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Almost every day, a new social issue is talked about, whether it be medical discoveries or a new technical development. A common question that often comes up when a new medical development is made, is if it’s morally acceptable. For example, when the discovery, made by Marie Stopes, of the birth control pill came out in 1950’s many were sceptical and against it. It was not forced on to anyone, it was simply a discovery, but many were against it due to religion practises, it was considered anti…

because I wouldn’t always remember to take the pill. I was only using the ring for two months, but it messed up my hormones significantly more than the pill did and turned me into a cold don’t-touch-me bitch to my fiancé at the time and threw me into a severe, clinically-diagnosed depression. My fiancé and I are no longer together (and I couldn’t be happier!), but the problem of birth control still remains. I can’t use hormonal birth control, and before we went over the list of birth controls…

Forensic DNA is the process of using and collecting DNA from crime scenes to solve criminal investigations and to ensure accuracy and fairness in the Criminal Justice System. DNA profiling has grown significantly in the past years and has been extremely useful in identifying suspects, criminals and other people involved in the crime. If the suspect is unidentifiable, DNA evidence is compared to a DNA database to identify the criminal. DNA testing has both advantages and disadvantages many of…

Good Morning, Chapter 7 Risk assessment for marijuana dependence or abuse is not a problem for me. I can not lie when I was younger I did smoke marijuana and you might have said I had a little bit of dependence for it. It was a huge part of my life in my teenage years. My friends smoked it some of my family smoked it. But for 25 years now I have not touched it and chose to teach my children to not touch it either. I have a 21 year old and a 15 year old, I would like to hope that from my…

ovaries as well as the endometrium. The pill can help clear up pre-existing acne, as well as stop the accumulation of more acne. One significant plus to taking the birth control pill is that periods are usually lighter, and symptoms appear to be less severe once a woman begins the pill. In the long run, it is helpful; the pill has even been linked to helping prevent premature hair loss. Among all of these benefits, it can help prevent cysts and treat anemia (gurl.com). Looking at all of the…

On November 9, I visited six clients with the home health care nurse Kim. Kim is a home health nurse who has been in the nursing field for the past 26 years and in the home health care nursing for about 6 years. One of the hard things about home healthcare for me was not knowing what to expect when I first walked into a client home yet, I hard a great teaching and learning experience. When we first meet in the morning we sit down and went over the schedule Kim has made on what client we will…

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) itself and explains that every cell in an individual 's body, with the exception of red blood cells and eggs or sperm, contains the full genetic program for that individual in its DNA. Then, it goes on to talk about the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and how it blends computer and DNA technologies into an effective tool for comparing DNA profiles. This article is part of the Forensic Science Programme in the school of health sciences which make the article…

Throughout history, women have been constantly held back from progressing in many of the same things men have gained so easily. Men have always been able to choose the life they want and have been accepted with anything they do. Up until about 40 years ago, women were expected to be a stay-at-home-mom and perfect homemaker, while their husbands where the true base of their relationship providing financial stability necessary for living comfortably. In the 1960’s, the American Food and Drug…

In the last post, we had ended in the19th century with the revolution of rubber condoms. In this post we dive head first into the 20th century with curiosity, jubilation, and woman getting more say in pregnancy and condoms. So, let 's finish this journey and see how far contraceptives have come. We 'll begin in 1916. An amazing year for condoms and women. A German chemist known as Julius Fromm, created a new process for making condoms. By dipping glass tubes into raw rubber, he created a…

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