Antibiotics are medications that either kill bacteria or prevent them from spreading. They work only against bacteria‚ not the viruses that cause the majority of sore throats‚ colds‚ sinus infections‚ and bronchitis. Most of the infectious diseases are caused by bacteria. Antibiotics transformed medicine. There are two segments of antibiotics‚ early history and modern history. Antibiotics can be defined as a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of
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Messi In my opinion‚ the best football player is Messi. He plays for Barcelona Football Club. Although his body is not tall‚ but he runs so fast. Last year‚ he become the Spanish league top score. He comes from Argentina. His full name is Lionel Messi. His position is striker. I love him because when i am playing football‚ my position is also srtiker. My dream is playing football with him in a team. JKT 48 My hobby is listen to the music. My favorite music group is JKT 48. In JKT 48‚ there are 26
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artificial insemination and in-vitro fertilisation) by exploring the role that science and medical imagery play in medicalising women’s bodies. * In Western societies birth ‘fear’ has been associated with pregnancy complications‚ increasing childbirth interventions‚ emergency and elective Caesarean Section (CS)‚ postnatal depression (PND)‚ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and impaired maternal–infant connection (Bewley & Cockburn‚ 2002; Johnson & Slade‚ 2002; Ryding‚ Persson‚ Onell
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midwives‚ may envision antiquated childbirth. While midwives are becoming more well-known‚ they are still not mainstream. Although the major similarity between Obstetricians-Gynecologists (OB-GYN) and Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) is the outcome of a healthy baby‚ CNMs and OB-GYN receive different education and provide different patient experiences and outcomes. For a normal‚ low-risk pregnancy‚ CNMs are the best choice for those who want a more natural and holistic childbirth. The type and length of education
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The Business of Being Born is a documentary that explores the current childbirth practices in the United States. It is produced by former talk-show host Ricki Lake‚ and it compares different childbirth methods‚ such as the use of midwives for home births‚ natural births‚ C-sections and epidurals. The film criticizes the over medicalization of childbirth as it is treated in the American health care system as a medical emergency as opposed to a natural occurrence. It exposes the unnecessary uses
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INTRODUCTION Caesarean section as a means of delivering babies has been around for centuries with numerous references to the procedure appearing in ancient writings (Simm & Matthew‚ 2008). It is now the most common major surgical intervention carried out on women in the world‚ with between 23% and 30% of deliveries in the United Kingdom by Caesarean Section (Beech‚ 2004). This rate is all the more surprising when one considers that Caesarean section accounted for just 5.3% of United Kingdom
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 is an amendment to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on pregnancy‚ childbirth or related medical conditions. It affects only companies that employ 15 or more people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Under the act‚ an employer cannot lawfully refuse to hire a woman if she is pregnant
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movie that makes me think differently about childbirth. For example‚ I never really thought it could be an option to have a cesarean section‚ I always just thought that it was only used when necessary. There are some viewpoints mentioned that I somewhat agreed with and then there were also viewpoints that I strongly disagreed with. Right at the beginning of the video‚ one of the ladies whom Anna was sitting with was talking to Anna about her childbirth. Throughout their conversation‚ she mentioned
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2. Morbidity – Ratio of sick-to-well persons in a defined population. 3. Malpractice – Negligence by a professional person. 4. Neonatal mortality – Infant deaths that occur in the first 28 days of life. 5. Intrapartum – Time of labor and childbirth. 6. Ethics – Rules or principles that govern conduct. 7. Lactation – Secretion of milk from the breasts. 8. Negligence – Failure to act in the way a reasonable‚ prudent person of a similar background would act in a similar circumstance.
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maternal death—has been estimated at 1500 per 100‚000 births. In the United States circa 1900‚ before the introduction and improvement of modern medical technologies‚ there were about 700 maternal deaths per 100‚000 births (.7%).[1] (However‚ natural childbirth advocates recognize the importance of emergency medical intervention‚ which can avert maternal or neonatal death.) At the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century‚ giving birth at home became more difficult due to congested living
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