The Lancet

One in three children aged 2 to 15 years old are classed as overweight or obese (The Lancet, 2016). These shocking levels led the UK government to introduce a soft drink levy, with supporters including Jamie Oliver. Being a demerit good, the harm sugar does tends to be ignored (Schroyen, 2005), which has led to over indulgence, particularly in the form of sugary drinks as they are not thought of as on par with chocolate or cake. The problem is that sugar is a good which maximizes utility in the…

from 1992 and 1999. In California, there was a 634 percent increase in autism cases from 1987 to 2002 (Glazer). One of the first reports that connected the MMR vaccine and autism came from a 1998 experiment by Andrew Wakefield and published in the Lancet. With that report coming out, the media spread it around along with their own headlines…

Should Parents Vaccinate Their Children? Vaccinating for common childhood diseases is controversial in today’s society. Many parents are unsure of whether to vaccinate their children and if the vaccinations their children receive are safe and will protect them. Parents should vaccinate their children because, often, vaccines do more good than harm and they do help protect children from dangerous diseases. Children have weaker immune systems than adults and vaccines help keep them safe from many…

INTRODUCTION Environmental health as defined by the World Health Organization document of 1999 are the aspects of the human health and disease that are determined by factors in the environment. It also involves the practice of assessing and controlling factors in the environment that can potentially and affect health. Environmental health also includes both the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the effects on health and wellbeing of the broad…

How I Met Rip Van Winkle Today, I am going to describe to you the very day I met Rip Van Winkle. Yes, I know what you are thinking, that Rip Van Winkle is a fictional children 's story character, and that is not possible! Let me just tell you my story, and prove you wrong. As I was walking out of class on a rainy Thursday afternoon, I stumbled upon a man. This man was dressed quite peculiarly, as if he time traveled here from 200 years ago. He was lying against a curb with a rusted, old…

Performance enhancing drugs in sports present a very real problem. Recently, sports media covered the story of the University of Florida quarterback, Will Grier. He was suspended an entire calendar year from NCAA football for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs (Aschoff 1). Performance enhancing drugs are often a subject that is surrounded by questions that no one ever answers outside of the leagues in which these substances are banned (i.e. NCAA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, etc). This…

Question 1: The sculpture of Menkaure and a Queen was built around 2490-2472 BCE. The original sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta is believed to have been built around 20 BCE. These pieces of art were created in different periods and places. Throughout time there has been a similarity between civilizations everywhere. This is the want and need for leadership. In each community there has been a leader of some sort. While some of the leaders have similarities there are unique qualities that each…

Inoculation refers to the induction of an infective organism to produce immunity against various infectious diseases (Definition). In Western medicine, inoculation was the process of preventing smallpox by purposefully infecting a person with the disease in a controlled manner to prevent further infection (Meacham). This practice spread to America during the 17th century, during a smallpox epidemic. However, in 1796 English physician Edward Jenner attempted a newer method of inoculation: Jenner…

Cars release approximately 333 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually, which is 20 percent of the world's total. When we wake up in the morning, we are in a hurry for work, school, an event or a meeting. We need transportation to make our lives easier. Since the 20th century, the role of the car has become highly important. It has led to changes in employment patterns, social interactions, infrastructure and the distribution of goods. The introduction of the mass-produced…

Every living being, whether alive years ago or still present, constantly lives in a state of change. Humans and their belief systems have evolved over time; for instance, science and medicine come a long way from the past to today, and continue to further unravel. Written by Linda Lafferty, The Bloodletter's Daughter is a novel that touches on a piece of people´s history in the early 1600s. Early science and development serves as one of quite a few outstanding themes within the book. One…