4. How has life expectancy changed since you were born? Life expectancy has increased by 4.6 years since I was born. 5. How has the Arctic Sea Ice changed since you were born?…
People of the medical fields were inspired and started improving everything they could get their hands…
Many see Civil War medicine as primitive and ignore the amazing medical advancements made during this time. Some of the procedures of that time have influenced the way doctors treat patients today. For example, prosthetics were invented during the Civil War, which are still used today. The ambulance system was also created during the civil war, changing the way patients were transported, and helped them get care sooner which helped save lives. Lastly, the sanitary commission was created.…
“We are on a mission to help people live longer, better.” This is the saying that Dan Buettner bases his reading off. Dan Buettner traveled the world going around to blue zones: places that have shown a higher life expectancy. The people who live in these “blue zones” live long, successful lives. This video was really informative, and some things said by Dan really was eye opening.…
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Award-Winning Science Writer Harland Howell II 11/16/2017 Northeast Mississippi Community College Dr. Tabatha Perrigo (Psychology) Abstract Overall, medicinal research made an intriguing breakthrough over than 50 years ago by obtaining tissue samples and cells from a patient that changed the medical world drastically. Cancer of course was and still is an occurring issue today in society but prior to the past, there was more of an epidemic due to the unawareness and lack of medical research in the early 20th century.…
The expression “graying of America” indicates the fact that the American population is gradually being more dominated by people of age. In other words, the population of America as a country is getting older meanwhile the median age of Americans is increasing. As a result of the “Graying of America” a shift in economic thinking must take place therefore being the principle of funding for health care and other programs. Mankind is growing in number and in age, through research and analysis approximately by 2030 there is an estimated growth of eight billion people with one in eight over sixty-five.…
Yesterday Turned To Today, Today Will Turn To Tomorrow Students believe history is insignificant, waste of time, and useless. Wrong, today can 't exist without yesterday. The United States’s yesterday was a battlefield, a Revolution, a Civil War, a fight for freedom, and a fight for civil rights. Today, the revolution continues and events continue to shape tomorrow. The United States’s past eras, in specific the 1920’s and the 1950’s, are important because of the events which occurred.…
Bad, the product of good. Science is evolving. Each day, new inventions, discoveries are made. Most of them is good.…
Anton Van Leeunwenhoek also invented the microscope which was used to look at everything on a microscopic level. “Germs were only viewed under the microscope; the connection with disease came several centuries later.” (Mitchell & Haroun) 2012. Today, we can study bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens which really revolutionized health care.…
Within the period of the 1920’s in America, a multitude of technological advances and creations emerged. Because of the Great War, many technological advancements came to be. The technology created improvements in daily life in society in numerous ways, such as frozen food and 3-D movies. This benefited the average citizen in America. Advancements did not only help the ordinary citizens, but also helped medical and exploration studies.…
Throughout fourteenth century Europe and likewise the present century, disease is a common thing. However, in the present day scientific advances in medicine and science have aided those significantly in the combat against these diseases. To begin with, diseases like those of the Bubonic Plague and SARS originated from virus/bacteria, and only surfaced when exposed. The Bubonic Plague is caused by a bacterium identified as Yersinia pestis, or Y pestis. It was first discovered in the province of Yunnan in China during 1334.…
What would it feel like to look at your child and not recognize all the years that you’ve shared? What would it be like to live your life through a fog of confusion, questioning your very reality? To live everyday with communication impaired. To struggle with your daily thoughts as they turn into a black web of frustration and disconnect. Is this just part of the aging process, or is it something more?…
Ethical Issues with an Aging Population Just last night at work, we had an 84-year-old woman with several comorbidities that fell and broke her hip. She was brought in by family who found her on the floor several hours after she fell. Orthopedics was called in for a consult and apparently deemed her not a candidate for surgery. The family was upset stating that she is a very active person who deserves to be able to walk again. With diabetes, CHF, COPD, CAD with a triple bypass, plus a host of other issues, cardiology could not sign off that she was healthy enough to survive the surgery to replace her hip.…
Elderly drivers more common, causing more accidents Advances in science, nutrition, societal infrastructure and health care allow us to live longer than ever before. The average U.S. life span is now 78.7 years (76 for men, 81 for women). This means that, in essence, our country’s population is skewing older. The United States Census Bureau estimates that America’s population of residents aged 65 or older will reach more than 83 million by the year 2050; this represents almost twice the 2012 population of the same demographic.…
(Williams, D.R. & Mohammed, S.A. J Behav Med (2009) 32: 20. doi:10.1007/s10865-008-9185-0) Medical advances have made it possible for people to live longer and healthier than ever, yet these numbers still exists. In this essay, I argue that the…