Sudden infant death syndrome

harming a large part of community in every country around the globe. According to recent studies, tobacco smoking is more than 480,000 people in United States every year which is greater than the combined death rate resulted in AIDS, alcohol, vehicle accidents and suicide. It has also been proved that death of 57% of males and 50% of females are due to smoking. Smoking is basically a practice of inhaling the tobacco smoke which will affect your body organs like lungs, stomach and skin cells and…

that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects include; physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities…" (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). One of the worst FASDs is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Babies born with FAS are abnormally small at birth and usually stay that way throughout their development. They have characteristic facial features such as small eyes, thin upper lips and smooth skin in place of the groove between the…

Brandon Ferrell Whitten English 102 5 October 2015 Smoking Cigarettes and Its Consequences Cigarettes have been in existence for thousands of years and depending on the state which a person resides in, it can have many negative consequences. Tobacco, in general, throughout the world is earliest available at the age of eighteen years old. Tobacco is closely related to cigarettes by being one of the main components along with nicotine. Cigarettes is an extremely profitable business and brings in…

Tobacco is underestimated on its potential lethalness. Despite the strides nations have undergone to prevent the augmentation of tobacco, it has not been successful enough. In order to reverse the damage caused by cigarettes, it must be ceased from the market. Its current legality serves as a danger to society, smoker and non-smoker alike. Laws aim to protect New York City residents from the harmful effects produced by smoking. The New York City Health Department has enacted its most recent…

Living With Sickle Cell Anemia Chasta D. Jones Text College Living With Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle cell anemia is a condition where there is not enough healthy red blood cells to carry enough oxygen within a persons body. The red blood cells become rigid, sticky, and shaped like crescent moons or sickles. The cells irregular shapes can get stuck in the blood vessels causing blockage of blood flow though the body. The sickle cells become weak and break apart and die. This leaves…

During the seven months period from 01/01/15 to 07/24/2015, there were 5 outbreaks of 183 measles cases reported in 24 states of America and the District of Columbia. Individuals who got measles in these cases were unvaccinated (3). In 2014, there were 23 measle outbreaks, including one large outbreak of 383 cases, occurring in the unvaccinated Amish communities in the state of Ohio (4). Three out of 11 outbreaks in 2013 had more than 20 cases and one outbreak had 58 cases (5). The symptoms of…

Tobacco has long been a recreational drug consumed in many ways by people. One form of tobacco product includes cigarettes—narrow shaped tubes that hold a dry substance laced with a large number chemicals. Cigarettes are available in a variety of sizes and flavors packed in hand-sized carton boxes or bags. To activate a cigarette, a person places a stick between their lips and lights the brown tip of the stick with fire while sucking the white end until smoke rises. When the smoke is inhaled,…

Neither John, Gwen, nor Miguel began taking drugs with the intension of harming others. Nor were they aggressive or abusive by nature. Yet their long-term substance abuse harmed others, including family members, friends, and the communities in which they lived. John’s substance abuse had negative consequences for his family and community. During his senior year of high school, however, he began smoking marijuana and drinking with his buddies. His grades fell, and he stopped talking about…

foot, and mouth disease which is often occur in young children and infants. The EV71 was first found in the United States in 1969 and then the EV71 associated HFMD outbreaks have been reported in Europe, Australia, and Asia. The EV71 infection also associated with fatal neurological symptoms, and it was first reported in Bulgaria in 1975 and Hungary in 1978 (Tee, 2010). Since 1997, the HFMD with EV71-associated neurological syndrome with high mortality rate had spread rapidly in Asia,…

Breastfeeding was a healthy and beautiful way for mothers to nurse and form a strong bond with their baby. Now the controversy has risen about breastfeeding. Now women breastfeeding in public is one of the many issues that are debated about today. Most people consider breastfeeding should be done in privacy and not in public, and consider it to be public nudity. However, the other side of this issue establishes that breastfeeding is natural and should be done whenever and wherever a mother feels…