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Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Heard Disease and Psychosocial Factors

a Type A personality, chronic stress, hostility and anger all increase the risk of heart attacks (Harvard Mental Health Letter, Ju...

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention and Exercise

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

Mad Cow Disease

of CJD, variant CJD (vCJD). Mad Cow Disease is spread when cows and other ruminants are fed protein of other mammals. Many cattl...

Examination of Huntington's Disease

patient displays. While the propensity for abuse can certainly go either way - from caregiver to patient and vice versa - the ext...

Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program

teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...

Overview of Cardiomyopathy Heart Disease

In five pages this report examines the pathophysiology of cardiomyopathy which is a common sudden death cause that is second to co...

Examination of Cardiovascular Disease

the current trend toward the modified food pyramid; once top-heavy with animal flesh, the new version touts the combined physical ...

Aboriginal People and European Diseases

author notes that "On the night that the Aztecs drove Cortez out of Mexico City, in their retreat the Spaniards left behind an inv...

Heart Disease Prevention and Exercise

information about breast cancer in women has increased and women generally seem worried about the risk and chance of breast cancer...

Disease of Schizophrenia

known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...

Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity

rest and sleep to the heightened conditions experienced during maximal exercise (Turner, 1994). In other words:...

Women, Heart Disease, and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

Overview of Heart Disease

and strokes. Heart disease became commonplace. The rate of heart disease increased so sharply between the 1940 and 1967 that the W...

Heart Disease and Gender Differences

heart disease, it is important for health care professionals and the public to be aware of the differences in symptoms and treatme...

United States and the Implications of Mad Cow Disease

epidemic in January 1993 (Center for Disease Control, 1996). By 1996 the outbreak had slowed to only an approximate three hundred...

Alzheimer's Disease and its Sociological and Medical Impacts

results in the slow loss of memory, personality, and eventually all cognitive function (Lemonick and Park-Mankato, 2001). Scienti...

Hepatitis and the Impact of the Disease on Emergency Medical Workers

Hepatitis and the dilemmas created for emergency health care workers are discussed. Infection control is also a part of the resear...

Modern Diet as the Cause of Degenerative Diseases

In twelve pages the Western or American diet and the problems it causes as related to degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis, ...

Periodontal Disease and the Impact of Menopause

In six pages this paper examines how periodontal disease increases with menopause and how women can protect themselves from such r...

Contagious Diseases and Periodontitis

In eight pages this paper examines whether or not periodontitis can be passed among family members. Twelve sources are cited in t...

The Brain, Loss of Memory, and Alzheimer's Disease

In this research paper consisting of nine pages the possible causes of progressive senile dementia or Alzheimer's symptoms are dis...

Structure of the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease Impact

In five pages this research paper examines how Alzheimer's Disease influences the patients' brain cells and structure. Eight sour...

Mortality Rates of Heart Disease and Cancer and The Factors That Affect Them

In thirty pages this paper examines the mortality rates of these two leading causes of death in terms of the various factors that ...

Cattle Industry and the Economic and Media Impacts of Mad Cow Disease

In thirty pages this paper discusses how mad cow disease affected the cattle industry in a consideration of media and economic pro...

Genetic Disease of Alcoholism

fact that two collective bodies of research could provide such a mixed response, suggests that there is indeed reason to disbeliev...

Is Alcoholism a Disease or a Sin?

In a paper consisting of twenty six pages the sinful aspects of alcoholism that manifest themselves physically and genetically are...

Is Alcoholism a Disease?

In five pages this paper examines whether or not alcoholism can be deemed a disease and argues that it is not according to Fingare...

Disease of Compulsive Gambling

In three pages the disease known as compulsive gambling is discussed in terms of its basis and treatment. Two sources are cited i...

Glaucoma and Treatments for the Disease

Various issues related to Glaucoma are discussed. Symptoms are relayed and how prevalent it is, is also contemplated. The treatmen...