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Gulf War Syndrome Vaccinations
916 words
During Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm other
service-members including myself, received a
series of two shots. We were told to protect us
from anthrax. These inoculations were never
recorded in our medical records. We were even told
by the medical staff that these shots were
experimental and non-FDA approved. For several
years now the government have been trying to
explain or cover-up the truth of The Gulf War
Syndrome. The inoculations that veterans received
for anthrax are linked with the...
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Laetrile Is An Effective Treatment For Cancer
982 words
Laetrile Is An Effective Treatment For Cancer Many
people in the world today suffer from various
forms of cancer. Some types are carcinoma,
leukemia, sarcoma, lymphoma, and melanoma. One out
of three of us will develop cancer in our
lifetime. That is eighty-eight million people in
the United States alone. And according to the
American Cancer Society, 1. 3 million new cases of
cancer were diagnosed in 1996 and more than 555,
000 died from it. One out of eight women will
develop breast cancer. Eve...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder People With Ocd
990 words
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Everybody in the
world suffers from some sort of mental or physical
problem. In some cases it is more obvious than
others. For example, if you discover a lump on
your body you may think its cancerous. That person
may or may not be able to treat that illness
depending on what stage he / she caught it in. For
mental disorders this is not the case. Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder is not even close to as deadly
as cancer, but it can ruin your life just the
same. Obsessive...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder People Who Suffer
1,085 words
Everyone recognizes spring fever, the giddiness
that lifts the spirits as the short, dark days of
winter become the longer, sunnier days of spring.
But, have you ever noticed the decrease of energy
during the fall and winter month? Doctors first
noticed this opposite, annual winter depression,
150 years ago, but the condition remained a theory
until the early 1980 s, when researchers began
linking the darkening of peoples winter moods to
the lack of sunlight from November through March.
Today, t...
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History Of Time Wanted To Study
1,503 words
Stephen W. Hawking has a mind set that is beyond
today's general way thinking. His attempts to
identify a grand unification theory that unites
everything we know about the physical world and
science far exceeds any realm of thinking that has
ever graced this earth. Hawking was born on
January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. He spent most
of his childhood in and around London, and was
always a bit of a self-educator. He was interested
in the stars, and his family used to lie out on
the grass looking ...
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The Effects Of Lead Poison On Children
1,240 words
Throughout the world today one out of every six
children under the age of six are suffering from
health disorders due to a poisonous metal known as
lead (Kiwanis, 1996). Lead is a natural occurring
bluish-grey metal found in the earth's crust. It
has no taste or smell. Lead can easily be found in
all parts of our environment today. Most of it
comes from mining, manufacturing, and last but not
least the burning of fossil fuels (Xintaras,
1993). In the United States lead poison has
increased becau...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Urinary Tract
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In this paper I will tell facts about the harm and
danger mothers put their children thru when
deciding to drink alcohol, while they are
pregnant. I will tell some of the symptoms and
characteristics of this bad syndrome. What happens
when the child grows up and starts school and then
what it is like as an adult. This horrible
syndrome is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Many
pregnant women are not aware of the complications
that are involved with pregnancy. The greater
majority of young women see...
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Diagnosed With Diabetes Doctor
380 words
When I was diagnosed with diabetes I had to take
on some responsibilities. Lately I had been
feeling sick, drinking a lot, and going to the
bathroom a lot. So my mom took me to the doctor to
see what was wrong. I dont remember much of it
because I was only three years old. The doctor
took some blood and told us to sit in the waiting
room. My parents were pretty scared and nervous. I
was still crying from that needle they stuck in my
arm. Finally the doctor came out with tears in his
eyes. We loo...
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Low Self Esteem Suffer From Depression
629 words
Depression in children and adolescents is a very
important subject, it is more important than most
people think. In earlier times, it was thought
that children could not suffer from depression, so
they were not tested for it. Now days it is
evident that children and adolescents can suffer
from this mental disorder. In an article derived
from the Medline Plus website, The National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) stated that
depression has been starting at earlier ages in
recent decades and earl...
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Eating Disorders Feel Comfortable
1,364 words
Throughout history and through a cross-section of
cultures, women have transformed their appearance
to conform to a beauty ideal. Ancient Chinese
aristocrats bound their feet as a show of
femininity; American and European women in the
1800 s cinched in their waists so tightly, some
suffered internal damage; in some African cultures
women continue to wear plates in their lower lips,
continually stretching the skin to receive plates
of larger size. The North American ideal of beauty
has continuall...
