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- 10041: Vegetarianism
- ... consumption by one hundred percent, you reduce your risk of heart attack by ninety percent". This quote clearly states that many people would live longer lives by consuming less meat since the largest cause of death in the United States is heart disease. The average vegetarian consumes less saturated fat and cholesterol than an average meat eater, so the general health of a vegetarian is very likely to be better than ...
- 10042: The Ebola Virus
- ... to 8 to 10 hours to result fatally. It starts off with a fever and symptoms of the flu. Then the muscles in your face stop moving freezing your face into a mask. Just before death, you start to bleed from every opening in your body starting from your nose and mouth to your gums. Your internal organs liquefy and you vomit them up. In reality, the virus has attempted to ...
- 10043: Necrotizing Fasciitis/Myosits (Flesh eating Disease)
- ... this illness, the symptoms are fever, severe pain, and a red, painful swelling which spreads rapidly. The disease spreads very rapidly through flesh at a rate of one inch or almost three centimetres per hour. Death can occur in just 18 hours. The layers of tissue that surround the muscle are called fascia. When the disease spreads along the layers of tissue that surround muscle, it is called Necrotizing Fasciitis. Once ...
- 10044: AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?
- ... year, at which point opportunistic illnesses occur. Parallel to this syndrome, disorders in various organ systems occur, the most severe in the brain, the symptoms of which range from motoric disorders to severe dementia and death. This set of symptoms, say the Segals, is identical in every detail with the Visna sickness which occurs in sheep, mainly in Iceland. (Visna means tiredness in Icelandic). However, the visna virus is not pathogenic ...
- 10045: Use of Marijuana As Medicine
- ... medical uses. Other illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin are classified as Schedule II, even though they are considered habit forming and dangerous, where marijuana, classified as a Schedule I, has never caused a death or overdose and is not considered addictive. The federal government refuses to reclassify marijuana because there is no proof that smoked marijuana is the most effective available treatment for anything. (McCaffrey 27) There can be ...
- 10046: Prevention of HIV Transmittance to Babies
- ... as of December 31, 1994, there were 58,448 women with AIDS in the United States. Nearly one fourth of the total were reported in 1994 alone. AIDS is now the fourth leading cause of death in US women ages 25 to 44 and in 15 major United States cities. In 1993, the CDC estimated that 7,000 HIV infected women gave birth in this country, in other words, about one ...
- 10047: Poor Habits and Their Effect on People's Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
- ... It is difficult to keep ahead with payment commitments such as credit card bills, mortgage, taxes, and so on. Some people have lousy organizing habit with payment commitments. That can cause people to end in death. For example, some people commit suicide do to the high demands of financially supporting a family. Unfortunately, lots of people have a false sense of priorities. The priority for employers is mainly the work employees ...
- 10048: Plants, Spirits, and Healing
- ... crushed leaves are inhaled through the nose, throat, and lungs when clogged with mucus from a respiratory infection. Another use was for antiseptics for wounds or inflammations. In some instances things were used to cause death and not to heal. If someone wished to kill an enemy, they would secretly build a fire and pass pointing bones through the flames while mumbling ritual curses. Then, after that the bones are buried ...
- 10049: The Bubonic Plague
- ... are approximately the size of a chicken egg. If a case is nonfatal than the temperature will begin to fall in about five days, and approaches normal in about two weeks, but in fatal cases death will probably occur within four days. How was the plague transmitted into England? There is much controversy concerning the exact method by which the plague arrived in England. But it is certain that it arrived ...
- 10050: Depression: The Heart of Darkness Article by Francesca Delbanco
- ... Francesca Delbanco The Heart of Darkness by Francesca Delbanco is an article about depression. The article defines depression and the means to cope with it. Depression is caused by many things in life from a death in a family or friend, the feeling of an low self esteem to a disastrous relationship with a mate or companion. The authors article, states that everyone in their lifetime had been through it before ...
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