Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Abstract Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has unfortunately become more common among new born children. While much progress has been made in understanding the consequences of drinking during pregnancy‚ it is still difficult to find the underlying damage that is caused to the child. This research paper will look at the harmful effects of FAS. The effects will look at not only the physical damage but the cognitive damage as well in the child. This research paper
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Acute Coronary Syndrome Acute coronary syndrome is a term used for any condition brought on by sudden‚ reduced blood flow to the heart. Acute coronary syndrome symptoms may include the type of chest pressure that you feel during a heart attack‚ or pressure in your chest while you’re at rest or doing light physical activity. Acute coronary syndrome is treatable if diagnosed quickly. Acute coronary syndrome treatments vary‚ depending on your signs‚ symptoms and overall health condition. Acute coronary
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Brooks Quartararo Mrs. Ruble Period 3 23 February 2012 Tourette’s Syndrome Tourette’s Syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by repetitive‚ involuntary movements called tics. The disorder is named after Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette‚ a French neurologist who first discovered the disease in 1885. Tourette’s is an inherited disorder‚ and it’s believed that it is closely linked to damage of the basal ganglia or the brain. The tics are classified as simple or complex. Simple tics are sudden
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Parental Alienation Syndrome or PAS is a condition named conceived by the late Richard Gardener MD in the late 1980’s. It is described by Gardener as: a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child’s campaign of denigration against the parent‚ a campaign that has no justification. The disorder results from the combination of indoctrinations by the alienating parent and the child’s own contributions to the vilification of the alienated
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Battered Women Syndrome By Alexus Ellis Francine Hughes‚ Angelique Lyn Lavallee‚ and Angelina Napolitano. What do these women have in common? They all have used the battered women defense in court. Some might say this defense is make believe‚ claiming it isn’t a real syndrome and is an excuse for murder. Let me put you in a hypothetical situation. You have been abused by your husband since you got married and one night he takes the abuse to another level. He is throwing things left and right‚ breaking
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STRESS DISORDER: SOCIAL INJUSTICE Social Injustice and Stigma Regarding the Diagnosis and Compensation For Patients who Present with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder YOUR NAME HERE COLLEGE NAME HERE – CITY AND STATE OF COLLEGE HERE In partial fulfillment of the requirements for NAME OF COURSE HERE PROFESSORS NAME HERE October 16‚ 2007 Social Injustice and Stigma Regarding the Diagnosis and Compensation For Patients who Present with Post
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Problem Behavior Syndrome Sandra Schaumleffel Everest University The life course view is that criminality may be best understood as one of many social problems faced by at-risk youth‚ referred to as problem behavior syndrome (PBS). In this view‚ crime is one among a group of interrelated antisocial behaviors that cluster together and typically involve family dysfunction‚ sexual and physical abuse‚ substance abuse‚ smoking‚ precocious sexuality and early pregnancy‚ educational underachievement
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Blue Baby Syndrome Did you know that when nitrates interact with the hemoglobin in red blood cells turns the hemoglobin; which carries oxygen‚ forms a new substance called methemoglobin. Methemoglobin can’t carry sufficient oxygen to the body ’s cells and tissues. This doesn’t seem to be a problem in adults‚ but when it comes to infants it seems to be a problem. I am strongly persuaded that nitrate in well water has to deal with blue baby syndrome. According to two cases on Environmental Health
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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Sara L. Condition • Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. • It results in the partial or complete inability of the cell to respond to androgens • Androgen is a male sex hormone; testosterone • People with this condition are genetically male‚ with one X chromosome and one Y chromosome in each cell • There are two types of androgen insensitivity; complete androgen insensitivity and partial
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Juliet Acosta Health and Lifestyle 101 Research Project #1 Issue #13: “Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?” Abortion remains to be one of the most controversially debated issues internationally. Pro-life and pro-choice groups continue to research and contemplate whether the information of the relationship between abortion and depression has quantifiable data. Pro-life groups advocate that the correlation between abortion and mental distress in women is in fact valid due to multiple
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