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Psychoanalysis
... what was going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus helping the unconscious become conscious. Many cases of hysteria were cured this way, and in 1895, Freud, along with another fellow physician, published their findings and theories on the study of hysteria. In The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas, the character Lisa does not exhibit the above form of hysteria, but rather a manifestation of reality. Her own reality has become too imprisoned, and she escapes it by creating another Lisa that is nothing like her person.
The traditional psychoanalytical theory states that all human beings are born with instinctual drives that are constantly active even though ...
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The Effects Of Smoking
... may occur in people aged in their thirties, if they have
been smoking for 15 - 20 years. The influence of smoking on heart disease
is much greater at younger ages. In smokers between 35 - 44 years of age,
73% of deaths from coronary heart disease are due to smoking. By ages 75 -
84 years, the proportion of CHD deaths due to smoking in current smokers
falls to 14%. Even smoking one cigarette causes a wide range of
physiological reactions. The carbon monoxide inhaled when a cigarette is
lit has a number of toxic effects on the body. The first is the impairment
of oxygen transportation in the blood. This impairs muscular performance,
and may also affect the vision, ...
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Euthanasia
... as a result of the intervention of artificial life support equipment or other medical or surgical procedures.
While this has generally been a desirable development , it has also had some negative consequences in that, in some instances, the dying process is unnecessarily prolonged. There are two main arguments against that severe pain can and that if some form of killing by doctors, or others were made legal, it might easily be abused and people might be put to death for reasons unconnected with mercy.
However, many people see the argument in terms of their own right to die,when faced with the indignity of deterioration, dependence and hopeless pain. ...
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The Circulatory System
... cava. When the right auricle
contracts, it forces the blood through an opening into the right ventricle.
When this contracts the ventricle drives the blood to the lungs. Blood is
prevented from returning into the auricle by the tricuspid valve, which
completely closes during contraction of the ventricle. In its passage
through the lungs, the blood is oxygenated, then it is brought back to the
heart by the four pulmonary veins, which enter the left auricle. When this
chamber contracts, blood is forced into the left ventricle and then by
ventricular contraction into the aorta. The bicuspid, or mitral valve
prevents the blood from flowing back into the auricle, and ...
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The Spread Of AIDS
... and teach our children about it in time to take effective precautions. Given the right measures, no one need get AIDS.
The pandemic continues:
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Many of us have forgotten about the virulence of widespread epidemics, such as the 1917/18 influenza pandemic which killed over 21 million people, including 50,000 Canadians. Having been lulled into false security by modern antibiotics and vaccines about our ability to conquer infections, the Western world was ill prepared to cope with the advent of AIDS in 1981. (Retro- spective studies now put the first reported U.S. case of AIDS as far back as 1968.) The arrival of a new and lethal virus c ...
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Marijuana As Medicine?
... year, yet these substances remain legal. However, in the 10,000 years of usage, no one has ever died from smoking marijuana. (Medical Marijuana, www.norml.com) Marijuana should be studied more extensively for its medicinal purposes, and should be legally available for doctors to prescribe to their patients, judging by their therapeutic need for it.
The oldest known medical use of marijuana dates back to the Emperor Shen-Nung in China in the 28th century BC. He prescribed it for such things as constipation, malaria, and absentmindedness. (Medical Marijuana, www.normal.com) Marijuana was also commonly used medically in, but not restricted to ancient Egypt to ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
... stunted growth and low weight, poor eyesight, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, and some even have severe heart and brain problems. Alcohol attacks virtually any of the body's cell (Dorfman, 60). Mid-facial abnormalities are a part of the child for life. Some of these common abnormalities are a broad nasal bridge, poorly developed filtrum, thin upper limit, flattening of the axillary area, and a short upturned or beak-like nose.
Some of the more serious effects that can be more dangerous are a poor dental alignment, optic nerve defects, and arterial septal defect (Welkselman, 297). Welkselman thinks that affected infants frequently are measured at birth ...
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AIDS
... in the following seven countries combined: Dominican Republic, Kenya,
Rwanda, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
Illness and death among young adults due to HIV have reached such proportions
in some countries that overall national economics and productivity are affected.
In Uganda, for example, 44 percent of all premature deaths are attributable to
AIDS. In terms of years of labor productivity, AIDS is responsible for more than
66 percent of Uganda's economically significant losses.
The virus is also spreading into new areas. For example:
-During the last three years, HIV-infection rates among Vietnamese
prostitutes jumped from 9 percen ...
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Abortion
... end in . Women with incomes under eleven thousand are over three times more likely to abort than those with incomes above twenty-five thousand. Unmarried women are four to five times more likely to abort than married and the rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000.
The most popular procedure involved in s is the vacuum aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the cervix ...
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Abortion Is Murder
... the most ardent pro-choice person will say "you cannot do that."
The notion that the fetus feels no pain until the third trimester has been argued by many pro-life advocates. We believe that a fetus as early as seven weeks after conception can feel pain. Thus, they believe that a fetus can feel pain part way through the first trimester, whn most abortions are performed. Why would you want to take the chance of putting your un-born child through this agonizing pain.
In truth abortion is the wrongful murder of a helpless and innocent human life. The right to abortion sends a message to people that says you can do away with things you do not want to deal with a ...
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