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Long Period Of Time Lung Cancer
1,333 wordsSix months ago, my husband and I purchased a small piece of property in Manhattan, Kansas to start our own computer repair business. The property was in desperate need of remodeling, but we needed to keep expenses to a minimum in order to make any profit. We had two other employees besides ourselves at this time, but as business started to pick up, we had to hire five more technicians to keep up with all the orders that were coming in. Our space was getting limited and then we were left with the...
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Stress In College Students
1,508 wordsCollege students all stress out about one situation / life generality or another. Some of these situations / life generalities are individuation, computer anxiety, ethnic and gender roles in student-athletes, and mathematics anxiety. There have been many studies looking at stress in college students. At one time or another, college students are forced to deal with a stressful situation. Stress, in this paper, is defined as the level of discomfort felt in response to events perceived as overwhelm...
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Child Is Born Prenatal Testing
1,801 wordsIs it morally right to peer into a mothers womb and select a childs future according to how it is progressing or how healthy it is? Is it right to use the capabilities that science has uncovered to create our children? Or should those decisions and concerns be left for God? According to Kim Painter prenatal testing is about reassurance; couples expect to learn that their babies will be fine. But its also about avoiding the births of disabled children. Many people think that using prenatal geneti...
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Men And Women Millions Of People
1,824 wordsHey! Want a drink? How about one before dinner? Oh, lets celebrate with a drink! Questions and comments like these come up everyday, and everyday thousands upon thousands of alcoholics are born. Some drink to calm nerves, others drink for fun. Whatever the reason, men and women need to realize drinking can be fun in moderation, but over time, drinking can cause many side effects. The issue of drinking is very personal for me. My family has a history of alcoholics, and my sister, whom I am close ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Effects Of Alcohol
1,757 wordsIn present day society, illness runs rampant among cities. Some individuals recognize their disease and seek help, while others continue to walk the streets unaware that they are infected. The disease does not cure itself and only continually increase in severity as an individual ages; however, thousands of people die each year not knowing they even had a problem. This problem which affects our society each day is alcoholism. There are three main aspects which deal with alcoholism and what effec...
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Std Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1,425 wordsSexually transmitted diseases, STD's, also known as Venereal diseases, VD, are spread through sexual contact, and the exchange of body fluids. Anyone who is sexually active can contract an STD. Most STD's don't show symptoms, so you can have, spread and even contract an STD without even knowing it. Some STD's are serious and others can have long term consequences. Some of the consequences could be infertility, certain cancers, and other chronic diseases years after initial infection. If symptoms...
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Visually Impaired Optic Nerve
1,359 words... s what lessons were learned from these three particular studies? The answer lies with lowering the IOP. The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study evaluated whether "lowering IOP was effective in delaying or preventing glaucoma in patients with ocular hypertension" (Johnson & Brandt, 2005). This study was designed to identify the characteristics in progression of disease in patients. Also identified as major predictive factors for development of glaucoma was optic nerve anatomy and central ...
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Genetic Testing Higher Risk
1,197 words... the advent of genetic testing availability comes the responsibility of appropriate use of individual genetic information. Misuse of genetic information may revolve around privacy issues as they pertain to a person's medical record. Medical personnel must continue to be diligent about guarding the privacy of each patient's medical records. Misuse of genetic information also has the potential to implicate discriminatory practices among employers, potential employers and insurance companies (Ge...
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Elderly People Intervention Programs
1,900 wordsNursing Research Falls of the elderly people are the main causes of severe injuries and complications. According to Mary E. Tinetti, M. D one third of 65 year old people or older fall each year and half of them fall several times (Mary E. Tinetti, M. D). Due to the age of the people falls result serious injuries such as hip fracture, other fracture, subdural hematoma, other serious soft-tissue injury, or head injury. Falls are the main results of the hospitalization of the elderly people. The co...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy People Who Suffer
2,739 wordsConsider this: ElizabethDepressioo Depression Consider this: Elizabeth Wurtzel has struggled with depression throughout her life. She has a history of suicide attempts, self-mutilations, and serious mood swings. She took numerous antidepressants and medications in an attempt to regulate her irregular behavior. She quit using the medications due to the multiple side effects the drugs had on her. The result was chaos; after Elizabeth quit taking her medication her body experienced episodes of with...
