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College Campuses and Homosexuality

are given the opportunity to buy condoms at greatly reduced prices. Even so, "Only 48% of heterosexuals and 36% of gays claim to ...

Evil Disease of Crime Cured in Gorgias by Plato

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

Epidemiological Overview of Lassa Fever

In five pages this paper examines the disease that was first discovered in 1969 and containment attempts. Five sources are cited ...

Modern Society and Heart Disease

advertising by big businesses that has contributed in a large part to the decline in the health of the average American citizen. ...

More Negative Than Positive Effects of Anabolic Steroids

with normal hormone production, causing a kind of drug-induced sex change -- men can become feminized, with shrunken testicles and...

Assessiing Chlamydia and Intervention Options

and treatments which are necessitated by the venereal disease Chlamydia. The venereal disease Chlamydia presents a number o...

Trade Goods and Their Impacts

This paper points out that cultures can change in unexpected ways just because of our adoption of some seemingly harmless material...

Studies for Heart Disease Contributors

This 7 page paper gives an outline of the heart disease studies and risk factors. This paper includes the studies on risk factors ...

Overview: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

This research paper presents a discussion of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) pathophysiology, treatment and disease progression. F...

Distinguishing Between Cystic Fibrosis and COPD

This paper discusses the epidemiology and treatment of the various diseases impacting human respiration. There are seven sources ...

Article Analysis: "Evolution of Infectious Disease"

move through populations of individuals) to consider "how the characteristics that traditional epidemiology has identified to be i...

Periodontal Disease

with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by a dentist or dental hygienist" (Periodontal disease, 2007). One exceptio...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Symptoms, Treatment and Society’s View of Sufferers

life, though they may never be completely free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different f...

Diabetes Mellitis and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans

social factors that influence access to care and the application of preventative strategies in African American populations. Th...

Medical Ethical Dilemma - Stem Cell Research

totipotent cells, which becomes the placenta and inside the blastocyst are numerous embryonic stem cells (Sumanas, Inc., 2007). It...

Epidemics and Civilization

course, pregnancy is not contagious and while there may be something occurring in large numbers it is not the same thing as focusi...

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

The Case Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Article Analysis: Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

flourodeoxyglucose and amyloid ligands" (Chertkow, 2008, p. 316). Other developments in the field include the "recognition of the ...

Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Alzheimer’s Diseases: Causes and Risk Factors

insulin "could affect Ab concentrations in human beings," leading to Alzheimers (Lawrence, 2003). What is Alzheimers? Alzheimers ...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Educating Teens about STDs/HIV

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...

Hemolytic Disease In Newborn Infants

(Kasprisin et al, 1987; Strauss et al, 2004). It is also possible that during a normal pregnancy there will be a spontaneous trans...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Educating Teens about STDs/HPV

carry out specific behaviors influences the behaviors in which they engage, their persistence in the face of obstacles, and the ef...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

The Effects of Immobility, Injury, and Aging of Joints

impact on joint function. Typically, fractures are pulled back in place and the injury is immobilized using a plaster cast or som...

Cardiovascular Disease

One of nearly every three women who die are victims of cardiovascular disease, with fourteen percent more women dying of coronary ...

Lesson Plan : Seniors And Smoking

[There will be a variety of responses, like taking medication, calling and e-mailing loved ones, etc.] Short discussion about the ...

Alcohol in Society

consumption is risky as well (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Food does absorb some of the alcohol. Also, in addition to alcoh...