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Venous Leg Ulcers
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A 5 page exploration of this painful condition. The author defines venous leg ulcers and emphasizes that the first step in addressing a leg ulcer is determining the precise kind of ulcer that one is dealing with. Non-venous ulcers might require a different treatment approach than venous ulcers. Malignant ulcers certainly demand a separate treatment regime. Venous ulcers benefit from treatment regimes that include compression. Surgery is also a valid option for treating these disorders. While the symptoms of venous leg ulcers can be quite severe, they can be alleviated to a degree by elevating the legs and exercising as is appropriate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPlegUlc.rtf

Ventricular Assist Devices
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A 10 page paper discussing devices most commonly used as bridges to heart transplant while patients wait for a heart to become available. Some heart patients wear a defibrillator attached to them or a pacemaker implanted within them, others have ventricular assist devices. The purpose here is to discuss some of the ventricular assist devices available for use today and make suggestions for future research. The paper mentions several types of devices, discussing research and experience with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and biventricular assist devices (BVAD) in detail. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSmedVentAsst.rtf

Ventricular Assist Devices Product Life Cycle
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A 6 page paper discussing where ventricular assistive devices (VADs) currently reside on the product life cycle curve; what factors are likely to affect their growth; and how long producers can expect the product to be an active contributor to revenues. Recently approved by the FDA as an artificial heart, VADs are poised to become an end-goal product rather than only a bridge buying time until a heart can be found for transplant. The paper discusses costs and what producers can expect to gain from VADs over the next several years. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmedVentAsDevProd.rtf

Viral Pneumonia / Its Causes and Prevention
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A 7 page overview of pneumonia and its viral forms. Includes information on the various viruses which cause pneumonia and how they spread from one person to another. Outlines appropriate treatment and control. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Pneumon.wps

Virtue ethics and cloning
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A paper which looks at some of the issues surrounding human cloning from the perspective of a system of virtue ethics, contrasting Christianity with Western liberalism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLethclon.rtf

Vitamins Cannot Cure the Common Cold
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A 5 page paper which argues that vitamins cannot cure the common cold. The paper presents a look at common treatments, and preventive measures taken against the common cold, which further emphasizes that face that there is not cure for the common cold, and the best that vitamins can do is treat the condition afterwards, or help to boost the immune system prior to contracting a cold, which is a virus that must run its course. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAcomcold.wps

Vocal Difficulties in Teachers
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This 5 page paper discusses vocal difficulties encountered by teachers because of environmental, psychological, organic and other factors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVvocprb.rtf

Voluntary Sterilization Of A Young, Unmarried Man: Ethical Considerations
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6 pages in length. Gregory X, who is twenty-five years old, unmarried, and childless, wants a vasectomy. He goes to Dr. H, a urologist in a clinic in a large city hospital, because he cannot afford the surgery elsewhere. He tells Dr. H that he decided, after several years of thought, never to be a parent. The vasectomy will now ensure that and make it necessary for any woman he loves to run the various risks associated with the available means of contraception. Dr. H has doubts about performing the surgery on a young, unmarried man. He asks Gregory X to consider the feelings of a possible future wife who will not have any say about the sterilization decision. Gregory X insists on the surgery. What, if any, ethical obligation is Dr. H under with regard to performing – or not performing the surgery? Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCsterl.rtf

Web of Causation
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A 4 page research paper that explains this model of epidemiological explanation for disease. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khwofc.rtf

Well-Baby Checkup: Considerations for a Native American Baby
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A 6 page review of the factors that should be considered in well-baby checkups. The author emphasizes that while the specifics of these checkups can vary in accordance with race and culture, this variation must be determined on the basis of fact rather than stereotypical misperceptions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnaBaby.rtf