... who have incurable , painful, or distressing diseases or handicaps. It come from the Greek words for 'good' and 'death', and is commonly called mercy killing. Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill persons ask their physician, friend or relative , to put them to death. The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. Many critics of the medical profession contend that too often doctors play god on operating tables and in recovery rooms. They argue that no doctor should be allowed to decide who lives and who dies. The issue of euthanasia is having a tremendous impact on medicine in the United States today. ...

... in shortening the length of onset of AIDS after contracting HIV (1). The second type of virulence noted by Ewald (1) was in circumstances where contraction of the pathogen did not guarantee death to the host. Most pathogens we are familiar with today fall into the latter category. In this case, virulence of the pathogen can, and is, measured by mortality rates. Here, more virulent strains kill more hosts. If mortality rates are very low or not present at all, greater virulence can be expressed as causing more symptoms of illness. One such pathogen is Vibrio cholerae, which causes the disease known as cholera. The subject of this paper will focus on the ...

... out some light when it is bright. Everything that passes through the pupil, which looks like a black dot, is what you see. Next the light passes through the lens. The lens focuses the light rays onto the retina forming an image in reverse and upside-down. Finally light- sensitive cells in the retina transmit the image via the optic nerve to the brain by electrical signals. Then the brain flips the image so it looks right- side-up to you. You can find a diagram of the above on page 3. The most common visual defects are nearsightedness and farsightedness. In nearsightedness, also known as myopia, the eye is longer than usual. This is corrected by using a con ...

... Yet fats are an essential nutrient. Fast provide energy for your body and are also used as building materials. Fats also are important in the synthesis of hormones, for protecting body organs against injury, and for insulating the body from cold. Sources of fat in the diet include meats, nuts, and dairy products, as well as cooking oils. Proteins: your body has many uses for proteins. Enzymes, antibodies, many hormones, and chemicals that help the blood to clot are proteins. Proteins are part of muscles and many cell structures, including the cell membrane. Sources of proteins in the diet include meats, dried beans, whole grains eggs, and dairy products. ...

... they set apart the 15 samples that were from people with Alzheimer's or an other related condition from the 19 samples from people who didn't have Alzheimer's. Most Alzheimer's patients are determined to have Alzheimer's by symptoms, psychological testing, and medical testing to prove its not another disease that is causing the person to appear to be having Alzheimer's. Scientists and other Alzheimer's experts felt it was too soon to see how useful this test might be for doctors. Doctors diagnosis's are usually 80 to 90% accurate. Alzheimer's patients show an extensive amount of amyloid beta- protein. The test is to detect amyloid beta-protein in the spinal flu ...

... students who binge-drink have a prior drinking problem, usually beginning in high school. In an article in the September 13, 1999 issue of Time magazine, Amy Dickinson interviewed a group of eighteen students attending a liberal arts college near her home. Of the group of eighteen, five of them had previously been hospitalized for alcohol overdoses, and two had been treated by paramedics on campus for overdoses as well. The author commented that the mind-set of the students was not to “get drunk and silly” but instead to drink for the sole purpose of passing out. The students also reported that there is a “beer-friendly” attitude on the campus and that it i ...

... the effects of that antibiotic. Another cause of resistance is the improper use of drugs. When patients feel that the symptoms of their disease have improved, they often stop taking the drug. Just because the symptoms have disappeared it does not mean the disease has gone away. Prescribed drugs should be taken until all the medicine is gone so the disease is completely finished. If it is not, then this will just give the bacteria some time to find a way to avoid the effects of the drug. One antibiotic that will always have a long lasting effect in history is penicillin. This was the first antibiotic ever to be discovered. Alexander Fleming was the person ...

... them.” (Ehrlich 158). This passage gives a in depth look as to how spread out and secluded Wyoming is. Ehrlich believed it was this openness that would help her loss herself but in actuality it was this openness that allowed her to find herself. She even goes to say that she hadn’t planned to stay once she arrived, “I came here four years ago. I had not planned to stay, but I couldn’t make myself leave.” (Ehrlich 156). Ehrlich was drawn to the vastness of nothing. Later in the essay she says, “Its absolute indifference steadied me.” (Ehrlich 157) Without the presence of fellow people, one must look into oneself for company. It is here when one is able to ...

... She suffered from a terminal illness called ALS (a.k.a. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease). The disease progressively worsens until it robs the individual of all their abilities (like walking, control of body movement, swallowing and breathing) until they are totally dependent on mechanical devices to survive. Before she ended her life, she brought the debate over assisted suicide and the right to die to the Supreme Court of British Columbia (which was denied) and then to the British Columbia Court of Appeal which was lost. She fought though for the right to change the laws of assisted suicide and have the right to choose when she would di ...

... for Acquired Immune Defficiency Disease. It is caused by a virus. The disease origiunated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago. There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by primarily female prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of STAGGERING proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. That figure is increasing. And what occurred there will, if no cure is found, most likely occur here among heteroosexual folks. AIDS was first seen as a ...