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Greetings! I am a 19 years old girl who lives more in cyberspace than I do in actual reality, which sounds sad but it's true. I'm currently undertaking a frustratingly long but excitingly challenging 6 yr medical course. Since I'm hoping to become a specialist,

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Hobbies & Games > Video Game Tips & Tricks A guide to earning simoleons in The Sims 2: University: 1 of 1
Now that your young adult Sims are running unchecked across the college campus in The Sims 2: University, they need to start earning if they want to continue living the high life (as there is no more freeloading off their parents). Those late night parties, hangouts in the coffee house/espresso bar and the long entertaining ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Tips & Tricks A guide to obtaining scholarships in The Sims 2: University: 1 of 1
With the Sims 2: University, your teen Sims are now ruling over the university campus as young adults. All teen Sims, regardless of their grades in high school, has 500 simoleons as a start-up fund for university. This fund comes automatically and is not deducted from the Sims' family household fund (so there's no need for y... More..
Health & Fitness > Diabetes How my doctor can tell if I have impaired fasting glucose or diabetes: 1 of 1
The obesity epidemic has done much to shock people into serious consideration about their health and fitness. You are what you eat, as the common phrase goes. Nowadays, the general public has a good understanding of Diabetes Mellitus, a condition in which patients suffer from glucose intolerance, and consequently, they ackno... More..
Education > College Study Tips Recommended health textbooks for college: 1 of 1
The medical field is vast and constantly expanding every day. Walk into any medical bookshop and students will be bombarded with a wide range of expensive textbooks, each of which covers a specialised area of medicine in detail, meaning students can't survive through college relying on just one book. To make matters worse, e... More..
Health & Fitness > Respiratory Diseases What is infant respiratory distress syndrome?: 1 of 1
The birth of a baby is like a miracle. With the endless possibilities of things that could go wrong in the nine months between fertilization and delivery, it's amazing the amount of times our species get it right. However, it is unavoidable that in some cases, things do go wrong. Infant respiratory distress syndrome, while o... More..
Health & Fitness > Diabetes How does gestational diabetes affect the mother and fetus?: 1 of 1
In the modern era where the obesity epidemic is rampaging through the global population, diabetes mellitus is a well-publicized condition that is well-known and recognized by the general public. Gestational diabetes, as its name suggests, is a certain type of diabetes that is developed by some women during their pregnancy. L... More..
Health & Fitness > Asthma The epidemiology of asthma: 1 of 1
Epidemiology, "the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency" (Hennekens, C. 1987: 3), encompasses three major components that are vital to the understanding of any medical condition. These three major components distribution, determinants and frequency emphasise that within the population, disease do n... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The MacGregor Grooms, by Nora Roberts: 1 of 1
After successively "helping" one daughter, two sons, one son-in-law, three granddaughters and four grandsons find the love of their life, any lesser man would have been happy and content with his achievements. Not Daniel MacGregor, that's for sure! In "The MacGregor Grooms," Nora Roberts brings to the readers three additiona... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition Basics Determining daily energy requirements: 1 of 1
It is a simple fact of life that food is consumed for energy. In an ideal world, everybody would consume just enough food to satisfy their daily energy requirements. That way, there would be no weight gain and people can maintain their ideal weight. However, in reality, inequality reigns supreme. In developing nations, food ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Tips & Tricks A guide to joining the secret society in The Sims 2: University: 1 of 1
There are very few players in the gaming world who hasn't heard of "The Sims." In 2000, this game took the world by storm and was frequently dubbed the best-selling PC game in history. In 2005, its sequel "The Sims 2" was released with success. It, like its predecessor, allows players to control the lives of Sims in ways ver... More..