Medical malpractice

be traced back as far as 2700 B.C. in China. Additionally, in the world’s oldest pharmacopoeia, also from China, drug recipes for more than 100 ailments including, gout, rheumatism, malaria, and absentmindedness were treated with marijuana. Non-medical uses for marijuana in ancient times included paper and sailcloth making as early as 1000 A.D. in the Arab world and continued to be used as such well into the 1800’s in Europe and its colonies.…

The controversial topic of assisted suicide is often considered when dealing with an inoperable or incurable cancer, such as brain or lung cancer. The suffering of these cancers is excruciating and the waiting for death to take away their pain feels like an eternity. Assisted suicide provides an option to illnesses where death is the inevitable outcome. For example, lung cancer eats away at a person’s lungs making it extremely hard or nearly impossible to breath, making each breath feel like it…

Colorado has pulled in a vast amount of money since the legalization of marijuana in the state. Harry Bradford from The Huffington Post states, “In 2011, Colorado reeled in $5 million in sales taxes from medical marijuana businesses”(Bradford). Opening new businesses typically creates debt, but marijuana is so popular amongst various groups of people, that it can only expand and create more jobs and open in more locations. Bradford continues and writes that…

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” – Albert Einstein. We’ve all read a million quotes but once in a while you read one and you just stop and think. For everyone else, these are words like any other but not for you; you relate to it because deep down you know how the person felt when he/she said those words. I’ve always thought of myself as a curious person, always wanting to figure out what makes things tick. Whether it is a TV, a computer, a car or a human being. Believe…

of life had completely deteriorated, they denied her. In February of 1994, a doctor helped her in secret, thus breaking the law, in order for her to finally rest at peace. And lastly, Mr. Sanpedro also went through the courts in order to receive medical assistance with his death. As a young boy, Mr. Sanpedro was paralyzed from the neck down after an unfortunate accident while swimming in Spain. The courts denied him because there were plenty of other people who were in the same condition…

motivator to me. She has overcome a number of obstacles and discouragement. I believe I have her kind of determination and patience. Challenging myself and my comfort zones I chose to go abroad for my studies. Attending high school in India and Medical School in one of the best Universities of China, I feel I am prepared to adapt to unfamiliar environment and effectively communicate among diverse groups .I have made some lifelong friends in these two neighboring countries. These relationships,…

Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male Forty years ago, 600 of African Americans were horrifically involved in the Tuskegee syphilis experiments. In Macon County, Alabama illiterate black men were taken advantage of and were treated like objects instead of human beings. These victims were told they needed to be treated for having “bad blood”, including fatigue, anemia and syphilis. Instead, they just being observed because of their sexually transmitted disease, syphilis.…

Many years ago, I promised myself that I would never pursue medicine. At the time, the only thing I knew about the field was that my parents could never afford to see a doctor—even when they were sick. That’s when my older brother, my greatest role model, started his college career and gave up his passions for what ended up becoming a short-lived attempt at becoming a physician. He had believed that he was making a rational decision, as he was determined to escape the financial struggles of our…

The Importance of Medical Knowledge Having basic medical knowledge is essential for survival and taking care of one’s self. Without this knowledge, people can infect each other mindlessly and cause themselves and others to be at risk. For instance, in the book The Ghost Map by Stephen Johnson, the majority of people living in that era were uninformed about the disease, cholera. People were in mass hysteria because they thought that the disease was caused by an odorless miasma. This caused…

dying, but her final moments will be in extreme discomfort. Medical marijuana has been proven to succor these symptoms so the patients last moments in this world are pleasant. The plant, marijuana, is derived from the Indian hemp plant, it contains an active ingredient THC. Its classification is described as a psychogenic, narcotic, and hallucinogen. Under federal law, marijuana is a schedule 1 controlled substance with no established medical uses. The extensive benefits…