severe form afflicts only 1 in every 100‚000 newborns. HPP is a rare‚ genetic bone disease defined by a lack of development in the skeletal anatomy. The disease is recognized by soft or unformed bones. The symptoms of Hypophosphatasia range from stillbirth to pathologic fractures developing in late adulthood. In babies ‚ the condition is life-threatening and at the end of the day ‚ these girls parents just want to see their children grow up no matter what the case may be ‚ they will do anything to
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Teratogens and Pregnancy Margaret A Rivera Child Psychology 2/8/12 In the world we live in today there are many things which may affect pregnancy and the development of the growing fetus within the mother’s womb. Teratogens are drugs‚ chemicals‚ or infections that may cause abnormal fetal growth (Lingen‚ 2006). Some believe that teratogens can affect the fetus as early as 10 to 14 days because the umbilical link is established within that time frame (Teratgons Overview). Even before
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Two people walk in one walks out.Former planned parenthood director describes watching an unborn child struggle before being aborted What is abortion?Abortion is the killing of the fetus while in the womb. Abortion is legal in all of the states in the United states. A women working at an abortion facility experienced something that she never experienced and it kept happening after the first timed it happened.(National Abortion Federation)Abby(the girl that works at an abortion facility in California
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Tina Thompson‚ Ashley Scott‚ Araceli Galindo‚ Roshanda Dixon‚ Kristen Wyatt‚ Kimberly Dennis What is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a severe hemolytic anemia resulting in a sickle shaped hemoglobin molecule. It is an inherited disorder with some having sickle cell trait and some having sickle cell disease. The sickle hemoglobin gene is known as the HbS gene. It is found predominantly in people of African descent and occasionally in those of Mediterranean descent
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The third article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states‚ “Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty‚ and security of person.” However‚ in places like El Salvador‚ Brazil‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ and Jamaica‚ the Zika virus threatens this right. As Zika spreads‚ it is not only stripping excitement and celebration from mothers expecting a new baby‚ but also filling them with an irrevocable fear of the serious birth defects that their baby may develop as a result of catching the virus. Influenced
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History and Examination of the Reproductive System Female reproductive history: - Age‚ gravidity (no. of pregnancies‚ including miscarriages/ectopics/stillbirths)‚ parity (no. of livebirths)‚ LMP (last menstrual period) - History of presenting complaints: o Nature and duration o Relation to menstrual cycle o Vaginal discharge o Vaginal bleeding o Urinary symptoms (dysuria‚ frequency‚ urge/stress incontinence) o Bowel symptoms - Previous gynaecological history: o Periods – regular
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its depraved background‚ and errors that could occur during the cloning process. Cloning is potentially very dangerous to the clone being formed. For example‚ in mammalian cloning‚ at least 95% mammal experimental clones have had miscarriages‚ stillbirths‚ and life-threatening anomalies (Reproductive Cloning Arguments). No clones are perfectly healthy and will clearly have difficulty during pregnancies. Pregnancy problems will affect the clone and its child. Also‚ cloning can lead to birth defects
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY At 11.00 PM on December 2 1984‚ while most of the one million residents of Bhopal slept‚ an operator at the plant noticed a small leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and increasing pressure inside a storage tank. The vent-gas scrubber‚ a safety device designer to neutralize toxic discharge from the MIC system‚ had been turned off three weeks prior . Apparently a faulty valve had allowed one ton of water for cleaning internal pipes to mix with forty tons of MIC. A 30 ton refrigeration
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found in the umbilical cord. (Woolston 1) Smoking while pregnant will heavily impact a baby’s weight‚ body‚ and lungs. Smoking will also potentially cause a baby to have heart problems and problems with brain function. Common complications include stillbirth‚
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pregnancy that ends between 20 and 37 weeks of gestation‚ if it results in a live-born infant‚ is known as a "premature birth". When a fetus dies in utero after about 20 weeks‚ or during delivery‚ it is termed "stillborn". Premature births and stillbirths are generally not considered to be miscarriages although usage of these terms can sometimes overlap. Most miscarriages occur very early in pregnancy. Between 10% and 50% of pregnancies end in clinically apparent miscarriage‚
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