Essays Tagged: "health risks"
Running to Prevent Healt Problems
In this study, I investigate the affects that running has on reducing the risk of some health problems. I am doing this because I run about 40 to 60 miles per week, and my family has a hi ... e, I present information from some sources that talk about the affects that running has on reducing health risks. My sources agree that running, and some other aerobic exercises, reduce the risk of: D ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Condoms in High Schools
chools'More than half of American teenagers have had sexual intercourse and face significant sexual health risks. Each year, over one million teenagers become pregnant, one in seven teenagers contract ... ones who contract another venereal disease. There are also those who become pregnant and risk their health, either by having an abortion or by having their baby. Condoms need to be distributed to stud ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
FGM, Female Genital Mutilation
sts against the practice of FGM' telling them to stop, or even 'informing' them about the potential health risks. The reason I am against even explaining the health risks to the people that practice t ... s, when you decide you are going to educate these people about how their traditions are wrong and unhealthy, that is saying you know better. You may think they are stupid for preforming FGM, but you m ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
World Issues
tfumes from cars and trucks and pollutants produced by human activities,which result in a number of health risks. In order to improve our air quality,we must work together as a nation and do our part ... and set standards for the amounts of thesepollutants that may be emitted without endangering public health. Thecontrols that the Clean Air Act has on releasing toxic pollutants must beeffective enough ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Morality and Ethics and Computers
introduced many questionsas well: Should employers make sure the workplace is designed to minimize health riskssuch as back strain and carpal tunnel syndrome for people who work with computers?Can em ... . Therefore, information aboutsomeone's personal preferences and interests can be sold to anyone. A health insurancecompany could find out if a particular person had bought alcohol or cigarettes and c ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
Morality, ethics and Computers
introduced many questionsas well: Should employers make sure the workplace is designed to minimize health riskssuch as back strain and carpal tunnel syndrome for people who work with computers?Can em ... . Therefore, information aboutsomeone's personal preferences and interests can be sold to anyone. A health insurancecompany could find out if a particular person had bought alcohol or cigarettes and c ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Nuclear Weapons.
tes billions of dollars in taxes eachyear, the testing and maintenance of these weapons pose serioushealth risks, and the actual need for these weapons is not andhas not been around for years. For the ... pability to produce new weapons (Schwartz 3).The United States nuclear weapons program poses serioushealth risks to its citizens. A combination of secrecy, laxenforcement, reckless neglect and an emph ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Risks of Dairy Products and Problems Withing the Dairy Industry
This project is to spread awareness of the health risks involved in the consumption of dairy products, as well as the inhumane treatment of the ... art, it works. The U.S. is one of the highest consumers of dairy products in the world, despite the health risks involved with their consumption.The most obvious risk involved with dairy products is t ... IGF-1. This particular harmful chemical can cause breast cancer in humans. Other risks result from health problems that artificial BGH causes cows. BGH injections increase sickness and drug use in da ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
"The Role of the Media in the Public Understanding of Health Issues" Breast cancer & Silicone implants
. The writer has also been contacted by Granada television, to appear in a programme to discuss the health risks attributed to silicone gel implants and cancer. To fully appreciate the understanding o ... r $2.4 billion and thus forced the company into bankruptcy (Internet 6).However, in a Department of Health report in July 1998, Baroness Jay, Health Minister, "welcomed a report on the health risks as ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Alzheimer's in the Family
ncle who has Alzheimer's.Alzheimer's in the FamilyEveryone has to face the prospects of a number of health risks with increasing age. Changes in vision, hearing and sensitivity to touch, temperature a ... r, and several other conditions. Many people in the older population will have to face more serious health risks as they continue to age such as thyroid abnormalities, arthritis, osteoporosis, immune ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
This is a paper I did for debating. It argues about about coke and other soft drinks, their affects and the need for kids to consume.
of soft drinks per year for every man, woman and child.But did you know that soft drinks pose many health risks, both because of what they contain (for example: sugar, caffeine and various additives) ... lity, and low price, and in part because of disinterest on the part of many nutritionists and other health professionals, people have come to consider soft drinks a routine snack and a standard, appro ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The Issue Of Too Mnay Children
t are parents' and physicians' responsibilities for making sure that these limits are respected?The health risks to both pregnant women and babies increase exponentially with additional fetuses. Tripl ... le physical, cognitive, and developmental challenges in the longer-term.The truth is that these are health risks that mothers and children should never have to face. Physicians using fertility-enhanci ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Contraceptives in Schools:Why should contraceptives be available in schools? More than half American teenagers have had sexual intercourse and face significant sexual health risks.
"More than half of Americans have had sexual intercourse and face significant sexual health risks. Each year over one million teenagers become pregnant, one in seven teenagers contract ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
How air pollution can affect an individuals health and the causes of air pollution.
g that the dust released by cars and trucks, coal-fired power plants and factory smokestacks causes health risks for those living in many big cities and even some smaller ones, according to the resear ... participated in an American Cancer Society prevention study. The researchers examined participants' health records from 1982 through 1998 and analyzed data on annual air pollution averages in the more ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Marijuana: Legalize or Decriminalize
"Compared with cigarettes and alcohol, the health risks and societal costs associated with even chronic marijuana use are mild. Yet we don't ba ... so patients needn't inhale a carcinogen to make them hungry. A study by The National Institutes of Health concluded that smoking marijuana isn't more effective than regular therapies. It is wrong for ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Dangers of tanning booths.
ong run. If you arepart of the ever-growing crowd of indoor tanners, you could be faced withserious health risks in the future. For years I have been paying closeattention to the dangers of tanning bo ... friendsthat they should definitely reduce their time lying in a tanning bed,because of the negative health effects. However, they keepgoing back. If you regularly attend tanning salons you should stop ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Individual freedoms are under attack due to intrusion by government into our daily lives.
vanish in 30 years through education and publicity.I take the point that smoking is associated with health risks. The medical evidence is hard to deny. We also agree that smoking should be discouraged ... Canberra, nearly 373,000 Australians face early death because of their weight is an enormous public health problem--one, it would seem, on a par with that of the effects of cigarette smoking.Perhaps w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
A compairitive essay on the 3 different types of cloning and how the 2 autors feel differently on the subject
el" Dr. Patrick Dixon author of "Reasons Against Cloning" have disagreeing points of view regarding health risks, emotional risks, and abuse of power in regards to the future of human cloning.Health r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Health Care Reform
wever, the medical research requires an enormous amount of money. The U.S. spends the most money on health care yet many people, mainly the working class Americans are still without any type of health ... ing class Americans are still without any type of health insurance and thus are more susceptible to health risks and problems.Most Americans obtain health insurance from employers or government progra ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Position paper on Smoking- In a society of mystic illusions and grandeur all around us from billboards, to the constant bombardment of television and radio ads, Are they just blowing smoke. . .
ls of College WritingDr. Baji DanielsOctober 14, 2003AbstractThis subject could affect our everyday health, it is everywhere, even as we speak it is all around and we don't even know it's there, or do ... ical correctness; in our awareness where do we draw the line as we become increasingly aware of our health risks in today's society.Position PaperIn a society of mystic illusions and grandeur that app ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing