STOP DRUG ADDICTION
The U.S. is spending money to stop drug abuse; this is called the "war on drugs". However, the methods used by the government are not working. . There are many proofs that the war on drugs is unreasonable. Some specific reasons that the war on drugs needs a new approach is that too much money is being spent every year compared to the number of problems solved, jails are becoming overpopulated by drug war victims, and people who have committed serious crimes do not have a place to occupy. Additionally, legal drugs that the government does not care about causes more problems than the illegal drugs they are fighting. The U.S. should find different ways to fight the war on drugs.
we often believe that the drug addicts should be sent to rehabilitation facilities in order for them to over come the need of drug but it is not suitable for all cases. Sometimes people tend to get more agitated after the rehab procedures.If not negative results pursue, then the process can be followed. If not, the victims should be sent to prison.
I believe that the person who are involved in the import and export of drugs, should be charged and should be imprisoned.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Blog # 12
Schizophrenia: A Mental Illness.
According to National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], (2007), "mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning." Mental illness can affect anyone at anytime in his or her life and mental illness can cause a person to take his or her own life depending on which type of mental illness the person has developed. There are many people who could successfully be treated for his or her mental illness but the person refuse to seek help and this makes the person's situation worse. I can relate to this belief because of my personal encounter with Sunny, who was in the high school tennis team along with me. I remember his talking about his mother most of the time, and I mistook it as just another parent-child rivalry. He seemed frustrated all the time, and having only his mother with him made him not want to go back home. Since we were unaware of medical affiliation with diseases, we didn’t quite want to understand her situation. Later after high school was over, I met him after 2 years and asked him about the both of them. Then he concluded stating that, he had schizophrenia and that she had committed suicide just few months ago.
Schizophrenia is a most misunderstood disease. It will affect one in every100 Americans during their lifetime, yet too often it is hidden in the closet by families and ignored by professionals. A revolution is underway, for schizophrenia is emerging. Schizophrenia is now known to be a disease of the brain and is not caused by any guilty acts or failures of the patient. Like diabetics, schizophrenics may be able to control their symptoms with medication.
According to National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], (2007), "mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning." Mental illness can affect anyone at anytime in his or her life and mental illness can cause a person to take his or her own life depending on which type of mental illness the person has developed. There are many people who could successfully be treated for his or her mental illness but the person refuse to seek help and this makes the person's situation worse. I can relate to this belief because of my personal encounter with Sunny, who was in the high school tennis team along with me. I remember his talking about his mother most of the time, and I mistook it as just another parent-child rivalry. He seemed frustrated all the time, and having only his mother with him made him not want to go back home. Since we were unaware of medical affiliation with diseases, we didn’t quite want to understand her situation. Later after high school was over, I met him after 2 years and asked him about the both of them. Then he concluded stating that, he had schizophrenia and that she had committed suicide just few months ago.
Schizophrenia is a most misunderstood disease. It will affect one in every100 Americans during their lifetime, yet too often it is hidden in the closet by families and ignored by professionals. A revolution is underway, for schizophrenia is emerging. Schizophrenia is now known to be a disease of the brain and is not caused by any guilty acts or failures of the patient. Like diabetics, schizophrenics may be able to control their symptoms with medication.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Blog # 11
The impact of "Chronic diseases" on women in the US.
Chronic Diseases has had its toll on the yesteryears of society and of today’s society as well. Society has battled with many different chronic diseases and will still battle with some chronic diseases until the end of time. Hopefully, researchers will find the answer to the equation of eliminating many chronic diseases that are able to cripple a nation. This paper will define osteoporosis, explain the risk factors and incidence of osteoporosis, will list symptoms of osteoporosis, describe the impact of nutrition and exercise on the prognosis of osteoporosis, and lastly, list the prevention strategies and treatment options.
In defining osteoporosis, this “is a disease that causes weak bones that break easily” (FDA, 2005). "Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone micro-architecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as, “a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass. The term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture and is most common in women after menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may also develop in men, and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP).
Osteoporosis is a significant health problem that affects more than 25 million women in the United States and potentially 200 million worldwide. This disease is characterized by diminishing the structure of the skeleton (particular the "spongy" bone). This results in an increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis develops silently over a period of years, eventually progressing to a point where a fracture can easily occur causing pain and disability. This disease is characterized by low bone mass and structural worsening of your bones, leading to bone fragility. There is an increased chances of damaging the hip, spine, and wrist.
Twenty-five million Americans are affected by Osteoporosis, making it a major public health problem. 80% of those affected by osteoporosis are women. One out of every two women and one in five men have an Osteoporosis-related fracture.
