What is it? (Cause) Osteoporosis - a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue‚ typically as a result of hormonal changes‚ or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D. Osteoarthritis - degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone‚ most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness‚ especially in the hip‚ knee‚ and thumb joints. Symptoms of… Osteoporosis • a loss of height as you age caused by compression in the spine or • experiencing
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Being bullied‚ being a bully‚ and being a witness to bullying is not much different than the other. There are more similarities in all three roles than one may think. Have any one of you been a victim of bullying‚ have been a bully‚ or seen anyone getting bullied? My Life My Power‚ written by Daniel Puder says that being in any one of those positions does not make you a bad person‚ it makes you AMAZING. If you feel like giving up‚ stressed out‚ and cannot tolerate bullying anymore‚ well My Life My
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Cancer is a big scary word that nobody wants to hear. You can get cancer in every part of your body‚ from many different factors. There are three main roles in a person’s likelihood of developing cancer: genetics‚ environmental factors‚ and random chance. Cancer can come so unexpectedly‚ having an insight to why you got it would be understandable. To start‚ when you are first born‚ you come with all this DNA and family genetics telling you what could be in your cards. When a cancer is genetically
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Diabetic Emergencies Diabetic ketoacidosis ()()((D(KA) I. Definition: Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones. Diabetic ketoacidosis develops when your body is unable to produce enough insulin and an increase in insulin counter-regulatory hormones (catecholamines‚ cortisol‚ glucagon and growth hormone). Insulin normally plays a key role in helping sugar (glucose) — a major source of energy for
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What Is Abortion? What is abortion? Is it the killing of a defense less child or is it the freedom of a woman. In the case of the latter‚ it is easy to see how abortion can be very beneficial for the mother. Perhaps she is a teenager who is too young and too scared for such an awesome responsi bility or perhaps she simply does not have the resources for or want another child. The situation becomes more complicated when the father of the fetus wants the baby. Does the father‚ whose very
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Attention Getter: Imagine if you would with me‚ soaring over Mt. St. Helen ’s‚ seeing remnants of the lava flow from the air. Imagine circling (slide) Mt. Lassen‚ or gliding out over the Pacific Ocean. Imagine being able to get into your small plane and being at Disneyland in 3.5 hours? Each of these experiences can be possible by getting your private pilots license. People have dreamed of flying for many years‚ but it wasn ’t possible until the Wright brothers brought that dream to reality at
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Topic: The importance of Donation General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To provide the information regarding donation‚ informing you of the purpose‚ and to persuade my audience to donate either time or money to the non-profit organization. Introduction: I. Poverty and homelessness are some social issues found around the world in first world countries as well as the third world countries. With the efforts of our help by donation‚ the cycle of poverty can be broken‚ one home at a time.
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Dangers of Driving Distractions Name: Roxana Henriquez Topic: Dangers of texting and other distractions while Driving Specific Purpose: At the conclusion of this speech‚ the audience will be more knowledgeable of the consequences that involve driving distractions. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: According to the Cell phone statistics 11 teens die every day in the US due to texting while driving. Purpose: Inform the audience members of the dangers of distractions such as texting while operating
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OVERVIEW OF SUICIDE Every day‚ someone in the world feels that they have no purpose to live and believe their current situation is unbearable. In many cases - to fix their problem‚ these individuals make the final decision to commit suicide; the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. Suicide is an ineffective solution to a temporary problem‚ unfortunately no one truly understands what suicide victims experience at the time their decision to “end it” becomes inevitable. At the time of contemplating
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Introduction A major question is‚ How would you feel if your child was getting F’s in all his/her classes‚ it Wouldn’t be nice would it? I strongly believe that ADHD medications should be less expensive‚ Also doctors shouldn’t just guess if a child has ADHD. A saying goes‚ “If it’s not broken‚ Don’t fix it.”In this Essay‚ I will be writing about ADHD. ADHD Definition: from the wiki “Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder of the neurodevelopmental type. It is characterized
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