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- 16511: The Risks of Smoking
- ... made to manufacture cigarettes. This then spread smoking across America. By 1945 it became common for women to smoke. But from the mid 1970’s smoking began to decline in many Western countries. Across the world one third if adults puff their way through five trillion cigarettes a year. Studies show that teenage smoking is on the increase despite government efforts to bring it down. Most smokers began as teenagers. Every ...
- 16512: The Black Death
- ... a third of Europe’s entire population, about 25 million people, was dead. People tried numerous methods to stop the spread of the plague. They used leeches, coals, herbs, fire, and . Many people believed the world was about to end and that god was punishing them. Jews often became scapegoats. There was widespread slaughter of the Jews and many Jewish communities perished. The bubonic plague has several, very distinct symptoms. It ...
- 16513: AIDS
- ... IV drug user or a practicing homosexual; it is anyone, anyone who has unprotected sex, anyone who has had a blood transfusion in the past twenty years, or anyone who was innocently brought into the world by an infected mother. The AIDS is on the rise in the state of Virginia. As many as 15,000 residents may be infected with the virus and not be aware of it and the ...
- 16514: Bacteria
- ... in contaminated water can also carry this disease. In industrialized countries like the United States, drinking water and filtered and purified with special chemicals that kill bacteria. Every year around 25 million people around the world die from diseases caused by contaminated water.
- 16515: Shellfish Poisoning
- ... are invertebrates, which are relatives to the sea anemones and corals. True jellyfish belong to the Phylum: Cnidaria, - class Scyphozoan. Some other animals that are similar in general appearance, such as the Portuguese man o' war, are often called jellyfish, but though they are related, scientists do not regard them as true jellyfish. Most jellyfish have three main parts: the round umbrella-like bodies or bells which propel the animals with ...
- 16516: RU-486 The New Abortion Pill: How Safe Is It?
- ... weekly: page 6 Harrison, D. MD “RU-486 The abortion pill” Christian America Hope-net.com “Abortion Methods” http://hope-net.com/cplink/methods.html Rubin, Rita “How does the abortion pill work” US News & World Report March 3,1997 Page 68
- 16517: Preventing Injuries
- ... of all physically active people suffer at least one sport related injury per year. Most likely these people are not following some of these guidelines if any when they go to exercise. Everyone in the world today is always looking for a shortcut, but when a person get injured it ends up usually being a long road back to recovery!
- 16518: HIV/AIDS Seminar
- ... IV drug user or a practicing homosexual; it is anyone, anyone who has unprotected sex, anyone who has had a blood transfusion in the past twenty years, or anyone who was innocently brought into the world by an infected mother. As unfair as it is, HIV/AIDS can attack someone whom society would have never "branded" as a stereotypical AIDS victim. This issue of HIV/AIDS needs to be addressed, and ...
- 16519: Genetics and Evolution: Cystic Fibrosis and Down Syndrome
- ... Cell Anemia Sickle-Cell Anemia, also called sickle-cell disease, is a hereditary condition where hemoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein in the blood, is altered, leading to periodic interruptions in blood circulation. All over the world. the disease is found predominantly in blacks, of whom approximately 1 in 400 are affected; it mainly occurs in the US, in the Middle East and the Mediterranean area. Symptoms of the condition appear at ...
- 16520: Euthanasia, Mercy or Murder?
- ... unable to do so unaided or just wants someone to do it for them, it would be unfair to prosecute someone who helps them. It is better for a person to go out of the world when they are still capable of bidding their loved ones a coherent farewell, rather than a person not even knowing who they are anymore because they are so sick. The opposition claims that euthanasia is ...
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