Well both of these articles have strong points that kept me bouncing back and forth between which viewpoint I believed in. Some strong points that the health care is to expensive side brought up were how even now we are paying and tremendous amount of money for health care now so how would Obama’s health care bill that is adding millions more not raise up those prices. Something else was how the authors mentioned that if this bill passes then think of all the doctors and nurses who went to that schooling for years only to be paid less and have their hospitals overflowing with patients. The hospitals would be way to crowded because people would go to the doctors more frequently if they had health care to cover their payments.
While some points made by the other authors really changed my mind and they did that by making me think morally. One of the main points having to do with the morally correct thing to do, if you don’t think about the money aspect of this business you know that everyone should have the right to their health and have a chance to do everything possible to live. Some thing else that really changed my mind was the statistics shown in this article, they proved that the United States is paying way too much on our health care. I also liked how they compared it to other countries, this showed me that a working and fully functional health care system in other countries can work and be less expensive.
Both of these relate to my subject because I’m going to be writing about one little girl and her challenges facing Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Something that struck me when I was researching this subject is how families are able to pay for the medication, physical therapy, etc. All of these things cost a great amount of money and could easily put a family in debt, that’s where these subjects come into play. Both of these subjects could and would change the way that family could function, get treatments and make their payments.
Well overall I personally believe that we should find a medium, health care should be more easily available and our government should take control of the insurance companies. This will help make the payments lower and allow more people to purchase health care. But this will also allow the doctors to not be too underpaid and it won’t raise the taxes too much as well.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Opposing viewpoints & your topic for Life: The Book Reflection
When I was reading these articles I found myself swaying back and forth between both of the viewpoints on how we should handle our heath care. Both of these arguments were strongly supported to me and made different points that would stand out to me and change my opinion.
Some reasons of why I would support that health care should be a fundamental right would be the fact that it morally correct and how all citizens of the United States have equal rights to certain things why not our health, and the insurance on it. One kind of extreme point that did cover the morally correct statement was the last two paragraphs of Bryan Young’s “ A Good Case for Universal Health Care” article. He covered the Bible and the Sermon on the Mount, this was mainly about how Jesus viewed what was fair and moral or not. While I was reading this article this specifically reminded me of how I would want to be treated in this situation and how horrible it would be if your didn’t have the option of health care or couldn’t pay for it.
Some quotes that really stood out to me from each article were:
A Good case for Universal..: “The total cost of this ordeal if I end up having to pay for it out of my own pocket? In excess of $25,000. But did I have a choice? No.”
Health Care is a Right…: a recent study found that medical problems contributed to 62 percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.”
Health Care as a Human Right: “The for-profit health care system in the United States severely restricts our freedom in a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. Instead of freedom there is fear.”
Some reasons why I wouldn’t support health care as a fundamental right would how its going to affect everyone’s salary afterwards and how a healthy human being could be paying for this and for someone else getting treatment. This could be good but seriously affect people’s income. Another thing would be that the doctors wouldn’t have a right to turn any patients and this will overflow the hospital and the doctors, nurses and staff. Someone who explains exactly what I was thinking was Jacob Hornberger “If you’re a doctor, then it means that you are required to serve my needs, like it or not. If I need an operation, then you cannot say “no” because that would be denying me my right to health care.” This surprised me and started to sway my opinion again.
Quotes Used:
There Isn’t a Such Thing As a Free Lumpectomy: “acknowledges, finally, that health care is a fundamental right—a human right—and not just a privilege for the most fortunate.
”Health Care is not a Right: Whereas genuine rights protect citizens from state coercion, the “right to health care” serves to justify state coercion against a particular part of the population: those who pay taxes.
I personally think that health care should be available to all especially because of the subject I chose, child arthritis. These stories and seeing what the children are going through really changed and kind of set my mind on how everyone should have that right. For example if your child who’s five years old gets hurt and you don’t have a job to help pay for any expenses, you are screwed and could be forced to file bankruptcy, and will have huge credit care payments. So this is why I chose this side of the argument.
