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As the juniors get ready to take the dreadful SAT and the seniors fall into a dark hole of where to apply to college, one question comes into mind: Am I “smart” enough to get accepted into a prestigious university? Nowadays, a syndrome of ‘overachievism’ fills the halls of High Schools as students overload their schedules with numerous rigorous classes and get hyperly involved in extracurricular activities. In the Overachievers: the secret life of driven kids by Alexandra Robbins, the…

Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College, and the Professor of Sociology in Medicine, and Director, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, has research and authored studies focused on prolonged grief disorder, religious influences on end-of-life care, and “psychosocial and behavioral influences on medical care and care outcomes for patients and families confronting life-threatening illnesses and death, [and] cancer patient and caregiver quality of life and disparities in end-of-life care…

E.D. Applewhite Case Study Morgan Taylor Western Kentucky University The subject of this case study is E.D. Applewhite, a 12-year-old girl who resides on her family farm in rural North Carolina. Her home is named Wit’s End, and is located at the end of their road. She lives there with her father, mother, aunt and uncle, two brothers, and her grandfather. Although E.D. has a rather large family with diverse talents and gifts, she still feels as though she does not fit in with her extremely…

During his professional career, Bailey impacted the industry in a variety of concentrations. With his passion for agriculture and education, Bailey worked to promote his knowledge through different crowd personalities in hopes to spread the important information with all people of any social group. While talking about the importance of education, especially higher education, Bailey once said, “We must say to every man that our first love is steadfast, our hopes are high, and our enthusiasm is…

& Crystal RG. (March, 3 2014). Progress and prospects: gene therapy for performance and appearance enhancement. Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 15, (329-337). doi: 10.1038/sj.gt.3303100 This is a scholarly Journal was found using a ProQuest database search. It was written by two students at Cornell University of medicine. They provide a large amount of referencing which helps build their credibility. The article presents the different methods in which…

When I think about my future medical career, I imagine one involving specialized patient care and research in an urban setting. For this reason, I am especially interested in academic medicine. Having an opportunity to learn from physicians and patients in an academic center such as New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center will provide me with the comprehensive training necessary to fulfill my aspirations. I am particularly fascinated with the field of radiation oncology. Watching as the…

There are many instances where the test subject has been killed. One instance is where Harvard Medical School violated the laws and guidelines by accidentally killing a “non-human primate by keeping the animal in a cage that had just been cleaned with a cage washing machine”(Hunnicutt 1). This has happened at many other schools such as Princeton University and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The AWA Is the law that protects these animals from being mistreated. The AWA is the party…

With the constant evolution of science and medicine, people are living longer than ever before, though an aging population comes with many new challenges. One illness with poor patient outcomes is Alzheimer's, marked by worsening dementia that causes memory loss, personality changes, and trouble with higher functioning. Emerging research shows that prion diseases and non-infectious neurodegenerative diseases may be more similar than previously thought, consequently uncovering new possible…

Peer pressure can influence a person in many ways including, fashion choices, alcohol and drug use, smoking, and academic performance. According to Dr. B. J. Casey from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, teens are very quick and accurate when they make decisions that let them think about it for a while. However, once they a have to make decisions in the spur of a moment, that’s when they are heavily influenced by their peers (scholastic)…

In 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to give minors life in prison without the opportunity for parole. This case built off a previous case in 2010, Graham v. Florida, which banned giving minors life without parole for crimes excluding murder. This most recent case, Miller v. Alabama, banned life without parole for all minors regardless of the crime. Both these conclusions did not take into account the families of the victims of these crimes. The basis behind these…