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    Matt Marlor 11/12/16 Biology 2020 Medicinal marijuana and its physical/psychological effects This report explains, the research article entitled “Narrative review of the safety and efficiency of marijuana for the treatment of commonly state-approved medical and psychiatric disorders,” which may be accessed for free, full text, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636852/ Medical Marijuana has been a subject of great controversy in the past decade. This rings even more true

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    Feature Article: Triumph of Intellect over Adversity Stephen Hawking encountered his ‘death sentence’ more than 50 years ago, but against all odds he overcame his adversity. From his birth in 1942, Stephen Hawking was a talented yet unapplied student who only just passed his senior exams. At the age of 21, he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease and given just 2 and a half years to live. Instead of giving up and passing without making a contribution to the world, Hawking instead overcame his

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    Believe it or not, the old phrase, “A woman’s place is in the home” is still alive and well in the scientific community, as the dramatic gender-bias study published last September in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences shows. Today, it’s “A woman’s place is not in the lab.” The path I have taken over the past four years has proven to me that women can be just as comfortable in STEM careers as they were 75 years ago as housewives. My place – where I feel most content – is definitely

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    IV. Proposal of Euthanasia in the Netherlands A. The Benefits of PAD are Insignificant Though PAD allows some people to end their suffering, it does not nearly benefit all the people it is intended to benefit. Euthanasia ends suffering for a broader array of people who do not meet the strict PAD statutes, although the goals of PAD laws are meant for these exact people. PAD laws limit the number of people they are intended to help in addition to not fulfilling their exact purpose. The morals and

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    science and went to attend Trinity Hall at Cambridge University for a PHD in cosmology. Hawking started noticing symptoms of ALS while he was at Oxford. Hawking had to stay home after he saw a doctor about his symptoms. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS and was informed

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    Mental Illness specifically aims towards the concept of inability to perform practical functions, and as well as, the most vital view yet; a lifetime of affected cognitive thought or intelligence. Explicitly, mental illness is defined as “a wide range of mental conditions-disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior" (Mental Illness). Unfortunately, the conditions of mental illness have an enormous impact in an individual's life, evidently to where life is not a rainbow enriched of life

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    Harry Mason Reid, born December 2, 1939 is a U.S. Senator from Nevada and a associate of the Democratic Party. He has remained Senate Majority Leader as of January 2007, and formerly assisted as Minority Leader and Majority and Minority Whip. He is the third of four sons along with his mother Inez Orena, and father Harry Reid. All of Reid's childhood was spent living in a shack without an indoor toilet no hot water or telephone. Searchlight his home town did not have a high school and as a result

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    Another potential utility of iPS cells is the modelling of human diseases. The idea to study genetic disease mechanisms (e.g. Parkinson´s disease, Alzheimer´s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is based on the generation of disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cell lines from patient´s somatic cells. These cells should have a phenotype and properties of that particular disorder enabling us to broaden our knowledge about

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    Would you still be playing football if you knew 96 percent of former NFL players developed brain damage? Mike Webster, a former Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs lineman, died at the age of 50 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This sport has been played for thousands of years, but now scientist are finding former players developing brain damage. Players and staff in the NFL should have more precautions to prevent concussions, given these precautions will save lives, keep them

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    A Brief History of Stephen Hawking The quote, “look up at the stars, not down at your feet,” spoken by Stephen Hawking at the Sydney Opera House, sums up Hawking’s life in one sentence. Despite having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Hawking survived nearly fifty years with the disease until he died on March 14th, 2018. In the time period of him having the disease, he has made several large contributions to the field of science, and cosmology. The changes and influence Stephen Hawking has made

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