Essays on Health and Medicine

... contracts certain kinds of puenomia of rare types of cancer. After contracting AIDS you will likely die in a very short amount of time. First, when it originated. AID's originated somewhere in Africa about 25-30 years ago and was thought to have been brought here in the '70's. It first appeared in heterosexuals of both the sexes. It was probably spread so quickly through female prostitutes. AID's has already become a crisis of staggering proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that 20% of their people carry the virus. That is 2 out of every 10 people you see walking down the street. And that figure is increasing. And if no cure is found ...

... the termina tion of a week old fetus? When does a fetus become a life entitled to the same protection as a newborn baby or when is it too late to end a pregnancy? Some would say at any point before birth; however, a fetus can be viable and live outside its mother's womb quite some time before its natural birth otherwise would occur. Is that the point at which abortion is inappropriate and, thus, illegal as well as immoral? While there are those who would answer in the affirmative, many would argue that a life entitled to protection began at the time of concep tion, the entry of a sperm cell into the egg. In any event, abortion must be viewed as an issue wi ...

... way of life that varies from our western norm. First, we must have a quick look at the history of treating people with Chinese drug therapy. Treatment is accomplished by utilizing two basic theories, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TMC) and Tuina therapy. The practitioner questions their patient about their symptoms and examines their tongue, palpates their pulse and body, and observes condition of color, smell, voice, posture, or movement. This information is is arranged in a causal pattern and a diagnosis can be made. A specific formula is selected from a variety of traditional formulas and made to the exact dosage that the diagnosis requires. According to ...

... short of breath, easily tired, and whites of eyes turn yellow. Ethnic or special groups affected with Sickle Cell Anemia are mostly blacks, and Hispanics of Caribbean ancestry. The disease also affects some people of Arabian, Greek, Maltese, Sicilian, Sardinian, Turkish, and Southern Asian ancestry. How transmitted type of gene or chromosomes that causes the disease. Sickle Cell Anemia is a sex linked gene. One way somebody could get this disease is if both parents are a carrier for Sickle Cell Anemia. There is one in four chance that a baby will have the disease. How the disease is diagnosed. Doctors are able to diagnose the Sickle Cell Anemia disease b ...

... different depending on the amount of the drug consumed and the circumstances under which it is taken. Marijuana has not been proven to be physically addicting and no physical withdraw symptoms occur when its use is discontinued. Second of all, marijuana usage can also have non-pleasure giving effects. Mood changes are often accompanied by altered perceptions of time and space and of one's bodily dimensions. The thinking processes become disrupted by fragmentary ideas and memories. Many users report increased appetite, confusion, acute panic reactions, anxiety attacks, fear, a sense of helplessness and loss of self control. Chronic weed users are said to develo ...

... Barb ' and explained how to smoke a banana peel to get high. First you have to peel the banana peel and then scrape the white material that is next to the peel out . You then must put this white material in the oven at 200 Degrees C. until it is dry then roll it into a cigarette. A bunch of other hippie papers copied the instructions and it became a craze and even TIME and NEWSWEEK wrote about it. Someone I know says he smoked banana peels once but he was "tripping" on mushrooms at the time so he didn't know if it made him high or not. A friend of mine tried smoking banana peels recently and he sasys it only gave him a little bit of a headache. Scientists s ...

... and more serious clinical features in each succeeding generation - a phenomenon referred to as anticipation. Anticipation occurs more frequently when the gene is passed from mother to child rather than from father to child. Anticipation appears to be explained by the ability of the gene to expand from generation to generation. Amplification is frequently observed after parent-to-child transmission, but extreme amplifications are not transmitted through the male line. This explains anticipation and the occurrence of the severe congenital form almost exclusively in the offspring of affected women. Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Congenital myotonic dystrophy is th ...

... there are three. These children's features include up slanted eyelids, depressed foreheads, hearing loss, dental problems, poor speech development, heart disease and intestinal problems where surgery is required. Parents feel very helpless and guilty in many of these and similar situations, feeling as if they are abnormal. However most can learn to walk, talk, dress themselves and eat. Special work programs are available that can help the child reach their education level. Also these work programs help takes off the many stresses facing parents. They no longer have to go it alone. Tay Sachs disease is another selective genetic disorder that destro ...

... entitled "38 Assisted Suicides," many people believe that when it comes to matters such as life and death, there are no options. The decision to live or die is made by God. Judith Curren didn't agree. With the assistance of Dr. Kevorkian, she died and the retired pathologist presided at his 38th assisted suicide, fairly confident that he will not be prosecuted or even suffer public disapproval. Many of the people who have sought out Dr. Kevorkian have been terribly ill and suffering, with no hope of long-term survival. Their stories offered examples that built public sympathy for this cause. But from the beginning, even among observers who believe that ...

... possible. Contained herein are the arguments for and against the legalization of doctor-assisted suicide, as well as where the state courts stand in respect to this most delicate of issues. In the hopes of clarification, we must first distinguish between active and passive euthanasia. Passive euthanasia involves the patient's refusal of medical assistance. It involves the right to die which is protected by the United States Constitution clauses of due process liberty and the right to privacy (Fourteenth Amendment). The right to doctor- assisted suicide, or active euthanasia, consists of, "...a patient's right to authorize a physician to perform an act ...