I believe that peer groups are an essential factor for a happy, healthy life because friendships help a person cope with stress, talk about their problems, and helps in developing trust and understanding with other peers. ... Another factor is to gain economic independence and independent decision making. Gaining economic independence is essential for getting good health care, moving out on your own, going to school, owning a vehicle and etc. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through lecture, interactive activities and discussion, presented in an unbiased and medically accurate manner, they are able to gain more understanding of their own beliefs and what they stand for in regards to sex and sexuality. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Regular aerobic exercise has been shown to have strong "cardiovascular benefits, including a reduction in incidence of mortality from coronary artery disease--probably because of positive effects on blood lipid levels and blood pressure" as well a gaining a more balanced weight. ... Under holistic understandings, 'health is actually an approach to life" and that, instead of simply focussing on illnesses or specific parts of a body, such an approach to health "considers the whole person and how he or she interacts with his or her environment. ...

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Many people with a mental illness have difficulty in gaining education, both as children and adults. ... Decrease Stigma, increase tolerance and understanding, treat all people as equals, and treat with compassion. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American Well is an online care company that allows patients to be consulted by their physicians online without the long waiting hours in the hospital or scheduling months in advance. The idea arose when the co-founders Ido and Roy saw potential in internet and communications industry and decided to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A biomedical understanding of birth is introduced by focusing on a physiological realm divorced from social considerations. ... Evaluations of the practices of trained TBAs ( Pigg 1997) show that while they do gain new knowledge, they frequently fail to follow what they have been taught. ...

• Word Count: 2050
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate