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Background: What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in an extra twenty-first chromosome, that causes birth defects of developmental and intellectual delays. The human body is composed of trillions of cells and within the nucleus of each cell are structures called chromosomes (Parks, 2009). About eight million babies are diagnosed with Down Syndrome in the United States with approximately twenty thousand in Western Europe…

“Serial killers,” those two words alone are one of the most horrifying title you could ever give someone. Serial killers are some of the most messed up people who have ever been on this earth. Serial killers are known as psycho human being. Serial killers are known for what they did to they’re victims. I believe serial killers are the scariest people in the whole universe. One reason is they kill more than three people at a time. Second, serial killers may rape or sexually assault victims before…

consent which they may have signed was not informed.” Stern writes more specifically on each instance of coercion, “Rebecca Figueroa was falsely given the impression that she was submitting to a reversible procedure. Elena Orozco was told that her hernia would be repaired only if she agreed to be sterilized, which she refused repeatedly, ‘until almost the very last minute when she was taken to [the delivery room].’ At no point after being admitted to County General in 1973 did Guadalupe Acosta…

Elizabeth Williams Ms. Blair English 4 2 April 2015 What causes serial killers to become what they are: Nature or nurture? There are many speculations of what makes a person do and be the things they are but it is not only nature or nurture it’s a combination of both. For a long time people have wondered what makes people act the way they do. People especially wonder about the people of the outcast of the society, the killers. People are fascinated of how these people can do the things…

weight within one to two years (“Bariatric Surgery”, 1 ). 170,000 bypass surgeries are done annually, even with all the risk that are included with the surgery. Risks included in having a surgery that reduces the size of your stomach are: infection, hernias, vitamin and nutrition deficiencies, bleeding, blood clots, and respiratory failure. Findings in the Medical Care reveal that twenty-two percent of patients have complications before they even left the hospital (Erdely, 4). An AHRQ study has…

Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a rare connective tissue disorder. There are six different types of EDS, all with varying degrees of signs and symptoms. The key signs that patients with EDS display are overly hypermobile joints, skin elasticity, and abnormal vasculature, which is seen in some types of the condition. The life of a patient with EDS can be very frustrating because many doctors and physical therapists do not have a good knowledge base to help treat and control the condition. Pain…

Serial killers and those that kill in mass numbers are one of the most fascinating topics not only for scholars, law enforcement, psychologist, and sociologist, but also to the average, everyday person such as myself. All of us have in common the fascination with the topic because of the disbelief an individual such as this resides among us. We are fascinated not only because of their minds but because they feed into our fears about danger, death and what lurks in the night, around the corner,…

(73). As he was one of the doctors who analyzed the players for potential injury, he also had a say in whether or not to draft the players. In addition to regular exams he conducted various exams in search for anabolic steroid symptoms. He conducted hernia checks and inguinal ring checks because testicular cancer (95). He also served as an educational resource of some sorts even though some athlete like Lyle did not listen. He educated the athletes about the possible costly effects of anabolic…

Nursing practices are ever changing as the environment, technology and time changes. Therefore, nurses? responsibility, the nature of care, and nurses? role has also changed. This paper is centered around the evolving health care changes and its impact on the nursing profession, including a continuum of care, accountable care organization, medical home, and nurses managed health clinics. Furthermore, this paper is presented to three nurses colleague and their opinion and feedback are discussed.…

Diabetes Mellitus type 2 is a common chronic metabolic disorder and of the main causes of death in the United States. The total prevalence of diabetes in the United States is 25.8 million people, of these; 7.0 million have undiagnosed diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). Among adults, diabetes is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, renal failure, blindness, and non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities (Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013). The…