The Little Pill That Could In a time when women had no freedom other than being housewives and baby factories‚ one woman took a stand for every woman ’s rights as a human being. In the late 1800s birth control‚ a term coined by Margaret Sanger in her newspaper‚ Women Rebel‚ in 1914‚ was considered to be immoral by most religious groups. Sanger pleaded with society to implement some form of birth control so as to give aid to her fellow women who were looked on as nothing more than objects that would
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A medical transcriptionist works with many different medical specialties. Each specialty is unique‚ yet each needs assistance from health care workers in other specialties to do their jobs. Eight medical specialties that will be reviewed are: radiology‚ dermatology‚ cardiology‚ obstetrics and gynecology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ ophthalmology‚ and orthopedics. The eighth specialty‚ orthopedics‚ will be reviewed in the most detail. RADIOLOGY The main purpose of one field of medicine is to assist
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Female Genitalia Health Assessment Lecture Objectives: * Describe the structure and function of the female genitalia * Describe particular developmental and transcultural considerations. * Collective subjective and objective data. * Record the findings. * Identify the appropriate nursing diagnoses for problem areas identified. Female Genitalia Structure & Function * Consists of external and internal structures External: * vulva or pudendum (extends from
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Chaste Ideal Real Question and Answer Series Volume 1 REAL QUESTIONS TEENS ASK ABOUT SEX ... AND ANSWERS Compiled by Onyinye Jason Director Chaste Ideal International‚ Africa DEDICATION This book is dedicated to every young person whose mind is made up to abstain from sex until marriage. PUBERTY This is the period during which the sexual organs develop and the individual becomes capable of having children. Below are the signs of puberty in both males and females: Males Growth of testes/scrotum
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Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy A happily married couple‚ Thomas and Ella‚ have two children named Cody and Rachel. Thomas has two jobs to support his family‚ and then Ella can stay home to take care of their young boy and girl‚ along with housework. After a long night of hard work‚ Thomas came home to Ella crying in the bathroom. “Ella‚ what is the matter?” he asked. She wiped away her tears‚ took a deep breath‚ looked Thomas deep into his brown eyes and said‚ “I’m pregnant”. They both knew they
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Section 1: Infections in Healthcare Settings Essay. Nosocomial infections‚ hospital acquired infections‚ are an on-going concern to healthcare professionals. These infections are one of the major causes of death in hospitalised patients and are a significant burden on not only the patient’s and the public’s health (as organisms causing nosocomial infections can be transmitted to the community through discharged patients‚ staff and visitors) but also the economy. A nosocomial infection is an infection
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Humans are on a constant quest in the search for perfection and advancement in all areas of life through progressive scientific knowledge. From such a stance‚ the future of humans appears boundless with all the potential possibilities biotechnology provides‚ but such developments will cause ethical‚ social and biological implications. Biotechnology‚ at its simplest is technology based on biology – it employs the use of cellular and bimolecular processes to develop products and technologies. The
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Primrose Oil is the preferred treatment by gynaecologists to treat their ailments of women. Scientific name: Oenothera biennis Usage of Evening primrose Evening primrose oil is used as treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS)‚ mastalgia‚ and endometriosis It is also used orally for atopic eczema‚ psoriasis‚ acne‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ osteoporosis‚ Raynaud ’s syndrome‚ multiple sclerosis‚ and Sjogren ’s syndrome Evening primrose oil has also been used orally in pregnancy for preventing pre-eclampsia
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During recent years‚ numerous newspaper and magazine articles have suggested that humans may be at risk because small amounts of well known environmental contaminants‚ such as dioxin‚ PCBs and DDT‚ can affect hormone levels. Hormones are produced by the endocrine system as regulators of biological function in target organs. Because hormones play a critical role in early development‚ toxicological effects on the endocrine system often have an impact on the reproductive system. The term endocrine disruptor
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Chapter 5: Skeletal FIBROUS joints form soft spots on a baby’s head. The nose is formed mostly of bone. – FALSE (cartilage) An immature bone cell found growing bone – OSTEOBLAST. An epiphyseal plate of cartilage forms at either end of a long and is the future growth plate may grow longer. –TRUE The Tibia of the lower leg forms the “shin bone”. –TRUE Ligaments connect the bone to bone at places called joints. –TRUE The lungs and heart are protected by the ribs‚ sternum‚ and
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