Impact of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Prenatal nicotine exposure has been found to have avoidable effects on children and their mothers. Studies have shown that prenatal exposure can cause not only mental‚ but also physical harm on children that can ultimately cause life-course harm (Cho‚ Frijters‚ Zhang‚ Miller & Gruen‚ 2013). For example‚ a study resulted that nicotine exposure during prenatal can have damaging effects on the development of drugs in the offspring and ultimately cause wheezing in
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Prenatal Development: The Stages and Risks of Prenatal Development Ivy Tech University Jaime Heineman Pregnancy is an exciting time for the mother as well as her friends and family. It is an experience which has every emotion you can think of: joy‚ fear‚ curiosity‚ anxiety‚ and expectation. It is natural to be excited and afraid at the same time. Many expecting mothers are aware of the things they need to do and the things that they should avoid in order for their baby to grow and
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Pregnant women that smoke cigarettes on a daily basis can greatly harm their fetus. The Tobacco smoke in cigarettes greatly reduces fetal growth through the presence of nicotine‚ carbon monoxide‚ hydrogen cyanide‚ cadmium and various other aromatic hydrocarbons‚ but the two most dangerous chemicals that are found in cigarettes are nicotine and carbon monoxide. Nicotine causes the babies heart rate to speed up‚ reduces placental vascularisation‚ constricts the placental arteries‚ and thickens the
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Metaphors by Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath is well known for her confessional style of writing. Her poem ‘Metaphors’ was written in the 1960’s and expresses her self-loathing during pregnancy. Unlike many poets‚ Plath isn’t afraid to express her inner feelings throughout her work and explore herself within her poetry. In her poem ‘Metaphors’ Plath uses the ‘I’ voice to make her writing deeply personal and convey her pessimistic attitude towards her body image during pregnancy. ‘Metaphors’ is written
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Last year‚ Opal went to the doctor for a strange lump in her breast. Thankfully‚ it was not cancer‚ but the doctor delivered a grim piece of news. She had a mutation in the BRCA1 gene‚ which meant a high likelihood of a cancer diagnosis later in life. Opal had no idea how to process the information‚ so her doctor sent her to a genetic counselor. Not everyone has the same opinion on going to the doctor‚ and definitely not everyone reacts to a diagnosis in a similar manner; highlighting why M.D.
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Stereotypes of life stages Stereotyping is when a judgement is made on a group of people because of the actions of a few. Stereotyping happens because of misinformation and other people’s opinions. There are many stereotypical perceptions of life stages and their possible effect on development. Each of the six life stages will be explained with the expected norms and how this affects the development. Foetal development There are many stereotypical views of foetal development. A pregnant woman
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Pregnancy is a very delicate time in which another human being is formed. It is as common as someone learning to drive or going to school‚ but when do everyday behaviors seen in our world today effect that developing offspring? Does drug or alcohol abuse actually hurt the unborn child? What about the mental health of the carrying mother; would depression or other mental illnesses hurt the baby? Do eating habits or exercise actually produce different traits once the child is born? During pregnancy
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Cultural Differences in Prenatal Care A Comparison of White versus African American Prenatal Care Ideally‚ a pregnancy is planned‚ and the appropriate pre-conception steps are taken to ensure a healthy pregnancy. But we all know that that is not always the case. So‚ we begin by asking ourselves‚ what is prenatal care? Standard prenatal care in an assumed‚ normal pregnancy basicly means seeing a health care provider once a month for the first 28 weeks; then every two to three weeks until 36 weeks;
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Prenatal And Postpartum Scenario Damon Naber Psy/280 September 01 2011 Arthur Phelps PHY/280 Human growth and development Memo To: Pregnant and postpartum Women From: Developmental Psychologist Dr. Naber Date: September 01 2011 Subject: Prenatal and Postpartum Activity List Taking care of your health is a very important and essential for your own benefit but also for your growing child. The importance of exercise and a healthy diet cannot be more important than during
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optimization accounted for the largest share in 2013. With respect to end users‚ the pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies commanded the largest share in 2013. These industries are focusing on screening extensive libraries of compounds that could become leads for potential drug candidates. The screening process has helped the pharmaceutical companies to run more cost and time efficient methods. For accurate results‚ the low cost label-free technology in cell based assays has emerged as a
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