Smoking can be dangerous not only for the smoker, but also for those around the smoker. Secondhand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death (after active smoking and alcohol), according to the Manitoba Medical Association. They also say that the smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, 50 of which are known to be cancer-related. Secondhand smoke has been linked to heart and respiratory disease; lung, breast, cervical, and nasal sinus cancers; strokes and miscarriages. In children, dangers
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How Facebook affects one’s academic performance I. INTRODUCTION Facebook are currently being used regularly by millions of people. The use of these networking sites has been widespread that they have not only caught the attention of academic researchers worldwide but also us, in particular. Social networking sites are now being investigated by numerous social science researchers and an increasing number of academic commentators are becoming more and more interested in studying Facebook and other
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Teens need about 9 1/4 hours of sleep each night to function best (for some, 8 1/2 hours is enough). Most teens do not get enough sleep — one study found that only 15% reported sleeping 8 1/2 hours on school nights. Teens tend to have irregular sleep patterns across the week — they typically stay up late and sleep in late on the weekends, which can affect their biological clocks and hurt the quality of their sleep. If teens need about 9 1/4 hours of sleep to do their best and naturally go to sleep
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certain vitamins and minerals can both be harmful or beneficial to one’s body. The utilization of food varies from person to person. There is no size that fits all. Several factors such as height, weight, age, gender, etc., can affect someone’s required daily intake of calories, vitamins, and minerals. After looking at my dietary assessment sheet and grouping the intakes, I learned several facts about my diet. In spirit of the new year, I decided to alter my eating habits. I used to eat fast food everyday
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everyone can easily realize that how much the health is important for a human being. To be a one everyone should maintain a very nice and fit health. Most of us know that if you wanted to have a good life, you should have a healthy lifestyle. The things that come to my mind when I heard lifestyle is the kind of food a person eats and how a person treats himself or herself. From my point of view, I would like to define healthy Lifestyle as the comparison of our daily habits, our eating habits, and our
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finally kick the cigarette habit only to watch their optimistic expectations to give up in smoke. But if they've tried and failed with conventional smoking cessation approaches wether it’s the use of nicotine gum,counseling, or behavior modification they often look outside the mainstream motivated by the hope that alternative medicine might finally deliver them from a life cluttered with cigarette packs and tarnished by nicotine-stained teeth. Background of the Study Smoking remains a pediatric
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| | | | Universities | | Locations | 1 University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City ... | 2 De La Salle University | Manila | 3 University of the Philippines System | Quezon City | 4 Ateneo de Manila University | Quezon City ... | 5 University of Santo Tomas | Manila | 6 University of the Philippines Los Baños | Los Baños | 7 Aquinas University of Legazpi | Legazpi City | 8 Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology | Iligan City | 9 Xavier
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diagnosis or disease.It is an abnormal wakefulness or inability to fall asleep throughout the night.Insomnia can be related to a medical or psychiatric illness,can be caused by mental stress or excitement or can be caused by your daytome and bedtime habits.It causes may be divided into situational factors,medical or emotional problems are probably the principal cause of insomnia. Insomnia can be prevented and treated in many ways. To prevent it, the patient is urged to try to avoid focusing his/her
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anthropology and their definition are: 1- Cultural anthropology is the study of the various cultures of humans 2- Archaeology- Is the study of things of the real old and recent past of humans through material remains 3- Biological Anthropology is the study of biological and behavior areas of humans and their related non-human primates. 4- Linguistics Anthropology- Is the study of language and how it affects life, cultures and society. I think all areas interest me except perhaps
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The Eating Habits of University Students Kun Shan University Applied English Department Instructor: Todd Alan Clancy, Ph.D. April 2007 Class B Tsai, Chia-Hui Tsai, Shu-Chun Huang, Yan-Chu Li, Yi-Chen Yang, Hsiu-Ju Chen, Chih-Jung Group 9 (Becky) (Tess) (Candice) (Vicky) (Nina) (Joan) 4920Z069 4920Z069 4920Z096 4920Z100 4920Z103 4920Z104 i Abstract Eating habit is very important in everyone’s life, and we wanted to discuss that eating habits with university students, what they usually
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