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Breast Cancer American Cancer
931 wordsBreast cancer is the second leading cause of death in most in women today (NABCO: Facts About Breast Cancer 1). It is a known fact that its cure and origin are unknown. Breast cancer is when an uncontrolled growth of cells without a specific function form in the breast area of a person, killing normal cells and tissue. This process in turn causes a lump or mass to form known as cancer. Although breast cancer cannot be prevented, there are some steps a person can take to reduce the risks. These s...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
1,578 wordsEach year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majorities are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescent girls develop 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...
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Labia Minora Labia Majora
1,669 wordsThe vagina is a thin walled-tube, 8 to 10 cm long. It lies between the bladder & the rectum & extends from the cervix to the body exterior. The urethra is embedded in its anterior wall. Often called the birth canal, the vagina provides a passageway for delivery of an infant & for menstrual flow. Since it receives the penis (& semen) during sexual intercourse, it is The highly distensible wall of the vagina wall consists of three coats: A mucosa marked by transverse ridges or rule, which stimulat...
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Effects Of Marijuana Period Of Time
1,257 words... cy, meaning that currently available marijuana must be considered an addictive drug. Increasing numbers of teenagers report getting "very" intoxicated or "bombed" when they smoke marijuana, suggesting they may be using a powerful form of the drug. Among teens who smoked in the last month, nearly 20 percent reported compulsive daily use. Dr. Charles Schuster, former director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), stated: "Physical dependence, which is what most people mean by addicti...
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Communicable Diseases Menstrual Cycle
1,144 words... hough the vagina. Problems that occur from the procedure, which are rare but serious, are blockage of the pulmonary artery, bleeding, infection, and tubal pregnancy. A type of microscopic organism that is not bacteria, viruses, or fungi. However, it is similar to bacteria in that it can be eliminated with certain antibiotics. It is responsible for several human diseases. 1. Symptoms: yellowish vaginal discharge, painful urination, lower abdominal pain, spotting after sex or between periods. ...
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President George Bush Menstrual Cycle
1,340 wordsAnalysis of the FDA Approved Abortion Pill RU- 486 now known as Mifepristone, the abortion pill, first entered the clinical trials in Geneva in 1981, and France approved the pill in 1988. Due to Americas political stance on abortion, the French manufacturer, Roussel-Ucla, announced that the pill would not be distributed in the United States in fear of boycotts and threats. (Newsweek, The Abortion Pill, pg 29) A year after that President George Bush banned any imports of the pill in the U. S. Lat...
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Pregnant Women Vitamin C
1,364 wordsIt is symbolic that since the ancient times women kept the knowledge about various herbs and their effect on human body. This information was passed from one generation to another, later, the recipes have been written down. In the Middle Ages, people believed in the power of herbs and treated all their diseases using herbal products. There was a special group of herbs to be used during pregnancy. For example, white water-lilies were widely used to make the delivery less painful. Nowadays, homeop...
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Play A Role Men And Women
1,108 wordsGender Socially Accepted Behavior PMS differs from milder premenstrual discomfort in that its symptoms are severe enough to interfere with a womans personal, social and work life. Its symptoms occur regularly. That is, instead of occurring randomly, they occur frequently, in at least two out of three menstrual cycles. Symptoms tend to appear somewhere between ovulation and the beginning of a period. And the time span when symptoms occur is followed by a time usually the two weeks right after the...
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Oral Contraceptives Bright Lights
1,125 wordsSpeaking about the most common neurological conditions it is believed that headaches are the most common and widely spread. They come in various intensities, lengths and locations. An average American citizen has at least one headache a year. The migraine headache is the most renowned a headache type experienced by about 6 percent of all men and 18 percent of all women. It makes almost 10 % of the population that suffers from the killer headache. But a migraine isnt a headache. It is a neurologi...
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Analysis Treatment Of Bulimia And Anorexia Part 1
1,789 wordsANALYSIS & TREATMENT OF BULIMIA AND ANOREXIA NERVOSA Various societies and cultures view the problem of obesity differently. Many centuries ago most countries in which massive famines and diseases were not a rare thing, being obese indicated being healthy, prosperous and having high status. Most businessmen, rich people, affluent and respectable members of society were proud of the fact that they had high content of fat in their bodies simply because food was a scarce resource in those days and ...