Some reasons of why I would support that health care should be a fundamental right would be the fact that it morally correct and how all citizens of the United States have equal rights to certain things why not our health, and the insurance on it. One kind of extreme point that did cover the morally correct statement was the last two paragraphs of Bryan Young’s “ A Good Case for Universal Health Care” article. He covered the Bible and the Sermon on the Mount, this was mainly about how Jesus viewed what was fair and moral or not. While I was reading this article this specifically reminded me of how I would want to be treated in this situation and how horrible it would be if your didn’t have the option of health care or couldn’t pay for it.
Some quotes that really stood out to me from each article were:
A Good case for Universal..: “The total cost of this ordeal if I end up having to pay for it out of my own pocket? In excess of $25,000. But did I have a choice? No.”
Health Care is a Right…: a recent study found that medical problems contributed to 62 percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.”
Health Care as a Human Right: “The for-profit health care system in the United States severely restricts our freedom in a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. Instead of freedom there is fear.”
Some reasons why I wouldn’t support health care as a fundamental right would how its going to affect everyone’s salary afterwards and how a healthy human being could be paying for this and for someone else getting treatment. This could be good but seriously affect people’s income. Another thing would be that the doctors wouldn’t have a right to turn any patients and this will overflow the hospital and the doctors, nurses and staff. Someone who explains exactly what I was thinking was Jacob Hornberger “If you’re a doctor, then it means that you are required to serve my needs, like it or not. If I need an operation, then you cannot say “no” because that would be denying me my right to health care.” This surprised me and started to sway my opinion again.
Quotes Used:
There Isn’t a Such Thing As a Free Lumpectomy: “acknowledges, finally, that health care is a fundamental right—a human right—and not just a privilege for the most fortunate.
”Health Care is not a Right: Whereas genuine rights protect citizens from state coercion, the “right to health care” serves to justify state coercion against a particular part of the population: those who pay taxes.
I personally think that health care should be available to all especially because of the subject I chose, child arthritis. These stories and seeing what the children are going through really changed and kind of set my mind on how everyone should have that right. For example if your child who’s five years old gets hurt and you don’t have a job to help pay for any expenses, you are screwed and could be forced to file bankruptcy, and will have huge credit care payments. So this is why I chose this side of the argument.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Opposing View Responce
Opposing viewpoints & your topic for Life: The Book Reflection
When I was reading these articles I found myself swaying back and forth between both of the viewpoints on how we should handle our heath care. Both of these arguments were strongly supported to me and made different points that would stand out to me and change my opinion.
Some reasons of why I would support that health care should be a fundamental right would be the fact that it morally correct and how all citizens of the United States have equal rights to certain things why not our health, and the insurance on it. One kind of extreme point that did cover the morally correct statement was the last two paragraphs of Bryan Young’s “ A Good Case for Universal Health Care” article. He covered the Bible and the Sermon on the Mount, this was mainly about how Jesus viewed what was fair and moral or not. While I was reading this article this specifically reminded me of how I would want to be treated in this situation and how horrible it would be if your didn’t have the option of health care or couldn’t pay for it.
Some quotes that really stood out to me from each article were:
A Good case for Universal..: “The total cost of this ordeal if I end up having to pay for it out of my own pocket? In excess of $25,000. But did I have a choice? No.”
Health Care is a Right…: a recent study found that medical problems contributed to 62 percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.”
Health Care as a Human Right: “The for-profit health care system in the United States severely restricts our freedom in a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. Instead of freedom there is fear.”
Some reasons why I wouldn’t support health care as a fundamental right would how its going to affect everyone’s salary afterwards and how a healthy human being could be paying for this and for someone else getting treatment. This could be good but seriously affect people’s income. Another thing would be that the doctors wouldn’t have a right to turn any patients and this will overflow the hospital and the doctors, nurses and staff. Someone who explains exactly what I was thinking was Jacob Hornberger “If you’re a doctor, then it means that you are required to serve my needs, like it or not. If I need an operation, then you cannot say “no” because that would be denying me my right to health care.” This surprised me and started to sway my opinion again.
Quotes Used:
There Isn’t a Such Thing As a Free Lumpectomy: “acknowledges, finally, that health care is a fundamental right—a human right—and not just a privilege for the most fortunate.
”Health Care is not a Right: Whereas genuine rights protect citizens from state coercion, the “right to health care” serves to justify state coercion against a particular part of the population: those who pay taxes.
