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Premature Infancy
Number of Words: 1314 / Number of Pages: 5
... in the last few weeks
of pregnancy, and if the child is born before the thirty sixth week, he/she may
require some special attention. Usually, the child is monitored closely for
the first few weeks of its life, in order to make sure there is no problems
with the breathing or any other function of its body. The premature baby will
probably need supplemental oxygen to help it through the early stages, but
rarely will it need an actual respirator or other life-supporting device on a
full-time twenty four hour basis. In fact, giving the baby too much oxygen may
complicate problems, such as damages ...
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Exotic Diseases And The Treat To Humanity
Number of Words: 2834 / Number of Pages: 11
... fail. Humanity is faced with many dangers of a doomsday in the next millennium, but the one that seems the most likely to happen is a world epidemic.
Human activities and behavior often help increases the risk of a world epidemic. In such activities like increased travel, shipments of resources and wild animals increase the possibility of catching a deadly virus and starting to spread an epidemic. Human behavior such as neglect can determine the fate of a world epidemic. Most people believe that Ebola or any other exotic disease would spawn off and epidemic only in third world countries, but that’s ...
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Female Genital Mutilation And Culture
Number of Words: 419 / Number of Pages: 2
... to close the entrance to the vagina. The legs of the little girl are tied together for several weeks until the wound heals; a tiny opening is created by inserting a splinter of wood to allow urination. Thus virginity, which is considered especially important by Moslem men, can be proven.
These dangerous operations result in permanent damage: hemorrhage and shock, which may be fatal; many infections including tetanus, scaring which obstructs normal childbirth and may result in the death of both mother and child; infertility due to infection. And that’s not all, FGM causes urinary and menstrual prob ...
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The Genetics Of Violence
Number of Words: 2634 / Number of Pages: 10
... studies continue to search for the
genetic source of aggression, child testing programs, drug manufacturers, civil
rights activists, lawyers, and anxious citizens await the resulting testimony of
the scientists. The social implications of the genetic search for aggressive
tendency is seen by some as a great step forward, by others as a dangerous power
with the ability to give birth to another Holocaust, and by still others as
racist.
At one time, it was believed that one’s character could be determined
from the bumps in one’s skull. Much later, in the 1960’s, as science marched on
in its regular pace, ...
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False Memory Syndrome
Number of Words: 1455 / Number of Pages: 6
... may become so focused on the memory that he or she may be
effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life.”
Jo hn F. Kihlstrom, Ph.D.
There are many theorys that try to explain how memory works, still
we are not sure that's how memory works. One of the most amazing theorys of
how memory works, is the one which says that every experience a person has
had is 'recorded' in memory and some of these memories are of a traumatic
event that is too terrible to want to remember. Then traumatic memories are
put away in the sub conscious mind, i.e. repressed, and are remembered ...
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The Black Plague
Number of Words: 454 / Number of Pages: 2
... industrial shrinkage soon saw the effects of plague. England's cloth trade suffered, yet never diminished. Industrial shrinkage was a great cause in the fall of the economy.
With the unfortunate dying by the dozens, some were left wandering if this was a sign of the end of the world. Many prophecies were made that describe . A certain great astrologer named Michael de Leone foretold the coming of a great disaster of death.3 Even though the end of the world was expected, Christian followers believed that had to be yet an anti-christ preceding the last judgment. Hence, prophecies still included t ...
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The Safety Of Blood
Number of Words: 1528 / Number of Pages: 6
... people are still concerned that the blood that they receive may have
harmful or deadly diseases and that today's blood supply is not "safe."
However, "safe" means different things for different people. For some,
safe is an absolute security from any danger. This is an extreme viewpoint,
though, because most people realize that one can never be completely safe.
Another, and more popularly held connotation of "safe," is the probability of
not getting hurt. This is a much more reasonable and plausible definition and
therefor will be used throughout this paper. However, eve ...
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Dioxins
Number of Words: 850 / Number of Pages: 4
... found that Agent Orange which contained , specifically 2,3,7,8, TCDD, was responsible for these medical conditions. After the Agent Orange controversy lost their space in the spot light for some time until the mid-eighties up to now.
are released in four major ways. One is the incineration and combustion of products containing chlorine, which happens mostly in our municipal incineration plants. A second source is the manufacturing of chlorine and chlorinated products. The third source are the industrial processes involved in processing wood pulp, which includes paper bleaching. The fourth sourc ...
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The Process Of Changing A Newborns Diaper
Number of Words: 1108 / Number of Pages: 5
... things can get a little messy and you will want to be able to disinfect. Put all these supplies at easy access to you where you will be changing the newborn. Make sure supplies are at the foot of the changing area. This will keep little hands from reaching them. All the cellophane should be off the packages. Take the diapers out of the packaging and stack them at a hand's reach. You should not have to walk away as soon as you start changing the baby.
You are ready to change. Start by placing the baby on the changing surface with its head at appropriate end. Undress the baby from waist down. ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Number of Words: 928 / Number of Pages: 4
... and irreversible, behavioral problems are permanent; all of these problems associated with /Fetal Alcohol Effects are forever and once alcohol has done the damage there is no recovery.
According to the writer, an experimental study was done among alcoholic male rats, and the observation showed evident of how alcohol may damage the rat’s sperm. Therefore, it should be acknowledged that males’ alcohol consumption is also a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome. To help prevent /Fetal Alcohol Effects the father of the unborn child must also be educated on the possible results of the effect alcoh ...
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