... live artificially or die naturally? Who gets to play God? Well, if your family doesn't have your written consent in the form of a living will, to cease life support, then the doctor will make the ultimate decision for both you and your family. Most often this is the case. Even though writing a living will is just as easy if not easier than writing a death will, many people don't take the time to do so. Therefore, doctors have to debate the question of euthanasia - a question that each one of us should ponder long before we are put in this situation. What is euthanasia? Euthanasia is not mercy killing. I ...

... Cystic Fibrosis occurs in one in every three live births and affects approximately 30,000 children and young adults each year. One in every 29 Americans, or over 10 million, are unknowing symptomless carriers. This disease affects the liver, pancreas, airways, small intestine, reproductive tract, sweat glands, and your skin. is accompanied by many symptoms; some of the most common are salty-tasting skin, persistent coughing, wheezing, or pneumonia (Scientific 1). The patient usually will have a great appetite but poor weight gain and bulky foul smelling stools. causes mucus to clog the lungs and le ...

... HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the state of Virginia. As many as 15,000 residents may be infected with the virus and not be aware of it and the majority of these victims are between the ages of twenty and forty. The only solution to this problem, as is the only solution to any problem, is prevention through education. Of course it is easy to hand out literature and condoms to adults, but are they really going to listen? As a community, we can encourage HIV/AIDS testing, but will it be taken advantage of? Since these are adults being familiarized with HIV/AIDS, how to contract it, the consequences, and the raw stat ...

... this life saving technique, thus increasing that victim’s chance for survival. My name is Jason Saffon. I am an Emergency Medical Technician and I have worked for the New York City Fire Department for the past three years. During that time, I have performed CPR hundreds of times. To date, I have been credited with 39 pre-hospital save awards. These awards are given to emergency personnel who successfully revive patients who have suffered cardiac arrest, outside of the hospital setting. In each of the thirty-nine instances, healthcare professionals, bystanders or family members initiated CPR immediat ...

... I feel that being forced to live in intolerable conditions is the real crime. People such as Dr. Kevorkian should not be punished for doing a good deed. He should in fact be praised for heeling the pain of a dying person. Having to live a life where every passing minute is dreaded is something that no person should have to experience. Money is a big issue to everyone whether they admit or not. Should a person and their family be forced to spend thousands of dollars a day on medical expenses just so the patient can continue living a life he doesn't even want to keep? This medical treatment, in some instanc ...

... energy source because many times the body does not use all the glycogen when it is produced. The glycogen is called instant because when not used it stored ready to use when needed. When this energy is needed the liver releases it into the bloodstream like when playing football. The liver is not just an energy producer it is an important filter for keeping out harmful substances of the body. The liver also regulates the amount of red blood cells in circulation by breaking down and absorbing the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some poisons and breaking them down into ...

... tissues in the body and in this type of diabetes most or all of this insulin is not made. So all the extra glucose is let out through urine. If untreated this type could be fatal quickly. The body cannot get enough energy from tissue glucose so it starts to break down stored fat. With this people loose a lot of weight and they have fatigue. Your blood becomes acidic and respiration becomes abnormal. People usually die from diabetic coma until they figured out how to use insulin therapy. In both forms it could cause a kidney disease from high blood sugar levels; bad sight from blood vessels in eyes rupturing, ...

... process takes about 10 minutes and the patient only needs local anesthetic. Such a simple medical procedure one would think what are the problems with a woman wanting to abort her baby? Many of the objectors to abortion (known as a either Right to Life organization, or the Pro Life Organization) do so because of religious beliefs. They believe that the fetus is a person whom has a soul, and according to their religion killing a person with a soul is a mortal sin and the killer and the mother would suffer punishment in the afterlife. Some are not religious motivated they just think that killing what they consider l ...

... to get pregnant they are old enough to have the child. Some pro-life activists think that even if you have to put the baby up for adoption later you should still have it. Although some of the reasoning that pro-life activist use, might seem a little ridiculous at times many of the activist aren't able to have children or are just trying to defend a baby that can't defend it self. The pro's of pro-life are that the baby gets a chance to live and experience life outside of the womb and maybe someone who is unable to have children will get the chance to be a mother or father if they adopt this child who would ha ...

... but there is only enough ADP for about ten seconds of work so that is when creatine steps in it gives up its phosphate to ADP while more ATP is being made. Since it takes you less time to recover you can work at a higher intensity for longer. This will make your muscle growth speed up. Who does creatine effect? Well it benefits those people who are serious about training body builders, track and field (mostly throwers), sprint swimmers, anyone who works out for long periods of time at high intensity. So it won't benefit you if your idea of a work out is getting some food from the kitchen for the movie y ...