... of a sudden they started talking about an outbreak of some type of disease. I had no idea what it was; I didn't know the difference between anthrax and baby powder. I didn't know where it came from, was it curable, how did you get it, was it contagious, can I prevent getting anthrax, did it ... Hosenball 4) This really helped me a lot because I discovered where the recent outbreaks of anthrax might be coming from. I also found out the U.S. postal services are using up to date technology such as the electron beam irradiation of the mail. (Louise) As I further did my research I later found...

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... University of California, chocolate actually carries high levels of chemicals known as *Phenolics, some of which may help lower the risk of heart disease. C. Did you ever notice that dark chocolate is a little bitter? 1. This chocolate is actually better for you than Milk Chocolate because it has less cocoa and milk added to it. 2. The bitter taste that this chocolate has is an ... indication of the Phenolics within. D. Dutch researchers indicate that dark varieties of chocolate contain 4 times the amount of certain antidioxants than black tea, which is suspected of having a protective ...

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... has many poisonous ingredients as well. These include ammonia, tar, carbon monoxide, dried tobacco leaves as well as ingredients that are added by different manufactures to enhance flavor. The effect these ingredients have on a smoker's health is not known, but there ... smoker's risk of heart disease or stroke. There are two major types of lung cancer "small cell" and "non-small cell". Small cell lung cancer are generally faster growing then non small cell. Most lung cancer are caused by cigarette smoking. The more you smoke per day, the ... you to become well. Your doctor can prescrib...

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... 2 headaches. (Passive/secondhand smoking #2) But long-term consequences are even more serious. "Secondhand smoke contributes to the development of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke." (Passive/secondhand smoking #3) Whether the smoke is being exhaled by someone or just coming from the end of a lit cigarette, you are still at risk from tobacco-related causes. Have you ever had a friend or maybe a classmate or someone who ... might have pushed you into doing something you didn't want to do. If so, you have experienced peer pressure. This is how many children begin smoking. Most kids th...

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... people easier than we do the death of younger people. This is because we feel that our elders have fulfilled their duties and accomplishments in life, while the younger lives are only beginning their experience. During my grandmother's funeral, the preacher recounted many events from her life. Surprisingly, I learned many things I didn't know about her. I heard stories about when she ... they face of contracting this horrible disease. Doctors believe that over half of AIDS victims acquire the HIV virus before the age of thirty (U.S. Aids Statistics). Both cancer patients and AIDS victi...

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Cancer I have never had to experience what it would be like to have cancer. I haven't had to experience having surgery and having my body cut into. I never had to go through rehabilitation for any disease at all. My mom didn't happen to be so lucky. In 1991 my mother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. A tumor had ... a medical opinion. She was diagnosed with Papillary carcinoma, the most common form of thyroid cancer. This occurs in 70 to 80 percent of all thyroid cancer cases (Disease Introduction 3). From there she took the steps from doctors to specialists to surgery. Finally she was almos...

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... symptoms that can be treated by smoking marijuana. AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and chron's disease are only a few of the many diseases that can be helped through the use of marijuana. People consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug and are unaware of many medical uses. Because marijuana is stereotyped as a dangerous drug, a ... is harmful. A lot of people however, disagree and feel that marijuana should never be legalized, but what about for medical uses? The medical use of marijuana should be legal for people who suffer from a serious disease, and can be helped by the use of the drug. Mari...

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... same point by the groves of academe, but to be sure just fitting for a patient who is getting incurable diseases or at death's door. In medical situation, a disease will let a patient feel painful. A doctor will choose using euthanasia to end a patient's life, after a patient's agreement. There is a name called Physician Assisted Suicide ... lockstep thinking. Doing euthanasia can release burdens and responsibility form social and family. As an illustration, if one of your relations has got a serious disease and nearly to be on the danger list. He/she may cost lots of bills for medical a...

