Essays Tagged: "pregnant women"
Late term abortion
happen nationally only about ten times per year.Without the benefit of this type of treatment many pregnant women might be in danger of their lifes. Not all babies will be concieved without genetic o ... on the behalf of the mother. The only thing that a law against abortions will accomplish is driving pregnant women to seek help else where. They are forcing people with problemed pregnancies into dark ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
HIV Babies
(HIV) by two thirds. Although, this year, it is the basis for new federal recommendations that all pregnant women should receive HIV testing and counseling. But, these findings have been cause of pro ... slators and policy makers will use the clinical data to justify mandatory testing and treatment for pregnant women.During the latter part of February, the United States Public Health Services publishe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
AIDS
e spread through informal contact. AIDS has not been found to travel in insects or tame animals. In pregnant women, the virus only infects the infant near or at the time of birth. The virus dies quick ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Domestic Violence
, 22 to 35 percent of emergency room visits from women are because of ongoing partner abuse, 1 in 4 pregnant women have a history of partner violence, and 63 percent of young men between the ages of 1 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are disorders in pregnant women. Pre- eclampsia is hypertension and eclampsia is the worsening of pre-eclampsia where ... sia where the woman experiences convulsions or goes into a coma. The complication of eclampsia in a pregnant woman can put her and her unborn child at risk. A risk that may be fatal. This is only to b ... It is not caused by pregnancy, but may cause problems if a woman with chronic hypertension becomes pregnant. It has an unknown cause. 15% of the time chronic hypertension is secondary to a primary pr ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
How women gained their rights.
Informative EssayWomen felt a need for a change because they were tired of being "barefoot and pregnant". Women did not want to be mere objects (Hand 1). There is evidence that God had created me ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Pregnancy and Smoking. This is a Term Paper that I got an (A) on. It's 7 pages long including Bibliography. My research has been wide and thorough enough to support my thesis or purpose.
ican women who smoke cigarettes (Ernster, 1993). Of this amount, approximately 20 to 45 percent are pregnant (Windsor, Li, Lowe, Perkins, Ershoff and Glynn, 1993). Smoking during pregnancy leads to ve ... serious consequences for both the mother and the unborn child; however, there are ways to convince pregnant women to cease smoking.There are a number of very serious problems that are associated with ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The Long Term Effects of Marijuana -- Marijuana is a drug that divides people. Some people claim it as the wonder drug of the '90s, capable of relieving the symptoms of many serious illnesses.
usly ill patients" (Zimmerman 2). On a more negative side, studies have also found in many cases of pregnant women who smoke marijuana, that chemicals in the drug have halted early pregnancy. Scientis ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Second-hand smoke and children.
each day. Many of these people have children, yet they fail to stop smoking around them. Also, many pregnant women continue to smoke despite the fact that they are passing the nicotine onto the unborn ... oke.Second-hand smoke not only affects children, but also unborn fetuses of mothers who smoke while pregnant. The placenta acts as a filter, and everything that the mother takes into her body is passe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
This a overview of Anthrax, its effects and remedies
ase or active infection*People with depressed immune system*People younger than 18 or older than 65*Pregnant womenAlthough potentially lethal, once human infection occurs there are treatments availabl ...
Subjects: Science Essays
The Issue Of Too Mnay Children
ysicians' responsibilities for making sure that these limits are respected?The health risks to both pregnant women and babies increase exponentially with additional fetuses. Triplets pose greater risk ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Why the Drinking Age Should Not be Lowered.
cy are just a few of the problems we've been experiencing. The mere fact that we have signs warning pregnant women not to drink, makes it obvious how out-of-hand our drinking problems have gotten. How ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Analytical Argument - "Golden Rice" and genetically engineered food
developed countries than our own.The main victims of vitamin A deficiency are the poor children and pregnant women of the Philippines, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Every year, v ... trient especially susceptible to infections such as malaria and measles as well as minor illnesses. Pregnant women who have vitamin A deficiencies are more likely to die after or during childbirth.As ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology
Why the Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered.
cy are just a few of the problems we've been experiencing. The mere fact that we have signs warning pregnant women not to drink, makes it obvious how out-of-hand our drinking problems have gotten. How ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
This is a problem soultion paper on smoking.
rt disease; also can cause strokes, and cancer of the lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, and bladder. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to give birth to low weight babies; also increases the babi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Solutions for the Drug Epidemic?
ts committing serious crimes in order to get money to fulfill their cravings for drugs. Addicts and pregnant women are overdosing on crack cocaine or other dangerous substances. The authority of the g ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Cigarettes: What's Killing Our Country.
f cigarette smoke can damage a person's heart. Some researchers have also concluded that smoking by pregnant women causes the deaths of over 5,000 babies and 115,000 miscarriages.2 The only way to ter ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
This is an essay objecting abortion. It respects the womans choice. But reviews her choice to concieve in the first place.
ley butchers. The shallow display is clear: when abortion was illegal, it was the leading killer of pregnant women in the U.S. Legalized abortion is a sign of the moral decay that is destroying Americ ... y the placenta and umbilical cord. The health of the fetus is directly related to the health of the pregnant woman. Only at birth are they separate. "The right of the unborn to live overrules any righ ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Reasearch methods in Nursing Studies
ms.ProblemNausea and vomiting is a significant problem, which apparently affects seventy percent of pregnant women (O'Brien). Even though psychological factors may play a part in severity and duration ... ship between the nature of antenatal support and the severity of nausea and vomiting experienced by pregnant women. (NVP)AimThe aim of the study is to identify links between antenatal support and the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
This is an essay discussing whether or not AIDS testing should be mandatory.
believe that candidates for mandatory HIV testing include such groups as healthcare professionals, pregnant women, inmates, and alleged sexual assailants. In the US, HIV testing is mandatory for immi ... ng so because of that reason. Another group of people that many believe should be tested for HIV is pregnant women. Right now, it is pretty much routine in prenatal check-ups. But, if the woman choose ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology