relieving properties of marijuana. The Australian Drug Foundation supports research into medicinal marijuana usage and says some serious and debilitating conditions such as terminal illness‚ neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis‚ muscular dystrophy‚ nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy treatment have been proven to be relieved by use of medical cannabis with low levels of THC. Brisbane Father‚ Adam Koessler was charged at a Brisbane hospital last month for suppling cannabis
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Some important athletes want to make the world a better place through their fame and money. Three important and recognized athletes are the baseballist Yogi Berra‚ the amazing soccer player Pele‚ and the famous gymnast Nadia Comaneci. First of all Yogi Berra was a son of italian immigrants‚ born in Missouri. He grew up playing baseball on neighborhood streets. He knew well how to play the sport‚ and at the age of 18‚ he joined the New York Yankees. Moreover‚ he hit a home run in his first big league
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Is it ethical to report information to a person suffering from a devastating disease‚ about clinical studies that show promise‚ but the information has not been fully tested and has not completed the required trials? This question is controversial because some people might think that it isn’t ethical‚ because you can’t get someone’s hopes up and then crush them when the treatment ends up not working. Others might say that they should be given information about clinical studies‚ because if it has
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Louis Foreman is someone who has always been an entrepreneur. He started when he held a fundraiser‚ at nine years old‚ and raised thousands of dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Louis has started five different business ventures. The first one was started while he was a sophomore at the University of Illinois. Through Louis’s business ventures he became a source of advice for other new entrepreneurs. This led him to a new idea that he called Everyday Edisons. Everyday Edisons was a reality
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future. I can attest to that as when I was the same age as Luther in the story. I was pressured to get saved and baptized. I was not ready to understand what it meant to accept Jesus as your savior. Four years later‚ the doctors discover I have muscular dystrophy. At that age when you have constant pain you blame God for making you this way. I talk to preacher he explained that god puts obstacles in your way to test your heart and mind to see if your faith is real. I then understood this part of the
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Discuss how 19th century photography was utilised to construct notions of social and cultural identity. Examine at least one image from the 19th century as well as at least one example of a contemporary portrait that has a resonance with these earlier practices. Photography’s influence on modern day is so vast that it is practically impossible to imagine a world without such technology. Due to the great deal of photography surrounding us‚ we have gradually become accustomed to the impact photography
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individual’s egg or sperm. This means that once a problem such as hemophilia is corrected inside the reproductive cells‚ it cannot be passed on to offspring. In addition hemophilia‚ gene therapy trials have been conducted on people with muscular dystrophy‚ cystic fibrosis‚ HIV infection‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ acute hepatic failure‚ many forms of cancer‚ a rare enzyme disorder called ADA deficiency‚ and other diseases. Scientists are hopeful that gene therapy‚ if we can perfect it‚ can become
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not the only people that have an advantage to using the Internet. For example‚ people with motor disabilities that cannot pick up a newspaper or turn its pages‚ can also access online newspapers through their computer. Parkinson’s disease‚ muscular dystrophy‚ cerebral palsy‚ and strokes are a few disabilities that are very common amongst our population today. This can be done either by using the old method of inserting a stick in
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What Does a Geneticist Do? By Cindy Grigg nucleus containing contain lead determines organism prevention genetic human sickle-cell muscular career genome specific contains wrinkled determined Directions: Fill in each blank with the word that best completes the reading comprehension. Scientists who study genetics study genes and heredity: how certain characteristics are inherited by offspring because their parents had these
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Conditions causing respiratory failure: Condition that affects the flow of blood into the lungs: Pulmonary embolism- blocks blood flow and causes lung damage Conditions that affect the nerves and muscles that control breathing: Muscular dystrophy ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) & Spinal cord injury Conditions that affect the areas of the brain that control breathing: Stroke & Drug/alcohol overdose Conditions that affect the flow of air in and out of the lungs: COPD (chronic
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