Monthly Archives: February 2014

Dan Petrovitch Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 Essay #5: Medicine and Medical Ethics I always feel uncomfortable while paying a visit to the doctor’s office. I never end up asking most of the medical questions that I originally intend to, and … Continue reading →

“I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn’t… that to me is not life.” Dr. Jack Kevorkian Euthanasia is the act of ending someone’s life in … Continue reading →

Lynette Scavo, one of the women on the TV Show Desperate Housewives, had a lot on her plate. She was a working mother of three sons and a daughter. Two of her sons were twins and both had Attention Deficit … Continue reading →

Age 1. The age I was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma. In plain terms, Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of soft tissue cancer that often occurs in children, and I had it in my right pelvic area. When my parents found a … Continue reading →

In contemporary high-technology society, when people face physical and psychological issues, they tend to ask various medications for help to pursue “normality”.  With the passage of legislations that loosen restrictions on medical marijuana in many states, controversies regarding to widespread … Continue reading →

Aimee Copeland lost her hands and her right leg to flesh eating bacteria.[1] It all started when she fell from her zip line into the Little Tallapoosa River and suffered a cut to her leg. The subsequent infection endangered her … Continue reading →

I don’t like to think about death, which is interesting, considering the fact that death is the only thing in life that is certain. Nevertheless, death, has always seemed just a little bit too permanent for me. I can’t escape … Continue reading →

The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to protect the people: from bad drugs, unsafe food, and greedy companies trying to make a profit at the people’s expense.  But sometimes the FDA harms the people more than it helps them.  … Continue reading →

Double-eyelid surgery. Rhinoplasty. V-line surgery. These are some of the most common procedures in South Korea. A Western crease, a higher and smaller nose, a slimmer V-shaped jawline. Women all across the country risk thousands of dollars, weeks of recovery … Continue reading →

I remember when she told us. My sister and I were snuggled in my parents’ bed listening to my dad read us Harry Potter. It was The Order of the Phoenix I think. She walked in, really calmly, and sat … Continue reading →