Polio

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside you while you live” (Cousins). When a life has been cut short or a person has been mistreated, the greatest tragedy is what they missed out on rather than the horror of their negative life experiences. Yet, there is a turning point where those missed life experiences act as the sacrifice that ultimately aids all people. To have the ability to serve all of humanity is a massive honor; however, that honor does not mean…

Reason 3: Vaccines are very important if you we want to eliminate diseases and protect others. Example 1: Evidence has shown that getting vaccinated has helped eliminate and decrease diseases that have once killed or disabled people in the past. The Polio disease, America’s once most feared disease causing death and paralysis, no longer has any reports in the U.S. because of vaccination, according to…

her photographs and sculptures. Skoglund was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on September 11, 1946. Her father ran a family gas station, as well as garage.. Her mother, Dorothy, was a nurse. At the age of three Skoglund became ill with the disease polio, a virus that destroys nerve passages between the brain and muscles of the body. The disease paralyzed her left shoulder and weakened her left arm so much that she had to begin using her right hand, rather than her left hand. When she was eight,…

was founded by Dr. Paul Ellwood and Mr. Richard Burke in 1977. Dr. Ellwood re-imagined healthcare and is often referred to as the “father of the health maintenance organization”. Ellwood began his career as a pediatric neurologist, specializing in Polio, and then realized that care was being given in regards to economic benefit and not patient benefit. He was invited to help President Nixon’s staff to reform the way this country approached healthcare. Mr. Richard Burke is an entrepreneur who…

When examining the leadership themes of following the established norms or being innovative, the practices within the medical field show both sides of this leadership style. When working with the human body in any type of environment, whether it is a lifesaving procedure after an automobile accident or a planned medical procedure within a medical facility, medical personnel follow established procedures. These established procedures based on evidence-based practices have proven beneficial to the…

The first video I watched in this assignment was Physical Therapy because I plan to pursue a career in Sports Physical Therapy. Watching this video was very helpful since I had a lot of doubts on whether I should continue with this career or even what was the PT program here like at ETSU. B Owens, physical therapist in Johnson City, current assistant chair and assistant professor at ETSU was the speaker of this video. She has been practicing as a Physical therapist for 21 years and teaching for…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He died in Georgia in 1945 because of cerebral hemorrhage. Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family in New York. He was the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education; the Roosevelts had been prosperous for many years, making fortunes in real estate and trade. In 1905, Roosevelt married his distant cousin, Anna Eleanor…

In the end Vaccines do work! Medical technology has advanced further in the last 100 years than it has throughout history. We live our lives relatively disease free and we owe so much of that to vaccines. Despite the overwhelming evidence, people still have questions and concerns. Which is okay. In 1798, smallpox was killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. Until Edward Jenner that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox, a less deadly form of the disease, didn’t get smallpox. This was the…

Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951), an unwitting source of first known human immortal cell line or HeLa cell line, and served a vital role in development of the polio vaccine, uncovered secrets of cancers, viruses, in vitro fertilization, and more. She being a poor and African-American had limited opportunities for her cancerous tumor treatment. Yet, the cells that were taken without her consent are still alive today in many biological companies throughout the world and contributed for all types of…

that the pros of these vaccinations outweigh the cons. Despite the possibility of things going wrong, my children would be vaccinated. Children are vaccinated as early as twelve months old for diseases such as the the whooping cough and polio. These vaccinations also help us later in life to fight the flu and other diseases like meningitis. Before vaccinations hundreds of thousands of people would die each year because they did not have protection like this generation is fortunate to…