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... 's generation? You go out and you see people of all ages; starting from ten and even younger to 70 years of age smoking. It seems to have become an epidemic, and the reason for this is simple. Peer pressure, stress and trying to live up the image of being "cool". But do these people actually know what the consequences of their actions are. It ... 's simple, death. The oxford dictionary defines a cigarette as a roll of shredded tobacco in thin paper used for smoking and smoking this cigarette is considered to be one of the most serious but preventable health problems facing the world. The ...

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... him dinner), and the relatives believe that Allison is a young woman after his money. How ironic that she is the one with a life-threatening disease. In the next paragraph the carving of the pumpkins takes place. The very important fact that Clark had been a doctor, an internist, is ... mentioned (in passing) here. The description of Clarks pumpkins are "ferocious and jagged", "surprised" and "serene and beaming". This could possibly be a description of Clark's feelings toward Allison's dreadful disease. Allison's pumpkins are crude in comparison with "two turned up" and "two turned down...

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... substance abuse -- totalling $20 billion out of the $87 billion spent on such care in fiscal year 1994. Eighty percent of that -- $16 billion -- paid for care for smoking-related disease and disabilities. • Cigarette smoking is the largest single drain on the Medicare Trust Fund, poised to take $800 billion over the next 20 years, according to a study of hospital ... of cancer and the 7 percent rise in cancer's mortality since 1971, a National Cancer Institute advisory committee panel says. Cancer is currently the second-largest killer in the nation (behind heart disease), but could b...

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... equally. (Website #2) There is no medical treatment for this disease because it is very rare. Since it is a disease that causes mutations to the face, there is surgical procedures that tend to be very expensive and very few doctors are able to make this procedure a perfection. But the physical part if only half of what you really have to go through, it is also the ... emotionaly and psychological parts of having a mutated face and not being accepted as part of the "normal" societal standards. This disease is a disease that is genetic and is mutational. The gene ... more then physically...

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... about a disease. A disease, of which most people are unaware. A disease, which leads people to a slow and painfull death by the lack of knowledge about it. A disease called male breast cancer. I will inform you about some aspects of the nature, the risks, and the treatment of this disease, and I will discuss a little the psychological reactions of the patients. You have heard the term "breast cancer" before, but what does it ... mean? Let me help you understand. Cancer occurs when cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Most cancers are named after the part of the body...

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... and sorrow, his quality of life very poor. People have the power to choose how cancer affects their lives. Even though cancer is an atrocious disease, the type of impact it has on ones life depends entirely on the individual. Freedom is in the hands of the beholder. A diagnosis of ... impacted when the news broke. This man is the only father figure in his life, and now he is sick. I asked the simple question "Are you okay?" and suddenly my brother collapsed to his knees, sobbing in distress. He looked as his whole world was crashing down in flames. In relation ... way. People have the p...

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... the hormone leptin (Kirkpatrick and Caldwell, 60). Many times overeating is the result of loneliness or stress (Arenson, 19). "Eating disorders arise when you learn to apply comforting activities involving food as solutions to life's problems, just as you apply a Band-Aid to a cut" (Arenson, 21). In many studies it was proven that loneliness and low self esteem can cause overeating. ... Insufficiency Daytime Sleepiness- Deep Vein Thrombosis- Diabetes (Type 2)-90% of people who have type 2 diabetes are overweight. End Stage Renal Disease Gallbladder Disease- 30% of obese people have gall...

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... 2001 about 182,800 new cases of invasive breast cancer (Stages I-IV) will be diagnosed among women in the United States and about 41,200 deaths from the disease," (Reach to Recovery, 5). There are many different risk factors believed to be involved in increasing a woman's chance of getting breast cancer. Some factors such as age and gender cannot be changed, but others ... cancer (Reach to Recovery, 9-11). The first steps to the prevention of breast cancer involve early detection and education. Carol Bonzi said, "I believe that early education is the key. If you start educating at a you...

