Are You Pregnant? Becoming pregnant can be one of the most exciting events in a woman’s life. From the clothes shopping to the nursery painting. But first you have to recognize if you are pregnant. Pregnancy can have many symptoms. “A missed period is often the first clue that a woman might be pregnant” (The Office of Women 's Health, 2010). However, there can be symptoms that can be an indicator even before you miss your first period. These symptoms, according to the Office of Women’s Health,…
What would Canada be like if feminists hadn’t existed? Second wave feminism was the most influential wave of the three achieving the following three main goals; ending discrimination in the workplace, lessening sexual exploitation/sexual abuse, and gaining reproductive rights. It is defined as a period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s and lasted through the 1980s. The struggle women faced with discrimination was extremely evident as 14 people were slaughtered, and 13…
Students’ schedules are full of classes, studying, clubs, sports, sleep, and not enough time. This is a problem that many college students run into as they go through school. They sign up for all of their classes, along with academic and social clubs as well as sports, and end up finding no time to focus on the studying their classes require. Overscheduling is what leads some college students to start taking cognitive enhancers or what they call “Smart Pills.” Cognitive enhancers are drugs such…
Forensic science dates back to 44BC with the first recorded autopsy being of Julius Caesar. Forensic science is “any science used for the purposes of the law, and therefore provides impartial scientific evidence for use in the courts of law, e.g. in a criminal investigation and trial.” Forensic science uses the evidence collected at the scene of a crime to help in the conviction of the criminal who committed the crime. There have been many technological advances in forensic science as time has…
The year is 2325 the place is Big city, United States and some well-known archaeologist is called to an exceptional unearthing that will soon redefine the 1960s. The site is a commercial development location for apartment buildings which in the 1960s was the location of a prominent high school in the city. The time capsule is carefully unearthed by the archaeologists and taken back their office at the university. Once in a control environment of the university the time capsule was opened by…
Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) is used to prevent pregnancy and to prevent pain caused by endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition where tissue that normally lines the uterus, grows outside of the uterus, causing extreme.The recommended dose of Depo-Provera is 150 mg every 13 weeks administered by deep intramuscular (IM) injection in the gluteal or deltoid muscle. The injection has more negative side effects than good effects. Depo-Provera should not be used as a long-term birth…
Women are having children when they are still children themselves and not having the financial stability or not knowing how to care for the children properly, that is until Margaret Sanger decided to do something about it. In her famous speech “The Children's Era” delivered in March of 1925 in New York, NY Margaret Sanger was a birth control activist who wanted to let all people know what she knew, the importance of birth control and how it could change a life. Margaret Luis Higgins on…
DNA testing which can also be label as DNA fingerprinting, DNA profiling and even DNA typing is considered a forensic technique that can be used to identify a person by their characteristics of their DNA. (What is DNA Testing?, 2016). DNA testing was developed in 1985, to identify a suspect and placed that initial suspect at the incident location during the time of the crime. DNA testing have evolve in the past decade that is can be used to study the animal populations. DNA testing can collected…
Throughout history natural reproduction allowed for the populations to increase and prosper. The culture surrounding pregnancies is staggeringly different than in the past. Females in their teen years during the 1700’s found it normal to be married and become pregnant at a young age. Life expectancy were shorter and in some regions children were used for help. Families also had many children since deaths were common. Even in the 1800’s the women of the United States had an average of six…
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently declared that “all biological evidence (any physical evidence that can connect an offender to a crime) found at crime scenes can be subjected to DNA testing” (NIJ, 2012). Forensically speaking, biological evidence represents the collection and preservation of materials that contain DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), a cellular fingerprint that is unique to everyone (University of Leicester, 2016). Within the past 30 years, DNA testing gained notoriety…