When Your Heart Stops Beating

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    actions. My son, Meleager was just a few days old when I was visited by the ones we call the Fates. I held my son close to my breast uncertain of what my child’s fate would be. Would he be destined for a long and joyous life, bringing honor to the family name? Or would he perish in my arms, hardly catching a glimpse of this miraculous gift we call life? One by one each sister foretold how my beautiful son would become a heroic and a brave man. My heart swelled with pride as I heard the great deeds my

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    a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When this happens blood stops flowing to the brain and other vital organs. Arrhythmias can cause SCA. An arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat and what causes an arrhythmia is when the electrical system that controls the rate and rhythm of the heart isn’t functioning properly. During an arrhythmia the heart can beat too fast too slow or an irregular rhythm. Some arrhythmias can cause the heart to stop pumping blood to the body

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    selfish-gene theory in which organisms stay healthy long enough in order to procreate and provide for their children until they are old enough to provide for themselves and procreate as well. People will not live forever as, “immorality arrives with your offspring,” (Radford). According to a study at Harvard, an evolutionary standpoint says that people die in order to make sure there are resources remaining for the next generation (Thorpe). Death is defined legally by the Uniform Determination Act

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    Tell Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” were insane for many reasons. One reason is that in both stories the narrator is annoyed with something and decides to just kill the person/cat. This shows insanity. In the story “The Tell Tale Heart” the narrator is very annoyed by this one man. He goes to the man’s house every night and watches him determining how to kill him because the man’s eye annoys the narrator. One night the man hears the narrator moving and wakes up. The man’s heart is beating so much

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    I. Heart is a muscular organ in human and animals which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide. II. Do you notice that on valentine day, people usually give heart-shaped candies to their partner? III. Do your ever hear a people singing about their broken heart when you are listening to radio or love song? IV. If you realised, we often see and hear about hearts everywhere in our daily life. V. But do

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    He Contradicts Crazy

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    man's room in the middle of the night, for many nights, waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the man to open his eyes. Because the reason he wants the man to die, is his eye, he explains it as 'the eye of a vulture' and says his blood runs cold when that eye looks at him. Anyone

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    radiation are more likely to develop cancer. However, recent studies have shown that low levels of radiation do not cause cancer. You are only exposed to a small amount of radiation when you get an x-ray. Anyone who has a radiology degree will tell you that you are exposed to a small amount of radiation every day. Myth: Cracking Your Knuckles Can Lead To Arthritis

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    I. Many people believe that being dead means that your heart and lungs have stopped beating, but many machines can keep those going. Once, the brain decides to stop there is no machine that can keep that going so, you become brain dead which results in death. II. Being brain death is typically done by some sort of devastating nerve injury. That can include but aren’t limited to traumatic brain injury, stroke or if the heart stops and the brain goes without oxygen and other nutrients it needs for

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    Heart disease is a wide term that describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. These heart diseases consist of born heart defects, blood vessel diseases, and heart rhythm implications. This term can also be interchanged with the term “cardiovascular disease”, which refers to blood vessel blockage that can lead to severe effects (chest pain, heart attack, stroke). Other symptoms that affect your heart’s beat or muscles also are considered a type of heart disease. Living a healthy life and

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    A hysterectomy is when an abortionist permanently removes the entire uterus and the baby with the intent to kill the baby. Third trimester abortions are the same procedures as those performed in the second trimester, but the United States only allows abortions after twenty-four for medical reasons. Abortion is one of the most controversial debate in the world today. The reason that this is such a hard topic to solve is because of one simple question. When does life begin? The answer to that question

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