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Various Determinants of Health

This 2 page paper gives an overview of how a person's genetic makeup and the environment they live in can effect their health. Thi...

Spina Bifida Overview

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of spina bifida that discusses various aspects of the disease before losing with a br...

Type 2 Diabetes

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

Transgenic Genetically Engineered Plant Applications

need to apply harmful pesticides. One of the precepts of transgenetics is that it will better the human condition. Today...

Overview of Rosacea

in other parts of the body (NAIMS/NIH, 2002). Significant Statistics Rosacea appears most commonly in older adults, especially ...

"Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease In Children With Type 1 Diabetes" - Brief Analysis

to occur in someone who has had diabetes for many years" (Federal Citizen Information Center, 2006). Type 1 diabetics walk ...

Sharek, et al (2004)/Low-Income Kids with Asthma

parent report, experienced daily symptoms, 2 asthma attacks per week, persistent cough and were using bronchodilator therapy daily...

Epidemiology & STDs

associations, testing hypotheses, and identifying the causes of health-related states or events" (Merrill and Timmreck, 2006, p. 2...

Changes at Intel

had out-earned Intel. Intels response has been to lower prices on its PC chips (Edwards, 2006); additional revenue from other sou...

Stem Cell Research: An Ethical Dilemma

effectiveness is directly impacted by provisions for quality assurance. For the most optimum outcome stem cell research must yiel...

Stem Cells and Their Uses

place, researchers injected a toxin into the monkeys brains, then transplanted "3 million cells into the brains of five of the mon...

Stem Cell Research Policy in New Jersey

and diabetes may even be cured through this type of research. Often, scientists stumble on remedies while just exploring general i...

Cell Phone Technology

to represent the "geographical area covered by cellular radio antennas" (Farley and van der Hoek, 2006). Such an area is called a ...

Stem Cell Research and Organ Transplantation

though the use of morphine in these amounts would ultimately result in my uncles death, in reality there were few other options th...

In Favor of Stem Cell Research

cell research "burst on the scientific scene in November of 1998 when researchers first reported the isolation of human embryonic ...

Moral Analysis & Stance

through experiments with mice; they specifically worked to correct the gene that prevents the growth of tumors (Aldhous, 2006). Sc...

Evolution of Cell Phone Technology and Usage

2001, the "Handspring Treo 180" became the first phone to include a QWERTY (standard) keyboard; the Blackberry made its appearance...

Stem Cell Research

who have thought ahead and had their childs umbilical cord preserved for the use of the stem cells in the future (All About Popula...

Alternative Automobiles

electricity for power, but because it uses gas as well, it is able to make the long trips (Wouk, Retseck & Johnson, 1997). Of cour...

Stem Cell Research

the course of a definite period of time (Steinbeck 26). The utility of stem cells derives from the fact that embryo cells at this ...

The Dangers of Using a Cell Phone while Driving

driving, 2006). "Inattentive driving accounted for 6.4 percent of crash fatalities in 2003 - the latest data available - according...

Nursing Ethics Issues

in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...

Ethics and Stem Cell Research

In eight pages this paper examines justification for stem cell research and argues that it is an ethically acceptable practice. T...

Stem Cell Research: Argument Against

of medical advancement that purports to save lives, the necessary research requires the taking of other lives, which presents a di...

Cell Phones and Cancer: Examining Sources of Information

that has been devoted to it over the years, we still do not know what causes cancer. We know what cancer is and in most situation...

Stem Cell Research: Wave Of The Future

acceptability; however, this is not enough reason to postpone the favorable results that have already been discovered as the ethic...

Brain Development

to each other (BrainWonders, 2001). The connections are best described as electrical impulses that move down the nerve cell and th...

Alternative Fuels

as a "waste" product of combustion. Electric battery power was touted some years ago, though the early models treated only ...

In Favor of Abortion

at the moment of birth, then there is no ethical dilemma with abortion. The ethics of the matter come down to a definition, which...

Pros and Cons: Stem Cell Research

retina. The cells, which support the light-sensing rod and cone cells above them, are damaged in some forms of macular degeneratio...