequently. The consequences of eating disorders can be severe. For example, one in ten anorexia nervosa leads to death from ...
- 5467: Cancer
- ... ACADEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA (pp. 5-10) 2.)AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S COMPLETE BOOK OF CANCER (25-27) BIBLIOGRAPHY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S COMPLETE BOOK OF CANCER, GROLIER ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING COMPANY ANDERSON, PAUL, ADVANCES IN CANCER CONTROL, GROLIER ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING COMPANY LASZLO, JOHN, UNDERSTANDING CANCER, GROLIER ELECTRONNIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
- 5468: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... are risks involved in their use. Because of the often severe side effects, benzodiazepines are often used in their place. Benzodiazepines can achieve the same results as Neuroleptics for most patients in terms of rapid control of agitation and excitement, without the severe side effects. Antidepressants such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) fluovamine and amitriptyline have also been used by some doctors as treatment for bipolar disorder. A double ...
- 5469: Autonomy Vs. Paternalism In Mental Health Treatment
- ... synonymous with autonomy. It did not appear that Mr. Gordon had ever desired or sought agency intervention for himself. Mr. Gordon's association with the mental health system appeared to be marked by power and control issues. "Consumers/ex-patients often report a feeling of "invisibility"; they sense that their views and desires do not matter (Carling, 1995, p.79 )." The commission's report (1995) spoke of several incidences where Mr ...
- 5470: Student Protest
- ... take those who smoke on campus illegally. They are only trying to escape trouble from later in the day. If the administration could only see that after a cigarette the teens are much more in control of themselves and less prone to cause problems. A lot of the problems in this school system to me could easily be rid of if they did away with some of the administration and changed ...
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