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Birthing Classes Nine Months Time
709 wordsDecember 15 th, 1989, I remember as if it were yesterday. The whole experience was so fast that I never had time to realize what was happening. I was twenty-three years old. I had been married for sixteen months. My wife and I had been together for a little over two years. Life with her was great. I never imagined it being any better. Boy was I wrong. In March of 89 my wife informed me that she was pregnant. I was in shock; I didnt know what to say. I was thrilled, excited, and shocked all at th...
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Brain Damage Side Effects
914 wordsI am doing a report on the disease Diphtheria. The definition of the disease is a bacterial disease that affects the throat and can cause serious or fatal complications. It is a serious disease caused by the bacterium. There is a lot of history on this disease. In the late 1800 s diphtheria came across western Europe and the United States, it killed thousands of children. The diphtheria characterized by infection is more contagious than the disease characterized by respiratory infection. Diphthe...
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Respiratory Infections Cigarette Smoke
813 wordsBronchitis is the inflammation of the bronchi. It may develop suddenly, following a head cold (acute bronchitis), or it may continue or return regularly for many years, causing worsening of the bronchi and lungs (chronic bronchitis). Certain people are more likely to get bronchitis than others. Men are effected more than women, out numbering them 10 to 1. The reasons for this are unknown. Smokers are 50 times more likely to get chronic bronchitis than non smokers. Acute bronchitis is a bacteria ...
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Teach A Beginning Swimmer Strokes To Teach A Beginning Hands
724 wordsThe breaststroke is the oldest known swimming stroke and is one of four strokes used in competitive swimming. This stroke is also very popular in leisure swimming because the head can be held up, making vision and breathing easy and because the swimmer can rest between strokes if needed. Swimmers can also use the breaststroke in survival swimming and in lifesaving situations. Since the breaststroke has many uses and is easy to learn, it is one of the best strokes to teach a beginning swimmer. Wh...
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Entire Body Nervous System
873 wordsThe term Yoga has a few meanings. Its both a school of thought in the Hindu religion, and a system of mental and physical exercise developed by this school. All forms of yoga originated in India. People who follow this school, and practice any form of yoga are called yogis, or yogis. Students study under prolonged and careful guidance of the teacher, known as the guru. The first syllable gu, in Sanskrit means light; the second syllable, ru means light. A guru is a spiritual teacher who leads the...
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Cystic Fibrosis Gene People With Cf
1,884 wordsI am the doctor for your hospital and have prepared the following paper for you to look at and possibly use. It includes information on what cystic fibrosis really is, what treatments there are, what you two can do for your child, and how it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to you in your incoming struggle against this horrible disease. It is good to know that you are not alone. Every day four children in the United States are diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is t...
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Life Without Parole Death Penalty
1,434 wordsWhen committing a rape, murder, or treason does it occur to you that, if Caught, you could be, electrocuted, gassed, or lethally injected? I highly doubt it. So what is it that is running through your mind? Do you honestly think you can murder or rape some innocent person and get away with it? I don't think so. I feel the death penalty is a great concept. My philosophy is, why should someone that murdered an innocent human being still be able to breathe, while his or her victim cannot? Life with...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Criminal Justice System
1,520 words... ve and deadly drugs is cocaine. It can be injected, snorted, or smoked. It carries the risk of HIV if it is injected. Cocaine significantly speeds up the neuro transmissions in the nervous system. It accelerates the heart rate while simultaneously constricting the blood vessels, which are trying to adjust to the heightened blood flow. Temperature and blood pressure rise. Pupils dilate. A stroke, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or seizures may accompany the physical changes induced by the...
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Trials And Tribulations Amazing Grace
1,799 wordsIntroduction Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace is a book about the trials and tribulations of everyday life for a group of children who live in the poorest congressional district of the United States, the South Bronx. Their lives may seem extraordinary to us, but to them, they are just as normal as everyone else. What is normal? For the children of the South Bronx, living with the pollution, the sickness, the drugs, and the violence is the only way of life many of them have ever known. In this book...
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People With Sleep Apnea People With Sleep Central
540 wordsSleep apnea is a common sleeping disorder where a person has experiences of not breathing during sleep. Over 20 million Americans, mostly overweight men, suffer from sleep apnea. Despite these numbers, sleep apnea is often not treated directly because its symptoms are thought to be those of depression, stress, or just loud snoring. There may be a genetic component to this disorder as it often occurs within families. People with sleep apnea stop breathing for at least 10 seconds at a time; these ...
