Ectopic pregnancy
Presentation - 20 pages - Medical studies
Pregnancy that is implanted outside the uterine cavity at a site that by nature is not designed anatomically or physiologically to accept or permit growth of the conceptus. Doubling timing in normal intrauterine pregnancy is 48 hrs. Minimum 66 % [ range 65 - 100 %] increase over...
Practical guide for vegans during pregnancy and children
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
A pregnant woman should receive a more elaborate supply to the fetus grows and changes in her body. A series of studies at "The Farm", a vegan community in the USA, shows that vegans can get pregnant very normal and that infants, toddlers and children can follow a vegan diet safely. It is...
Before teen pregnancy: Contrasting the social capital and empowerment theories
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This paper will analyze two human behavior theories. Within this analysis, the discussion will review the history of these theories, their supporters, the stages of acceptance of the theories, and the strengths verses the weaknesses of each theory. Next, the paper will review the social problem...
Teen Pregnancy: The need for a Comprehensive Sexual Education Program in Massachusetts
Case study - 9 pages - Educational studies
Why does the United States have almost four times the rate of teen pregnancies as France? Almost nine times the teen pregnancy rates of the Netherlands? Other nations have sexual education implemented in an effective manner within their school systems. France has implemented a mandatory...
Physiology of Pregnancy
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Medical studies
Endometrium/decidua is the anatomical site of blastocyst apposition, implantation, and placental development. The endometrium is the mucosal lining of the uterine cavity and the decidua is the highly modified and specialized endometrium of pregnancy. From an evolutionary perspective, the...
Human Pregnancy
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
Healthier mothers and babies ranks as one of the 10 great public health achievements in the United States between 1900 and 1999. At the beginning of the century, almost 1 in every 100 women giving birth in this country died of pregnancy-related complications, and nearly 1 of 10 infants...
Drugs, Cigarette Smoking & Alcohol During Pregnancy
Presentation - 26 pages - Medical studies
Teratogenicity has been established for only a few drugs, but many more are still not proved to be safe for use during pregnancy. The physician should have a good reason for prescribing any drug early in pregnancy, or indeed during the last half of the menstrual cycle, when any...
Assesment of Normal Pregnancy
Presentation - 48 pages - Medical studies
The diagnosis of pregnancy is usually made on the basis of a history of amenorrhea, an enlarging uterus, and a positive pregnancy test. Nausea and breast tenderness are also often present. It may be crucial to diagnose pregnancy before the first missed menstrual period to...
Normal Pregnancy
Presentation - 27 pages - Medical studies
Pregnancy (gestation) is the maternal condition of having a developing fetus in the body. The human conceptus from fertilization through the eighth week of pregnancy is termed an embryo; from the eighth week until delivery, it is a fetus. For obstetric purposes, the duration of...
Vaginal Bleeding during Pregnancy
Presentation - 28 pages - Medical studies
Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy has many causes and ranges in severity from mild (with normal pregnancy outcome) to life threatening for both infant and mother. Bleeding can vary from scant to excessive, from brown to bright red, and can be painless or painful. Causes can be...
New Abortion Laws in Texas
Essay - 3 pages - Civil law
Abortion is the deliberate termination of pregnancy mainly carried out during the first seven weeks of pregnancy. Most women exhibit minimal or no effects of abortion though some may experience minor risk complications like damage to the womb, excessive bleeding, and infection of...
Federal and States restrictions on abortion, with a focus on Oklahoma
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The year 2023 will mark half a century of legal abortion in the United States. However, Roe v Wade, the landmark abortion decision, may not survive as the Supreme Court might soon overturn it and enable states to criminalize abortion. The term "abortion" in this essay will refer to the...
Comprehensive Wellness Assessment - Case of a Caucasian Woman
Case study - 5 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
The comprehensive wellness assessment enables the caregiver and the patient to deliberate on existing and new health issues. A well-woman assessment is a proactive method for screening likely issues associated with women's health (Tong et al., 2021). This evaluation is vital for the health of...
Foods that pregnant women should avoid
Summary - 2 pages - Nutrition, alimentation and dietetic
Pregnancy is a time of rapid development, so mothers to be should be very careful when choosing what to eat, because some foods may harm them or their unborn baby. This research paper is written after reading several articles on the subject.
Population Health Project - The Case of African American Women in Urban Areas
Case study - 6 pages - Economic politics
There is an urgent need to set a target that enables all people, regardless of financial status, to access quality healthcare and prohibit any forms of impartiality. Different characters create different experiences, yet sometimes the effect of demographics on the people who are suffering from...
