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    There are always other ways of dealing with these cases. When Julie, a nurse, found that the baby in her womb has spina bifida, a spinal cord anomaly, she and her husband, Alex being Christians decided that abortion was not an option. They researched and found that Dr. Bruner from Nashville Vanderbilt University Medical Center, could perform a surgery on their 21-week-old…

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    Alzheimer 's disease is the most common, incurable disease that effects thousands of elderly people. It is also one form of Dementia and effects the brain in various different ways. Alzheimer 's disease makes it difficult for an individual to remember certain task, words, or phrases. Doctors have tried for years to find a cure but have not came up with one yet. The seven stages of Alzheimer 's that people go through can be drastic and overwhelming. In the early 1900 's a man by the name of…

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    Heredity shape and environment creates human beings, so if I become pregnant my genes and my spouse’s genes will affect my child’s creation and life. Also, how we as parents live our life will affect my unborn child’s prenatal normal development and health. I am only 19 years old and single, but if I become pregnant, I do not foresee making any changes in my lifestyle to ensure my pregnancy and labor happen with no trouble. I am a physically and mentally fit young adult. I eat healthy and…

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    Sex Identification In regards to the human os coxae, Bruzek et al. worked to develop a new tool for sex estimation based on the measurements (Bruzek 2017). They used a database of known sex subjects to develop the Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste v2 (Bruzek 2017). The combination of different dimensions can be used to determine likely sex, and as dimensions are added the likelihood increases to higher that 90% (Bruzek 2017). This method used ten metric variables in order to identify the likely…

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    gases, insurances, food, drink and clothes, and a various things need money. For example, the article named “Even for working families, hunger can be a problem” of Matt Soerqel, the article mentions about Lance, 28 years old and was born with spina bifida, which has led to a host of health problems. She has two children, for her being working class, hunger can be a problem. She doesn’t have money to buy enough food for herself and her children and she needs to ask food from the food bank for her…

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    Agent Orange has caused some 400,000 deaths and disabilities among the Vietnamese in addition to a half-million children born with birth defects” (Axelrod). The herbicide has led to children being born with incomplete limbs or disabilities like spina bifida. When looking at pictures of people who were directly affected by Agent Orange, their faces have been morphed, their skin may be burned, or their limbs may be so distorted that they spend their life in a wheelchair. In addition Agent Orange…

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    The Legacy of Agent Orange (Final Draft Essay) Vivid images of children with extra limbs, without eyes, and covered in red irritated skin are the product of Agent Orange and use of tactical herbicides during the Vietnam war. During the height of the Vietnam war the U.S. Military conducted a wide-ranging program of defoliation. Herbicidal weapons were developed to destroy the forest and jungle cover used by the enemy North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Guerrilla troops. However, after the Vietnam…

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    Pam Jenkins is the mother of three children and is currently 30 weeks pregnant with her fourth child. Since Pam is pregnant, she will need recommendations and improvements towards her well-being and diet to avoid any complications during and after pregnancy. However, Pam is already showing some concerning habits that can affect the health of unborn child. She does meets with her physician and is concerned she may go through a pre-term labor again. Nutritional Needs During Pregnancy Taking the…

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    The Wounded Deer Analysis

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    Frida Kahlo A woman of difference lies with a horrendous injury in her bed while she paints a soon to be iconic piece. Who is this woman who intimates even the most hyper-masculine man of the early 20th century? Kahlo’s fiery and rebellious spirit shows not only in her paintings but in the trailblazing role that she has on today’s society. Kahlo, while an iconic artist, was also a strong advocate for women, the disabled, and the LGBT community. A Frida Kahlo's art is more than just a set of…

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    horrifying. The Japanese people have suffered to this day do the radiation that those two bombs exposed them to. This has lead to many birth defects including mental retardation, the lowering of IQ and brain size, blindness, delayed births, and Spina Bifida (failure of an infant 's spine…

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