It is evident that as teenagers‚ our brains are still developing and the use of marijuana can interfere with the growth and change of the structure of our brain. Many tests have been done to show that marijuana effects areas in the brain that deal with memory and problem solving‚ students have one grade point lower than those who do not smoke pot‚ and those who started using marijuana in their teenage years and continued to use it many years after are said to have lost about 8 IQ points from childhood
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it explains how week one reading changes my concept of long term care. The essay will provide two examples of current events related to long-term care and how it has changed. The paper will focus on examples of current events related to long-term care‚ and how might these examples increase awareness. This paper will explain what are three long-term care populations evident in my local community and if I was aware of these evident. Long term care is a health and social service there to provides services
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takes longer to recover from their current injury. A blow to the head more than one time has a higher risk for brain damage. No pharmacological treatment exists‚ but people may use pain medications that are prescribed for headaches. While rare‚ long term effects can be devastating‚ they are also extremely rare. These problems include memory problems‚ lack of inhibition‚ intense anger or aggression‚ personality changes‚ lack of
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Long Term Care -Hospice Hospice is a process to end-of-life care and a kind of support facility for terminally ill patients. It provides comforting care‚ patient-centered care and related services. Comforting care relieves discomfort without improving the patient’s condition or curing his illness. Hospice is extended in a healthcare facility or at home. Its objective is to provide compassionate‚ emotional‚ and spiritual care for the dying patient. The origin of the word “hospice”
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Effective branding is one of the important element for the Fiat and Chrysler to adopt in short and long terms. There are few recommendations for both companies to improve their brand images in world market. The first recommendation is the companies should differentiate and position the brand effectively. Before embarking on brand building‚ the companies have to take time to differentiate it so that the companies able to attract attention and stand out from competitors. To differentiate the brand
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needs: 1.health‚ incapacity or accident; 2.income‚ mortgage and other debt; 4.death; 5.asset protection; 6.business protection. We have in turn looked at each of these needs and discussed which protection products would assist the client in achieving these. This guide providing a brief outline of the main features of each of these products and why the products would be suitable for a client. 1. health‚ incapacity or accident: The protection products that are available
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Bullying has become a tidal wave of epic proportions. Although once considered a rite of passage‚ parents‚ educators‚ and community leaders now see bullying as a devastating form of abuse that can have long-term effects on both youthful victims and older individuals. We are now realizing the long-term effect bullying has not only the victim and/or offender but on our society as a whole. What the justice system once consider a normal part of juvenile behavior‚ starting in their early childhood‚ and
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celebrated and the experience of older persons should be harnessed and utilized‚ population ageing entails an increase in the need for Long-Term Care (LTC). LTC is defined as a set of activities and relations at the intersection of state‚ market and family that aims to meet the health and social needs of older persons. There are two main (often parallel) systems of LTC: 1) informal care providers‚ such as unpaid family members and paid home care workers employed by the family and 2) formal care providers
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“Long Live the Career Smoker” In a study conducted through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids‚ it was found that between the years of 1998-2006‚ fifty percent of American children were exposed to second hand smoke on a daily basis. Dave Eggers‚ having experienced this statistic first-hand‚ tends to have a very biased but yet unique opinion as to why smokers continue with their habit-- even though they are all well aware of the possible outcomes of their choices. In 1998‚ Eggers wrote an essay
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happen when someone takes a blow to the head‚ face or neck. Without proper treatment concussions can have major consequences that can last for a lifetime. Students should stay off the field for a longer period of time because it can cause short and long term consequences. Back in article three it says that a concussion can cause headaches‚ dizziness‚ depression‚ permanent brain damage and sometimes even death. Studies show that you are more likely to get another concussion in your sport once you already
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