Section 3. Recommended Report and Presentation Topics

1. “Out of Africa” migration theory.

2. Hutchinson syndrome.

3. Alzheimer’s disease.

4. Parkinson’s disease.

5. Why do people in the Caucasus traditionally live longer?

6. Age-related transformations in the organism.

7. Anti-age industry.

8. Impaired vision.

9. Wrinkles.

10. Pheromones.

11. The evolutionary role of sexual reproduction.

12. Hermaphrodites.

13. Parthenogenesis.

14. Eating disorders – bulimia, anorexia.

15. Why does fast food taste so good?

16. Health effects of fast food.

17. Dieting.

18. Vegetarians and vegans.

19. Internal organs transformation and alcoholism.

20. Prohibition and legal control of drugs.

1 Note. Causes of seizures:

1. for neonates (less than 1 month old) include perinatal hypoxia and ischemia, intracranial hemorrhage and trauma, acute CNS infection, metabolic disturbances (hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, pyridoxine deficiency), drug withdrawal, developmental disorders, genetic disorders;

2. for infants and children (up to 12 years of age) the causes are febrile seizures, genetic disorders (metabolic, degenerative, primary epilepsy syndromes), CNS infection, developmental disorders, trauma, idiopathic;

3. for adolescents (12–18 years) – trauma, genetic disorders, infection, brain tumor, illicit drug use, idiopathic;

4. for young adults (18–35 years) – trauma, alcohol withdrawal, illicit drug use, brain tumor, idiopathic.

2 The measure of life expectancy at birth is a statistic that represents the expected duration of life for babies born during a given time period, usually one calendar year. Calculated from death rates observed at every age, it is based on the critical assumption that the age-specific risks of death observed during a given year will prevail for all babies born in that year, for the remainder of their lives. In contrast, life span is the theoretical upper limit to life that would be observed if everyone in the population adopted ideal lifestyles from birth to death and if external threats to life were eliminated. Some researchers believe that there is no biologically determined life span per se, but rather a series of time-dependent physiological declines that may eventually be subject to modification (Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 2004, p.98)

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