According to the article "The Pros and Cons Of Prescription Drugs" on the Livestrong internet site not all prescription drugs are used to treat serious illnesses. From time to time an unspecified amount of prescription drugs are used to treat small ailments with excellent success. Prescription
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Something terrible is happening to bees. Hundreds of millions of them are either vanishing or dropping dead. Beekeepers are tearing their hives out in frustration. [pic] Look how cute these things are?! Fingers are pointing at a number of contributing factors. Relatively new pesticides designed to impregnate the seeds of crops before they have grown could be a potential problem. Climate change has been isolated as a likely cause (though to be fair climate change could plausibly be blamed for a raucous
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THE PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE Nuclear energy is a powerful source of energy compared to other conventional fuels. All crude oil based fuels derive their energy from oxidation‚ which is a change in the energy levels of electrons outside the nucleus. However‚ nuclear energy derives power from changes in the nuclear energy levels of the atomic nucleus! Tremendous energy lies locked up inside a radioactive nucleus and nuclear fission is a way of tapping this energy. Nuclear power plants derive
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Brutalism is a highly controversial architectural style which flourished during the 1950s and 60s in Britain‚ as the capital slowly began the inauguration of rehabilitating itself as a whole - after the disastrous effects of the Second World War. Brutalism has it roots in Modernism; however‚ it emerged as a movement in revolt to the architectural mainstream. Brutalism attempted to come out of the Modernist movement on the basis of an undeniably honest approach to architecture‚ demanding that form
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Pro Death penalty Men losing their lives‚ women losing their innocence and children living their lives without their parents or living their lives without a family to care for them and love them as they grow up. Over 131.4 million people are born each year and over 55.3 million people die or are killed each year‚ when the death penalty was enforced only half of that amount of people had been killed by murders. So the death penalty should be enforced in more locations. The death penalty has been
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babies whose mothers took thalidomide during pregnancy. After the connection between the birth defects and thalidomide was made‚ it was quickly identified as a teratogen. Although it is not certain how Thalidomide causes birth defects‚ the leading theory is that it enters the womb by penetrating the placenta. Once the pill is taken by the pregnant mother‚ it breaks down into metabolites‚ or products of metabolic reactions. One of these metabolites is CPS49. CPS49 can break through the defense of the
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It is said‚ that forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet (WWF). Reducing the number of trees and the surface area of a forest is called deforestation. Deforestation is one of the biggest problems in today’s economic system. There may be a lot of positives behind the idea of cutting down trees; however they are all outnumbered by the negatives. If one is not careful with the removal of a forest‚ it may lead to more deserted areas. First of all‚ deforestation is one of the reasons for the
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Some scholars of psychology argue that being bilingual means being superior in cognitive ability. These scholars have access to a plethora of published research supporting the cognitive advantages of bilingualism. However‚ evidence supporting the cognitive disadvantages of bilingualism does exist‚ but the publication of them is not as frequent. Positive abstracts supporting cognitive advantages were published due to numerous reasons and the authors of this study suggest one reason is called‚ publication
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What are the thruths about health problems that are said to be derived from marijuana? Introduction Cannabis is Australia’s most common illegal drug. It is derived from the plant cannabis sativa; the acting chemical known as ‘THC’ is in the upper leaves and flowers of the female plant. Cannabis is traditionally used by combusting the plant and inhaling the smoke that is produced. There is much speculation about whether or not marijuana causes many health problems. People most commonly say that
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specific report addresses the pros and cons of how much government intervention in the marketplace is necessary and appropriate. This report will cover four authors‚ Cunningham‚ Green‚ Friedman and Pertschuk. The authors have written extensively on consumerism and the protection thereof. This author’s goal is to break down some of the theories‚ which authors seem akin in their beliefs and which authors’ views are bipolar opposites. Green states there be only should be two types of government regulations
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