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    Teenage Suicide

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    TEENAGE SUICIDE by: Tara Nadya Calista 9.4 #21 Being the third leading killer of young adults within the age range of fifteen to twenty four‚ next to accidents and murder; the second leading killer amongst college students‚ next to accidents; and the first leading killer amidst college students if one-person car accidents‚ or autocides‚ is not considered an accident‚ teenage suicide tolls has drastically increased since the 1950s‚ with its numbers tripling in the past thirty years. Defined as

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    The Anorexic Brain

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    the real reason behind anorexia is not self- enforced‚ but caused by an odd wiring in the brain. After taking scans of healthy and anorexia affected human brains‚ Kaye came to the realization that the scans did not match. Studies have shown that the human brain may be able to change how the prefrontal cortex‚ the self-control center of the brain‚ works‚ along with several other sections. Sections of the brain that have been rewired may allow an anorexic person to more easily withstand pain‚ including

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    Teenage Pregnancy‚ Why is this Important Kimberly O. Johnson American Sentinel University Nursing 505: Theoretical Foundations Dr. Ami Bhatt December 30‚2012 Teenage Pregnancy: Why is this Important Teen pregnancy is a critical public health issue that affects the health and educational‚ social and economic future of the mother and child. Teen pregnancy is also a significant factor in numerous other important social issues: welfare dependency‚ out-of-wedlock births

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    Left Brain, Right Brain

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    Left Brain‚ right Brain By Jeannette Diaz Martin Arredondo English 101 D066 SUM 13 09/16/2013 Right Brain‚ Left Brain Introduction Left Brain‚ Right Brain research http://spdsupport.org/articles/19-learning-styles-both-hemispheres.shtml The differences between left and right Brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function 1. Lateralization of brain function Comparing Right Brain and Left Brain A. http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyth6.htm 1. Two parts of the brain

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    Brain Dissection Aim: the aim is to dissect the brain and identify all the different parts of it. Equipment: a semi –frozen sheep’s brain‚ dissecting board‚ dissecting instruments (scalpel‚ forceps‚ scissors)‚ plastic ruler‚ paper towel and gloves. Method: * We placed the brain so that the cerebral hemispheres are at the top of the board and the brain stem is at the bottom. * My group identified the external features of the brain: the cerebral hemispheres‚ cerebellum and brain stem.

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    Destiney Harper Mr. Watson ENG 2D July 23‚ 2013 Teenage Suicide Teenage suicide is one of the leading causes of death in our young society today. Many young adolescents feel as if it is the only way out of their pain and sorrow‚ and rely on suicide as their last resort. Although people attempt/commit suicide

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    their child’s care. In this case we do not want to prevent teenage pregnancy because of the various reasons. Businesses are shutting down and losing their incomes. They will have to base their company upon the generation before us and live with what we have now. Money will decline and when money decreases so will jobs‚ and housing‚ and most of all people. The only way to prevent this is to start an organization to support teenage pregnancy. With this being a solution to businesses remaining

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    have an effect on the brain vary as the amount of alcohol is consumed into the blood stream. The first part of the brain to be effected by the consumption of alcohol is Cerebral Cortex. This is the region of the brain that process the though process and consciousness. The effect of this region is that it suppress the inhibition-processing center‚ it affects the eyes‚ ears‚ and mouth senses. The next level in the blood level alcohol content is it affects the Cerebellum in the brain. The Cerebellum controls

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    Left Brain and Right Brain

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    Left Brain and Right Brain Submitted by: Cacho‚ Anna Korina H. 2009-46954 CAS 09-October-2009 1 Introduction The brain is one of the most important organs of our body that controls all of our actions which helps us be coordinated. It is divided into two cerebral hemispheres‚ the left and the right‚ with each having their own specializations like the left is for the verbal tasks and the right is for the non-verbal tasks. Examples of the verbal task are

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    Teenage Wasteland

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    Anne Tyler’s short story “Teenage Wasteland” illustrates a mothers struggle to understand and help her child. The story takes place in a middle class neighborhood‚ where the protagonist Daisy‚ is a mother of two and a housewife. Daisy tries to help her son Donny‚ a stubborn and misunderstood teenager. Donny is a troubling teen who is rebellious and always causes misfortune. When Daisy gets a call from the principal of Donny’s private school requesting a conference about Donny’s poor grades and immature

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