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Dry Land Physical Fitness
1,554 wordsThere is not much of a life for swimmers. Imagine practicing seven days a week, two times a day for four hours each time in the pool. This is an ongoing process if one desires to become a nationally ranked swimmer. Because swimmers swim all year, their work-outs build up as their competition approaches making it harder to have time of their own. When they get closer to the big meet, swimmers put in more time at the pool and weight room. Since physical fitness along with preparation becomes essen...
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Scuba Diving Water Pressure
1,163 words... ces in our bodies. As previously mentioned, pressure increases at a rate of one atmosphere (ATM) for each additional 33 feet of depth underwater. The total pressure is twice as great at 33 feet than at the surface, three times as great at 66 feet, and so on. This pressure pushes in on flexible air spaces, compressing them and reducing their volume. The reduction of the volume of the air spaces is proportional to the amount of pressure placed upon it. When the total pressure doubles, the air ...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Vital Statistics
1,791 words... crucial role, as they are delegated the task of obtaining and reporting weaning parameters. It follows that accuracy is related to measurement techniques, with uniform techniques likely to produce the most reliable information. Available guidelines are general and lack explicit details. This in turn allows some latitude in these measurements. The results of this survey confirm the wide diversity in measurement techniques of weaning parameters among respiratory therapists. The differences inv...
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Trials And Tribulations Amazing Grace
1,825 wordsKozol's Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Kozols Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Everyday Life Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials and Tribulations of Everyday Life Introduction Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace is a book about the trials and tribulations of everyday life for a group of children who live in the poorest congressional district of the United States, the South Bronx. Their lives may seem extraordinary to us, but to them, they are just as normal as everyone else. What is nor...
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Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung
3,371 wordsLung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body where they can continue to grow. This spreading process is called metastasis. When cancer spreads, it is still named after the part of the body where it started. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the lungs, it...
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Cystic Fibrosis Gene People With Cf
1,913 wordsDear Cystic Fibrosis CYSTIC FIBROSIS Dear Mr. and Mrs. Marks: I am the doctor for your hospital and have prepared the following paper for you to look at and possibly use. It includes information on what cystic fibrosis really is, what treatments there are, what you two can do for your child, and how it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to you in your incoming struggle against this horrible disease. It is good to know that you are not alone. Every day four children in the United States...
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Side Of The Brain Lucid Dreaming
1,305 wordsLucid Dreaming: Asleep and Aware Lucid dreaming is an issue that has been studied as far back as 1896. A Lucid dream is one in which the dreamer is aware that he / she is dreaming and is sometimes able to take control. Lucid dreams are an actual phenomena that do occur in REM sleep. Dr. van Even was the first recorded person to study dreams in which the dreamer is aware they are dreaming. In 1896 he began recording his dreams. Over a period of one year he recorded 352 dreams, but only eight were...
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Protection Agencies Port Arthur
1,000 wordsSlaughter 1 English 1301 - 020 Mr. Sanborn 19 November 98 Polluting America Do you ever wonder what you are inhaling into your lungs? Are you concerned? When you drive past large chemical plants, do you see the large amounts of smoke continuously being released into the air? Did you realize that the pollution released is probably more than legally released? Many people do not consider the danger we are in. We are breathing chemicals into our lungs that harm our bodies and organs. Many industrial...
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Range Of Motion Colleges And Universities
969 wordsDebating the Practices of Physical Therapy What is there to debate? Several sources repeatedly convey similar information on the care that a physical therapist provides. The Handbook of Physical Therapy, written by Robert Shestack, Current Physical Therapy, a book by Malcolm Peat, and A Future in Physical Therapy, an internet publication by The American Physical Therapy Association, have notably parallel information within them. However, small variations can be found in their writings. Physical ...
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Saturday Morning Finish Line
1,461 wordsSaturday. The first Saturday Saturday Saturday. The first day of the weekend, the first day of freedom at the end of every week at school. Saturday was always a day of great anticipation for me during my younger years. It signified not only the beginning of a weekend away from the rigours of Primary school and learning my times tables, but also my first real social experiences. Saturday was? Club Day? . At around the age of 8 or 9, my Mum decided that I needed to get out into the real world and ...
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