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    spreads. Stricken by poverty, Lacks family is unable to financially support her in treatment. The cancer soon overtakes Lacks body, and she dies, leaving behind her husband and five children. Before losing her battle, scientist George Gey and the doctors at John Hopkins, removed DNA and tissue samples, later known as “HeLa,” from Lacks body without her knowledge to be cultured and researched. As her cells were being researched, the “HeLa” cells began to grow at an amazingly fast rate. Through…

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    Some people say that they golf to relax. I however cannot understand that statement. Personally I would rather just throw my first three balls directly into the river and drop my fourth two hundred feet from the green. And I’d rather build castles in the sand trap rather than try to pitch a ball out of it. But somehow in the seventh grade I found myself on the junior high golf team. Although I didn’t know it when I wrote my name on the sign-up sheet, golf would teach me the most important lesson…

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    A child tells his parents that he is not feeling good. He is tired, running fever, and has no appetite. The parents decide to take the child to the doctor. They think it’s the flu, but it is actually much worse than that. The parents have just found out that their little child has pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Instantly the question “Will my child die?” fills their minds. The parents can hardly speak because they are filled with shock. Then they began to wonder how they are going to…

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    Wednesday, July 10, 2013, one of the most frightening days of my life. Austin, my youngest son, at the age of 13, began to develop a hacking cough in March of 2013. Normally he was a physically healthy young man. So, to find out the cause we went to the doctor. Austin’s pediatrician diagnosed him with bronchitis, put him on antibiotics and sent us on our way. Two weeks later Austin was tested for allergies and asthma and prescribed inhalers and Singulair. After a long, two months of trying the…

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    to the backstage operations of the pharmacy service performance. The process for filling a prescription through the pharmacy service on base is quite lengthy and time consuming. It is as follows: First, the patient goes to the doctor and requires medication, so the doctor sends the prescription to the pharmacy, which is located in the same building, via computer. From there, the patient walks to the pharmacy. Once he or she arrives, he or she scans his or her military ID at the pharmacy kiosk,…

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    another ordinary routine game of basketball, I taped my ankles like normal, warmed up like normal and played like normal little did I know that this ordinary game or basketball would change my outlook and values in life so dramatically. It was the fourth quarter of the game and my team were down by at least ten points, in desperate need of points I attacked the basket even with multiple defenders in front of me in hope that one of the defenders would foul me. As I went we up in the air for…

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    Mistakes are inevitable but it is what is done with those mistakes that determines whether or not one is a good doctor. Practicing is what doctors do in order to learn, one cannot learn if they are not practicing. When one practices they will make mistakes in order to become a better doctor. In the book Complications by Atul Gawande, Gawande gives his personal accounts of his seven year residency and the anecdotes from other doctor's careers to support the sundry of arguments he makes, the most…

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    situation. The doctor rushed in and checked my cervix. “That is the cord. Not the baby” A feeling of pure panic filled the room. I knew it was a cord prolapse. She tried to push the umbilical cord back up into me, but the baby’s heart rate dropped again. She looked at my husband and yelled “Ryan, push that red button on the wall now!” I knew what was about to happen, but I was convinced my husband had no idea the course of action that was about to take place. About 30 doctors and nurses…

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    technology that are a huge help to doctors, researchers, technicians and even the patients. New technologies consist of websites, computers, testing equipment, mobile devices, and many more things that are used daily in offices around the world. For example, some websites are used to keep the schedule for the day, month or even the year. No matter what the program is for, it helps the office stay on task and organized. Also the internet is a new technology that can help doctors have the answers…

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    Cancer: A Short Story

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    Colton, Melonie was left alone with it during the day because Earl was at work so he could provide for his family. They love Colton than anything and they want to give it the best life possible. They give him everything he needs. They take him to the doctor regularly and they feed him the right food. Eventually, with gentle care and the help of the hospital, the bruises that are covering him, disappear. He is as happy as a six month old baby can be. He has everything he needs and parents who…

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