Alcohol Use Among Teens And Young Adults
.... on campus for overdoses as well. The author commented that the mind-set of the students was not to “get drunk and silly” but instead to drink for the sole purpose of passing out. The students also reported that there is a “beer-friendly” attitude on the campus and that it is easy for anyone, even under-age individuals, to obtain a keg for a party.
(STUDENT DRINKING STATUS – BY GENDER)
Another national study found that forty-four percent of college students engaged in binge drinking during the two weeks prior to the survey. It also found that the occurrences of binge drinking at colleges vary widely. Some colleges are .....
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Down Syndrome
.... during the development of egg or sperm during fertilization. About 95% of Down's syndrome births are Type Trisomy 21.
Roughly 4% are caused by Translocation, "where the extra chromosome twenty one is broken off and becomes attached to another chromosome pair.
The last 1% have Mosaicism, where only some cells of the chromosome have extra genetic material.
With the different types of Down's the degree of retardation ranges from mild to sever. Alleles don't effect every patient in the same way, and therefore different effects of the disease are presented in each case.
Patients with Down's Syndrome can lead almost normal lives .....
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Psychology: Stress Paper
.... peer pressure. The demerit card and the cars running into each other are things that have gotten me into trouble caused stress in my life. The fights that I have been in, both verbally and physically, have left me in stress because I have spent so much of my time explaining and worrying about them. The hurricane represents when my relatives stay with us when their weather encourages them to travel. My relatives create stress for me by sleeping in my bed, asking all kinds of questions and trying to make rules for me. The woman stands for my girlfriend that brings stress in my life by trying to consume all of my time. The watch stan .....
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The Best Way To Support Health Care
.... alcohol. As a consecuense of buying alcohol, inocent people could get killed by irresponsible drunk drivers.
Finally, It would be unfair to raise taxes on just one suspected product. Since researchers haven’t found the real cause of cancer, it’s unfair to raise taxes just on tabacco. There are more products that may harm the health like Sweet and Low, caffein, microwaves, cell phones and canned food. If there will be a raise in products suspected of causing cancer, then all such products should have an increase.
To conclude, It wouldn’t be a good idea to raise taxes on tabacco and alcohol products because it will promote the .....
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Learning CPR
.... professionals, bystanders or family members initiated CPR immediately. Early CPR is one of the most vital links in what is referred to as the cardiac chain of life.
The cardiac chain of life is broken down into four vital components. The first is notification of the 911 or emergency medical system. When you see someone collapse, call an ambulance as soon as possible. CPR will buy the victim valuable time, but without 911 notification, advanced emergency medical professionals will not respond. The second component is early CPR. When the heart goes into cardiac arrest, it does not stop beating; it starts to quiver err .....
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The Skeletal System
.... together. The backbone is composed of 33 separate different size and shaped vertebrae, and each of them are composed of centrum (base portion), and neural arch (surrounds and protects spinal cord.) 12 pairs of flat bones make up the rib basket. Its function is to support the chest wall, and prevents it from collapsing, when the diaphragm contracts.
Appendicular Skeleton
Appendicular skeleton are made up of pelvic girdles (consists of 3 fused hipbones), pectoral girdles (consists of 2 collar bones - "clavicles"), and 2 scapulas (shoulder blades.)
The Joints:
There are 4 types of joints, the part of junction between 2 bones.
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Bacteria
.... on our teeth. People with diets high in sugar have a higher chance of getting tooth decay or cavities. The sugar us turned into lactic acid, the acid leads to a lost of calcium and if followed by the breaking down of the tooth.
Scientists have found that most stomach ulcers are the result of bacterial infection. Many of us once believed that stress was the caused of ulcers. It is possible that the stressful environment helps the bacteria’s growth.
Each species of pathogenic bacteria has a different way of being transmitted. It can be carried in water, in the air, in food, by insects, or by direct human contact. For example, t .....
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AIDS
.... way to transmit the disease, and rectal sex is a common practice among gay males. For these reasons, the disease spread in the gay male population of this country immensely more quickly than in other populations. It became to be thought of as a "gay disease". Because the disease is spread primarily by exposure of ones blood to infected blood or semen; Immunodeficiency Virus drug addicts who shared needles also soon were identified as an affected group. As the AIDS epidemic began to affect increasingly large fractions of those two populations (gay males and IV drug abusers), many of the rest of this society looked on smugly, for .....
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Teenage Smoking
.... become regular smokers, according to the Federal Office on Smoking and Health. That means they replace at least two thirds of the adult smoker who either quit or die.” Congress banned advertising on television and radio in 1971. Cigarette manufacturers barely skipped a beat, putting their money into promotions such as free samples and giveaways at the point of purchase. A telephone survey of teenagers conducted by the George H. Gallup International Institute found that half of the smokers had received promotional items from tobacco companies. One teenage smoker in 4 had been given tobacco samples, in spite of industry guidelines .....
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Depression
.... developing the condition. Researchers have identified several genes involved in bipolar depression. But not everybody with a family history of depression will develop the disorder. Your genes may have predisposed you to be at a certain point on the happiness-depression scale, just as other genes may have predisposed you to be at a certain weight or height (Mental Health).
Stressful life events can trigger depression, particularly the loss or threatened loss of a loved one or a job. Depression is the normal reaction when we lose something that we value. A friend or loved one dies and we grieve. A loved one leaves us and we .....
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Brain Function
.... The right side of the brain control the left side of the body, this brain focus more on creative, intuitive, it is concerned more with the visual and emotional side of the life.
When reading left brain is sensibly making connection and analyzing the meaning of the world, the syntax and other complex relation ships while putting it into language that can understand to human, meanwhile the right side is providing emotional and even humorous cues, decoding visual information and maintaining an integrated story structure.
While all this kind of thinks going on, the two side are constantly communicate with each other across a conn .....
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Memory Systems
.... improve my ability to remember class and textbook materials would be to become organized, physical, clear, and smart. Being organized would be to learn from general to specific, getting on overview as a framework on which to hang specific details. Being physical is to learn it once actively and to visualize by paying attention, reciting, using all senses, making cartoons, and to draw diagrams. Being clear would be to reduce inferences such as turning off music, use daylight hours, and take breaks. Being smart by remembering something else; for instance when I get stuck and can’t remember something I know, I have to recall somethi .....
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