Essays on Public Health Issues

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The in Vitro Fertilization

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Since 1978 the In Vitro Fertilization is defined as the inability of the couple to conceive for the at least one year with a timely sexual intercourse without any birth control [2]. The IVF process involves collection of embryo which has to be inseminated by...

Birth Control

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The Problem of Obesity Among College Students and Solutions to Combat It

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Introduction Obesity is defined as the abnormal condition and increased fat deposition in adipose tissues. Overweight and obesity are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The American College Health Association (ACHA) states that 34.1% of college students are either overweight...

Obesity Student University

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Lose for Life: an Experience with Health Promotion

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Lose for Life Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay My experience with health promotion started in the clinic in my home town of Valemount, British Columbia. Valemount...

Dieting Health Promotion

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Key Pieces of Legislation that Serve to Safeguard Vulnerable Individuals

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There are key pieces of legislation in place that serve to safeguard vulnerable individuals. For example, there are the following in place: Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my...

Social Care Social Security

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AIDS and HIV Epidemic

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AIDS was identified for the first time in 1981, and HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, was identified and isolated two years later. Not only is this virus known to have fatal clinical consequences due to the damage that it causes to the immune system,...

AIDS HIV

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Drug Addiction in Our Brain

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Over time, the brain adapts in a way that actually makes the activity less enjoyable. Addictions do not only include bodily things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include virtually anything. The main addictions tend to be alcohol and heroin, and psychological...

Drug Addiction

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How Beauty Pageants Can Cause Health Difficulties

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Did you know that beauty pageants are unhealthy and can cause many health difficulties? Beauty pageants are bad because they cause health issues. They also damage the contestants self confidence because of the judges comments. Lastly beauty pageants send the wrong type of message to...

Beauty Eating Disorders

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In Vitro Fertilization

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The three fertility options that I researched were In Vitro fertilization (IVF), donor eggs and embryos, and gestational surrogacy. People choose to participate in In Vitro Fertilization when they are struggling to get pregnant and need additional help. In Vitro Fertilization could help couples who...

Surrogacy

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Vaccine Types

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There are several different types of vaccines. Each type is designed to teach your immune system how to fight off certain kinds of germs — and the serious diseases they cause.When scientists create vaccines, they consider:How your immune system responds to the germWho needs to...

Immune System Vaccination

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The Differences Between Anorexia and Bulimia

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Eating disorders can affect people of all ages, genders, or backgrounds and can be influenced greatly by the media. It’s important for people to learn about the different types of eating disorders, so that they can help others that they feel may be suffering from...

Anorexia Bulimia Eating Disorders

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A View of Adoption, Ivf, and Surrogacy as Solutions to Childlessness

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There are very few options when it comes to infertility. There’s only Surrogacy, IVF (in-vitro fertilization) and Adoption. It is understandable why a person would want a biological child but a person shouldn’t go through so much pain, money, and time just to become a...

Surrogacy

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Modern Family Systems: Gay Parenting and Traditional Family Roles

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Traditional Family, Gay Parenting and Surrogacy Gay parenting refers to male partners who raise children as parents. Gay people can have children by various methods which include surrogacy, foster parenting, adoption and donor insemination. The traditional family is a structure which involves only two married...

Gay Adoption Surrogacy Traditional Family Roles

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The Different Types of Vaccines

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Live, Attenuated Vaccines Attenuated vaccines can be made in a variety of ways. Some of the most common methods include the passage of the disease-causing virus through a series of cell cultures or animal embryos (usually chicken embryos). Using chick embryos as an example, the...

Vaccination

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Chickenpox: History, Symptoms and Treatment

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Chickenpox is a thing that has affected many people in the past and even now in the present. It was discovered in the 1500s by a man named Giovanni Filippo who lived in Italy. Later on in the 1600s Richard Morton, an English physician, was...

Vaccination Viruses

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Malaria Facts

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Malaria is an acute febrile, mosquito-borne blood disease caused by a Plasmodium parasite. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. As P. falciparum matures the infected erythrocytes adhere to microvascular endothelium, a term coined cytoadherence, they constrain vascular function...

Malaria

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The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization

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Drug addiction is something societies all over the world rarely accept. People who say, “A glass of beer after a long work day keeps me relaxed and ready for the next day of work” sounds normal. However a phrase just like the previous one, “A...

Drug Addiction Marijuana Marijuana Legalization

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An Analysis of Teenage Pregnancy and STDs

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While I wasn’t alive in the eighties, my mom was. From her childhood she remembers disco, Soul Train, Regan, the war on drugs, and most importantly abstinence plus sexual education programs. In the eighties STD’s like AIDS and teen pregnancy were a big issue, in...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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An Introduction to The Issue of STDs in Today's Society

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When people who are sexually active feel like there is something wrong with their body, or feel like something is out of norm, they may need to be checked by their local health care advisor for an STD. An STD, or Sexually Transmitted Disease, is...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Prevention and Treatment of Malaria

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Although malaria has been proven to be both preventable and curable, it still stands as one of the top killers of African children, at a rate of two children per minute. In Masterson’s words, malaria is a societal condition that is dependent on four aspects:...

Malaria