Bias in Healthcare Industry
Essay - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
The trouble of bias in healthcare and its effect on the high-quality of care are a tremendous concern that impacts the fundamental ideas of the healthcare system. The iron triangle of healthcare, which accommodates access, price, and best, is regularly challenged by using the presence of implicit...
Long-Term Implications for Women's Health and Privacy Now That Roe V. Wade Has Been Overturned
Essay - 2 pages - Constitutional law
The Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade on the twenty-fourth of June 2022, revoking the basic rights to privacy and legal and safe abortion care. The majority of the medical and mental practitioners were disappointed by the court's decision as the judge's ruling was...
The controversy surrounding abortion
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Abortion is an age old question that has caused a great rift in society. While it is legal in the United States, abortion is also a question of morality and the values a person has. To what extent can or should law regulate morality, and to what extent should the state encroach on the personal...
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (1849); Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood (1988); Juno - Jason Reitman (2007) - Difficulties in friendship and love relationships
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
This passage is an extract from the novel David Coperfield by Charles Dickens, at the time David Coperfield was married to Dora Spenlow. David felt completely in love with Dora, and they decided to get married. However, their relationship is not reasonable because Dora has no sense of everyday...
Children living with Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Worksheets - 4 pages - Medical studies
The maturation of the brain begins at the conception and is continuous after birth. All trouble of cerebral tissues before, during and after birth can affect certain part of brain and, depending on the degree of injury, can cause a permanent trouble characterized by the progressive injury.
Building an acceptable Mother-Daughter relationship
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Most generally than not, mothers tend to accept an already absolute band amid they and their children, during the stages of pregnancy. And from the aeon they are brought forth, a dematerialization of that accustomed band or accord occurs as time passes, and this is mostly apparent if it...
Inequalities Against Women in India
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
The social framework of India is mainly responsible for the persistence of gender-based violence (GBV), as there are persistent gender disparities that stem from patriarchal practices. In India, dowry, child marriages, child murder, selective terminations of pregnancy, sex trafficking,...
To what extent did the abortion debate after Roe v. Wade mark the entry of Christians into politics?
Essay - 7 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Abortion, a widely practiced method of terminating a pregnancy, is likely the most polarizing issue in the United States. Before 1973, in a majority of states, abortion was a crime, except to save the life of the mother. Tight regulations had made it difficult for clinics to operate, and...
When "just say no" does not work
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Growing up in a small suburb of Tulsa was an experience one might want to soon forget. I grew up in Glenpool, Oklahoma for the first eighteen years of my life. It was a small, poor suburb with only one school. Despite all the churches in Glenpool, which numbered eleven at my last count about...
Hearing impairment - Comprehensive Otology
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Congenital causes are also a factor to hearing loss. Here, the child suffers from the problem from birth. It can be hereditary or be caused by a condition during child birth. Genetic factors are said to contribute to more than 50% of hearing problems caused by congenital factors. A parent...
Calculation of Gestational Age and Estimated Date of Confinement
Presentation - 26 pages - Medical studies
After the diagnosis of pregnancy is made, it is imperative to determine the duration of pregnancy and the estimated date of confinement (EDC). Normally, human pregnancy lasts 280 days or 40 weeks (9 calendar months or 10 lunar months) from the last normal menstrual period...
The sex talk for children: A look at modern sex education
Thesis - 6 pages - Educational studies
Every year, hundreds of thousands of American teenage girls become pregnant. According to the Guttmacher Institute (2006), a private research company in the field of teenage pregnancy studies, 821,810 teen girls, ages 15-19, became pregnant in the year 2000, and many more may occur, only...
Prevention of recurrence of pre-term birth by progesterone
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
For years, the prescription of progesterone in the event of a threat of premature birth was normal, despite the absence of any demonstration of a fetal or neonatal benefit in this situation. The description of an increased risk of cholestasis of pregnancy during this treatment was...
The Amnion
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Medical studies
The amnion at term is a tough and tenacious but pliable membrane. It is the innermost fetal membrane and is contiguous with the aminonic fluid. This particular avascular structure occupies a role of incredible importance in human pregnancy. In many obstetrical populations, preterm...
Cultural competency of adolescent ethnic minority females: Theory, research and practice
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
As the land of immigrants, the United States is arguably in the most need of a culturally competent society. Yet, internationally Americans are increasingly regarded as US-centric (Berzonsky et al., 2003; Fullerton, 2005; Pew Research Center, 2005). Given such issues as teen pregnancy,...
