The Lancet

Law 218 says that if a surgeon operates on a free man with a bronze lancet and the man dies the surgeons hands shall be cut off (Doc E). This law is so unfair for so many reasons. One of these reasons is what if the man was going to die anyway the surgeon couldn’t do anything about that so why should he lose his hands for…

Greenberg’s article “Surge continues in US health-care spending” was published on August 31, 2002 in The Lancet focuses on the cost of health care to those with insurance. The purpose of Greenberg’s article is to inform readers that even with insurance, health-care is becoming less affordable. He claims that the cost of the insurance and their premiums are…

Small children, grown adults, even the elderly, all of these people can be negatively affected by people not getting the proper vaccinations. Imagine a family member or a friend getting sick because of something that could have been prevented by an action as simple as getting a vaccination. Many of the diseases that can be prevented by vaccines lead to death. The problem with not getting vaccinations is potentially spreading malicious diseases that could have been controlled through preventative…

Hammurabi was light or with very little punishment at all then many married couples would still keep repeating the same felony that they are already doing. Examples of injustice can be found in personal injury. “If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet (Surgical knife) on the body of a free man… and saves a man’s life, he shall receive 10 shekels (Currency) of silver,” (Doc E), This law (215) is completely fair. It would only make sense for the surgeon to get rewarded when he succeeded in…

The Legalization of Marijuana Should marijuana be legalized? There is no shortage on either side of this debate as to whether marijuana should be legalized or not. The question of legalizing marijuana involves changing the law (Federal Controlled Substances Act) to make it legal to produce, sell and possess in specific quantities. By legalizing marijuana, the black market for drug dealers will dwindle resulting in less violence, less illegal sales, less people in prisons for trafficking and…

health. While new studies found the average life expectancy has increased in the past few decades, stark discrepancies remain between the different provinces. The two new studies into China’s state of health were published in the medical journal the Lancet on October 26. The studies looked at life expectancy, causes of death as well as child mortality in the Chinese provinces. While the study found the average life expectancy to go up by 8.5 years from 1990, some provinces managed to fare…

My father was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and the way it affected him sparked my interest in medicine. At GCSE level, I learnt that diabetes results when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to maintain a normal blood glucose level. Further interest led me to learn that the most common drug used is metformin, reducing the amount of glucose released. Currently the only way to delay/prevent diabetes in people who may have genetic predispositions to it is by maintaining a healthy weight.…

diet & disease. On October 26,2015, Melissa Healy, who wrote Hot dogs, Bacon and Other processed meats Increse Risk of Cancer Scientist Say, states, “ Bacon, hot dogs, and other processed meats can increase your risk of cancer “. According to the Lancet Oncology report, for each 100 grams of consumed red meat, per day, the risk rose by 17%.…

Have you ever seen someone with smallpox? Chances are you haven 't. Smallpox has been completely eradicated since 1977, all thanks to the modern miracle known as vaccination. The story of smallpox is the first great success story for modern medicine. What used to kill 400 000 Europeans yearly with ease, has now been wiped from the natural earth. Vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the past twenty years alone. Thanks to them we no longer see children trapped in iron lungs,…

Pro Gun Control Part One Remember the recent mass shooting of 2016 in a Gay Nightclub in Orlando, Florida? What about the shooting in San Bernardino, California by a married couple? According to LA Times, there has been 10 major mass shooting in the United States since 2012 to present time. Gun control is a hot topic considering the happenings of several recent tragic mass shooting in the United States. Therefore, it means it tends to divide people, and this is evident on how the citizens of US…