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Personal Journey Carrie Dailor: Gratitude Given, Gratitude Received “But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.” ~Anne Lamott With the arrival of 2016, Carrie Dailor anticipated a significant year. She looked forward to the tenth anniversary of her breast cancer diagnosis in October. “It meant that I was possibly so far out from everything that in a way I would be…

Each mother/daughter relationship has its own unique qualities and quirks. There are many factors that contribute to the distinct flavor that characterizes the pair. Political status, economic status, race, home life, and marital status can all affect how the mother and daughter interact. The bond between Alice Eve Cohen and her mother Louise Cohen is analyzed in Cohen’s memoir, The Year My Mother Came Back. In her novel, the reader travels with Cohen through both her troubled past, emphasizing…

Can a mammogram save your life? Hard to believe this remains a topic of debate. Mammograms are x-ray images of a woman’s breasts used to detect cancer (“Mammograms”). While recognizing the potential effects of radiation and the issues around false positive/negative results, the benefits of mammograms far outweigh these concerns. These tests identify cancer early, increase chance of survival, and are a reliable method of preventative cancer screening. As technology continues to improve these…

breast cancer found out the following. A women was screening since age 50, experienced menopause at age 50, and at age 87 had an abnormal screening mammogram with microcalcification and over the period of time it kept growing, which lead her to do mastectomy and she refused other therapies (Walter et al., 2014). However, the important part of the story is that her daughter died of breast cancer at age 37. The abnormal results at age 87 could have been because of age; at this point we don’t have…

That when the severity of the illness sunk into her. She shattered when she saw the stands of charcoal black hair that were woven into the hairbrush. Radiation therapy uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors (“American Cancer Association”). One of the women I met at the walkathon had radiation therapy. They go through a machine that kills the cancer cells using radiation. Radiation therapy doesn’t only kill cancerous cells through. The woman that I met at the…

AbstractBreast cancer is a malignant tumor that developed from breast cells. It usually starts in the inner lining of the milk ducts and can spread to other parts of the body. There are several signs and symptoms of breast cancer. A lump in breast tissue is one of the first signs or symptoms of breast cancer. In recent years, breast cancer has been slightly increasing among African-American women, while remaining stable among white women. There has been a slight increase of breast cancer in…

Ashley X: the battle of Growth attenuation Ashley X is nine years-old and is severely disabled due to a disorder called static encephalopathy. Because of this disability her brain is affected leaving her to be physically and cognitively impaired. Ashley’s mindset is the same as a 3-6-month-old baby. To treat her disease her parents decided to use a treatment that’s normally used to stimulate the growth of an individual called Growth Attenuation. Along with the growth attenuation, they decided to…

CASE STUDY: The First RFLP Case (State of Florida versus Tommy Lee Andrews) For the police on Orlando, Florida, the year of 1986 was marked by over 20 cases of prowling, breaking and entering, and attempted suicide assault. In each case, the man would stalk his victim for weeks, prowling around her house, and peeping through her windows. When he attacked his victims, the assailant always managed to arrange things so that he was not directly observed for any length of time. Tommy Lee Andrews…

Breast is best? There are not many options when it comes to feeding an infant. While there are a small few that feed the baby justly whatever they want, a majority of parents narrow it down to either formula feeding or breastfeeding. Unfortunately, if a mother chooses to breastfeed she is faced with more than just the struggles of the actual breastfeeding, she is also faced with the challenge of fighting the flack breastfeeding brings. Parents who choose to formula feed also face some…

The fields of genetics and genomics have made significant strides in the past ten years, and researches are applying the results of research to many areas of health care. Because disease risk and health conditions are influenced by elements of environment, lifestyle, and genetics, the nurse needs to consider these factors when assessing families for genetic risks (Williams, Cashion, Shekar, & Ginsburg, 2016). The nurse uses the information gathered from a family health history to identify…