Smoking and Coronavirus disease

Is cigarette smoking a risk factor for COVID-19?

COVID-19 is a newly identified disease (Li et al., 2020) and only a few studies have been made regarding it’s relation to smoking (Scientific American, 2020).
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Coronavirus

Coronavirus 19 – Introduction

Although coronaviruses were identified as pathogens many decades ago (ECDC, 2020) the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (WHO, 2020).
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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis means “porous bone” because of the porous appearance of the inner bones. During the condition, the bones lose density and become weaker and fragile and as such, they more likely to break (NHS Choices, 2016).

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Is business ethics an oxymoron?

Is business ethics an oxymoron? This assignment discusses whether business ethics is an oxymoron or not. The assignment identifies the growing recognition of business ethics as a discipline concerned with the social and economic impact of organizations within their internal but also external environment (Moore, 1999). The assignment provides an overview of business ethics as this is situated in the academic literature.
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Should Governments be run as businesses? (Arguments in favour)

The case of power

According to Quayle (1998) and Brammer and Walker (2011) the study of power needs to be recognised for how organizations succeed or fail to meet their objectives. Even though the use of power can be positive because it helps people delegate tasks effectively, at the same time it can be destructive because of interpersonal tensions and rivalries.

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Vaginal douche

Douche means to wash or soak, and Vaginal douche, is washing or cleaning out the inside of the female organ with water or other mixtures of fluids.

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The importance of handwashing

Back in 18th century, there was a maternity clinic at the Vienna General Hospital in Austria that was divided into two identical sub-clinics which had very different mortality rates due to puerperal fever (a devastating disease that affected women within 3 days of childbirth)

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The importance of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, (also called nursing in American English), comes with a plethora of benefits for the baby, the mother, the environment and the community. (Office on Women’s Health, n.d.).

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Chris and Lennon Picco

If you type: “Beatles blackbird” on youtube, you will get about 495,000 results. But there is one version that will speak to your heart.
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