Cancer deaths in California

States, August decided to move there after changing his name to Howard August Tulle. During August’s involvement in World War I, August met and married a woman named, Beulah, who would later be Howard’s grandmother. The couple moved to San Francisco, California where they began their family. Rodney, along with his two other brothers were born. On December 9, 1943, at 18,…

Her body was young and healthy but her brain was being eaten away by cancer (Maynard). She lived in California with her husband who she was married to for a little over a year and she was now dying (Maynard). Her headaches and her pain grew stronger every day until she final realised that she needed PAS. She needed PAS because she did not…

option to determine how they go out. “Nearly half of all Americans die in a hospital” according to Centers for Disease Control (2005) [PDF]. Most patients in these situations are in excruciating pain for the duration of their treatments only to face death in a hospital bed used by many, rather than in the comfort of their own bed surrounded by their loved ones. Physician-Assisted Suicide is something that should not be said or taken lightly. The word suicide alone has a negative…

Benefits to Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in California In the Untied States today people are often faced with the challenge of biased rules and regulations, the prohibition of marijuana is one of these laws. America is a modernized country with no need for excessive boundaries on drugs that can have a positive impact on some people’s lives. The medical use of marijuana in California, one of the United States most economically thriving states, has proven itself to be a benefit. In…

Proposition 215 allowed those with the agreement of their primary care giver the ability to possess or grow marijuana for medical purposes—without the fear of legal recourse on the state level. Subsequently, with the enactment of Proposition 215 in California other states have followed suit. Our nation is recognizing the medical uses of marijuana and is beginning to have an open mind. It is time for…

support (Rallying Points, 2002). Which I believe it is always best for the elders to always have that support from family. The more support they have the longer they will in my opinion. From the CHIS data (California African Americans and Aging, 2013) it shows that at least 50,000 California African Americans over the age of 50 receive care that is informal because 8 percent of people indicated that they care for a parent. It has been said by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)…

On Track to 100 Stress is one of the leading causes of heart attacks which can lead to death; however, adapting to a positive lifestyle can reduce the risk? Considering the length of time one has to live, we examine the centenarian. Centenarians are individuals who live to the age of 100 and beyond and those living beyond the age of 110 are known as supercentenarians. Several regions of the world, known as The Blue Zones have been researched to identify the areas which have the highest…

We know that big tobacco and smoking related illnesses have contributed to countless deaths through our country. Special interest and big tobacco profited off the loss of lives, leading to many to take legal action against tobacco manufacturers. On the heels of the historic Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), we are now facing a new smoking trend: e-cigarettes. Right now, California’s Proposition 56, a ballot measure to tax e-cigarettes, is up for a vote, and the same special interest…

1920, in Roanoke, Virginia.” (Biography.com editors, 2017). Henrietta was an African American tobacco farmer born under the name Loretta Pleasant. Henrietta was sent to live with her grandfather after the death of her mother in 1924. For unknown reasons, Henrietta changed her name after the death of her mother. During her stay she shared a room with her first cousin David “Day” Lacks, who would later become the father of her 5 children. Henrietta mothered Lawrence, Elsie, David Jr., Deborah,…

survival. Goodbyes have already said, and you have come to terms with death. Now you are patiently waiting for the illness to kill you. That sounds like a terrible way to die. Many people can agree that they want to die peacefully. Now, what if there was a way for a terminally ill patient to choose how and when to end their lives? Recently, there has a been a controversial topic about whether a patient has a right to exercise death with dignity. What cause this problem to become a growing issue…