Heart Attacks A heart attack is also known as Myocardial Infarction (M.I.). A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped. This happens when one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked by an obstruction. This b...

Having Rheumatic Fever I was eleven years old when my oldest sister, Willie, was admitted into the hospital for heart problems. At that age, I didn't understand what was going on with her, but I knew she was very sick. By the time I reached my fifth-teen birthday, my sister was back in the ...

Conrad: Racist or Non-Racist Since its publication in 1899, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness has undergone a great deal of controversy. Some have found the novel a great masterpiece of Western literature, while others take offense to its contents. One of the most controversial themes of the nov...

Heart Disease Heart disease is an abnormal condition of the heart and the heart circulation. It is also known as cardiovascular disease which is our nation's number one killer. The coronary arteries supply the heart with oxygen-rich blood. When the arteries narrow, less blood and oxygen f...

Cardiovascular diseases rank as America's number 1 killer. They claim the lives of 42.7 percent of the more than 2 million Americans who die each year. Cancer follows, killing 23.8 percent. All other causes of death account for 33.5 percent. Medical research continually seeks to reduce di...

Kurtz, a man who strived to achieve his goals, lost touch when he went into the Congo not only with the outside world, but also with himself. When Kurtz left his fiancée his he had a goal to make enough money to make their wedding acceptable among the higher class. His troubles began when h...

What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure means that your heart is working harder than normal to force blood into the arteries and through the circulatory system. For an adult a blood pressure reading greater that 140 over 90 is considered as high. Normally, the pumping of the heart creates ...

Alcoholism and Its Effects Alcoholism Alcoholism is when there is a progressive, excessive inappropriate drinking of alcohol. Alcoholism is thought to come from a combination of a huge range of psychological, social, and genetic factors. Alcoholism comes from emotional and sometimes phy...

Marijuana, also called mary-jane, pot, grass, weed, doobey and reefer, is the most commonly used illegal street drug in North America. It causes numerous amounts of health risks, it's a gayway drug, and it can mess up your life by getting you in trouble with the law. Mariju...

"It's been less than an hour, and you can already feel it. The corners of your mouth are starting to lift up, creating a big semicircle, a Cheshire grin. The pit of your stomach, normally so weighed down with stress, is lightening. You're giddy, like the first time you fell for someone. The pu...

Are Words Weapons? I believe that words can indeed murder the human heart. All too often I see someone put another kid down because of something he did wrong. It can be as little as tripping on the stairs and someone yelling "You clux. Man are you dumb." This can be considered a joke mos...

HYPERTENSION Hypertension is a common disorder characterized by a sustained elevation of systolic arterial pressure (top number) of 140 mm Hg or higher, or a diastolic arterial pressure (bottom number) of 90 mm Hg or greater, or both. Hypertension is divided into two categories: essential (o...

Preliminary figures from the National Weather Service showed that more than 50 tornadoes touched down throughout the eastern United States. Most of those killed were in Tennessee, where 17 people died. Twelve others died in Alabama, five in Ohio, one in Pennsylvania and one in Mississippi. O...

Hereditary Hemochromatosis: An Iron Overload Disease Hemochromatosis is caused by a defect in the gene called HFE, which regulates the amount of iron absorbed from food. Particularly, two mutations, called C282Y and H63D, cause the abnormal metabolism of the iron. People with the disease have inh...

Every day, in almost every city and town across America, millions of children are deciding whether to try drugs. Most additions start when someone is a child. In 1999 a pole took in the 4.7 percent of eighth graders have tried cocaine, then in the tenth grade 7.7 percent have tried cocaine, and in t...

Scientific name - Dirofilaria immtis Common name - dog heartworm Related parasites- Intestinal worms can cause serious problems such as bloody diarrhea and fleas can bite and cause extreme discomfort for your dog. The Life Cycle The life cycle of the heartworm begins when an infected dog, ca...

Smoking is bad for your body and your overall health. There are many side affects that can hurt and even kill your body. It also can harm your lungs and make it hard for you to breathe. When you look at the statistics I don't understand why people do smoke. Cigarette smoking is the most...

Cloning is defined as the production of a cell or organism with the same nuclear genome as another cell or organism. The word clone is derived from a Greek word for taking a cutting from a plant. To clone is simply to make an exact genetic copy of an existing organism. It is a natural process in ...

Alcohol and its Effects Alcohol is a substance that has become a part of the social settings in today's world. Many people can say they have drunk alcohol and most can even remember their first sip of beer. Whether it was given to us by our parents or at a social engagement, everyone h...

While viewing an episode of forensic files on Court TV February 2004, I was inspired to do my research paper on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). As I watched, an eleven-year-old boy was suffering from a severe outbreak of HUS. I watched in disbelief as this child's body shut down one system a...

Drugs are commonly looked upon as being bad, yet people still use many drugs. Why is this? Many people are feeding an addiction, or feel they need the drug to make it through the day. Also many people enjoy the feelings they go through while being on these drugs. (Glass, 27) Different types of d...

Animal experimentation is a process also known as vivisection, that means "killed while it was alive", it attempts to "recreate human diseases in animals in order to study them" (Levin, 1995). According to many scientists who practice animal experimentation, it is a scientific ...

The use of inhalants is a growing problem among teenagers. Inhaling, also called "huffing," can severely damage someone. Teenagers aren't the only ones subject to its influence. Adult use is on the rise and younger kids are getting into it. These deadly substances are not someth...

1 "The Treatments of Hodgkin's Disease" Hodgkin's disease is a form of cancer that effects the lymphatic system, a part of the immune system that helps fight diseases and infections. It is a disease with three different types of treatments. T...

Arrhythmia I am doing my report on Arrhythmia. It affects the cardiac muscle, the heart. Arrhythmia causes three types of problems. It causes the heart to pump too slowly (bradycardia), it causes the heart to pump too fast (tachycardis), and it causes the heart to skip beats (palipations...