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Patrick Jessop JMJ 12/15/14 Mr. Paul Period 07 Sunscreen Effectiveness For my science project this year, I have chosen to test the effectiveness of different SPF’s of sunscreen available in the consumer market. I hypothesize that the higher SPF sunscreens really do make a difference to the “sunburns” sustained by my test subjects. These higher SPF sunscreens are essential to help protect the skin from one of the worst kinds of skin cancer,…

In the United States organs are not easy things to come by. As each year comes and goes, more and more people stay on waiting lists for donations that could potentially save their lives. While organ donation is a controversial topic, it does not shield the need for more donations to be made. Some view organ donation as something that should be voluntary but unfortunately there are not enough people coming forward for it to stay this way. Organ donation should be an unawarded mandated practice in…

Running about ten miles daily and regular weight lifting is my everyday routine in order to maintain the body that I want…in other words, I love food so I have to work out to be able to continue to fit into my clothes. I always envied my dear friend, Jenny (I envied her in a good way) because she never exercises and cares less about what she eats. One would think that these reasons are grounds for obesity, but not in the case of Jenny. Her body is as beautiful as Jennifer Lopez’s body…even…

1.) Susan is postmenopausal, so there is a higher risk for osteoporosis. She is also not on hormone replacement therapy. Estrogen helps preserve bone mass by inhibiting bone dissolving action of the osteoclast. However, Susan is also active and exercises regularly, so she is less likely to have osteoporosis. Other factors such as bone cancer could have led to the weakening of her bones. 2.) If Susan had bone cancer, the CT scan would reveal the presence of a tumor. The densitometry scan would…

Ethical Debates involving Anencephalic Neonates: Ethical debates involving anencephalic neonates include the boundaries of organ procurement and the technical term used to describe the death of the neonates. Hospitals follow the cardiorespiratory criteria or in layman terms ‘the dead donor rule’ for standard organ procurement rules. This rule states that the patient has to be pronounced brain dead before his or her organs can be taken from them. Brain death involves failure of heart, failure…

Animals vs Research Many believe that animals should be used for testing because it helps humans get more information about many diseases and conditions many humans are in. Is animal testing really worth all the pain that the animals have to go through for humanities benefit. Is animal pain and suffering truly different than a humans? Animal life is just like humans, we both breathe oxygen, we both love excitement, and we both can love unconditionally. As the saying goes, “A dog is a mans…

China has the second highest rate of transplants in the world. Patients only have to wait about 2 to 3 weeks until they can get the surgery. A former staff member of an anonymous Chinese hospital claimed that her doctor husband has removed 2,000 corneas while the patients were still alive. The body of the patients were then secretly incinerated. In China, organ transplantation has been condemned as impossible to understand and unethical. Critics claimed that death row prisoners may feel…

Head Firearm Injury Introduction: Gunshot deaths are self-inflicted in most of the cases with incidence rate per 100,000 populations in 2001 was 0.14 in UK in which suicidal and homicidal deaths represent 65% and 7% respectively, and with a rate of 10.2 in US in which suicidal and homicidal deaths represent 67% and 27% respectively.1 In study of 64 firearm deaths in Dammam, the age of the cases was ranging from 16 to 45, in which suicidal injuries accounts for 11% of all fatalities. In 80% of…

My father was lecturing me about how I was forgetful, how I couldn’t pay attention and how my concentration was lacking. I knew I had a condition called ADD, and that my family loved me, but my father didn’t have to jackhammer my flaws into my brain all the time. This happened often, and he said these things knowing full well about how badly I felt of myself. “A slow worker,” “You can’t keep up,” “You have to rely on others.” Those were all the statements he said to me. With each one it felt…

Animal testing has been used in the advancement of medicine, cosmetics and household products since the 19th century. Since that time there have been more than 100 million animal deaths each year and millions more are commonly subjected to force feeding, prolonged periods of physical restraint, neck breaking and decapitation due to animal experimentations (PETA 3). Even after recognition that animal testing seldom provides accurate results in human beings, the torture and speciesism continues.…