I personally think that health care should be available to all especially because of the subject I chose, child arthritis. These stories and seeing what the children are going through really changed and kind of set my mind on how everyone should have that right. For example if your child who’s five years old gets hurt and you don’t have a job to help pay for any expenses, you are screwed and could be forced to file bankruptcy, and will have huge credit care payments. So this is why I chose this side of the argument.
When I was reading these articles I found myself swaying back and forth between both of the viewpoints on how we should handle our heath care. Both of these arguments were strongly supported to me and made different points that would stand out to me and change my opinion.
Some reasons of why I would support that health care should be a fundamental right would be the fact that it morally correct and how all citizens of the United States have equal rights to certain things why not our health, and the insurance on it. One kind of extreme point that did cover the morally correct statement was the last two paragraphs of Bryan Young’s “ A Good Case for Universal Health Care” article. He covered the Bible and the Sermon on the Mount, this was mainly about how Jesus viewed what was fair and moral or not. While I was reading this article this specifically reminded me of how I would want to be treated in this situation and how horrible it would be if your didn’t have the option of health care or couldn’t pay for it.
Some quotes that really stood out to me from each article were:
A Good case for Universal..: “The total cost of this ordeal if I end up having to pay for it out of my own pocket? In excess of $25,000. But did I have a choice? No.”
Health Care is a Right…: a recent study found that medical problems contributed to 62 percent of all bankruptcies in 2007.”
Health Care as a Human Right: “The for-profit health care system in the United States severely restricts our freedom in a number of subtle and not so subtle ways. Instead of freedom there is fear.”
Some reasons why I wouldn’t support health care as a fundamental right would how its going to affect everyone’s salary afterwards and how a healthy human being could be paying for this and for someone else getting treatment. This could be good but seriously affect people’s income. Another thing would be that the doctors wouldn’t have a right to turn any patients and this will overflow the hospital and the doctors, nurses and staff. Someone who explains exactly what I was thinking was Jacob Hornberger “If you’re a doctor, then it means that you are required to serve my needs, like it or not. If I need an operation, then you cannot say “no” because that would be denying me my right to health care.” This surprised me and started to sway my opinion again.
Quotes Used:
There Isn’t a Such Thing As a Free Lumpectomy: “acknowledges, finally, that health care is a fundamental right—a human right—and not just a privilege for the most fortunate.
”Health Care is not a Right: Whereas genuine rights protect citizens from state coercion, the “right to health care” serves to justify state coercion against a particular part of the population: those who pay taxes.
I personally think that health care should be available to all especially because of the subject I chose, child arthritis. These stories and seeing what the children are going through really changed and kind of set my mind on how everyone should have that right. For example if your child who’s five years old gets hurt and you don’t have a job to help pay for any expenses, you are screwed and could be forced to file bankruptcy, and will have huge credit care payments. So this is why I chose this side of the argument.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Life: The Book & American History Response
1. Describe a basic history of American government's role in health care. Be sure to include major ideas such as Medicare, Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, and 21st century health care laws passed under George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
In the early 1900’s many people didn’t own any form of health insurance but by 1958, nearly 75 percent of Americans had some form of private health insurance coverage. Once companies started realizing they could make money off of the insurance they were selling they started to get greedy. Then the AMA (American Medical Association) tried to pass a bill called the Murray-Wagner-Dingell (MWD) bill in 1949. This bill would have provided comprehensive nationalized health insurance to all Americans. The big insurance companies made sure to have this bill not passed. Then they realized that the only way to enact government-sponsored health insurance would be to do so incrementally so they began focusing on the elderly and they created something called Medicare. Focusing on the elderly allowed supporters of this to counter charges that nationalized health insurance would provide health care to individuals who were generally able to pay for it themselves. It was difficult for opponents to argue that the elderly were not among the most medically needy in society, given their fixed incomes and the fact that they were generally in poorer health and in greater need of medical care. This allowed Medicare to become part of the insurance system. The way that Social Security affects people is that it creates a set of rules that all medical personals must follow and can use upon you. It states that any health care practitioner and any other person, including a hospital or other health care facility, organization, or agency who provides health care services will be provided economically and only when, and to the extent, medically necessary; will be of a quality which meets professionally recognized standards of health care; and will be supported by evidence of medical necessity and quality in such form and fashion and at such time as may reasonably be required by a reviewing peer review organization in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities. These laws affect the way that hospitals and any medical care must treat a patient and how they can treat you. And the way that the Civil Right affects us is how we again by law must be treated as patients and the limit that the companies are allowed to treat us too. For one example a bill was signed in 1945, which authorized Federal agencies to provide minor medical and dental services to employees. This has changed and helped many people but the way that the companies still make money off of us is by taking that payment out of your paycheck. And finally the way that Bush and Obama have both changed the health care plans and how they have affected us. One example of how Bush has affect the Health care system has been how the Republican plan would repeal the health-care law passed this year and replaces it with longstanding Republican priorities. Such as controlling medical-malpractice costs, expanding health-savings accounts and allowing people to buy insurance policies across state lines. It would provide health coverage to those Americans who are most costly to insure by expanding high-risk pools and reinsurance programs. While Obama has changed it by signing the Health Care reform act which has changed the entire way the health care system works. For example The Affordable Care act gives Americans new rights and benefits, including helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, and giving patients access to recommend preventive services without cost-sharing. Overall all of these things affect us and the way that our government, and health care system affects our everyday lives.
