Philadelphia chromosome

During my time in clinicals on a pediatric floor, I have participated in the discharge of patients and their parents. Pain management and comfort were two of the few topics that parents expressed concern about after discharge teaching. While the nurse attempted to address these issues, it felt as though the parents left the hospital without full confidence in how to manage their child’s pain. It became clear that parents needed further, specific discharge education on pain management when their…

Temple University is located in the center of an urban community called North Philadelphia. The North Philadelphia community is mostly filled with residents and students who attend Temple University. In these neighborhoods, it is noticeable that they are filled with either abandoned houses, empty lots, or even mini markets and Chinese stores. Many of these people that have been living in North Philadelphia, have been living in the same home for years and noticed quite a few changes in the…

The Heroes of Today Giving up is what most people want to do when a problem seems too difficult to solve. There are many obstacles in life that seem too high to jump over, but there are always people who persevere. Lucas Benitez, Claire Dundee, and Peter Zucca are all examples of those people who have the courage to go above and beyond. All of them shared one goal: success. Each and every one of them has gone through a different problem, but they are similar in a few ways. They identified the…

Pride is one of the few words in the English language that everybody can identify with. Pride is actually a good thing to have because if a person has pride in what he does it makes him do it better. If a person is working a job and has pride in what he does, he tends to put forth his best effort and try to become the best employee he can. Pride is a thing that can cause people to feel a sense of satisfaction even if they fail. As long as they give their best, they are satisfied. But as the…

Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was known as "Wilt the Stilt" for his height of 7'1" frame, Chamberlain was a Harlem Globetrotter before joining the Philadelphia Warriors. He accomplished an average of 30.1 points per game over his career and holds several records, including for the most points scored in one regular season 4,029. And most points scored in a single game (100). Chamberlain was introduced into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978. He…

game and it was later discovered that Romo had two fractures in his transverse process. 2 weeks later Romo returned and lead the NFL in completion percentages. 2015: Broken left collarbone part II During the 2nd game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles, Romo suffered from a broken left collarbone. This occurred after the Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks fell on Romo during the 3rd quarter. The Cowboys ended up winning this game, but that did not matter. “Dem Boys” ended up loosing…

males between the ages of 5 - 24. Females are very rarely affected by DMD, and will not have the dramatic signs like the males do. Although if they are carriers of the mutated chromosome, they possibly will experience small symptoms of weakness in their muscles. However there were cases reported where a female’s second chromosome is damaged, in that case they develop DMD just as a male would. An estimate of 29% males between the age of 5-9 are forced into a wheelchair from Duchenne muscular…

Have you ever heard of Wolf -Hirschhorn syndrome? Odds are you haven’t, considering that only around 1 out of 50,000 children have it. This rare condition may seem like it is unimportant and small, but people who have it may suffer from Delayed growth, Seizures, Intellectual disability, and Muscle weakness. Since there is no cure this drastically affects the person until the end of their life. During pregnancy while undergoing routine checkups in the first trimester a doctor can diagnose…

Rage Against His Machine I am a member of the Bleeding Green Nation. I have been an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan since before I can remember. Examples of my fidelity to the organization range from an irrational adoration of retired legend Brian Dawkins (AKA Weapon X) to a deep seeded hatred of the Dallas Cowboys. My membership of the bleeding green nation has been a potent influence on my life and there is not a day that goes by where I do not check the latest news. The hiring of Chip Kelly…

Alliteration and hyphenate is greatly used in The American Pageant in order to enhance the history of The United States. In this excerpt which describes Kennedy’s New Frontier, the author uses big numbers, alliteration, and hyphenates as descriptive devices in order for students to categorize the given information as positive or negative and unknowingly have a set view on this topic in history. Some examples from The American Pageant include, “A stampede of 43,129,566 Johnson votes trampled the…