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Sudden Infant Death Syndrom
Number of Words: 3831 / Number of Pages: 14
... in the United States is compared to that of the
number of deaths due to SIDS, it accounts for only a small percentage. It is a
small percentage that hopefully can be reduced. And to any parents, the loss of
just one child is definitely one too many, despite of the statistics that are
currently available. During the first week of life is where most deaths that
are associated with prematurity dominate, SIDS is the leading cause of death
among infants under one year of age, according to Bergman. It ranks second only
to injuries as the cause of death in children less than fifteen years of age.
An unk ...
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Depression
Number of Words: 1645 / Number of Pages: 6
... a family history of increases your risk of developing the condition. Researchers have identified several genes involved in bipolar . But not everybody with a family history of will develop the disorder. Your genes may have predisposed you to be at a certain point on the happiness- scale, just as other genes may have predisposed you to be at a certain weight or height (Mental Health).
Stressful life events can trigger , particularly the loss or threatened loss of a loved one or a job. is the normal reaction when we lose something that we value. A friend or loved one dies and we grieve. A ...
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Family Practice: Summary
Number of Words: 409 / Number of Pages: 2
... step the family makes contracts with one another and then monitors and up
dates them so often. This helps with everybody holding to their end of the deal
when it comes to the family issues. One of the worst steps of all is, "Stop the
"Good Guy-"Bad Guy, " routine. I feel that having someone to blame for every
problem that arises can devastate a child. Parents need to think about what they
are going to say before they say it. The last step is, "Get rid of old emotional
Baggage," I have personal experience in this category. I had a hard time in
letting go of the old when trying to start new.
These se ...
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Scoliosis
Number of Words: 1724 / Number of Pages: 7
... approach. 1997). These behave much the same as those under ten degrees, except that they may progress during growth. Therefore, if a patient has finished growing and has a curve less than twenty degrees, no further treatment or follow-up is needed. A child with a curve between ten and twenty degrees should be examined periodically. Treatment should be started if the curve exceeds twenty degrees. Curves that are discovered when they exceed twenty degrees should get treated immediately, if there is still a potential for growth.
occurs mainly in the thoracic and thoracic-lumbar regions (What is ...
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“The Body's Temperature After Electrocution Is Around 138 Degrees Fahrenheit”
Number of Words: 611 / Number of Pages: 3
... the criminal had no intentions of being caught, and knew that what he was doing was wrong.
There is not enough evidence to prove whether capital punishment deters crime. However, a study by W. Bailey of the period from 1967-68 showed a deterrent effect in twenty-seven states. A later study by him showed a deterrent effect in twenty-five states. During the interval on capital punishment in the United States, murder increased by one hundred percent. A review of the fourteen nations who abolished the death penalty showed that the murder rate increased by seven percent from the five-year pre-abolitio ...
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Alcohol Abuse
Number of Words: 720 / Number of Pages: 3
... studies on factors in
the genes that could determine or influence the use of alcohol from generation
to generation. However, these studies have shown no hard evidence for an
association between alcoholism and inherited factors.
The learning and social model proposes that alcoholism is a process
that is slowly developed within a social situation or atmosphere. This model of
alcoholism has also been researched by using both human and animal subjects. A
conditioning model of alcohol tolerance has demonstrated that specific cues from
the environment such as odor, sight, and taste, produce a s ...
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Skin Cancer
Number of Words: 1187 / Number of Pages: 5
... This layer contains sweat glands, nerves and blood vessels. The dermis also contains follicles, which are tiny pockets from which the hair grows.
The most common malignant cells are the basal cells. Cancer in the basal cell is called nonmelanoma cancer. This means that the cancer did not start in the melanocytes located in the epidermis. Basal Cell Carcinoma is caused by overexposure to the sun. The sun gives off ultraviolet rays, which are harmful to the human body. Basal cell carcinoma will affect body parts such as the eyes, ears and nose. If it is detected before it gets deep into the sk ...
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Euthanasia Mercy Killing
Number of Words: 1039 / Number of Pages: 4
... do you think, between a person who, at a dying person's request,
prepares a poison and leaves it on the bedside for that person to take, and
a person who helps the patient to drink it or who administers it directly
at the request of a dying person who is unable to take it personally? Is
there, in short, a real distinction between killing and letting die? Well,
this is the difference between passive and active euthanasia, and if you
believe in euthanasia, you must decide which one is correct or even accept
both to be correct depending upon the situation.
We must carefully think through ...
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Cancer
Number of Words: 913 / Number of Pages: 4
... over the past few decades, due in part to improved screening programs, and also to the increasing number of older persons in the population, and also to the large number of tabacco smokers--particularly in women. Some researchers have estimated that if Americans stopped smoking, lung deaths could virtually be eliminated within 20 years.
The U.S. government and private organizations spent about $1.2 billion annual for research. With the development of new drugs and treatments, the number of deaths among patients under 30 years of age is decreasing, even though the number of deaths from is growin ...
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Menopause
Number of Words: 1366 / Number of Pages: 5
... instability. Other wise known as hot flashes, these may occur when sort burst of capillary expansion that cause a warm flushed feeling around the neck or head these may last for less than a minute or more and can happened one or as many as dozen times a day. Some women after also note weakening of their bone structure or osteoporosis, which may leave them vulnerable to fracture.
A great many other physical and psychological changes have been attributed to . These include fat in the thighs, loss of muscle tone and high blood pressure. Mental health problems, including depression, and fatigue have ...
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