Health Sociology Title description: Health sociology Word count: 1493 Keywords: Life-expectancy, Unequal distribution, Health disparities, Waterborne diseases, Multiple partner sex relationships, Ethnic communities, Healthier lifestyle Excerpts: An early study of these health disparities in the UK, the Black Report of 1982, showed how health could clearly be correlated with income, and people in the poorer social class had more illness and a much higher mortality than their fellow citizens in the more affluent classes. A further factor in damaging the health of minority…
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CHANGE OF STRATEGY Shamsheer – Kollam A young lion once found a bracelet in the jungle, at the outskirts of the village. The next day, the lion saw a man near the village and showed him the bracelet. The lion asked him if the bracelet would be of any use to him. The man immediately said that he wanted it. In return, he said he would offer a sheep each day for a week. The young lion was happy. It walked to his den and told everything to his…
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THE BIG MAGIC Sheeja – Trivandrum A happy kid once happened to tell his dad, ‘Dad the uncle living in the next street is a magician’ ‘Really?’, the disinterested father asked. ‘Dad, I had only one sweet, but he doubled it for me’ ‘That’s great’ ‘Yes, see I had only one coin, but he doubled it for me’ ‘That’s great’ ‘But dad, the biggest thing he did was to my ring’ ‘Your ring?; hey wait. Where is your gold ring; he’s taken it?’ ‘No dad, you won’t believe it…
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MISSING RING Nisha – Trichy One afternoon, a young girl, made a frantic call to her parents, from her school, ‘Dad my gold ring is missing, please check my room’ Five minutes later, she again called him and asked ‘Did you find it?’ ‘No it’s not there’, her father replied ‘Then please check the dressing table’ Five minutes later, she was on line again, when her sweating father answered, ‘It’s not in the dressing table. I am searching the bathrooms and your mom is searching your bedroom’ ‘It’s alright…
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COUPLES GOLD OR GILD Gurumurthy – Chennai A man was once so pestered and threatened by his wife for a gold chain that he finally came home with one. Unfortunately his mother was the first to receive him and snatched it away saying, ‘What a great gold chain my son has bought for me’ He went inside and saw his wife waiting for him with clenched fists. ‘Relax’, he told her, ‘That’s only gild; you think I am an idiot to buy a gold chain at this time of…
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DIRTY EARRINGS Kavitha Kumari – Cochin A wealthy lady from Mumbai once decided to celebrate her forty fifth birthday with the inmates of the women’s mental hospital, in line with the new social trend. She set out distributing food packets, when one of them smiled at her and asked her for her gold earrings. Being her birthday, she didn’t want to disappoint the mental patient and so played tactfully, ‘My earrings are dirty. I picked it up from a lavatory’. ‘Lavatory?; then I don’t want your stinking earrings. You…
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THE BRAIN BEHIND Charumathi – Mumbai A South African gold mine owner brought his son to the Mumbai based Trivedi Hospitals for a cardiac surgery. The surgery was successful and his son discharged within a week. As a mark of gratitude, the overwhelmed father presented a golden heart to the cardio surgeon who performed the surgery. A few months later the mine owner had to bring his brother to the same hospital for a brain tumor removal. The operation and subsequent recovery being successful, they started packing up, after…
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Crazy for Gold A joke book on gold Copyright © 2016 dancingforchennai.com Man has always had a unique passion and attachment for gold. For Indians, the largest consumers of gold, the metal has an indescribable social role in their lives. Gold for many people has a value that’s multiplied with tradition and perseverance, a value that transcends the real world and the realities around. The joke book ‘Crazy for Gold’ recounts the humorous experiences and anecdotes of many such people that bear a testimony to the craze for the…
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Depression and Suicide Title description: A literary review Word count: 4179 Keywords: Psychotic depression, Postpartum depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar disorder, Genetic, Rapid Eye Movement (REM), . Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), Antidepressants Excerpts: When left untreated, major depression can become dangerous as suicidal thoughts are a common aspect of this illness. Although people who are deeply depressed may rarely have the energy to commit suicide, they are likely to commit suicide when their depression begins to subside. It has been determined…
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The Concept of Helping Title description: If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what are the others doing here? Word count: 969 Keywords: Human identity, Broad guideline for humanity, Suffering people, Moral obligation, Celebration of life, Sixth sense Excerpts: Even religions emphasize that man’s duty is to help fellow men. According to the bible helping others is a sign of God’s love of the helping person. There are several instances in the bible where help is equated to divinity…
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