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... at lunch or by ordering stewed tomatoes in your omelet. The next tip tells how to lower your risk of heart disease. It mentions quitting smoking and eating less fatty foods that prevent heart strain. You want to keep your cholesterol below 130 and blood pressure at 120/80 and no sign of diabetes. Taking care ... of your heart can help add years to your life. Heart disease kills 344,807 men per year. The third thing is taking care of your brain. You can achieve this by getting 22IU's of vitamin E a day. Vitamin E can help reduce a rust like corrosion in ... who try to quit don't. The nic...

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... severity. The symptoms may come and go making diagnosis and treatment complicated along with making it harder to cope with the illness. Other symptoms include: inabliility to comprehend or retain what is read, impairment of speech or reasoning, visual disturbances, psychological problems (Depression is often seen in patients with CFS), shortness of breath, chest pains, ringing in the ears and seizures ... to name a few. As you can see the symptoms are very much like many other conditions. The Center for Disease Control. considers the diagnosis for CFS to be "clinically evaluated, unexpl...

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... is wrong because no test is one-hundred percent positive, so it may cause innocent people to lose their lives in the name of science. It is you who has to decide your view on this issue, and try to do something about it. Cloning is the technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of ... is simply a way to try to extend human life, which is what medical science has been doing since man's beginning. It has the potential to find cures or treatment for all major disease known to man. There are two different ways cloning is done. They are embryo splitting and somatic nuclear repl...

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... of age annually, resulting in between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations each year. 2. An estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths and 35,000 coronary heart disease deaths occur annually among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke. Conclusion: In the US, tobacco causes nearly ... in the world today. Tobacco-caused deaths worldwide are expected to increase from about 4 million per year today to about 10 million per year by the 2030s. Action Plan: So, What do we do? The earlier we learn the better. There are great programs out there that teach our chil...

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... breast. What is it you ask? Well answer may just be that you have the beginning stage of breast cancer. What is breast cancer you ask? Well cancer itself is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Breast cancer specifically is any type of malignant cancerous growth in the breast tissue. There are several types of breast cancer, but the common types are Ductal ... Carcinoma, Lobular Carcinoma, Medullary Carcinoma, and Mucinous Carcinoma. Ductal Carcinoma is when cancer cells are present ... is found and treated, the better a woman's chance for a complete re...

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... digestive system was not made to digest meat, a vegetarian diet is much easier and healthier for our bodies. Patterns of heart disease and colon cancer are much higher for people who eat meat as researched by "The Agricultural Circular- Livestock and Meat" Secondly, as known around the ... three chickens is infected with salmonella bacteria. Not only that but there are so many other diseases to be caught from animals for example mad cow disease. This disease basically destroys your brain so that within a few months you are completely a vegetable, yes it has been found in the U.S. Testing...

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... outside for too long. Don't stay in a tanning bed for very long either. What are some things that cause Melanoma Cancer? Lets say for example that someday you and some of your friends are out on the beach without sunscreen all day. When you get home later, you realize that you got really burnt. You go to the doctor to find out if he has anything for it ... I think I would like to meet someone that does have it because I think that it would be cool to see what it is like to live with it. I have found out a lot about this disease because of this project. I had no idea that you could get a...

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... smoke by opening up the receptors in it. When you sleep at night the Nicotine level drops very low and that is the reason people usually reach for a cigarette right after they wake up. (Boughton) What are the risks of smoking? Smoking has two kinds of effects, long term and short-term effects. The short term effects happen after a few years of smoking ... and usually are coughing, wheezing, dizziness, shortness of breath, bad breath, decreased physical fitness and reduced lung function. Although ... hand smoke really that bad? Yes, second hand smoke is almost as bad for you as actually...

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... lung cancer deaths, are caused from smoking. (www.ash.org). One- third of our population is at risk for lung cancer along with other cancers caused by smoking. Other cancers caused from smoking include: cancers of the mouth, tongue, throat, larynx, esophagus, pancreas, bladder and kidney. Not only can you get cancer from smoking but you can also get coronary heart disease. (www.smokinglungs ... arteries and accelerates the arteriosclerosis of blood vessel making higher chances for plaque formation within the walls of the arteries, making them more susceptible to coronary heart disease."...

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