... and certain genetic disorders as early as 10-12 weeks of pregnancy. The test is done by inserting a thin flexible tube through the woman's vagina and cervix, into the early placenta. A small sample of chorionic villi is removed and taken for laboratory testing. The chorionic villi has the same genetic makeup as the fetus because it is of fetal origin. Chorionic villus sampling will detect up to 99% of chromosome abnormalities. Some follow-up ultrasounds are recommended at 16 weeks of pregnancy. The amount of risk is the same as in amniocentesis. Amniocentesis Amniocentesis is performed at 15-20 weeks o ...

... is a member of a family of RNA viruses known as ‘ Filoviriade' and falling under one genus, ‘Filovirus'. "The Ebola virus and Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family" (Journal of the American Medical Association 273: 1748). Marburg is a relative of the Ebola virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the geographical location in which it was discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kill victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and All ...

... (Our Bodies, Ourselves, p.681) This is what the medical system of today has done for most women. Women are equal and should not be shunned from the medical society. They should be researched upon and given special care. For heavens sake women make the world go around! Politically women’s health care system is crap. Women fight and struggle with it everyday. Women are more prone for health care just for the single reason of being a woman. So do you think that the system would give women a break? Of course not, "Because women use the system more often, we should pay higher insurance premiums." "’Poor w ...

... organ passages. The widespread obstruction give rise to most of the symptoms and anatomical findings in the disease. The sweat glands are affected in a different way. They produce sweat that has an abnormally high salt content. Cystic fibrosis is due to an inborn error of metabolism that is inherited as a recessive trait. In families where both parents ae carriers, approximately 25% of all the offspring will have the diswase, although the incidence may vary from one family to the next. The disease is relatively common to Caucasions, usually among Negroes, and very rare in Mongolians. In the United States, abou ...

... of extraordinary care if the patient was in a terminal condition. Karen's parents requested she be removed from the respirator. The hospital denied their request. The Quinlans then directed their request to the court. The superior court denied their request. They took their request to the New Jersey Supreme court where the decision was reversed. Karen was removed from the respirator. To everyone's surprise, Karen began breathing on her own and lived another ten years (Humphry 107). The Quinlan case brought to the forefront patients' desire to die a proud, quiet death. It also brought to the forefront ...

... occur from rabid dogs. After a person has been inoculated, the virus enters small nerve ends around the site of the bite, and slowly travels up the nerve to reach the central nervous system (CNS) where it reproduces itself, and will then travel down nerves to the salivary glands and replicate further. The time it takes to do this depends on the length of the nerve it must travel - a bite on the foot will have a much lengthier incubation period than a facial bite would. This period may last from two weeks to six months, and often the original wound will have healed and been forgotten by the time symptoms be ...

... clots may occur (Planned Parenthood, pg. 3). Moreover, sometimes people later regret not being able to have children. Another form of birth control is the intrauterine device or IUD. IUD’s are tiny metal or plastic loops or coils that are placed in the uterus. They have an effectiveness of 95-99%(Funk & Wagnall’s, pg.98). A physician must insert IUD’s, but they can remain there until it is desired to be removed for a pregnancy. Although they sound ideal, some women have experienced uterine cramps and increased menstrual flow when using an IUD. (Billings, pg.63) in fact, some devices increase the ...

... it and that is tantamount to murder (Kolner 5). In the United States about 1.6 million pregnancies end in . Women with incomes under eleven thousand are over three times more likely to abort than those with incomes above twenty-five thousand. Unmarried women are four to five times more likely to abort than married and the rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year olds. Recently the U.S. rate dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000. The most popular procedure involved in s is the vacuum aspirati ...

... them safer. We explore how the design and function of the workplace can complement safety and health goals, minimize exposure to hazards and promote safe practices. Element 3: Safety Performance Management As in all areas of operations, standards must be set for safety performance. They should reflect applicable regulatory requirements, additional voluntary guidelines and best business practices. We describe how managers, supervisors and employees can be made responsible and held accountable for meeting standards within their control. We look at how job performance appraisals can reflect performance in safety and ...

... it is also unknown. A search for the reservoir will take a long time because there are so many possibilities, since Africa is in the tropics. Another way that humans can get Ebola is by eating an infected animal or drinking the milk of an infected animal. Ebola is spread from human to human by contact with infected blood, infected body fluids, or through sexual contact. Even after a person recovers completely from Ebola, it may stay in the semen for up to seven weeks. In the African outbreaks it has also been transmitted by the reuse of needles because the health care systems are so under financed. Ebola wasn't ...