... to quit smoking for medical reasons such as having already two heart-valve replacement surgeries. Wht did some people do to quit smoking? Some people substituted eating ice-cream for smoking. Why is smoking a very popular habit? The reason is you can get them anywhere. All the stores are selling cigaretes. You don't even need an identification card to identify your age if you want legal! Almost anyone can buy them! Yes, the are legal! Nowadays, even middle high school students are already smoking, and willl even lead to using drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Smoking causes all sorts of cancer. It affects your brain and it do not prolong your ...

... you and you shrink from answering it.' …given by the famous writer W. Styrone, in his book entitled Darkness Visible, providing us with an in-dept description of his own personal experiences when he suffered from depression Over the course of the year, 17.6 million American adults suffer from a depressive illness. That is 10% of the population. (Pfizer, Dealing) Depression is a whole-body illness, including mind, mood, body, and thoughts. It effects everything from the way you sleep to the way you feel about yourself. It effects how you react and how you see things. Depressive illnesses often interfere with normal functioning and cause pain and suffering not o ...

... carelessness or ignorance of better methods. Abortion should remain legalized for the fact that if it's not kept legal many women perform illegal abortions. This is such as self abortion methods wich are even more dangerous; these included are lye, lysol, iodine douches, as well as self inserted catheters, knitting needles and goose quills. When women lose their right to choose abortion they may start performing them illegally. This may do serious harm to the mother and her body. Aborton is a woman's choice. Woman accepted the definition that a womans prime role was as wife and mother and control of ones own body. Once they had choices about life roles, they ca ...

... Bibliography INTRODUCTION In today's society, people are gaining medical knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments, cures, and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly, and yet, coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world. The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse, homicides, AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths. In fact, the number of deaths from heart disease approximately equals to the number of deaths from cancer, accidents, chronic lung disease, pneumonia and influe ...

... and conflicts caused by disagreements between ourselves. Nowadays we live in difficult periods; many conflicts, crimes and other problems occur very often. We don't really realize it but most of these problems are due to our lack of understanding each other and even ourselves... In this sense, we could say that humans are not aware of their own blindness. To prove this I'll be analyzing two books we read (Sphere & The Left Hand of Darkness) and a movie we saw (Enemy Mine) trying to see what kind of ideas each story shows about human nature. In a first place, Sphere tries to emphasize the idea that most of us tend to ignore our subconscious. We all had a fear, an ...

... which comprised The Burnaby Hospital (April 1996) forming a new Regional Health Region named the Simon Fraser Health Region. The Health Region encompasses New Westminster (local health area 40), Burnaby (local health area 41), the Tri-Cities (local health area 43), including Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra, and Ridge Meadows (local health area 42) which includes Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The SFHR serves a region of 350,000 hectares and services a population base of 460,000 in 1996 figures. The Region has experienced considerable growth in population as a preferred suburban community located 10-50km from Vancouver Centre. At t ...

... situations. Some people cannot cope with it as others can and they feel suicide is an easy way out. It is a known fact, that in today¡¯s fast moving world there is so much of competition everywhere in every field. Every day we hear cases of adults, teenagers, and even children being pushed around to their best. It brings out the best in some people but not everyone. Those who are pushed to their limits and cannot cope with it feel let down by themselves. They feel as if they are not wanted anymore by the society. This creates a low self-esteem. There are a lot of misconceptions about suicide. It is believed that people who talk about suicide won¡¯t attempt it. It is ...

... Judaism, and Islam all hold human life sacred and condemn euthanasia in any form. Following traditional religious principles, Western laws have generally considered the act of helping someone to die a form of homicide subject to legal sanctions. Even a passive withholding of help to prevent death has frequently been severely punished. Euthanasia, however, occurs secretly in all societies, including those in which it is held to be immoral and illegal. Organizations supporting the legalization of voluntary euthanasia were established in Great Britain in 1935 and in the United States in 1938. They have gained some public support, but so far they have ...

... way fit to compete with people who are. Giving first aid and treating major injuries is a major aspect of this field. An athletic trainer has to see if the player is able to compete with their condition in a matter of minutes. An athletic trainer also has to prescribe and support equipment to allow athletes to continue playing. Personal and physical characteristics are important to any career. Some jobs are more demanding than others physically. While others suggest a challenge more mentally than physically. Physically For an athletic trainer, physically you must be able to communicate well with athletes on proper use of equipment and confer with coaches and ph ...

... researchers had to use a powerful optical microscope to look for dividing cells in tissue damaged by heart attacks. They detected cell nuclei that were splitting. Other scientists searching for dividing had not tried that technique. The finding strengthens the possibility that scientists can develop medical treatments to enhance cell division and restore healthy heart muscle. It is too soon, however, to know to what extent such treatments might repair damaged hearts, such as those suffering congenital heart disease. Scientist and researchers at the University of Udine in Italy, studied hearts removed from 27 people who had received transplants. The researchers ...