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.
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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
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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
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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
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Website:
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/99/main.html

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