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Medication for Children with ADHD When a child is diagnosed with ADHD, a question comes to a parent’s mind about whether or not medications would be beneficial for their child. As a parent of a child who has this condition, I understand there are positive and negative benefits about medications that my child could take. Children who have ADHD have impulse control issues, hyperactiveity, or inattentive. Should he have behavioral therapy, medications, or a combination of the two? What are the…

My mother, Wendi Briseno, is a 35 year-old woman. She was born in 1981 Ogden, Utah. My mom was only 19 years-old when I was born. She is the youngest of three girls. She and her family were a very poor family, and they grew up travelling around. Her home town is Ogden, Utah. They moved to Washington for awhile. They lived there a few years before moving back down to Utah. Ogden, Utah is right next to the Wasatch Mountains. She remembers and loves the four seasons; Utah had cold winters, and…

Slide 1: Introduction • I am Katie McCracken and I have worked for Johnson & Johnson for 5 years. • For those of you unfamiliar with some of the consumer products we make I have included images of some of our brands you may use. • I chose Johnson & Johnson for my analysis because we faced a significant ethical dilemma and the company’s response to the crisis is still considered a gold standard even today. Slide 2: Background • In 1982, Johnson & Johnson’s over-the-counter medicine, Tylenol,…

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease, which damages the air sacs called alveoli by causing shortness of breath (dyspnea) due to the enlargement of lung sacs. Emphysema is also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Ontario Lung Association,2015). Emphysema is a disease, which not only destroys the lung air sacs but it also reduces the amount of oxygen that can reach the bloodstream. Smoking is one of the main reasons for the cause of emphysema. Therefore, it occurs mostly to the people…

7 Orobosa Omede Professor Epstein History 340-01 Paper 2 The Vietnam War: The battle of The Ia Drang Valley Orobosa Omede Professor Epstein History 340-01 Paper 2 The battle on Ia Drang Valley sets the foundation leading to numerous conflicts of American involvement in the Vietnam War. The engagement between American and North Vietnamese troops were significant in that it persisted even after the American troops withdrew from Vietnam. The…

mutations yourself to get the disease. Exposure to carcinogens, or substances that are known to cause mutations that lead to cancer, can greatly increase a person’s risk of contracting the disease. Some commonly known carcinogens are tobacco, alcohol, asbestos, and ultraviolet radiation; these are only a few of the many substances found to have a causal effect on cancer (American Cancer Society,…

Chosen case: Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2002) In November 1996, Wallis Lake and the surrounding areas of the New South Wales experienced heavy rainfall that risked outspread of viral contamination of Hepatitis A in the Oysters which were cultivated in the same lake. Due to this contamination, many consumers ended up being the victim of the viral. The case was brought to action in the Federal Court of Australia. (High Court of Australia, 2002) The case was instituted by Grant Ryan as…

Prepare Make a plan before something happens. Make sure you have a safety plan set before something happens and that everyone knows what to do and were to go before something happens and how to contact each other in case of emergency. - Write down emergency phone numbers and keep them by the phones, as well as saved in the phone - Have a fire extinguisher in a place where everyone will know where to find it o Make sure everyone knows how to use it - Know where the closest shelter is and how to…

SICKO Inside Out 1. What are the major problems in the United States’ health care system? Why have the problems not been fixed? Major problems in the United States or United States’ health care system are as follows: 1. Accessibility to affordable healthcare 2. Poorly coordinated care 3. Growing Costs 4. Technology has surpassed the mindset of healthcare providers; healthcare needs to be readily accessible through the information systems, i.e. personal information. 5. Complications from surgery…

On December 7th, 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the US entering World War II. With the US’s entrance into the war and advances in atomic theory the stage was set for the development of nuclear weapons. The pressing question was who would develop them first and to what lengths would they go to achieve nuclear warfare capabilities. The Hanford site is a great example of both the technological advancement of the time and the urgency shown by the US government to…