2. Describe a basic history of American government's role in scientific innovation.
America’s scientific innovation has really helped us over the years. How the government funds our scientists allows our amazing scientific fields to excel and make more and other scientists want to come to America and join our group of scientists. One main example is how the scientists helped us win World War two, Einstein came to America from Germany warning us about nuclear power and thus creating the Manhattan Project. Our government helped fund this project that has changed the world today, as we know it. Over time this has showed many times and times again that our strong scientific field of research has changed the world.
3. Describe how Americans pay for health care and the government's role in this process.
There are many different ways that people can pay for health care; one main way is through your job. In many companies if a person works full time there the company pays for the persons health insurance. This will help finance many people but the bad thing is that many employers will cut back peoples hours to make them not full time employees and thus not be forced to play for their insurance. The other way that people pay for it is out of their pocket, this will offer lead to bankruptcy and force many on the streets. Then one more way to pay for insurance is through the military, the military get almost free insurance and health coverage for them and their families. So overall your health care usually depends on your job and how the government rewards it.
4. Describe the types of health care problems Americans face, and the government's role in seeking solutions.
One main problem that America faces is the amount of people that can’t pay for insurance. America has the largest amount of citizens living in it with no health insurance in the world. One way that the government is trying to fix this is by the Affordable Care act which gives Americans new rights and benefits, including helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, and giving patients access to recommend preventive services without cost-sharing. This is one new law that Obama is using to try and help fix our corrupt Health Care system.
1. Using a specific example, describe what makes a compelling character in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
A compelling character to me is someone that has a firm goal or belief that you can relate to and that doesn’t give up to get his or her point across or heard. An example of a character to me that did this was Francis Collins, he didn’t let what people thought of him stop him from getting to his dream. This helped him become the leader of the NIH and change the way grants are given to people among other things. Another thing I found that was compelling to me was if the character goes through something traumatic and you can see how it affects them and how they are reacting to it now. An example of this would be the little six year old girl that has arthritis and how she is dealing with the disease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqyB-cTxvs8&feature=channel
2. Using a specific example, describe what makes an interesting plot in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
A specific example of an interesting plot to me was how in the article Darwin’s Surprise it starts off with a conflict and what it is, then it takes you along the journey of many different interesting scientists and their view on the issue. This helped keep your focus and ideas jumping around, it also helped me think of the opposing side and view on it and had me asking many questions.
3. What specific steps do authors take to write non-jargon-based scientific writing?
Well some things I found that helped me understand what was going on during The Covenant was how they had the original names and then provided an example of it after wards. This helped me see what it was in affect and it helped me visualize it, which helped me understand the story overall.
4. What specific steps do authors take to encourage their readers to connect with their stories?
Well some steps I found that helped me connect were where the authors helped develop the character and what they were like before something happened to them. An example would be Francis Collins from The Covenant, the author made sure to explain his home life and how he was a practicing Christian growing up on a farm. When they did this it helped me realize who this man was and what he truly was like and not just his appearance and the judgment of him from others.
