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Essays on Medicine

Epidemiology Of Varsity Sports
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... for one or more days, because performance has been impaired (Hanes and Murray, 1982). The following statistics will deal with injuries of collegiate sports incurred by athletes involved in Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics and Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and Wrestling, and Women's Field Hockey. BASKETBALL The study of the nature and extent of athletic injuries Occuring in Women's Basketball by Hanes and Murray in 1982 found an injury rate of 41.7 per 100 players. Of these injuries 56.9% were ankle sprains, 24.1% were muscle strains. 76.2% of the sprains and strains occurred to the lower extremities. Injured fingers ( which wer ...



Abortion Is Murder
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... 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 ...



Abortion
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... of innocent human beings must stop. Using as a means of birth control should be illegal. These babies that are being killed are not just worthless fetuses. They are tiny little humans beings. A tiny six week old unborn baby has forty six chromosomes in every cell which is the scientifically verifiable human genetic code and he has brain waves that can be measured. The end of human life can be defined as the moment when brain waves cease but many ignore the scientific evidence of brain waves in unborn babies. As small as seven weeks old a baby can swim freely in the amniotic sack. At nine weeks, the baby is extremely active and begins swallowing. When the baby ...



The Circulatory System
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... veins. The superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. When the right auricle contracts, it forces the blood through an opening into the right ventricle. Contraction of this 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, that is, 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 ...



Are Cosmetic Surgeries Worth It?
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... There are many reasons to have surgery. Some operations can relieve or prevent pain. Others can reduce a symptom of a problem or improve some body function. Some surgeries are performed to diagnose a problem. Surgery can also save our life. However, cosmetic surgeries are about pressure to look better. Many people believe that it is up to each individual to decide what they want to do with their body. Yet, does it really help to have your skin pulled up to your cheeks so you can’t smile? Cosmetic surgeries carry a high degree of risk, sometimes can cost one’s life. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, five patients did not survive undergoin ...



Paranoid Personality Disorders
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... personality disorder rarely confide in people and are actually amazed if someone shows loyalty. However, this amazement also gives way to disbelief and falls back towards the idea that this newfound loyalty is part of a plot to cause harm. Those of with the disorder also tend to bear their grudges and unwilling to forgive. They nurture their grudges and anger, which over time, gives them more of a sense that it is the outside world which the problem, not themselves. At times, these individuals may also conjure up flamboyant illusions to confirm their behavior toward others. These feelings are also carried out towards family as well. One example could be as ...



Cystic Fibrosis
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... 1938 Dorothy H. Anderson of Columbus University discovered some definite symptoms of CF () by performing autopsies on infected children. She had also named the genetic defect. Those were destruction of pancreas, damage to lungs and infections in lungs. By the 1940’s scientists discovered that thick secretions, which blocked digestive enzymes from the pancreas, were clogging the ductile systems and passageways. Which caused the ineffectiveness of the digestive track. The mucus is what trapped the infectious bacteria in the lungs.1946 scientists discovered that CF was a recessive trait caused by a mutation of a single gene. They also found out that about 5% of America ...



How I Deal With A Loved One Who Has Aids
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... None of it really matters because even if I knew the answers I would not be able to change what happened. All I can do now is try to deal with the situation the best I can. Guilt is a form of pain because all I would do is sit and wish that it was someone else with the virus instead of somebody I love. I need to put my guilt and pain aside so my loved one does not see the pain and suffering that was accidentally forced upon them by a blood trusfusion or by their own bad judgment and the agony caused to all family members and friends. How do I cope with the pain? First, I must deal with the pain by getting everything out in the open. I can not make plans for ...



RU-486 The New Abortion Pill: How Safe Is It?
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... used off-label to soften cervix when inducing labor. RU-486 was first promoted as a “morning after pill” to be used after unprotected sex. It was discovered that it was not effective early in the pregnancy before the progesterone levels had reached a critical threshold. The drug’s first large testing has only been under way in France and England. The massive field trail has involved dating more than 100,000 women. The creator of RU-486 is Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu. He made this for the French pharmaceutical company named Rossel-Uclaf. RU-486 is the first of a generation of birth control drugs called “antiprogestins” considered to be a breakthrough in birth contro ...



False Memory Syndrome
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... in turn disrupting all sorts of other adaptive behaviors. The analogy to personality disorder is intentional. False memory syndrome is especially destructive because the person assiduously avoids confrontation with any evidence that might challenge the memory. Thus it takes on a life of its own, encapsulated and resistant to correction. The person may become so focused on the memory that he or she may be effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life.” Jo hn F. Kihlstrom, Ph.D. There are many theorys that try to explain how memory works, still we are not sure that's how memory works. One of the most amazing theorys of how memory ...




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