twenty one. This was a way for Congress to try to reduce drunk driving ("Why Is the Legal Drinking Age 21 in the United States?"). A few reasons for teens to drink are: peer pressure‚ enjoyment‚ etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” Eighty percent of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used alcohol before. Just the
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Fatigue • Dizziness • Shortness of breathe on exertion • Pale mucous membranes • Fainting • Palpitations • Tachycardia Cause • Dietary deficiency • Numerous pregnancies • Menorrhage • Chronic infection • Antepartum haemorrhage • Postpartum haemorrhage Physiological Anaemia of Pregnancy During pregnancy there is an increase in the maternal plasma volume‚ by up to 50%. This haemodilution causes a drop in the Hb. This is NOT pathological. Iron Deficiency Anaemia MCV
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child is behaving different with no motivation‚ sleeping excessively‚ sadness‚ etc.? They may have teenage depression. Teens often go into teenage depression without it being known‚ but with very noticeable habits. Memory loss‚ sadness‚ anxiety‚ staying awake at night and sleeping all day‚ difficulty with concentrating‚ or withdrawl can all be symptoms showing depression with a teen. Teenagers usually become depressed because of their poor performance in school‚ social status with peers‚ sexual orientation
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Teen Driving Issues Project The Issue: Cell Phones and Driving The issue of cell phones and driving affect drivers of all ages. Teens‚ however‚ seem to be injured more often and have a higher percentage of teen car crashes that are the results of talking on their cell phone or texting and driving. Statistics "In 2009‚ 11 percent of the people who died in distracted driving crashes were 15 to 19 years old. Out of all the teens who died in crashes in 2009‚ 18 percent died in crashes that
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into the blood stream in which they are carried to all parts of the body (Fried & Oxorn 1980‚ p. 26). Nicotine‚ carbon monoxide and other toxic substance of tobacco smoke is dangerous during pregnancy. Smoking during pregnancy is one of the bad habits that can bring complications to the baby. During the pregnancy there are potential problems associated with smoking such as increased the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth‚ having high risk premature baby and low birth weight infants. According to
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Teen curfews have been in debate in most major cities for a while now. Parents and city council members have been trying to push laws to have young adults home safe and sound where they should be at a more reasonable time. Teen curfews are a good idea and should be enforced. Not only would it show more responsibility on the young adult’s part‚ but it would support teen safety. Another advantage to a curfew is that it would will help teens to be less sleep deprived. Responsibility is something
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Indiana teens haven’t reduced their risky behavior by much in the past two years‚ according to the results of a national survey released Thursday.Drug and alcohol use was down but the smoking rates flat-lined. The percentage of teens reporting they had sex remained unchanged. And while Indiana teens reported that they get more exercise than the average teen‚ they don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables and too many of them are obese.The Indiana State Department of Health released the results of the
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Teen drinking is a serious problem and each year the statistics go higher and higher and more and more teens are drinking. This is a safety issue for teens are not old enough to know how to control their drinking. In an article I read called‚ “let my teenager drink”‚ written by T.R. Reid‚ suggests that it’s okay to let our teens drink. On the opposed side‚ Author Joseph A. Califano writes in his article that it is not okay to allow teens to drink. Reid does make some good points in his article
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Editing Feature Writing & Magazine Editing A SEMINAR ON * TEEN MAGAZINES * REAER’S DIGEST * PRE-FLIGHT A SEMINAR ON * TEEN MAGAZINES * REAER’S DIGEST * PRE-FLIGHT SUBMITTED TO RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN SUBMITED BY JOBY THOMAS 6/8/2012 SUBMITTED TO RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN SUBMITED BY JOBY THOMAS 6/8/2012 TEEN MAGAZINES Teen magazines are a genre of magazines aimed specifically at Teenagers. They contain
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Teen Suicide Taking Action: The words we need to discuss on this topic of teen suicide. What is it? Teens. Killing themselves for many‚ many reasons. When you think of a loved one dying‚ you always think it will happen because of old age or‚ God forbid‚ cancer. You never think of them actually doing it themselves. But this nightmare seems to only be the beginning. Millions of teens out there are risking their lives for some of the things in this world that shouldn’t even exist. For things that
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