In the early 1900’s many people didn’t own any form of health insurance but by 1958, nearly 75 percent of Americans had some form of private health insurance coverage. Once companies started realizing they could make money off of the insurance they were selling they started to get greedy. Then the AMA (American Medical Association) tried to pass a bill called the Murray-Wagner-Dingell (MWD) bill in 1949. This bill would have provided comprehensive nationalized health insurance to all Americans. The big insurance companies made sure to have this bill not passed. Then they realized that the only way to enact government-sponsored health insurance would be to do so incrementally so they began focusing on the elderly and they created something called Medicare. Focusing on the elderly allowed supporters of this to counter charges that nationalized health insurance would provide health care to individuals who were generally able to pay for it themselves. It was difficult for opponents to argue that the elderly were not among the most medically needy in society, given their fixed incomes and the fact that they were generally in poorer health and in greater need of medical care. This allowed Medicare to become part of the insurance system. The way that Social Security affects people is that it creates a set of rules that all medical personals must follow and can use upon you. It states that any health care practitioner and any other person, including a hospital or other health care facility, organization, or agency who provides health care services will be provided economically and only when, and to the extent, medically necessary; will be of a quality which meets professionally recognized standards of health care; and will be supported by evidence of medical necessity and quality in such form and fashion and at such time as may reasonably be required by a reviewing peer review organization in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities. These laws affect the way that hospitals and any medical care must treat a patient and how they can treat you. And the way that the Civil Right affects us is how we again by law must be treated as patients and the limit that the companies are allowed to treat us too. For one example a bill was signed in 1945, which authorized Federal agencies to provide minor medical and dental services to employees. This has changed and helped many people but the way that the companies still make money off of us is by taking that payment out of your paycheck. And finally the way that Bush and Obama have both changed the health care plans and how they have affected us. One example of how Bush has affect the Health care system has been how the Republican plan would repeal the health-care law passed this year and replaces it with longstanding Republican priorities. Such as controlling medical-malpractice costs, expanding health-savings accounts and allowing people to buy insurance policies across state lines. It would provide health coverage to those Americans who are most costly to insure by expanding high-risk pools and reinsurance programs. While Obama has changed it by signing the Health Care reform act which has changed the entire way the health care system works. For example The Affordable Care act gives Americans new rights and benefits, including helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, and giving patients access to recommend preventive services without cost-sharing. Overall all of these things affect us and the way that our government, and health care system affects our everyday lives.
2. Describe a basic history of American government's role in scientific innovation.
America’s scientific innovation has really helped us over the years. How the government funds our scientists allows our amazing scientific fields to excel and make more and other scientists want to come to America and join our group of scientists. One main example is how the scientists helped us win World War two, Einstein came to America from Germany warning us about nuclear power and thus creating the Manhattan Project. Our government helped fund this project that has changed the world today, as we know it. Over time this has showed many times and times again that our strong scientific field of research has changed the world.
3. Describe how Americans pay for health care and the government's role in this process.
There are many different ways that people can pay for health care; one main way is through your job. In many companies if a person works full time there the company pays for the persons health insurance. This will help finance many people but the bad thing is that many employers will cut back peoples hours to make them not full time employees and thus not be forced to play for their insurance. The other way that people pay for it is out of their pocket, this will offer lead to bankruptcy and force many on the streets. Then one more way to pay for insurance is through the military, the military get almost free insurance and health coverage for them and their families. So overall your health care usually depends on your job and how the government rewards it.
4. Describe the types of health care problems Americans face, and the government's role in seeking solutions.
One main problem that America faces is the amount of people that can’t pay for insurance. America has the largest amount of citizens living in it with no health insurance in the world. One way that the government is trying to fix this is by the Affordable Care act which gives Americans new rights and benefits, including helping more children get health coverage, ending lifetime and most annual limits on care, and giving patients access to recommend preventive services without cost-sharing. This is one new law that Obama is using to try and help fix our corrupt Health Care system.
1. Using a specific example, describe what makes a compelling character in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
A compelling character to me is someone that has a firm goal or belief that you can relate to and that doesn’t give up to get his or her point across or heard. An example of a character to me that did this was Francis Collins, he didn’t let what people thought of him stop him from getting to his dream. This helped him become the leader of the NIH and change the way grants are given to people among other things. Another thing I found that was compelling to me was if the character goes through something traumatic and you can see how it affects them and how they are reacting to it now. An example of this would be the little six year old girl that has arthritis and how she is dealing with the disease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqyB-cTxvs8&feature=channel
2. Using a specific example, describe what makes an interesting plot in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
A specific example of an interesting plot to me was how in the article Darwin’s Surprise it starts off with a conflict and what it is, then it takes you along the journey of many different interesting scientists and their view on the issue. This helped keep your focus and ideas jumping around, it also helped me think of the opposing side and view on it and had me asking many questions.
