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Unit 2 Health Research

Decent Essays

Section B:

HEALTH
Your experiences with using online resources to look up health or medical issues. Do you know of any situation where someone has found information on the Internet that has not matched the advice given by their doctor? What do you think of the use of the Internet by non-medical professionals to seek advice and information about illnesses and other health issues? How much do you think the medical and health professionals where you are need to, and have, kept pace with developments on the Internet?
I am admitted to hospital with atrial fibrillation where doctors decide I will need warfarin and statins to control raised cholesterol, and will need to be kept under observation for 3 days. My calcium levels are raised. Using my iPad to ‘Google’ the prescribed medications, I am able to ascertain the side effects would actually cause my symptoms. I decide treatment is inappropriate and check myself out of hospital on day 2, refusing to take the medications. I am given a letter to take to my GP which contains information that says she is to ‘educate’ me. My GP looks at my blood results and immediately suspects a parathyroid tumour. Upon further investigation this proves to be the case and with surgery I fully recover without the harmful …show more content…

Our lives have become busier and therefore there is less time for complex gaming. Casual game use is on the rise as such games are simple and can be played quickly (“The Rise and Rise of Casual Gaming,” 2008). Jesse Schell (2010) observes games are becoming an extension of our real life, for example, fitness trackers and Wii fit, ‘brain exercising’ apps to ward off dementia, good driver apps that are provided by car insurance companies, point systems for shopping rewards and weight watchers. We can even compete with others in these games using leader boards. In the future there may be reward systems for brushing your teeth or using public transport (Schell,

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