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Coronary Heart Disease Funk 038 Wagnalls
1,611 wordsBanes 1 Ms. BuccholzC 411 / 2 / 98 Kick the Habit Since the turn of the century, smoking has been an American pastime. Smoking cigarettes was a way to relieve stress, relax, and enjoy life. Smoking was considered harmless until about 50 years ago. The American Tobacco Company disagrees with this. Research since then has proven much about this American pastime. The American Tobacco Company refuses to believe that smoking cigarettes can cause various types of cancer. This includes lung cancer, and...
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Eating Disorders Disordered Eating
2,128 wordsI sit here writing, with my heart the heaviest that it? s been in a very long time. A million emotions plummet through my body, yet I know nothing of the struggle of a eating disorder. And it seems the more I try to understand, the less I know and the less I understand. I played college volleyball for two years for Florida A&# 038; M University. Those two years I lost and gain 45 pounds. I now sit and reminisce. I saw my teammates going thought rigorous diets and fads. I think about similar frie...
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High Blood Pressure Losing Weight
1,050 wordsEffects of Losing Weight I know I should lose weight. It requires a lot of perseverance that I one time had and need to find again. Many of the reasons I should lose weight are very clear to me. I have read many articles and have heard what my doctor has told me. I lost over forty pounds about three years ago, unfortunately, I gained it back two fold when I was pregnant with my daughter. I still have not been able to get rid of this weight since she was born. Sometimes it causes me to get tired ...
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Northern Ireland Higher Risk
2,688 wordsFoot and mouth disease (FMD) is a severe, highly communicable viral disease of cattle, sheep, and swine. It also will affect goats, deer, and other cloven-hoofed animals. This disease is characterized by fever and blister-like lesions on the tongue and lips in the mouth, on the udders, and between the claws. Many affected animals usually recover, but the disease leaves them debilitated. It causes severe losses in the production of milk and meat. This disease spreads widely and rapidly and it car...
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Alcohol Consumption Behavioral Disorders
2,805 wordsWhen one suggests that a behavior is determined genetically, then one horribly oversimplifies the situation, and negates the importance of culture and free will in determining how a person behaves. One behavior that has gained large-scale acceptance as having a partial genetic cause is that of alcoholism. This genetic cause I expressed in terms of risk factor. It has often been noted that the children of alcoholics are more at risk of becoming addicted to alcohol than are other children. in the ...
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Hepatitis C Higher Risk
559 wordsHepatitis C, a relatively new disease that is not commonly know about as much as disease like Hepatitis A or B. However, this disease is very serious. Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver. This report will set some facts straight about Hepatitis C and try to give a better understanding of the potentially deadly disease. As stated before, Hep C is an infection of the liver. More precisely it is a single strand RNA virus that replicates in the liver, causing the liver to become severely infect...
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Childhood Sexual Abuse Percent Of People
1,662 wordsYou become terrified for no apparent reason; your heart feels as though it will beat right out of your chest; you sense an overall feeling of doom and you get dizzy. Am I dying, or am I just crazy? If you are crazy, then so are 2. 4 million other people in the United States. Panic disorder, one of many anxiety disorders, is a serious and potentially debilitating illness. This illness is treatable, however, only one-third of those who suffer will actually be treated. What is panic disorder? Panic...
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Sexual Behavior Sexual Activity
2,971 wordsIn most societies, out of wedlock pregnancy and childbearing violate the optimal life course pattern of completion of schooling, gaining employment, marriage, and then parenthood. The phenomenon of adolescent pregnancy is particularly troubling though. Although this occurrence often results in a personal, as well as very real, social dilemma, it must be recognized from the outset that it is not the behaviors themselves that are problematic, but their timing. Adolescence is a period of intense ph...
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African American Women Risk Of Developing
200 wordsExploring the Growth of Breast Cancer Among African American Women Breast cancer develops as an abnormal growth of cells accumulate within the breast. Recent studies have proven that White women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than African American women, yet we as African American women are at a higher risk of dying from the disease. There is however, one possible link to the higher mortality rate in breast cancer among Black women. We as African Americans tend to stray from the ...
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African American Students Student Athletes
1,562 wordsStress in College Students Abstract College students all stress out about one situation / life generality or another. Some of these situations / life generalities are individuation, computer anxiety, ethnic and gender roles in student-athletes, and mathematics anxiety. Introduction There have been many studies looking at stress in college students. At one time or another, college students are forced to deal with a stressful situation. Stress, in this paper, is defined as? the level of discomfort...
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