References:
Merck & Co.The impact of osteoporosis [videorecording]: personal stories
Current topics in osteoporosis / editors, Hong-wen Deng. Imprint Singapore; Hackensack, N: World Scientific ; c2005.
Chronic Diseases has had its toll on the yesteryears of society and of today’s society as well. Society has battled with many different chronic diseases and will still battle with some chronic diseases until the end of time. Hopefully, researchers will find the answer to the equation of eliminating many chronic diseases that are able to cripple a nation. This paper will define osteoporosis, explain the risk factors and incidence of osteoporosis, will list symptoms of osteoporosis, describe the impact of nutrition and exercise on the prognosis of osteoporosis, and lastly, list the prevention strategies and treatment options.
In defining osteoporosis, this “is a disease that causes weak bones that break easily” (FDA, 2005). "Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone micro-architecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as, “a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass. The term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture and is most common in women after menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may also develop in men, and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP).
Osteoporosis is a significant health problem that affects more than 25 million women in the United States and potentially 200 million worldwide. This disease is characterized by diminishing the structure of the skeleton (particular the "spongy" bone). This results in an increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis develops silently over a period of years, eventually progressing to a point where a fracture can easily occur causing pain and disability. This disease is characterized by low bone mass and structural worsening of your bones, leading to bone fragility. There is an increased chances of damaging the hip, spine, and wrist.
Twenty-five million Americans are affected by Osteoporosis, making it a major public health problem. 80% of those affected by osteoporosis are women. One out of every two women and one in five men have an Osteoporosis-related fracture.
References:
Merck & Co.The impact of osteoporosis [videorecording]: personal stories
Current topics in osteoporosis / editors, Hong-wen Deng. Imprint Singapore; Hackensack, N: World Scientific ; c2005.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Blog # 10.
Is heart disease common in your family? What are some of the environmental, physical, cultural, socio economical, and educational factors that impact the prevalence of this disease?
It was back in the year 1998; I sat on the foot side of my grandmother’s bed and had “the conversation” with her. It was a cold February winter where she laid tucked in inside of her warm cozy blanket and I sat next to the fire place by her bed and listened to her living styles in the past as though it were a fairy tale. She told how she walked for days just to reach the other part of the town, or to reach the city since there weren’t any vehicles or any means of gas emitting vehicles. Her diet would generally be fresh vegetables with only a day/two per week intake of meat. The people back then hardly got sick you know, she exclaimed. “And since we don’t get sick too often, there wouldn’t be a chance of us taking medication.” It barely got to my understanding as in what context was she trying to refer me. I didn’t quite get it then, as I was too young to understand the real essence of her words, until now. My grand mother lived for 88 years, not having many complications except for the old age syndrome.
Thinking about she said and linking it to the present living standard of my family- in particular, I can conclude stating that majority of our lifestyles are heavily influenced by technology. With the influence of technology, in spite of coming from a rather, a developing country, I still sense the difference between the past and now. My family has a very less risk to cardiovascular disease; I believe the factor that prevented the cause of the disease in entering our chain is because of the health living environment we stayed in. Since, I come from a high context cultured country; everything that becomes an output of the family is a cause of the family’s environment influence. The eating habit, inducing healthy ways of living such as out door activities, and the psychological factor are major factor that contribute in preventing or inducing the risk of heart disease.
It was back in the year 1998; I sat on the foot side of my grandmother’s bed and had “the conversation” with her. It was a cold February winter where she laid tucked in inside of her warm cozy blanket and I sat next to the fire place by her bed and listened to her living styles in the past as though it were a fairy tale. She told how she walked for days just to reach the other part of the town, or to reach the city since there weren’t any vehicles or any means of gas emitting vehicles. Her diet would generally be fresh vegetables with only a day/two per week intake of meat. The people back then hardly got sick you know, she exclaimed. “And since we don’t get sick too often, there wouldn’t be a chance of us taking medication.” It barely got to my understanding as in what context was she trying to refer me. I didn’t quite get it then, as I was too young to understand the real essence of her words, until now. My grand mother lived for 88 years, not having many complications except for the old age syndrome.
Thinking about she said and linking it to the present living standard of my family- in particular, I can conclude stating that majority of our lifestyles are heavily influenced by technology. With the influence of technology, in spite of coming from a rather, a developing country, I still sense the difference between the past and now. My family has a very less risk to cardiovascular disease; I believe the factor that prevented the cause of the disease in entering our chain is because of the health living environment we stayed in. Since, I come from a high context cultured country; everything that becomes an output of the family is a cause of the family’s environment influence. The eating habit, inducing healthy ways of living such as out door activities, and the psychological factor are major factor that contribute in preventing or inducing the risk of heart disease.
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