becoming recipients(Washington post‚ 2014). Organ shortages seem to be a massive problem in the world today. According to the CDC‚ the most common transplants are the kidney‚ followed by the liver‚ heart and lungs (CDC‚ 2014). Deceased individuals only make up 1% of the donations‚ leading to an organ shortage today. This brings up several topics as to how these organs are obtained‚ and why certain types of people are getting better chances of getting the organs versus those who are not. One of the
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Bonnie Kalka Mark MacDowell PHL-103 December 4‚ 2012 Organ Transplantation The history of transplantation is an epic journey describing the medical community’s need to understand how the human body works and how you can ultimately defy illness and death. The most important component is the generosity of organ and tissue donors‚ and the courage of those whom receive the transplant. Transplantation goes back many Centuries‚ in the 9th Century BC Ancient folklore in most cultures describe
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Organ transplantation is a treatment of choice to replace damaged organs through the intervention of a donor. There are several types of donors according to their provenance. The donor of organs between two identical twins is called isograft‚ when donor and recipient is the same individual is called autograft‚ donor from the same species but different person is called allograft and donor coming from different species with the recipient is called xenograft (Fernandez‚ 2012). Apart of the above
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Persuasive Speech Preparation Outline Edit 0 3… Persuasive Speech Outline : Topic area: Animal Rights Title: Animals should be kept in zoos General purpose: To convince Specific purpose: To convince my audience that those animals should not be kept in zoos Central idea: The reason animals should not be kept in zoo are because it might lead to their survival‚ poor conservation and the problem in the ecosystem. Organizational pattern: Problem- no solution I. INTRODUCTION A. Open with impact/Attention
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Topic: The Process of Blood Donation General goal: To inform. Specific goal: To explain the process of donating blood Thesis Statement: I am going to be talking about the steps for donating blood‚ including the preparation‚ the drawing of blood‚ the recovery process‚ and what is done with the blood afterwards. Introduction: 1. As stated in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in 2004‚ “blood is the fluid that circulates in the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries‚ and veins of a vertebrate
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Persuasive Speech Outline Edit 0 26 … Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: We must get enough sleep. General purpose: To persuade. Specific purpose: I would like to persuade the audience about why we must get enough sleep. Central idea: Getting enough sleep help us to increase alertness and memory function. Sleep also help us to lower our daily stress and to avoid cardiovascular disease. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter - I will show the short video clip about people who are sleepy
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Selling Organs Many people are dying each day because of the lack of organs available. Waiting lists can be as long as 106‚000 people. On an average 17 patients in need of transplants die each day. Is this fair to the families or is selling organs a better option? What are the benefits of organ selling and should it be made legal? By legalizing organ selling we would be saving lives. People sell organs on the black market every day; the downfall to this is that the surgeons that remove
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ORGAN TRANSPLANT . Imagine you’re at a party‚ having fun‚ passing really well and suddenly your heart stops working ; or you can be in your quiet home‚ with your family‚ you come and resting pain ‚ go to the health center and the doctor will tell you your kidney no longer works and you get a few months of life. Life is very generous and can give you a second chance‚ the would accept ‚ or otherwise be willing to give it to someone else? Hello ‚ my name is Fernanda and platicare them a little
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Are you tired of being bullied in school or at work? Are you angry or frustrated because of being bullied‚ or have you been accused of bullying? Bullying became a personal issue for me about two years ago. My oldest daughter came home from school in tears. The children that had been her closest friends and playmates turned on her while she spent time in the hospital undergoing testing for her epilepsy. They told her that they killed a beloved pet‚ cut its head off and ran it up a flagpole. Next‚
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It’s Friday. You and a few mates go out to the lake for a night of old-fashioned shenanigans. Johnny brought the beer‚ Mickey brought the cigarettes and you brought the Run DMC discography. Everything is set up for a perfect night with the gang‚ that is until something goes wrong. Amidst all the hullabaloo‚ neither you‚ Johnny or Mickey brought a lighter or bottle opener. You start to panic but what’s this? That nerd Gunther showed up and he has an iPhone that can do it all. You can be cool like
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