Brittany's+Science+Page

Hello, my name is Brittany and when I grow up I want to be a chemist. I would like to be a chemist because I enjoy helping people and enjoy measuring and doing other math stuff. Plus, I love science and it is one of my favorite sujects!! In 2008 there were 94,100 chemist jobs in America. Some of them, exactly 4 out of 10, were with manufacturing firms. In May 2008, the average salary for chemists was about $71,000 per year. By March 2009, the salaries of chemists had gone up to about $100,000 per year. Chemists are an important part of many manufacturing firms. Chemists help make products such as plastics, drugs, soaps, cleaners, paints, industrial chemicals, and other chemical stuff. Scoliosis First off, Scoliosis is not a disease. It is a not normal shape of the body. Scoliosis is a big or little curve in the spine. A really bad case of scoliosis is a 40 degree or over curve in the backbone, a small on is 10-15 but 20-30 and over needs treatments. That is scoliosis. Q:WHAT CAUSES IT? A: Idiopathic, a common type of scoliosis, has not found a cause yet. Scoliosis can run through your family though, so if your parents, brother, or sisters have it, you might get it too! Q:WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? A: There are many different symptoms to scoliosis like pain, back pain, low back pain, spinal curvation, posure not normal, chest tightness, fatigue, general weaknesses, tired, deformity of the spine, uneven limb lengths, and chest pain. Q:HOW DO YOU TREAT IT? A: Treatments matter on what type of scoliosis you have. But treatments could include spine fusion, application of back brace, and spinal fusion with graft. Q:IS THERE A CURE FOR SCOLIOSIS? WHAT IS TI? A: At the moment there is no cure for scoliosis, but great treatments are present. FACTS ABOUT SCOLIOSIS:
 * Idiopathic scoliosis is a scoliosis that occurs in children at age 10 to 12 and occurs mostly in girls than boys.
 * 6 million people have scoliosis in the U.S.A.
 * Scoliosis occurs mostly in growth spurts.
 * The word "scoliosis" is based on the greek word "curved".
 * After surgeries on people with scoliosis they usually get spine infections