The Caesarean Procedure / An Overview
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An 11 page summary of the caesarean section, justifications for its use and arguments against its use. Includes a detailed description of the surgical procedure and potential complications. Bibliography list 8 sources.
Filename: Caesarea.wps

The Complexities of Abortion: The Issues of Choice Verses Right to Life
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A 6 page discussion of the many issues surrounding abortion. Notes that despite the common perception of abortions being sought by strictly irresponsible women, the choice to have an abortion is not always cut and dried. Such choices can involve pregnancies resulting from rape, illegitimate pregnancies, pregnancies in which the mother’s life is endangered, and pregnancies in which the fetus has been determined to be malformed or diseased. Concludes that governmental intervention in these issues is not the solution, that the real solution lies in allowing women to decide on an individual basis whether an abortion is the appropriate course of action. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPabort2.wps

The Effect of Raloxifene on Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of breast cancer, and the use of Raloxifene as a preventative measure for women at risk of breast cancer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHBreaC2.rtf

The Effect of Stress on Women
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This 7 page paper discusses the effect stress has on women of varying ages, and with regard to finances, and providing basic survival needs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVStrWmn.rtf

The Effects of Assisted Conception on the Reproductive Autonomy of Women:
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This 17 page paper discusses the different assisted reproduction techniques available, and their impact upon a woman's reproductive autonomy. This paper explores the many ways in which reproductive autonomy is compromised for many women versus those whose autonomy is actually heighted through such techniques. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: GSReprod.rtf

The Effects of Exercise in Middle Aged Women: Literature Review & Possible Study Outline
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the effects of exercise in middle aged women. The paper includes a short literature review and possible outline for a proposed study. Studies investigating the effects of exercise in middle aged women have been positive in their findings. Research has ranged from studying aerobic or non-aerobic exercise in regards to lipid concentrations as well as those which study weight training in regards to overall body fat and body weight among other factors. It would seem that in all cases, middle aged women have shown improvements in regards to overall health from exercise in addition to reducing their risk for heart disease by reducing lipid concentrations, cholesterol levels and blood pressure among other variables. While some studies involves thousands of subjects over many years, most studies involve a relatively small number of subjects, randomly assigned to controlled short-term exercise programs after which the results are compared from pre- and post-measurements. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJexwom1.rtf

The Effects Of Oppression On The Health Of Mexican Women
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A 7 page research paper that examines how the patriarchal culture of Mexican creates a climate of oppression, which contributes towards violence against Mexican woman. In turn, this violence is a contributing factor toward the frequency that Mexican women have problems with drug dependency, alcoholism and depression. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Mexwomen.wps

The Phases and Determining Factors of Menopause
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A 7 page investigation into menopause. The author conducts a literature review of published studies related to the epidemiology of perimenopause and menopause. Specific parameters of interest are age, genetics, demography and lifestyle. Age appears to be the most important determinant of age of onset but even factors such reproductive history and smoking can be important as well. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmenops.rtf

The Problem of Anorexia in College Populations
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the problem of anorexia nervosa and the impact for college women. This paper outlines the problem, including long-term health threats. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: MHAnoCol.rtf