through life stages The five main life factors are: * Genetic - Cystic fibrosis‚ Asthma‚ Huntington’s disease. * Biological - Foetal Alcohol Syndrome‚ Maternal infections‚ Effects of diet in pregnancy. * Environmental - Damp/overcrowding housing‚ Bullying‚ Family dysfunction * Life-style – Nutrition and dietary choices‚ misuse of substances‚ alcohol intake. * Socio-economic – Education‚ Values and attitudes‚ Employment. Genetics: Genetic factors are caused through the genes of
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The Effects from Drug Use‚ Drinking‚ and Smoking While Pregnant Women who are pregnant or wanting to become pregnant should not drink‚ smoke‚ or abuse drugs. Abusing these substances could cause substantial harm and have serious side effects on the child from the time it is in the womb to post birth. Each of these harmful substances could entail damaging consequences if a child has exposure to them in utero. This can lead to physical‚ emotional‚ learning‚ and social impairments for a child.
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Alcohol Vs. Marijuana Alcohol and marijuana are two drugs commonly used and abused in the United States. Alcohol is the number one abused drug‚ while marijuana is number one among illegal drugs. While alcohol remains legal‚ and marijuana illegal‚ this does not necessarily mean that the alcohol is better for you. There have been many arguments where people suggest that marijuana should be legal because alcohol is more deadly. On the other hand‚ there are alcoholics who would tell a pothead
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centimeters. He is currently the only child. Tim’s parents were never married. Tim was born at term to a single mother Jacklyn who was 22 years old and had just dropped out of Pulaski technical college. Her pregnancy was complicated due to extensive alcohol use during the first half of her pregnancy. During the second half of Tim’s gestation‚ Tim’s mother stopped drinking although she still smoked half a packet of cigarettes each day. The pregnancy was further complicated by stress from physical abuse
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doctor to benefit herself and her baby. The NHS website also informs why mothers should eat healthily so this is a reason why mothers feel pressurised to keep a good diet. In fact this is not always the case; some pregnant women carry on drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes even though they know that it can harm their selves and damage the health of the unborn baby. Researchers from Deakin University in Australia‚ alongside researchers from Norway‚ have found out that mothers who eat unhealthy
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by prenatal alcohol or illicit drug exposure (alcohol and drug). Almost all drugs are known to pass through the placenta and have some effect on the fetus. Prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol has the potential to cause a wide spectrum of physical‚ emotional‚ and developmental problems for these infants. Little is documented about the long-term outcome of
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Is There a Point Where the Chinese Parenting Becomes Too Much for a Child? Did I go too far‚ how much is too much‚ was that too harsh to say‚ are all questions parents seem to ask themselves when they are raising their children. In Amy Chua’s book‚ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother‚ the reader can see that even she‚ a strict Chinese Parent‚ seems to ask herself these very questions. Amy Chua finds herself in a bit of trouble when her daughter Lulu won’t conform to the rules of Chinese Parenting‚ pushing
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extreme‚ your body is using up that energy. Age. When you are young‚ your body usually is irregular until your hormone levels balance out. When women age‚ toward menopause‚ periods may become irregular. Medical Diagnosis PCOS or Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) - This condition causes the ovaries to create multiple‚ tiny cysts on them‚ making ovulation difficult. Those with PCOS have higher levels of testosterone‚ the male hormone‚ which can lead to infertility and irregular periods with anovulation
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Alcohol Anonymous Paper Alcoholism Alcoholism is a very dangerous disorder that many people are suffering from. A lot of Americans don’t realize that alcoholism is a big deal‚ and they may not even know someone very close to them is an alcoholic. For the paper I chose to sit in on an alcohol anonymous meeting and this is what I observed. I attended an open alcohol anonymous meeting. I walked in nervous and I wasn’t even there to share if I were an alcoholic. I introduced myself to the leader
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be defined as the dependency on alcohol; addiction to alcohol. It is a chronic disease‚ this disease called alcoholism is progressive and potentially fatal. " In 1966 the American Medical Association (AMA) declared Alcoholism a disease‚ but it is still judged morally by society" said Father Martin. There are different types of alcoholics‚ the first type of alcoholic is the everyday drinker. These alcoholics drink on a daily basis with a high dependency on alcohol. A second type is the weekend alcoholics
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