Sports are good for a girl’s health. In addition to being fit and maintaining a healthy weight‚ girls who play sports are also statistically less likely to smoke or do drugs. Exercise has long term beneftis for women like reducing the risk of osteoporosis‚ heart disease and breast cancer. Playing sports boosts self-confidence. Girls who participate in sports have higher self-esteem and pride in themselves. Why? It builds confidence when you know you can practice‚ improve‚ and achieve your
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Milk" and other dairy industry campaigns have certainly gotten the message across. As marketers they are geniuses. In these marketing campaigns the dairy industry claims that drinking milk helps us to lose weight‚ they claim milk helps to prevent osteoporosis‚ and they even claim that California cows are happy. However‚ these claims are poorly supported and some might even say bogus. The dairy industry pays huge numbers of dietitians‚ doctors‚ and researchers to push these claims‚ spending more than
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Should fluorine be added to water? Introduction: Fluoride is a natural mineral and a chemical‚ which is a compound of fluorine that is the most commonly used in water sources. However not only for that‚ it also has a various number of other uses in example: making molten metals flow‚ and burning materials etc. as it is an extremely reactive and highly toxic element‚ so when it comes to adding fluoride to public water‚ that’s when mankind is faced with some extremely
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Ronnie Buell HLTH 311 FIZINAL Osteoarthritis- degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone‚ most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness‚ especially in the hip‚ knee‚ and thumb joints. Lithotripsy- a treatment‚ typically using ultrasound shock waves‚ by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body. Fibromyalgia- a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain‚ fatigue‚ and tenderness in
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injuries such as sprains and fractures can cause either short-lived or chronic back pain. Sprains are tears in the ligaments that support the spine‚ and they can occur from twisting or lifting improperly. Fractured vertebrae are often the result of osteoporosis‚ a condition that causes weak‚ porous bones. Less commonly‚ back pain may be caused by more severe injuries that result from accidents and falls. Acquired conditions and diseases: Many medical problems can cause or contribute to back pain. They
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cafeteria. The patient has no family history of heart disease or diabetes‚ however both her parents are on medication for high blood pressure. Her paternal grandmother died of breast cancer at age 47. Her maternal grandmother suffers from severe osteoporosis and her mother is taking prescription medications to slow bone loss. Trisha was hospitalized briefly in her junior year of high school for exhaustion and dehydration. Hospital records note that she reported skipping meals to fit into a dress
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Manufacturing insulin Producing digestive juices Healing itself when it is damaged 1. A disorder of bone formation in which there is a lack of normal calcium salt deposits and a decrease in bone protein is called _________________. 2. Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder. A. True B. False 3. ___________________ is a disorder where there is an increased breakdown of bone tissue without an increase in the deposit of new bone by osteoblasts‚ thus causing the bones to break
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disease tend to have difficulty when absorbing vitamins and minerals also problems can lead to diarrhoea‚ anaemia and osteoporosis. This disease can react differently depending on the individuals life stage. Babies Diarrhoea Delay on growth Anemia Sickness Not being able to absorb the vitamins and minerals they need. Adults Brittle bones (Osteoporosis) due to lack of absorption of vitamins and minerals‚ being more likely to break a bone. Sickness Drowsiness
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Classification of Food Eating is a mandatory process that people must perform in order to sustain life. There are numerous choices to choose from when it comes to food ("Adjusting the Servings"). There are fruits‚ vegetables‚ dairy products‚ meat‚ fish‚ and many others. Food can be combined with various amounts of other foods and there are a profuse number of ways to cook them ("Adjusting the Servings"). In general‚ food can be broken down into six categories. This includes: the bread‚ cereal
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How to maintain — and why you need — a healthy lifestyle when you’re coping with multiple sclerosis. By Connie Brichford Medically reviewed by Cynthia Haines‚ MD Exercise at least two to three times a week‚ eat a well-balanced diet‚ and get plenty of good‚ quality sleep. That advice is true for everyone — but it is particularly important for people living with MS. Tanuja Chitnis‚ MD‚ assistant professor of neurology and director of the Partners Pediatric MS Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
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