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    A- Two social problems that the family ‘often gets the blame for’ is crime and educational behaviour. The new right view say that the family are the cause of these problems because of the decline of the traditional nuclear family and the growth of family diversity. B- one way professionals police and regulate families is that doctors tell parents what to do and give parents advise using their expertise. For example they can tell parents what to do or give their children if they are ill or

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    Asthma In Children

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    com “Asthma makes breathing difficult for more than 34 million Americans.” Asthma is a non-curable Respiratory disorder in which the passage way that air flowing in and out of the lungs narrows‚ this causes wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and coughing. This narrowing of the wind pipe is a temporary problem is reversible. In some severe cases of asthma death may be a result. Asthma is simply an inflammation of the airway. Other terms associated with asthma are Bronchial asthma and Cardiac asthma. Cardiac

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    Introduction to Asthma

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    Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the airways‚ which causes attacks of wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ chest tightness‚ and coughing. There is no cure for asthma‚ but most people can control the condition and lead normal‚ active lives. Different things set off asthma attacks in different people. Smoke from cigarettes or a fire‚ air pollution‚ cold air‚ pollen‚ animals‚ house dust‚ molds‚ strong smells such as perfume or bus exhaust‚ wood dust‚ exercise‚ industrial chemicals all can trigger an

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    Unit 224 Outcome 1 1) Explain how difficulties with continence can affect an individual’s self-esteem‚ health and their day to day activities. Difficulties with continence can affect an individual’s self-esteem‚ health and their day to day activities. Incontinence sufferers have been known to lose self-esteem and confidence and even withdraw from their usual circle of friends and family. The fear of being found out can make an individual feel ashamed of their condition. These feelings as a whole

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    Chronic Asthma

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    available. The range of chronic pulmonary diseases associated with ammonia inhalation injury is reviewed‚ and suggestions for appropriate diagnostic evaluation are made. 0 1996 Wilev-Liss‚ Inc. KEY WORDS: ammonia‚ lung diseases‚ occupational diseases‚ asthma INTRODUCTION Overexposure to ammonia in the occupational setting can be associated with a range of anatomic and functional abnormalities of the respiratory tract that have been sporadically reported in the medical literature [Slot‚ 1938; Caplin

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    Chocolate On Asthma

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    Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing Foods Pyramid.” In fact‚ they recommend 7 ounces of dark chocolate every week‚ or an average of 1 ounce per day (John Bottrell‚ The Effects of Chocolate on Asthma (or reasons to consume chocolate)). The chocolate is one of the essential foods because is also a healing food‚ it can help you to prevent sicknesses‚ as cough. Chocolate can prevent sicknesses. One study showed that 300 mg of theobromine was effective

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    Social Media Policy Case Study Human Resource Management DeVry University January 17‚ 2014 Social media is currently the preferred way to communicate; thus creating a blurred line between the workplace and personal space. Work and personal messages‚ at times‚ are streamed through the same device. We now carry our internet inside our phone. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) restricts the monitoring with two exceptions. If the employer

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    repercussions if it is? Vonnegut vocalizes this concept so clearly and brilliantly; whether societal equality can turn to mistreatment and what the consequences will be when it does. By the second paragraph in Harrison Bergeron‚ the concerning health risks inflicted upon the citizens by the Handicapper General reveal themselves. “…he didn’t get very far with it [the thought]

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    According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)‚ equity is defined as the absence of avoidable differences among groups of people‚ socially‚ economically‚ demographically‚ or geographically. Whereas‚ equality means the state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ or opportunities‚ (Oxford Dictionary of English). There is a great discrepancy of health equality and equity in Australia. Especially with people who live in rural or remote areas‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders (ATSI) and

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    Bronchial Asthma

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    Bronchial asthma (BA) - is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in which many cells are involved‚ and cell components. Chronic inflammation leads to the development of bronchial hyperresponsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ feeling of fullness in the chest and cough‚ especially at night or early in the morning. These episodes are usually associated with widespread but variable in their severity of airway obstruction in the lungs‚ which is often reversible

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