Grey's Anatomy

The image that is hard to get out of my head is how tired, unhealthy, and curved my back was. Life seemed like it was constantly about Doctors’ appointments or Specialists, and because of all the appointments I missed a lot of school, I confess I was always tired and I spent a lot of time in bed. My story really begins in February 2012 when I had spinal cord surgery at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. When I was young it was scoliosis was detected, but in February the curve in my spine was at…

Why You Should Be an Organ Donor Everyday approximately twenty-one people die while waiting for a transplant (Citation). Being an organ donor can impact and save countless lives. What many people do not know about being an organ donor is that they can still have an open casket funeral; donation is only considered after a patient has passed away, and they can save many lives. Donors can still have an open casket funeral which is another worry to some. This is a common misconception as well.…

This essay is about a 79-year-old woman, Stella Liebeck, who suffered third-degree burns on 6% of her skin in her pelvic region and knees, when she spilled her hot coffee bought at the McDonald's fast food restaurant, in California. Mrs. Liebeck sued the company and her lawyers argued that McDonald's coffee was defective, saying it was too hot with a high probability of causing serious injury, compared to coffee served in homes and other establishments. Caveat Emptor is a doctrine of…

Functional reach is defined as the distance between arm’s length and maximal forward reach while maintaining a fixed base of support in standing.(Duncan et al, 1990) The Functional Reach Test was designed to assess standing balance in ambulatory patients; however, the Modified Functional Reach Test (mFRT) was designed to assess sitting balance in individuals who are unable to stand, specifically individuals with spinal cord injury. mFRT assesses an individual’s ability to reach forward and…

The phrase “drop in a bucket,” is a phrase to say a person can have $100, but there is a million dollar goal, the money now may seem big, but the goal later in life is bigger than what was expected (“A drop”). This little idiomatic phrase is essential to this problem of having some money before organ transplants; that little drop (money before) needs to multiply extravagantly to fill the bucket (cost after bills). To really go into the topic, a main matter for attention related to organ trade…

Imagine yourself in a situation where you are literally dying for an organ and the hospital is unable to supply you with the organ that could save your life. Would you rather suffer in pain or would you turn to the black market to live? Picture yourself in the poorest place in America and you have a perfectly functioning organ and you need to make money fast or else you will be evicted from your home, would you rather wait another few weeks to get your paycheck and risk the chance of getting…

You’ve heard all of the secrets that will supposedly keep you away from the back doctor Plano. You’ve been told that exercise will keep your back healthy, you’ve been told that correct lifting form will save you from spinal injury, and you’ve be convinced that you need to look at your phone more carefully. You might even avoid bad exercises and participate in good ones---but what do all of these tips boil down to? Motion. Keeping your spine moving is fundamental to back health, and without…

Biography of Andreas Vesalius Andreas Vesalius is one of the most famous man in medical terms. He is known as the founder of modern human anatomy. He went against the traditional beliefs of Galen. Due to his contradiction, he has taught and founded many new and true beliefs and theories. One of his contradictions is that humans did not evolve from apes. Thanks to him, today’s medical field is much more accurate and precise. He was born on December 31,1514 to a father who was an apothecary by…

Advances within the medical field have made many things that we once thought impossible, now possible. One of these unimaginable things is organ transfers. We are capable of taking an organ such as a kidney or liver and transplanting it into another human being so that they may live longer with a healthy functioning organ. With this amazing advance, however there have been consequences. The most serious of these consequences is the lack in supply of transferable organs. The result of this…

In “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna MacKay argues that the sale of humans organs, such as kidneys, should be legalized. She claims, “There are thousands of people dying to buy a kidney and thousands of people dying to sell a kidney.” She provides critical background information on the problem before delving into her main ideas. MacKay claims that donors need and deserve the money, and that buyers are unable to access the necessary organs any other way. Unfortunately, people living in…