3. What specific steps do authors take to write non-jargon-based scientific writing?
Well some things I found that helped me understand what was going on during The Covenant was how they had the original names and then provided an example of it after wards. This helped me see what it was in affect and it helped me visualize it, which helped me understand the story overall.
4. What specific steps do authors take to encourage their readers to connect with their stories?
Well some steps I found that helped me connect were where the authors helped develop the character and what they were like before something happened to them. An example would be Francis Collins from The Covenant, the author made sure to explain his home life and how he was a practicing Christian growing up on a farm. When they did this it helped me realize who this man was and what he truly was like and not just his appearance and the judgment of him from others.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Book and Humanities Review
1. Post the stage of life that you will write about and a relevant element of genetic technology that interests you. Feel free to work with Brandon to understand this step.
I was planning on studying Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in
teenage Years. I would more specifically study the vaccine or anti
inflammatory used to help treat arthritis. Such as these,
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are used to
reduce pain, joint swelling and fevers. They come as pills and
liquids. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) can
prevent long-term joint damage. They can also relieve pain and
reduce inflammation. They come as pills, liquid and injections and
can take a while to work. Corticosteroids are used to ease symptoms
fast, like when you are having a flare or when you are waiting for
your DMARDs to take full effect. They come as pills, liquid and
injections.
Something else I could focus on can be how the vaccine works once it is inside of the body and how it worked to help reduce the pain.
2. Describe at least one relevant government agency that works in this area. Describe the current news related to your topic & this government agency and embed a minimum of one news story (print, tv, audio, etc.) in your description. (At the bottom of the page)
There were a couple programs involved, one of them is NIAMS and another could be the government health care plan or just the branch in general.
Something else I could research more can be what happened to cause this in that percentage of people and/ or how many teenagers deal with this on a day-to-day bases.
3. Describe at least one relevant historical, cultural, economic, geographical, or literary example or concept that relates to your ideas for your article. Include at least two relevant links to evidence and further research in your writing. Strive for detail & evidence in your connections.
Something that is a conflict could be being a part of how arthritis is usually found in adults to older people so the fact the there is an actual disease and how does the family copes with living with a teenager who has arthritis.
Something else that I could research can be how much do all of these procedures cost and how does it affects different families.
4. Please repeat all of the above steps... This time, focus on a different aspect of genetic technology and/or different humanities content.
I put them up under the previous questions.
Videos To Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae4ZdRfZR3I&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6291vNPHsY&feature=channel
The Websites I used:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/bone/925.membersite.html?video=5523f1608-1f29-2856-349a
http://www.arthritistoday.org/kgat/teens/index.php
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/juvenile_rheumatoid_arthritis/page2_em.htm T
I was planning on studying Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in
teenage Years. I would more specifically study the vaccine or anti
inflammatory used to help treat arthritis. Such as these,
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are used to
reduce pain, joint swelling and fevers. They come as pills and
liquids. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) can
prevent long-term joint damage. They can also relieve pain and
reduce inflammation. They come as pills, liquid and injections and
can take a while to work. Corticosteroids are used to ease symptoms
fast, like when you are having a flare or when you are waiting for
your DMARDs to take full effect. They come as pills, liquid and
injections.
Something else I could focus on can be how the vaccine works once it is inside of the body and how it worked to help reduce the pain.
2. Describe at least one relevant government agency that works in this area. Describe the current news related to your topic & this government agency and embed a minimum of one news story (print, tv, audio, etc.) in your description. (At the bottom of the page)
There were a couple programs involved, one of them is NIAMS and another could be the government health care plan or just the branch in general.
Something else I could research more can be what happened to cause this in that percentage of people and/ or how many teenagers deal with this on a day-to-day bases.
3. Describe at least one relevant historical, cultural, economic, geographical, or literary example or concept that relates to your ideas for your article. Include at least two relevant links to evidence and further research in your writing. Strive for detail & evidence in your connections.
