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Birth Control Pills England Journal Of Medicine
1,441 wordsIn the United States in 1999 alone, an estimated 43, 700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman gets this disease, their life expectancy drops drastically. This cancer is within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises a great amount of all health care costs in the U. S. totaling an astounding 37 billion dollars a year in direct medical costs. An average woman is said to have a one in ...
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The Long Term Effects Of Marijuana
1,216 wordsMarijuana is a drug that divides people. Some people claim it as the wonder drug of the ' 90 s, capable of relieving the symptoms of many serious illnesses. Others curse the day the cannabis plant was ever discovered. From pain relief to stimulating the appetites of patients on chemotherapy, marijuana seems to have plenty going for it as a medicine. The legalization of marijuana is a large controversy in many parts of the world today, but the obvious negative effects that the drug induces has ke...
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Make Tobacco Illegal And Legalize Marijuana
533 wordsThere have been lots of views and opinions surrounding the arguments whether marijuana should be legalized and if tobacco should be made illegal. The reasons for marijuana not being legalized are similar to the reasons people want tobacco to become illegal. Only the danger that tobacco provides is more intense than the danger marijuana. Marijuana's short-term effects include temporary problem with memory and problems with learning. It also causes temporary distorted perception (sounds, time, tou...
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Types Of Cancer Research And Development
2,002 wordsThe Mysterious Face Of Cancer Every person on earth will eventually one day have to leave it behind. It is not the choice of the person whether they go peacefully or whether they go with pain. More often than not a person will go with pain. This is the case with cancer. More and more people die everyday from cancer and it appears to ruin the lives of all those associated with it. What people need to understand though is yes cancer is a life altering chain of events but cancer is not the end of t...
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Benign Tumors Dna Strands
1,460 wordsCancer is a major killer of people all around the globe. We do not have a definite cure, but the amount of research done on this one disease costs on the average of $ 1. 2 billion dollars annually, and $ 20 billion annually in care of cancer patients. What is Cancer? Cancer is a broad ranging term that is used by many people, including medical professionals such as doctors. Cancer, in its most fatal and aggressive form, is of a larger class of diseases known as neoplasms. There are two forms of ...
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Environmentally Friendly Cancer Causing
1,052 wordsBefore 1987, the Australian paper industry was divided into three companies. Australian Newsprint Mills supplied newsprint, Australian Paper Manufacturers produced paperboard, and Paper Company of Australia produced coated and uncoated fine-papers. All three of those companies were subsidiaries of major Australian corporations. Maitland sales, which owned Paper Company of Australia (PCA), recorded $ 495 million in net sales. Amcor Limited, which owned Australian Paper Manufacturers (APM), grosse...
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Benign Tumors Malignant Tumors
1,817 wordsSarcoma Sarcoma, highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and skin. Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant (cancerous) tumors that can develop from fat, muscle, nerve, joint, blood vessel, or deep skin tissues. They can develop in any part of the body. Half of them develop in the arm...
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Birth Control Pills National Cancer Institute
2,744 wordsIn the United States in 1999 alone, an estimated 43, 700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman gets this disease, their life expectancy drops drastically. This cancer is within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises a great amount of all health care costs in the U. S. totaling an astounding 37 billion dollars a year in direct medical costs. An average woman is said to have a one in ...
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Long Term Effects Mood Swings
4,726 wordsDrugs work by changing chemicals in your brain that control your mood. Most drugs boost or imitate the behavior of chemicals (like adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin) which regulate our mood, well being and energy levels. These chemical messengers are part of what makes us feel happy. The reason people continue doing drugs or become addicted is to do with a part of the brain called the reward pathway. It? s an area deep in the brain which makes us repeat experiences that feel good, be it having ...
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Effects Of Cannabis Smoked Marijuana
2,466 wordsMarijuana can cause many harmful effects. There has never been a major test though. The ones they? ve used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think. One says, ? Its hard to know for sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer. But it is known that marijuana contains some of the same and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Studies show t...
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Three Mile Island Coal And Oil
1,214 wordsEntering the twenty-first century, six billion people inhabit the earth. A number that is expected to double in a hundred and twenty years, yet only 4 % of that world population lives in the Untied States. Even though the Untied States is only 4 % of the population of the world, it still uses 25 % of the world? s resources. This statistic is most important with the argument of food consumption, with so many countries starving, but it also means that the United States uses 25 % of the world? s en...
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Play A Role Smoking Marijuana
1,446 wordsMarijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; its a Spanish word), hashish (hash for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words, they change how the brain works. The...
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Marijuana Is Legalized Influence Of Marijuana
1,523 wordsShould marijuana in Canada be legalized? The answer is no, marijuana is not a medicine, it is a health deterrent that has harmful effects. Explaining what marijuana is and how it is used is beneficial in understanding the effects. Marijuana is made up of many chemicals that as a result prove marijuana is not safe and could kill. Marijuana should and must stay illegal or our country of Canada will feel the terrible effects nationally such as sickness, injury, and death. Marijuana, used by an esti...
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Marijuana Smoke Smoking Marijuana
1,112 wordsSay No to Marijuana Legalization Marijuana also known as cannabis sativa is being used illegally by many Americans today of all ages. Before the 1960 s, many Americans had never heard of marijuana, but today it is the most used illegal drug in this country. All types of marijuana are mind-altering drugs. They all contain THC, the main active chemical in marijuana, along with over 400 other chemicals. This drug should stay illegal for many reasons concerning the health and safety of Americans tod...
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American Cancer Society Types Of Cancer
2,919 wordsCancer is a major killer of people all around the globe. We do not have a definite cure, but the amount of research done on this one disease costs on the average of $ 1. 2 billion dollars annually, and $ 20 billion annually in care of cancer patients. What is Cancer? Cancer is a broad ranging term that is used by many people, including medical professionals such as doctors. Cancer, in its most fatal and aggressive form, is of a larger class of diseases known as neoplasms. There are two forms of ...
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Birth Control Pills Types Of Cancer
2,029 wordsIn the United States in 1995 alone, 43, 063 died from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer and the number one cancer in females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman gets this disease, their life expectancy drops nineteen and a half years. This cancer is within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises 6 % of all health care costs in the U. S. totaling an astounding 35 billion dollars a year. An average woman is said to have a one in thirty chance of getti...
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