Medical imaging

women felt as though they should be given the right to do what they want to do and not fall into society’s norm. A big part of a breakthrough in women’s rights would have to be when women stepped u to the plate and started earning their medical degrees. Since the medical field was something men were only allowed to do besides women just staying home with their sick kids and other family members, women felt as though they wanted to be needed. So in the 1850’s women decided to earn their degrees…

deaths alone in 2008 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] , 2011). According to the CDC (2011) one hundred people die from overdose every day in the United States. In 2010 alone more than 2 million people used prescription opioids for no medical reasons (CDC, 2011). This is why congress and the United…

Euthanasia The term “Euthanasia” comes from the Greek word “εὐθανασία”, meaning “good death.” According to Priests for life, euthanasia means to remove someone of their suffering by death. Euthanasia has two parts, voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is when the patient wants to end their own life. Involuntary euthanasia is when someone else kills the patient even though they want to live. Within those two parts there are two exact ways that a patient dies. The first is active…

Introduction Have you ever heard these words –hillbilly heroin, OC, a-minus, red birds, Vitamin R, and roses? There is no question we have heard some of these words. Yet, what is unexpected is they are all code words used by teens for prescription drugs per the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens (2016). Prescription drug abuse among teens has rapidly increased, and has become a public health concern. Teens who are abusing prescription drugs are at higher risk for other abusive problems…

Death with Dignity or Assisted Suicide Physician-assisted suicide, also known as physician aid-in-dying, PAD, or death with dignity is a practice in which physicians can provide terminally ill patients lethal doses of medicine, per their request (Jaret). It has only been used when every other option has been exhausted and the patient has six or less months to live, in which they would be suffering. Both those arguing for and those arguing against physician-assisted suicide believe that life is…

Clive and Jennie have sustained injuries at the Superposh Hotel, they may have a claim under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) if they were lawful visitors, or the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984 (OLA 984) if they were trespassers. Both acts cover only a result damaging from state of premises other damages is covered by negligence. In Ogwo v Taylor [1987] 2 WLR 988, injuries sustained by a fireman whilst fighting a fire at premises was covered by the ordinary law of negligence and not…

has also disappeared. With respect to my future medical education, the only aspect that really concerned me was not being properly prepared to face the first year. But, after having enrolled in several upper division courses, I feel more confident now. Many disparities in clinical treatment that minority classes undergo in the US could be eradicated by increasing the number of graduate physicians pertaining to underrepresented classes in the medical field. Because this academic institution has…

Goal setting is an important part of the University experience and as students, most of us come in with dreams to become something or to create an impact on the world. In order to accomplish these dreams it is important to set small goals that ensure we take the necessary steps towards accomplishing our bigger dreams. Often times dreams are too big to accomplish on their own and having to tackle everything at once can be overwhelming. Therefore, writing things down in smaller steps can help…

responsible for a hundred million casualties in many animals due to the use of animal experimentation. This form of experimentation has been the bases of scientific research for many decades, even though, it may not be the most ethical way to discover new medical and cosmetic advancements. While they are taking advantage of their beauty products and vaccines, many lives are lost trying to perfect product for human consumption. The cost of perfecting such items is costly not for humans at least…

maneuver around medical marijuana as a…