What about the Hype? In our society today there is one key element that informs the world in many different ways. This element is the media. It comes in many forms such as television, newspapers, magazines etc. Since we are subjected to the media everyday, it can influence how we feel about p...

Snakehead Hype The snakehead fish should not be completely prohibited. I believe it would be better to restrict it than completely banned. The media is using this small story and blowing it way out of proportion. They are taking advantage of the fact that most of the United States knows very ...

The Killer Disease In some parts of the world there are still wars being fought and dictators in power. There are societies that consider themselves at the peak of evolution and progress. There are people who are able to create state of the art automobiles, luxurious homes, efficient and organized ...

Our ancestors first sought to understand themselves and their surroundings through the invention of myths and the worshipping of gods. The Greeks, for example, created gods like Athena and Aries to explain the concept of wisdom and war respectively. I would like to think, contrary to common thought...

Until the early nineteenth century, art and poetry emphasized form and structure. Works of art in this classical style aspired to an idealized perfection, whether in form or subject. Classical paintings often depicted gods or war heroes in idealized poses, while examples of classical poetry extoll...

It's in our homes, our cars, our work and almost every other place we go. It invades our silence, manipulates our thoughts and plays on our emotions. It has been with us almost as long as mans very existence, has survived World Wars, famine, and disease and is constantly changing, while still ...

Dictionary definitions are always helpful in making things more clear. The definition of mutilate is: to make imperfect by excising or altering parts. Mutilation is making imperfect. There are a few listed definitions of art. The first is: human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract t...

Tattooing is a traditional art form spread over many cultures and societies. A tattoo is the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau meaning \"to mark.\" Kings and commoners, sailors and prisoners, tribesmen and sweethearts all h...

Tolstoy wrote, in What is Art? " If a man is infected by the author's condition of soul, if he feels this emotion and this union with others, then the object which has effected this is art: but if there be no such infection, if there be not this union with the same author and others who a...

Mad Cow disease is a serious and ongoing threat that suddenly arrived from nowhere to attach huge numbers of British cattle. It seems like a brief cloud that has passed away, but in fact it remains a huge concern because it has raised fears over the safety of food, especially beef. More than ten yea...

Introduction Most people don't know very much about heart disease, and used to be one of those people. I wanted to be informed on these things that I didn't know about. I didn't want to go on not knowing about it, especially when many members of my family have been diagnosed with some type of hea...

James Parkinson first described Parkinson's disease in England in 1817. Parkinson wrote a description of six patients suffering from a slowly progressing disease characterized by "involuntary tremulous motion, which lessened muscular power in parts not in action even when supported, with...

Parkinson's Disease "No man has ever been successful in an endeavor for which he felt no passion" -J.T. 1995- My grandfather is Joe Kenneth McLemore, he was born June 16, 1938. He has been more like a father than a grandfather to me; I was even named after him. So, in 1995 when he was di...

The Mysteries Surrounding Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a killer. What we know is that it wastes no time. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease will kill a person within one year of contraction. It is yet unknown how Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease chooses its victims, but it does ...

INTRODUCTION Just by living in the world, human beings are susceptible to disease. Many diseases -- for example, influenza and tuberculosis -- are spread when bacteria or viruses pass from one person to another. Other diseases are acquired genetically from one's parents, such as cystic...

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Alzheimer's disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation's older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain. The lo...

Introduction Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by a tick bite, or by a child being born in utero. It is a relatively new disease, as it was discovered in Lyme, Connecticut, 30 years ago. Lyme disease is rarely , but can cause physical pain and mental distress, and it should be...

Lyme disease (also known as Lyme Borreliosis) is caused by a bacterial infection that can be transmitted from infected ticks to humans and animals. It is the most common disease transmitted by an insect in the United States; however, can be found also be found all around the world. The bacteria tha...

How would you feel if you digested a potentially dangerous meat that wasn't properly tested? Many people have since the discovery of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease. The whole world has been hit with the disease and many humans have digested the bad beef. As it stands...

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Imagine that a family is sitting in a doctor's office, waiting to find out the results from medical tests that were performed on a loved one. As they sit and patiently wait, the elderly person with them grows more and more uneasy and will no longer sit quietly, mu...

Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the normal name for diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines or bowels. Crohn's disease may also be called ileitis or regional enteritis. Crohn's disease may be mild, moderate, or severe. Most patients are able to lead full and pro...

Lyme Disease, caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, is an inflammatory, usually nonfatal disease transmitted by the bite of ticks, and more specifically, Deer Ticks. These ticks live on deer, mice, dogs, and other animals. This disease has been said to be the second fastest growing epidemic o...

There are many mentally destructive diseases in our world putting millions, if not billions, of people at risk. Of these many diseases, one of the most damaging is Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, and the most comm...

About the Virus, the Disease, and Its Spread West Nile virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito, and can infect people, horses, many types of birds, and some other animals. Most people who become infected with West Nile virus will have either no symptoms or only mild ones. However, on ra...

Mad cow disease kills many and is spreading rapidly throughout Britain and is slowly affecting the United States. Mad cow disease is a serious disease that affects many different species. There are different forms of the disease. This disease has occurred in Britain and can occur in the United St...