• Gaucher disease (glucocerebrosidase deficiency) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. It is classified as a lysosomal storage disorder and is determined to be one of the most prevalent. • Gaucher disease (GD) is an inherited disorder caused by a lysosomal enzyme deficiency. It is an autosomal recessive disease. This means that both parents must carriers of the mutation in order to pass it to their child. This disease occurs when there is a build-up of a lipid, called glucosylceramide
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Hispanic Women and Pregnancy: Cultural Factors and Predisposition Hispanic women have the second highest rate of obesity in the U.S. population at 76% (BabyCenter, 2011). Cultural factors that contribute to obesity among Hispanic women include unhealthy diets, lack of exercise, and acceptance of larger body types. During pregnancy, obesity can cause serious complications that include labor and delivery complications, birth defects, fetal and neonatal death, and delivery of a large baby (BabyCenter
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The population explosion in the last one hundred years is a well-documented, and well-examined subject matter. All sorts of agencies have devoted time and resources to studying, problematizing, and strategizing in order to deal with the threat of overpopulation. Diverse groups, including the United Nations, have developed plans to encourage population control and decreased fertility rates. I will not go into the specifics of these plans here, as I will be examining them in detail in my presentation
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hostility, and intimidation. Manpower strictly prohibits any offensive or unwelcome physical, written, or verbal conduct regarding any person’s gender, race, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or any other basis protected by law. Harassment is defined as discriminatory conduct such as intimidation or ridicule based on gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, disability, or other basis protected by law that creates an offensive
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Edwin Smith Papyrus echoed a sentiment which lasted many centuries when it was pronounced: There is no treatment.” (Brechon) There were many causes of breast cancer suggested in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Five possible causes were: physical injury to
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Heritage Assessment With the increase in diverse population in the United States, the nurses in America need to Know the importance of culture and heritage importance in health care. .People from different parts of world carry different cultures . Each culture overview health in different ways. Understanding the culture make it easy to provide quality health care to individuals and families. Every culture have their own health
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P1 In this assignment I will be explaining three different approaches to health education. I will also be giving examples of each approach being used and lastly I will also be explaining the role of the health educators in these approaches. The three approaches I will be talking about are as follows; social marketing approach, two way communication and community development approach. Health education is usually used to give information and advice of the knowledge and skills that the professionals
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The Effects of Teenage Relationships Different relationships affect teenagers in various ways. Friends impact teenagers almost the same amount as their parents. Teenagers go to their friends for help or to ask questions that they could not ask their parents about. Most of the time their friends give them good advice but then there is the down side when they put pressure on their friends to do something like to smoke, drink, and do drugs. In most cases they tell their friends how to dress and act
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Diabetes and Pregnancy HCS/245 Instructor September 10, 2012 Abstract Being pregnant is a very exciting time in a women’s life. The thoughts of bring a new life into the world can be exciting and scary at the same time. A woman can have diabetes before becoming pregnant and they can also develop diabetes during pregnancy, this called Gestational diabetes. In the past, women who were known to have diabetes were discouraged about becoming pregnant due
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(P336)-A fertilized ovum (or egg) moving down the fallopian tube. Then it divided into 2-4-8 and so on, travel down the fallopian tube to the uterus in 2 to 4 days. –HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) increase in woman body, enable to determine of pregnancy through urine. Within two weeks the test is more reliable. Conception may occur, however woman is not yet pregnant because zygote have not yet implant into the lining of the uterus. During conception do not use alcohol/other drugs/take prenatal vitamin
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