Pregnancy over age 50

Degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) with spinal stenosis is one of the leading causes of lower back pain among people over 40 years old. The disorder is characterized by a displacement of one vertebra over the other, typically between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebra of the spine, often leading to distinct signs and symptoms in other areas of the body. Although there are several subtypes of spondylolisthesis, this paper will focus on DS in light of its relevance to today’s maturing patient…

the workforce, and also called out media and magazines for convincing women to focus solely on being feminine- “the feminine mystique says that the highest value and the only commitment for women is the fulfillment of their own femininity.” Selling over 3 million copies in 6 months, Friedan’s bestseller inspired countless women to take part in the equality protests. Many people conclude that The Feminist Mystique is what sparked the “second- wave” of the Feminist…

year, at the age of 37, I unexpectedly became pregnant. It was an easy pregnancy, with no complications. Although born a month early, our son was robust and healthy. (I'm convinced his birth date was miscued by the OBGYN. We weren't exactly sure of the conception date.) At the time, I was married to a consultant, who was a consummate road warrior. He was also in the Army/National Guard reserves. He was home only 2-3 weekend out of the month.…

allegations. One of the cases I came across was Oglesby v. Hy-Vee in the district court for the district of Kanas on December 1, 2005. Oglesby brought a suit against Hy-Vee alleging employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation in violation of the Age Discriminations in Employment Act (ADEA). Oglesby stated he was repeated called out by his immediate supervisor for not willingly showing customers where items would be located and just telling them what aisle or section its located. He…

In the first chapter of Putnam’s Our Kids, he brings forth his main argument and uses his own home town to back up his claims. Putnam argues that while racial inequality has dwindled, class inequality has dramatically increased. He impresses upon his readers that this increase in class inequality has directly influenced a growing gap in equality of opportunity, which threatens the very American Dream that the USA has been founded on. He attempts to prove his point by using the small scale…

is constructed of a Semi-Presidential Republic and the current head of Haiti’s government is their president Michel Joseph Martelly. This island is small in size, but population size exceeds 10 million, but a good portion of the country is under the age of maturity and reproduction. Haiti’s education is falling apart; less than 22% of males and less than 30% of females even make…

Introduction: The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme provides need based social security benefits to insured workers in the organized sector. ESI Corporation has taken up the daunting task of tailoring different benefit schemes for the needs of different worker groups. The scheme, which was first introduced at two centers in 1952 with an initial coverage of 1.20 lakh workers, as on 31/03/2014, the scheme applied to 6.70 lakh employers employing 1.95 crore insured persons at 815 centers. The Act…

tracking crime. The media has also brought crime and its high rates to the forefront. There is never a news broadcast be it local or national news that does not report on at least one account of crime. The rates at which crime takes place has changed over the last 100 or so years, along with the changing rate is a change in type of crime and also the characteristics of the offender. The United States is not alone in its battle with high crime rates as most other nations fight with crime…

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Fund, the National Institute of Health, as well as pharmaceutical companies, clinicians and researchers abide by guidelines established through the ideology of “universal usefulness,” which is defined as “benefiting...more than one group or country…[applicable] to several, [and] preferably all, population groups and ...extending to current and future generations” (Feierman 189). However, is instituting a universalist goal from…

Body Abortion should be illegal because life begins at conception, scientific and medical discoveries over the past three decades have verified and solidified this age-old truth. Dr. Jerome LeJeune, Professor of Genetics at the University of Descartes, Paris, discoverer of the chromosome pattern of Down 's Syndrome and winner of The Nobel Prize stated, "After fertilization has taken…