Something that is a conflict could be being a part of how arthritis is usually found in adults to older people so the fact the there is an actual disease and how does the family copes with living with a teenager who has arthritis.
Something else that I could research can be how much do all of these procedures cost and how does it affects different families.
4. Please repeat all of the above steps... This time, focus on a different aspect of genetic technology and/or different humanities content.
I put them up under the previous questions.
Videos To Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae4ZdRfZR3I&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6291vNPHsY&feature=channel
The Websites I used:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/bone/925.membersite.html?video=5523f1608-1f29-2856-349a
http://www.arthritistoday.org/kgat/teens/index.php
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/juvenile_rheumatoid_arthritis/page2_em.htm T
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The first thing I chose was Breast cancer, The article I found explains in depth many different treatments and ways to try and help get rid of breast cancer.
1.)
3.) The science component could be: The different treatments and how they are either made or how they affect the body. There are many different types of treatments listed on this website such as radiology, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, etc. Each one has a different and specific way it affects the cells and how the cells react to it.
4.) The humanities component could be: How does these treatments affect the families and the person with breast cancer and how they can be frustrating since there is no cure yet. Breast cancer is found everywhere in the world and has more recently moved up on the list of diseases that people want to make a difference within.
Stage of Life: Teenage- Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/DS00328/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
The Second disease I picked was Parkinson's Disease, The article I found different way that scientists are now trying to help stop this disease.
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3.) The science component could be: How the scientists believe that a way they can help treat this disease is by decreasing the dopamine levels in the brain.
4.) The humanities component could be: How this affects the family tree and travels down the family line, how this affects the families that deal with this and are trying to find a cure.
Stage Of Life: Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/drug-treatments
The third thing I chose was arthritis, The website I found explains how certain things can help make arthritis more bearable, they are still trying to find a cure.
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3.) The science component could be: How you can get arthritis and how you can help make the pain less and the research there doing, for example they are trying many things with different drugs and heat therapy.
4.) The humanities component could be: How arthritis affects many people all around the world, how many got their arthritis and how they deal with the pain could be some things I could cover.
Stage Of Life: Rarely Teenagers but can happen- Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/99/main.html
1.)
3.) The science component could be: The different treatments and how they are either made or how they affect the body. There are many different types of treatments listed on this website such as radiology, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, etc. Each one has a different and specific way it affects the cells and how the cells react to it.
4.) The humanities component could be: How does these treatments affect the families and the person with breast cancer and how they can be frustrating since there is no cure yet. Breast cancer is found everywhere in the world and has more recently moved up on the list of diseases that people want to make a difference within.
Stage of Life: Teenage- Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/DS00328/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
The Second disease I picked was Parkinson's Disease, The article I found different way that scientists are now trying to help stop this disease.
1.)
3.) The science component could be: How the scientists believe that a way they can help treat this disease is by decreasing the dopamine levels in the brain.
4.) The humanities component could be: How this affects the family tree and travels down the family line, how this affects the families that deal with this and are trying to find a cure.
Stage Of Life: Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/drug-treatments
The third thing I chose was arthritis, The website I found explains how certain things can help make arthritis more bearable, they are still trying to find a cure.
1.)
3.) The science component could be: How you can get arthritis and how you can help make the pain less and the research there doing, for example they are trying many things with different drugs and heat therapy.
4.) The humanities component could be: How arthritis affects many people all around the world, how many got their arthritis and how they deal with the pain could be some things I could cover.
Stage Of Life: Rarely Teenagers but can happen- Old age
2.)
Website:
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/99/main.html
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Twitter Response
Link to Webpage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&src=tptw
I chose to read the article The Facebook Searchers, this article was interesting to me because I liked the way that the writer David Brooks compared Facebook to Harvard and how he gave many different examples to explain his point. This helped me understand the point of what Brooks was trying to get across, how social networking has changed schools in the 21st century. I found it funny how he compared the social structure to those of "Animal House" and "Revenge of the Nerds" movies. I also liked how Brooks thought that since now they have changed the WASP exception rule that the school will simply be filled with just brainiacs, so now the colleges are also looking for people with many social skills, like those used on Facebook.
