When a woman has a baby, she immediately is faced with many decisions. These decisions include, where to send the child to daycare, what kind of diapers to use, or which doctor to take them to. One of the most important decisions is whether or not to breastfeed. Doctors and nurses around the country...

The human desire to appear attractive is universal. Both men and women go to great lengths to beautify themselves. Although the desire to be beautiful may well be universal, what is considered beautiful is not. Since beauty is \"in the eye of the beholder,\" what is considered beautiful depends on o...

Anabolic steroids help build muscle tissue and increase body mass by acting like the body's natural male hormone, testosterone. Many people take these dangerous drugs in high doses to boost athletic performance. The most common steroid users can be found in sports that rely on strength, such ...

The Atomic Bomb Kaboom! In an instant two kilometers of a thriving downtown city are leveled. At the hypocenter the pressure exceeds thirty-five tons per square meter and the air is swirling at four hundred forty meters per second. The above is an accurate description of the destruction tha...

It is truly amazing to see how far things have come for women over the last century. So many freedoms are so easily taken for granted everyday. The stories I read opened my eyes and even shocked me a little to situations I never considered or was aware of. Thanks to the convictions and courage of...

Steroids Steroids have been becoming more popular over the years despite all of the warnings and side effects. Professional sports players definitely don't help the whole thing, I mean they are kids role models. Steroids have a wide range of usages, from medicine, to help people, to illegal a...

Medicines, household products, food, and basically everything involved in the life of an average person has to under go a form of testing before it islegal to be placed on a shelf and if available to the public. The same tests are performed on every medical procedure that is introduced to surgeons....

Since 1973, when the Supreme Court made their decision to legalize abortion because of the Roe v. Wade case, about one out of three pregnancies end in abortion. This means that 1.2 million abortions are performed in the United States each year (Guttmacher). Recently, abortion has been a huge moral d...

Alcohol Abuse Among College StudentsBinge or excessive drinking is the most serious problem affecting social life, health, and education on college campuses today. Binge or excessive drinking by college students has become a social phenomenon in which college students do not acknowledge the health r...

COMPETITION IN SPORTSAND THE USE OF STERIODSIn order to succeed, people must compete. Competition can bring out the best in everyone. During a single day, people in some way compete with themselves or with others. They compete to win a sporting event, to get a raise or promotion in their workplac...

A quarter of the population of the United States is in or has a job related to the armed services. These uniformed service people number over 9 million in active and reserve duties. They are made up of military families, service members, retirees, the families of soldiers, veterans and survivors of ...

The Cuban Embargo: Punishing the Children for the Sins of the FatherThe key to understanding the foreign policy of a nation state is understanding thatstate's national interest. The key to successful foreign policy is, as Henry Kissingerstated in 1998, defining "an achievable objectiv...