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Cystic Fibrosis Gene People With Cf
1,884 words
I am the doctor for your hospital and have
prepared the following paper for you to look at
and possibly use. It includes information on what
cystic fibrosis really is, what treatments there
are, what you two can do for your child, and how
it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to
you in your incoming struggle against this
horrible disease. It is good to know that you are
not alone. Every day four children in the United
States are diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis is t...
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American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer
1,044 words
Cancer of the prostate is defined as a malignant
tumor growth within the prostate gland. The
purpose of the prostate gland is to surround the
urethra, which is the tube within you urinary
system that carries the urine from the bladder to
the penis, the male sex organ. According to the
American Cancer Society, an estimated 180, 000
cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the
United States. The American Cancer Society also
states that from these 180, 000 cases, and
approximate 32, 000 men die fr...
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White Blood Cells Bone Marrow
1,043 words
... paul, or liquid form. You will swallow the
drug, just as you do many other medications. Into
a muscle, under the skin, or directly into a
cancerous area in the skin. You will get an
injection with a needle. Topically. The medication
will be applied onto the skin. Some medicines may
interfere with the effects of chemotherapy. That
is why patients should take a list of all their
medications to their doctor prior to the start of
their chemotherapy. Over-the-counter drugs and
vitamins as well as...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,286 words
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a problem that
affects 5 % to 10 % of all children. ADD affect
more children than any other childhood problems
except asthma. It is estimated to be the largest
single cause for first referrals to child guidance
clinics throughout the country, making up as many
as 40 % of those cases. Many ADD cases are not
diagnosed because the problem most often does not
show in the doctors office. Current estimates
suggest that approximately 50 to 65 % of the
children with A...
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Breast Cancer Middle Aged
930 words
Before proposing my solution, I must first explain
the problem that I intend to solve. The problem is
breast cancer. At the current rate, over 192, 000
women in the United States will be diagnosed with
it this year, 40, 200 of which will die. It is the
leading cause of death among middle aged women. If
these facts seem impersonal, then you should know
that one of every nine women in this classroom
will be diagnosed with cancer and that in the
length of one class period over eight women will
die ...
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Agent Orange And Vietnam
1,424 words
We must do everything in our power to make the
world recognize that our veterans are still paying
a high price for fighting the war in Vietnam.
Agent Orange is slowly taking the lives of these
brave veterans. The government has recognized some
diseases but the rules to compensation can be
complex. It was in the 1960 's that we were in the
process of trying to destroy vegetation and brush
in Vietnam, in doing so we proceeded to
contaminate one of the largest parts of the
environment, Humankind. W...
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Type Ii Diabetes Type I Diabetes
1,436 words
... y uses antibodies to attack foreign invaders.
They believe that the antibodies destroy the beta
cells, resulting in Type I diabetes. Type II
Diabetes Accounting for 90 percent of the diabetic
population are people who have Type II diabetes.
The problem in this type of diabetes is that the
beta cells do not produce enough insulin to meet
the needs of the body. In addition to this
problem, the cells in the body do not react
appropriately to the available insulin in the body
because they cannot...
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Dependent Personality Disorder American Psychiatric Association
1,195 words
On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith drowned her two
sons, Michael and Alex, in the John D. Long Lake
in Union County, South Carolina. For nine days she
lied about knowing where the boys were. On
November 3, she confessed to the killings and
would soon go to trial. Susan's defense team hired
a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation
of her. She was diagnosed as having dependent
personality disorder. He described her as a person
who feels she cant do anything on her own. She
constantly needs...
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People With Schizophrenia Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
1,277 words
For many years the word schizophrenia has provoked
enormous discomfort. Invested with meaning at once
surreal and feared, it is still used as an
instrument of ridicule in ordinary conversation,
in the media, and even among professionals
themselves. The word itself is ominous and evokes
visions of madness and asylums. It is a discordant
and cruel term, just like the disease signifies.
Schizophrenia continues to be an illness about
which the public at large remains unaware even
though, along with ...
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Parts Of The Body Prostate Cancer
928 words
Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland.
The prostate is part of the male reproductive
system. This gland is locates inside the body at
the base of the penis, just below the bladder and
in front of the rectum. It is composed of the
glandular and fibrous tissue enclosed in a capsule
of connective tissue. The prostate is in the shape
of a donut and about the size of a walnut. It
surrounds the first inch or so of the urethra, the
tube that carries urine from the bladder. Normal
functions of...
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Live His Life People With Cf
1,627 words
In Cystic Fibrosis CYSTIC FIBROSIS In today? s
world there are a numerous amount of diseases.