Link to Webpage:
http://www.slate.com/id/2269308/
This article was written by Nathan Heller, and he covers points about the movie The Social Network, which was mentioned in the first article and how the social networking site has changed the 21st century and affected many schools, the same point that Brooks was trying to get across.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&src=tptw
I chose to read the article The Facebook Searchers, this article was interesting to me because I liked the way that the writer David Brooks compared Facebook to Harvard and how he gave many different examples to explain his point. This helped me understand the point of what Brooks was trying to get across, how social networking has changed schools in the 21st century. I found it funny how he compared the social structure to those of "Animal House" and "Revenge of the Nerds" movies. I also liked how Brooks thought that since now they have changed the WASP exception rule that the school will simply be filled with just brainiacs, so now the colleges are also looking for people with many social skills, like those used on Facebook.
Link to Webpage:
http://www.slate.com/id/2269308/
This article was written by Nathan Heller, and he covers points about the movie The Social Network, which was mentioned in the first article and how the social networking site has changed the 21st century and affected many schools, the same point that Brooks was trying to get across.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Dying For Dixie Response
What was/were the root cause(s) of Michael Westerman's death?
In a small racist town deep in the south there was a shooting. Michael Westerman was shot and killed by a small group of African American boys on January 14th 1995. The cause of Michael Westerman’s death was misunderstanding and incompetence from Michael Waterman, Freddie Morrow, Waterman’s wife, and the whole town.
There was a lot of pure pressure in Guthrie, Kentucky and a lot of racial tension which I feel helped contribute and lead to this incident. In the article Freddie Morrow, the one who shot Westerman, didn’t even know about the civil war and what the Confederate flag stood for, he just knew that all of the African Americans in town didn’t like it so neither did he. Morrow had even said that he thought the flag was “…just the Dukes of Hazzard sign” and that he thought white people were using the flag in a taunting way and “just doing it out of spite, to see what we would do.” This to me is sad that Morrow didn’t even understand the full meaning of why he shot Westerman and he just did it because he had a gun and was pressured into it.
Another character who supports my claim of incompetence and pure pressure would be Michael Westerman’s wife Hannah Westerman. She and Michael had been high school sweethearts and got married several years later. They then had two twins together on December 9, 1994; the night of the shooting was the first time they had gone out together after the twin’s birth. But Hannah also contributed to her husband’s death in more ways than one. When Tony Horowitz, author of Dying for Dixie, asked Hannah the reason her husband had displayed the flag in the back of his truck she said that “He wasn’t into all the Confederate history and that he didn’t, like dig into it.” “Was it school spirit” Horowitz asked and she smiled and said “Michael was glad just to graduate from the place. A few of Michael’s friends had started flying the flag from their pickups about the time he bought his truck. He decided to do the same. He’d do anything to make his truck look sharp. The truck’s red. The flag’s red. They match.” I feel that Mrs. Westerman did or should have known the general meaning behind the flag but the fact that she let her husband still put it in his pickup truck and be pressured into that category of people, she in a way contributed to her husband’s death.
My final character that I feel represents my claim is Michael Westerman. This man had been a racist person who always wanted to be noticed and voice his opinions. An example of this is when Michael was at his job, he worked at a small hotel restaurant, and he started harassing one the waitresses “…she screamed “put me down!” and struggled to get free, but Michael wouldn’t let her go. When a black cook intervened, Michael shouted “nigger” and other slurs.” Then the waitress later said “He’d do a few dishes, then sit reading comic books and annoying anyone who walked by. He took things to extremes.” This proves to me that Michael just wanted a lot of attention and later when he decided to put the flag on his truck, he was jut pressured into it by his friends. When he gave into and agreed to put the flag on his truck it led to his misunderstanding of what it truly stands for and it led to his death.
Overall I feel that the combination of incompetence and the misunderstandings led to Michael Westerman’s death and a change of the town. This all could have been avoided if everyone had known what the flag stands for and what it represents. Another way it could have been avoided is if everyone hadn’t given into the pure pressure, if Morrow hadn’t given in to his label and pulled out that gun and if Hannah hadn’t allowed her husband to put the flag up Michael would still be alive. If Michael wouldn’t have done what all his friends were doing he would still be alive today. I believe the cause of Michael Westerman’s death was a misunderstanding and incompetence from Michael Waterman, Freddie Morrow, Waterman’s wife, and the whole town.
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