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Throughout history we’ve always had catalyst that changed the course of time. Whether it was good or bad, on purpose or on accident they created a movement. The top three most influential agents were Ice Cube, the birth control pill, and women’s suffrage. What ties these 3 are the stereotypes that were created for them and how they changed them. Hip hop emerged in the late 1970’s and was developed by the lower income districts, mainly within the African American and Hispanic communities (History…

The Effects of Anabolic Steroids Around three million adults use anabolic steroids in the United States and about 2.7-2.9 percent of those who are young adults have used steroids at least once during their lives. (Baker, Graham, Davies) Anabolic steroids are one of the three different types of steroids that also consist of corticosteroids and estrogenic steroids. Corticosteroids and estrogenic steroids are only beneficial for specific medical patients and have almost no abuse potential. (BE#9)…

As of the January 1, 2014, there are 7,607,230 women living in the United States that have cancer, and about 1.8 million (13%) of these women were diagnosed with breast cancer (“International Cancer Control”). While scientists continue to try and find a cure for every stage of this vicious disease, one in 36 women die from breast cancer, making it the second leading cause of death in female cancer patients “What are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer?”). If scientists are working to hard to…

The Importance of Planned Parenthood and Funding Sometime in your life, you have probably heard of Planned Parenthood, but how much do you really know about it? The public needs to be more aware of what kind of services Planned Parenthood offers. Planned Parenthood is a, “private, non-profit provider of medical services related to family planning, men and women’s sexual health, and abortions” (Ramelb 510). Its services focus on preventative health care. Many people oppose funding for Planned…

The Science of Menopause Without getting too technical, starting in your late 30s your body will begin to produce less estrogen and progesterone. Thankfully, rather than dropping all at once, these hormone levels begin to gradually decrease over time, so that by your late 40s or early 50s, you are approaching the point when your hormone levels will no longer stimulate menstruation. However, this can mean many years of seemingly inexplicable changes occurring within your body, as it begins to…

Would you imagine being imprisoned and physically tormented when you are pregnant? There is so much negativity spreading across the natural world and it seems as if there is no end to it. Premarin a prescription for cruelty. Also known as “PMU” a drug prescribed to women worldwide as a hormone replacement therapy and the pregnant mares are used brutally to produce this drug. Why are humans becoming so inhumane? Alice Walker’s essay “Am I Blue” is a voice of anger and concern for the solitude and…

the first trimester (1- 12 weeks) is frequently “The Abortion Pill” or Mifeprex® which is considered a chemical abortion. (Abortion Procedures) This pill, according to the article, “Abortion Procedures”, changes the woman’s hormones along with progesterone while cutting of the necessary nutrition and blood for the embryo to grow and develop into a fetus. After taking Mifeprex® she would then return to her doctor and receive the second pill for the abortion in which she takes orally or vaginally…

Contents Introduction 1 Political factors 2 Economic factors 4 Social factors 7 Technological factors 9 Referencing 12 Introduction With this rise in popularity of the organic movement there is still some confusion as to what Organic really means, also is it better for me and why the price is almost double that of the same conventional product. I will try and answer those question in this PEST analysis. Also in today’s culture, cancer has seen a steady rise, and a major…

The World Health Organization (2016) has defined cancer as a term used to describe a large group of diseases which may affect any body parts including the brain, lung, bone, lymph node, and liver. By nature, our body controls the creation, growth, and death of cells. Cancer begins when cells do not die in a normal state (Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. , 2016) and when the abnormal cells are created rapidly and divide in an uncontrolled way. These excess cells then grow and form a…

INTRODUCTION Fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most of the naturally occurring fatty acids contain unbranched chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 4 to 28. We usually derived fatty acids from triglycerides or phospholipids. Fatty acids are very important sources of fuel because, when they metabolized, they yield large amount of ATP .Fatty acids are regulated by certain transcription factors which control the action of…