Medicine
Essays

When Socrates' was put to death in his own city, after failing to adequately argue for his life in court, Plato became very skeptical about the power of argumentation to uphold that which was good.

Tubal ligation is performed in women who want to prevent future pregnancies. It is frequently chosen by women who do not want more children, but who are still sexually active and potentially fertile, and want to be free…

¶ … religion used to support royal authority in ancient Mesopotamia?

Hurricane Katrina will be remembered for many generations to come, not only because of the destruction that it left in its stead but due to the inadequate way the government responded to this catastrophe.

¶ … Doctor, Lewis Thomas traces the history of medicine from its earliest roots in the common human fear of illness and death and the superstitious practices of the ancient shaman all the way through several modern…

Persuading the next generation of workers to persuade: Why a sales job is an ideal first job for a recent graduate

¶ … history of psychology there has been an attempt to categorize persons with mental illness and put a name to the symptoms that were presented. Whether it was Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler's systematized study of…

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) refers to the range of growth, mental, physical, and other problems that manifest in infants when a mother consumes alcohol during any point during her pregnancy. There are distinct patterns of mental and physical defects that developed in the fetuses with higher levels of alcohol consumption (of the mother) during gestation. Though in some countries such as the United States of America, there exist health care professionals that advise women that a minimal amount of alcohol such as wine is permissible during certain stages of pregnancy, bodies such as the Surgeon General of the USA, the US National Library of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), wholly recommend that pregnant women should not consume any amount of alcohol during any point of her pregnancy. FAS is a 100% preventable disease and does not occur in women who refrain from alcohol consumption.

Any society has members who are always or feel sidelined from the majority. This has given rise to interest groups who seek to safeguard their interests, forward their agenda, interests, and concerns. This study offers some succinct explanations about the phenomenon and the way they undertake their duties with success. The relationship between political parties and interest groups is clearly elucidated in this study.

¶ … American Apartheid: segregation and the making of the underclass, David Massey and Nancy Denton explore the impact of racism on America and the manner in which it propagated economic disparity.