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    such as heart and lung failure, and many other birth defects. This career is a dexterous job, so it requires a lot of patience and skill. It is expected to grow over the next 10 years, as the medical field is always in need of doctors and surgeons. A neonatologist is a great career for people who like the medical field, enjoy working with others, and have a big heart to care for infants and their families. A neonatologist is a specialty doctor who cares for premature babies and full term infants who

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    as aspiring medical professionals, understand what is progressing in our profession. Within the blink of an eye health care changes; doctors, professors, researchers, are all developing new theories, journals and studies daily. It is our responsibility as current students in this field to do our best to further understand these journals, studies, researches and the writing that is involved in our field. Why you may ask? There is arguably an infinite amount of perspectives in the medical field ranging

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    medicine has undergone major advancements over the past years. One of these developments include the capacity to retrieve crucial information about the human body and its health beyond the use of manual diagnostic techniques. This is referred to as Medical or Diagnostic Imaging. Medical or Diagnostic Imaging refers to the various techniques that can be used to see inside the human body. Its non-invasive nature means that the body does not have to be opened up surgically for medical practitioners to view

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    necessary to keep drugs with high abuse potential and no medical benefit out of the hands of common people. It serves as a protection, and therefore is necessary. However, in 1972 marijuana was placed in the Schedule 1 category the Controlled Substances Act, therefore deeming it illegal for use for medical reasons classifying it as a drug that has no currently accepted medical use. This would make it criminal not only for people to use for medical reasons but also, criminal for physicians to prescribe

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    Introduction Why does testing play a crucial part in medical research? It is necessary for understanding and sorting out the problems that we human beings are vulnerable to, researching and testing using animals have been a practice of scientists for a long time now, and in profuse instances, it has deemed beneficial, given the medical advancements that were possible due to it. However, in the recent past, this practice have been regarded as immoral; animal testing has been seen by communities as

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    A field that is increasing steadily fast in medical imaging is Diagnostic medical sonography. Due to the advancing technology, the procedures are growing and a major growth will continue in the future of Diagnostic medical sonography. Utilizing complex hardware, sonographers deliver pictures of inside body structures that are often startling in their profundity and clarity. There is more to ultrasound than sound. “Specialists utilize powerful beams of ultrasound to get rid of cancer cells.” Scientists

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    Friedrich Nietzsche (“Quotes About Animals”). In the search for advancements in medicine, mankind has completely forgotten the values of caring and loving to all creatures. This is because humans force other animals to undergo the grueling process of testing medicines. Although animals provide a medium for medical testing, the fact that the process and results are unreliable and dangerous, ultimately make animal testing a waste of resources. Medical companies need to verify that their products work prior

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    Heather Green Wooten’s The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown chronicles the history of polio in Texas in a very extensive timeline. The book goes all the way back to the beginning of the polio epidemic and essentially progresses to the present. The time in this book certainly exceeds that of, The Captured and Isaac’s Storm. The Captured chronicled a long period of captivity, but did not appear to exceed a decade. Isaac’s Storm traced the initial development of Weather Bureau and

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    concerns. On one side of the tort reform movement, defendants such as corporations and medical professionals want limits on the damages awarded to the plaintiff. The benefit of tort reform for defendant is the financial savings. However, a cap placed on medical malpractice cases and other cases that are of negligence would standardize the monetary compensation regardless of the damage. In my opinion, Medical malpractice tort reform is a gray area, for each breach of the standard of care involves

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    Getting into medical school is intense and getting harder. Medical schools are searching for the best personalities and most decided and inspired college students. They are searching for candidates who have shown interest and capacity to work with individuals and meet individuals. It takes an exceptional individual to try and long for a career in medicine, and it takes diligent work and duty to entering medical school today. About a large portion of all applicants are acknowledged, and more than

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