Diseases that people are ignorant to. Not by
choice but due to the fact that they are not
around that particular disease. One disease that
people aren? t familiar with or around is Cystic
Fibrosis. A good friend of mine has Cystic
Fibrosis and that is what sparked my interest in
this particular disease. He is just like any other
teenager and does the same activities as you and
I. You will learn more abo...
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Types Of Depression Family And Friends
801 words
Depression, it s something all of us have
experienced in some point and time in our lives,
whether it was for a day or for years. Most of the
people that it affects aren t even aware of the
serious complications depression creates and if
they are they don t admit to themselves they would
be clinically diagnosed with depression. It is the
second most common health problem; anxiety is the
first. Depression is known as the common cold of
mental illness. There are many causes for
depression. They co...
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Type Ii Diabetes Type I Diabetes
1,299 words
Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death by
disease. It is a chronic disease that has no cure.
Therefore it comes to no surprise that this
disease has acquired countless number of
attentions. Unfortunately, 5. 4 million people in
the United State are unaware that they have this
disease. Until they do, they have already
developed life-threatening complications. This may
include blindness, kidney diseases, nerves
diseases, heart diseases, strokes, and
amputations. It is no wonder that diabetes...
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People With Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes
773 words
Each year 30, 000 Americans are diagnosed with
Type 1 diabetes, and over 13, 000 or whom are
children. That s 35 children every day. 16 million
Americans have diabetes and of these, 5. 4 are
undiagnosed. Diabetes kills one American every
three minutes. It afflicts 120 million people
worldwide and a new case of diabetes is diagnosed
every 40 seconds. This number is estimated to
skyrocket to 300 million by the year 2025.
Diabetes does not discriminate and it can strike
anyone at any age and all et...
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Life Support Systems Quality Of Life
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submitted by Ryan Ames Euthanasia, as defined in
Microsoft Encarta 95, is the act of painlessly
ending the life of a person for reasons of mercy.
This paper will examine the history of euthanasia
and the issues surrounding assisted suicide. There
are as many reasons for supporting assisted
suicide as there are reasons to not support it.
However one looks at this topic, we will all be
confronted with this in one way or another.
Medical technology has allowed life to be
sustained longer than anyon...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol During Pregnancy
1,857 words
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Preventable Birth
Defect? If women didn? t drink anymore during
pregnancy, there would never be another baby born
with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol
Effect? (Mccuen 33). This is a very powerful
statement. It is also a very simple cure for an
alarmingly high birth defect that all women have
the power to stop. ? Every year more than 40, 000
American children are born with defects because
their mother drank alcohol while pregnant? (Mccuen
34). That is 1 to 3 per ...
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Pulmonary Artery Heart Failure
884 words
Heart Murmur, Atherosclerosis, 038; Heart
Failure A heart murmur is a sound caused by blood
flowing through a childs heart or through blood
vessels entering or leaving the heart. More that
50 percent of all people will be diagnosed with a
heart murmur sometime in their lives. When a
childs doctor or nurse practitioner detects a
heart murmur, this causes many parents quite a bit
of anxiety, especially if they have relatives with
heart disease. Luckily, in most children a heart
murmur does not ...
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Mental Health Professionals Children And Adolescents
1,205 words
How was I to Know? Current Perspectives on
Adolescent Depression Depression is a disorder
that affects the human psyche in such a way that
the affected tends to act, and react abnormally
toward others as well as themselves. Therefore it
comes as no surprise to discover that adolescent
depression is strongly linked to teen suicide.
Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more
deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cancer
(Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide
rate, depression in this age...
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Gulf War Syndrome U S Troops
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Is the Gulf War Syndrome Real? On August 2, 1990,
Iraq invaded Kuwait. The United States government
acted very quickly. Ships were dispatched to the
Persian Gulf, and oil prices shot up as and oil
embargo was placed against Iraq. The U. S.
government told us that Saddam Hussein was poised
to invade the neighboring countries, including
Saudi Arabia, and the worlds oil supply was
threatened. George Bush launched operation Desert
Shield in which a coalition of many nations armies
gathered in the de...
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Mental Illness Personality Disorders
1,817 words
|Yeah, Im Prozac-Mania Prozac-Mania |Yeah, Im on
Prozac, X I hear quite often, said as if the
speaker had just received a new Porsche. I often
do catch myself responding with, |Im on Zoloft
isnt modern medicine great? X In a way, this
exchange is a way of bonding. In another, more
twisted way, it is a way of receiving a stamp of
approval from my peers, for antidepressants have
become extremely widespread and widely accepted.
|Prozac has entered pop culture becoming the stuff
of cartoons and stan...
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