Growth Attenuation Therapy‚ also referred to as the “Ashley Treatment” is a medical procedure that involves inflicting hormones such as estrogen in the body in order to accelerate the closure of growth plates. As a result‚ there is a 20-40% reduction in height and weight‚ attenuating the size of the body as a whole. This treatment first started when the parents of Ashley‚ a girl with severe developmental disabilities‚ decided to do the treatment in order to give Ashley a better quality of life. They
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This type of treatment is better for the families of the child because behavior therapy is the cheaper option when compared to medication (Carey). When a child is first exposed to behavioral treatment‚ then later introduced to medication in lower doses‚ the cost of the complete treatment costs‚ on average‚ seven-hundred dollars less than if the child was never exposed to behavioral treatment (Carey). The only con to behavioral treatment is that the effects of the treatment may take longer to be
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GMO – Pros and Cons! To begin with‚ science and technology have changed our world dramatically‚ and‚ for the most part‚ we take them in our stride. Genetic engineering is a relatively new technology riddled with questions and the arguments for and against are difficult to weight because it’s hard to know the risks until something goes wrong. My own believe is that genetic engineering is the inevitable wave of the future and that we can not afford to ignore a technology that has such enormous
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Pros and Cons of Surrogacy HELP University Outline Introduction Opener. Thesis statement: However‚ they still need to be conscious of the advantages and disadvantages of surrogacy that has brought to them as well as the surrogate mother. There are several advantages and disadvantages that the intended parents must consider before they decide on surrogacy. Advantages provide an alternative to adoption procedure options lifelong relationship with the surrogate mother Disadvantages high
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1) Nuclear power generation does emit relatively low amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). The emissions of green house gases and therefore the contribution of nuclear power plants to global warming is therefore relatively little. Between mining the uranium‚ refining and enriching fuel‚ and finally to building and operating the plant‚ a big 1‚250 250-megawatt nuclear facility produces an estimated 250‚000 tons of carbon dioxide during its lifetime. In contrast‚ coal-fired plants produce close to 2 billion
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Genetic testing has been able to help many people by allowing scientist‚ and doctors identify the numerous genes that individuals carry and specific genes that are at risk of being passed down to an offspring. Genetic testing has enabled physicians identify many disorders caused or triggered by various genes that can harm individuals carrying the unwanted genes. Genetic screening can assist the public by treating those people that show to be at higher risk for preventable conditions. While many scientist
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are questions that many people have wondered when they hear of a loved one being diagnosed. Many forms of cancer treatment are widely used in today’s society‚ but two methods can be further discussed in more detail. It is important to know the pros and cons of each method‚ thus making it easier to decide which one will work best for a situation that may be encountered. The first is chemotherapy‚ and the many forms of chemotherapy that are used‚ and the different types of cancer that they are used
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Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation Vol. 23‚ No. 3‚ pp. 280–288 Copyright c 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The Oral Care Imperative The Link Between Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia Minn N. Yoon‚ BSc; Catriona M. Steele‚ PhD Oral health has increasingly become a priority issue for healthcare agencies in North America and worldwide. This review article attempts to (1) inform various healthcare providers of the risk factors that can arise from poor oral hygiene
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Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Jessica DeLong NAU Abstract Legalizing drugs has been debated for many years‚ especially legalizing marijuana which is considered a “soft” drug. There are positive and negative outcomes of legalizing the use of drugs. Over the next few pages I will discuss those outcomes. Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros: By legalizing‚ the violent crime rates would drop significantly. With the drug cartels on the top of
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I. THE PROS and CONS PROS: New biological studies suggest that couples consisting of third cousins have the highest reproductive success. Scientists came to their conclusions after studying the records of more than 160‚000 Icelandic couples with members born between 1800 and 1965. The results of the study are constant throughout the generations analyzed. Women born between 1800 and 1824 who mated with a third cousin had significantly more children and grandchildren (4.04 and 9.17‚ respectively)
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