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Withdrawal Symptoms Substance Abuse
922 words
There are several different ways to describe
substance abuse. So many people think that
substance abuse only pertains to alcoholism. There
is several other substances that may cause someone
to be diagnosed with substance abuse disorder.
Some of those things include: marijuana, alcohol,
stimulants (cocaine and amphetamines),
Hallucinogens, Inhalants, sedatives, and even
nicotine. Even though some people may not see some
of these things as things that may become
addicting they are. More and more p...
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Reason For Living Salvador Dali
1,201 words
Genius or madman? Salvador Dali has been referred
to as both throughout the course of his
seventy-eight-year career. One who has seen any of
his artwork will uncertainly question the sanity
of Salvador Dali. Dali is best known for his
surrealist works and many consider him the most
brilliant Surrealist of his time. But to
understand the enigma that is Salvador Dali, one
must take a look back into his childhood, his
family, and his inspirations. Salvador Dali was
born in Figueras, Spain to father...
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Important Information On Cervical Cancer
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The following guide is organized to help you find
all the information you need on cervical cancer.
This folder contains a fact sheet full of
information regarding this disease including
definitions, symptoms, causes, treatments,
prognosis, etc. After reading this fact sheet you
may want to use the footnotes to find further
information on each subject. I have also included
a guide to internet sites in this packet. On this
guide you will find nine internet sites that will
help you as you surf the ...
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Father Pain Mother
451 words
When I felt powerless was when my dad was
diagnosed with cancer. My father is very important
to my family. I dont know what I would have don if
it was any more serious. Throughout that week my
parents were very quite. I was noticing that there
was something wrong they are never this quiet. I
tried going to basketball practice, but just
couldnt do it on the court or in the classroom, my
mind was only on my father. My father wasnt
looking too good. One day my mother said that she
wanted to talk to...
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Financial Problems Great Deal
1,110 words
... l different kinds of harmonies until the
superintendent stopped him (Vallas 19). He was a
good rebel not always looking for the negative,
but sometimes doing something that would spark a
new idea or interest. Sometimes his rebelliousness
would get him into trouble resulting in long-term
conflicts even in court appearances. Debussy
composed the music for an opera called Palleas.
After hearing the opera a few times, was
dissatisfied with the music played and the parts
it was played in so he wa...
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England Journal Young Girls
660 words
I discovered that mitochondria evolved from the
chloroplast (Audersirk p. 369). The endosymbotic
hypothesis championed most force full by Lynn
Margulis of the University of Massachusetts,
propose that cells acquired the precursors of
mitochondria and chloroplast by engulfing certain
types of bacteria. This happens by the aerobe
bacteria that absorbs those molecules and used
energy oxygen to complete their metabolism. By
gaining a high range of energy, using large food
resources, great amount of ...
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Began Drinking At Age Began Drinking At Age 15 Jack
382 words
Counselor Name: diggs Clients Name: Jack Smith A.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE HISTORY A diagnostic summary was
completed on 10 / 6 / 96; Jack Smith is a 41
-year-old white male currently living in a small
community in southern Ohio. Jack came into the
agency involuntarily; his involvement with the
agency is a requisite of probation for assault and
domestic violence. He was arrested for assaulting
his wife during an alcoholic blackout; he was
placed on probation for one year on the condition
he participates ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,641 words
Learning Disability Women And Attention Deficit
Learning Disability Women And Attention Deficit
Disorder. What it feels like to have ADD? Imagine
living in a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where
sounds, images, and thoughts are constantly
shifting. Feeling easily bored, yet helpless to
keep your mind on tasks you need to complete.
Distracted by unimportant sights and sounds, your
mind drives you from one thought or activity to
the next. Perhaps you are so wrapped up in a
collage of thoughts and image...
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Personality Disorder Hyperactivity Disorder
1,240 words
In the world full of fears, perhaps a worse for
the human being should have is that be afraid of
his fellow man. The human that should be most
feared is the one that has Anti-social Personality
Disorder or in today s terms the psychopath. The
psychopath is probably the most deviant mind that
exists and treatment is not very successful
because there is not a cure of drug to control it.
It has been stated that a solution to this problem
would be to let all sociopaths live in colonies
together. The...
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Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress
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The accounts from soldiers describing combat in
general present images are of hellish nightmares
where all decency and humanity could be lost. For
men who fought under these conditions, coming home
was a very difficult switch. Over all, these men
wanted to return to normalcy, to come back to a
life that they had been promised if the war was
won. This would turn out to be harder to gain then
first expected, problems ranging from the openness
of jobs in the work force to child raising and
post-tra...
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