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Negative Effects Angier 15 Marijuana
994 wordsMarijuana is a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the universal hemp plant Cannabis sativa (or Cannabis indicia). It is smoked by rolling in tobacco paper, or by placing it in a pipe. It is also otherwise consumed worldwide by an estimated 200, 000, 000 persons for pleasure, an escape from reality, or relaxation. Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as kif (Morocco), data (South Africa), and bhang (India). Common in the United States, marijuana is called pot, grass, weed, Ma...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Eating Disorders Eating Disorders
609 wordsEating Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a growing problem in teenagers of today. According to an Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) study, eighty-six percent of eating disorder victims report their problem before the age of twenty. The two main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that usually strikes women. There are about seven million women who have anorexia, and many of th...
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Lady Macbeth Weird Sisters
2,375 wordsThe Witches in Macbeth People that lived during the Elizabethan period were very superstitious. They feared the power of witches the most. The hate stemmed mostly from the... supposed satanic beliefs of the witches and their heretical partnership with the Devil (Papp and Kirkland 43). Others thought of witches only when something of value had been damaged. They automatically assumed that a witch or one of her familiars must have done it, and the one thing everyone [knew] about witches [was] that...
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Female Genital Mutilation Labia Minora
1,268 wordsFemale circumcision, better known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), is an ugly monster finally rearing its head from out of the depths of time. It can attack a girl at any age, with a little prompting from her society, and the aid of an unsuspecting human wielding a knife. Usually, it is performed from a few days after birth to puberty, but in some regions, the torture can be put off until just before marriage or the seventh month of pregnancy (Samad, 52). Women that have gone beyond the prima...
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Female Genital Mutilation Labia Minora
1,209 wordsCULTURE OR TORTURE? Female circumcision, better known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), is an ugly monster finally rearing its head from out of the depths of time. It can attack a girl at any age, with a little prompting from her society, and the aid of an unsuspecting human wielding a knife. Usually, it is performed from a few days after birth to puberty, but in some regions, the torture can be put off until just before marriage or the seventh month of pregnancy (Samad, 52). Women that have g...
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Birth Control Pills Fallopian Tubes
794 wordsWhen the FDA approved the Pill for marketing in 1960, it changed America forever. The pill was released without adequate testing. Within two years, 1. 2 Americans were using it and by 1973 that number had risen to 10 million. In 1969 the book The Doctors Case against the Pill by Barbara Seaman showed people the dangers. By the end of the 70 s, the FDA required physicians and pharmacists to hand out sheets on possible negative effect and complications (Kalb 20 - 36). The pills contain two hormone...
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Hiv Infected Women Leading Cause Of Death
1,026 wordsHIV/AIDS is an epidemic that effects both men and women of all ages. It has an impact on many peoples lives either by themselves being infected, knowing someone who is infected, or being a health care worker. HIV is a virus that attacks the bodys immune system. It also effects the blood cells (lymphocytes) and cells of the organs (bone marrow, spleen, liver, and lymph glands). It effects the lungs, central nervous system and gastrointestinal system. People begin with having the HIV virus. An HIV...
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Form Of Birth Control Unintended Pregnancies
1,463 wordsBirth Control is defined as various ways used to prevent pregnancy from occurring. Birth Control has been a concern for humans for thousands of years. The first contraception devices were mechanical barriers in the vagina that prevented the male sperm from fertilizing the female egg. Other methods of birth control that were used in the vagina were sea sponges, mixtures of crocodile dung and honey, quinine, rock salt and alum. We have come a long way from past time times of contraceptives, althou...
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Reasonable Accommodations Woman
854 wordsThe question has been posed, ? What characteristics of employees, other than those explicitly covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, can employers consider when hiring, firing, or promoting employees? ? . This is a question that has become critical to answer, as ADA claims exceeded 91, 000 in number between 1992 and 1997. Of these claims, the agency discovered reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred in only 3. 1 % of the cases. Many of these claims were built on seeming...
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Anabolic Steroids Remain Illegal
1,084 wordsDangers of Anabolic Steroids In the past three decades, steroids has been becoming a serious problem more than ever in the athletic field. Steroids are anabolic drug to build growth hormones that include the androgens (male sex hormones) principally testosterone and estrogen and progestogens (female sex hormones). Steroids were first developed for medical purposes. Theyre used in controlling inflammation, strengthening weakened hearts, preventing conception, and alleviating symptoms of arthritis...
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