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    Women Develop Adverse Health Risks after Reading ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Jaclyn Napoli University of South Florida The purpose of the research found in ‘Fiction or Not? Fifty Shades is Associated with Health Risks in Adolescent and Young Adult Females’ by Amy Bonomi, et al. (2014) was to look for an association between reading fiction novels that illustrated violence towards women and health risks. The theory being examined in this article is that popular fiction novels are normalizing

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    Sexual Risk Teen Pregnancy Prevention (Condom) Section 1- Health Belief Model The health belief model (HBM) is a psychosocial model that was developed during the 1950’s by social psychologists of the U.S public health services, and this model was used to explain why people failed to participate in disease prevention and detection programs. The theory is one of the most health behavior theories, which is used to explain behavior change and maintenances, but often times used to predict behavior

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    Age Specific Risk Reduction Health Screen and Immunizations A.T. is most vulnerable due to her long list of co-morbidities and the existing limitations brought about by her complex medical conditions. The importance of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) will help address various ways of preventing risks such as falls and increased hospitalizations. CGA addresses observed and suspected cognitive impairment, mental disorders, or functional decline or identification of specific needs due to

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    Childhood obesity is a disease where excess body fat affects a child's health or wellbeing. With the number of children affected by the disease increasing, it is important to understand the consequences. Not only will obesity influence a child’s physical heath, but it can also affect their emotional and social health as well. Acknowledging that obesity is a preventable disease should help lower the number of children affected by it. It is not about dieting; it is a lifestyle change that should be

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    The Health Risk Associated with a Missing Ingredient in Bottled Water Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. * Henry Adams "We can’t change the bottled water industry, but we can change our own ignorance." –Paul W. Mason You may think that drinking bottled water is healthier than drinking tap water. However, according to a recent Dateline NBC top story on the quality of bottled water, this healthy move is not so healthy

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    Another risk with high-impact, is for consumer health. Each tobacco company needs to print on product 's packages that smoking kills, the government prevents advertising and prohibits the sale to minors, all this, in order to reduce the impact on the population. Following the World Health Organization convention, they expect an even more restrictions. These restrictions impose to BAT to work in tight regulatory regimes, and it definitely limited revenues. Surely BAT, has an internal group of experts

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    ranked as the largest health risk according to The World Health Organization (WHO). This World Health Organization reported that seven million people died in 2012 from air pollution-related sicknesses. From this statistic, this has led us to the proposal that air pollution is a single largest environmental health risk. This type of exposure has related itself to a large number of different adverse health effects that are most commonly heard of every day. Some of these health effects are associated

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    5103 Aviation Safety Program Development Michelle Crom, M.S.   Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Discovery of Radiation 3. Health Effects of Radiation 4. Fukushima 5. Radiation Sources 6. Aircrew Radiation Exposure 7. Natural Ways to Reduce Radiation in Your Body 8. Conclusion Abstract This paper goes over radiation safety precautions and all the health risk dealing with radiation. I will discuss the discovery of radiation, non-iodizing and iodizing radiation, natural exposure to radiation

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    The top three health risks that affect my family affect both sides of it, which is not very common. Both sides of my family are prone to heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Heart disease includes numerous problems, many of which are related to a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition that develops when plaque builds up in the walls of your arteries. This plaque buildup narrows the arteries, making it harder for your blood to flow. Heart disease describes a

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    mental health risks such as suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and depression are not as thoroughly researched in relation to family size, and none of the previous research was conducted through cross-sectional surveys. This research was often conducted by looking at birth and death records. In addition, the results of the previous research are, in many cases, outdated and cannot be applied to the U.S. population. The objective of this research study is to examine these mental health risks within

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