...The Advancement of Technology in the Medical Field Technology in general has greatly improved in the last 50 or 60 years, but especially in the medical field. A lot of what drives the medical field today is computers. Computers have gone from being the size of a small room to being able to fit in the palm of your hand. The first computer was actually a calculator. With the advancements in being able to reduce the size of the integrated circuit or IC chips, also known today as microchips, they have gone from being able to fit a couple transistors on a chip to being able to implement billions of transistors on a single chip about the size of $.50 piece. With this we have really been able to advance the technology in the medical field. We have also been able to improve microscopes to be able to better see inside cells and to identify the different bacteria and viruses that infect humans and other plants and animals. Being able to better identify what is causing an illness, treatment can be greatly improved. Today there are cameras the size of a pill that you can swallow and a computer outside the body records it for the doctor to review. This makes it more appealing to the patients since it is less invasive. Technology in the medical field has come a long way in the past century. We have went from tonics that some Dr. and concocted in his office to being able to perform the major transplants that we can today. 50 years ago people would've never thought that a doctor would be able...
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...Diseases were discovering in the 1850s, by medicals that did not understand of the causes and how to get rid of infectious diseases until later on down the line. In the 19th century, Germ theory came about in Europe. Many infectious diseases came down the line in 1920s where America was acknowledging of the disease by health cares. They inform America of sanitation, hygiene measures, clean water, and etc. | Once America came up on discover of germs and diseases acts take place. Before the 1920s hospitals were exceedingly cautious, about poor who were sick. Many cannot afford the services and treatments of been sick. Health care had their own place of rest, food, and shelter for them. Germs and diseases change the outcome of many hospitals and they patience’s. Hospitals became best of provide health care everywhere. | 1. | Many medical professionals confronted with moral and ethical questions about the germs and diseases. How, were, and whom the diseases came from? There were guidelines for different ethics to maintenance and health care trying to do the best to providing care for them all. The American Medical Association in 1847 came up with a solution which where medicine and the idea of uniform standards for the medical field, experiences, and behavior. | Codes came in places for the different diseases. It was extremely confidentiality to every patience as they rights. It brought on a good physician/patience relationship. The Code of Medical Ethics provided the best quality of treatment...
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...Kylar Montella 3D Printing in the Medical Field And in Education Jared Berrett 12/1/13 How do 3D printers work? There were a lot of choices to choose from since 3D printing as expanded over the years. As I was looking into 3D printing to see what a good topic would be to expand on, I came across 3D printing in the dental field and in education. 3D printing in the medical field has expanded a whole lot. We can now make bones and some tissue. 3D printing can be used for several things, but I decided to specifically talk about 3d printing in the dental field and in education. First I’m going to talk about and explain why 3d printing is going to be useful in schooling and in the future schooling. Then I’m going to talk and explain some of the bad effects people see on 3d printing. Then I’m going to explain how it is useful in the medical field and how the doctors can improve on using this tool that is now out there. Then lastly I’m going to explain why 3d printing is such a good new technology that we all need to learn how to use and use one for good. How do 3D printers work? They work like inkjet printers, but instead of ink they use plastic. The machine uses ABS plastic, the same as LEGOS. So the first thing is 3d printing in school. Kids these days are going to have a lot of opportunity to learn in the field and be able to have hands on with their learning and such. I read in an article that said “Project difficulty can be tailored to a Student’s abilities and interests...
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...little girls could remember, the only way it seemed plausible to become successful was by living in the body of Cinderella or Barbie or Miss America. As they began to mature, nothing changed. The image remained as a beautiful bag of bones when media and celebrities were constantly thrown in their face. In the past, if they didn’t have “the look”, they were left hopeless and self-conscious. Thankfully, some idiot decided they would abuse the power of nature and science by providing these girls with an answer to their prayers. Plastic Surgery! What they didn’t account for was the impact. Now, not only were the glamorous allowed to have the image, everyone was-again, reducing the confidence in the female population and encouraging a new friend, bullying. Moreover, it is affecting the mental health of children in this conceited society. Surveys and recent research show that “ Teens view plastic surgery as a way to fit in and look acceptable to friends and peers” (Plastic Surgery). How is it that society has allowed this damage to take place? The...
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...Ashlee Smith ` My Future! My dream job is to become a Plastic Surgeon. I don’t want to be the wealthiest and highly favored. I want to be one who will serve her people and country in a true manner. My whole life since I was a little girl I’ve always wanted to work in the medical field and feel as though. I have consistently been pushed in that direction. Especially by my mother was has been an RN for the past 7 years. I entered the medical field wanting to be a Surgical Tech and have one more year left until I receive my degree. Although I loved the field I’m pursuing in. I felt like I needed to expand my horizons and go for where my heart is and what. I’ve always dreamed of wanting to do and that is becoming a Plastic Surgeon. I realized that I wanted to be more intricate part of the care for patients and their families. That is when I decided after I receive my Associates Degree as a Surgical Tech to go back to school and complete my PhD in Surgery no matter how long it took me. . It’s time to fulfill my dreams and teach others no matter how old you are if you want something bad enough you can do it, to never give up on your dreams no matter how hard is to accomplish them. With support from my family and friends I know that I can succeed and accomplish my dream as becoming a Plastic Surgeon in the near...
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...Stem cells: What they are and what they do Researchers believe stem cells offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues and the state of research. By Mayo Clinic staff You've heard about stem cells in the news, and perhaps you've wondered if they might help you or a loved one with a serious disease. You may wonder what stem cells are, how they're being used to treat disease and injury, and why they're the subject of such vigorous debate. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about stem cells. Why is there such an interest in stem cells? Researchers hope stem cell studies can help to: * Increase understanding of how diseases occur. By watching stem cells mature into cells that eventually become bones, heart muscle, nerve cells, and other organs and tissue, researchers and doctors may better understand how a variety of diseases and conditions develop. * Generate healthy cells to replace diseased cells (regenerative medicine). Researchers hope they can train stem cells into becoming specific cells so that those specialized cells can be used to regenerate and repair diseased or damaged tissues in people. People who might benefit from stem cell therapies include those with spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and multiple sclerosis. Stem cells could also be grown to become new...
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...In his article, “Exploring the 3-D printing opportunity” J.Bird touched on several interesting facts about 3-D printing of which I was not aware, including the fact that 3-D printing has been around since the 1980’s. 3-D printing is not a “new” technology, but rather one that is being explored and exploited more now because of patents that have since expired. There are several ways of printing objects in three dimensions including fusing powdered material such as titanium with a laser, dispensing melted plastic through a nozzle, and photo curing plastic resin. 3-D printing is much more environmentally friendly than traditional manufacturing techniques, because traditional cutting and grinding produces more waste. 3-D printing has exciting applications in the medical field: last year surgeons created a replacement jaw for an 83-year old woman in titanium that took 33 layers to form each 1mm of thickness. 3-D printing makes creating one-off objects much more economically viable since there is no need to create specialized tooling, no need to create molds, and it eliminates hours of machining to take the cast item from the mold stage to the finished product. Since there is no need for specialized tooling, product development times can be reduced from months to just weeks. Products can be developed and designed one day and printed overnight for use the next day. The future seems to be limitless for this technology. 3-D printed clothing could be customized to the individual’s physiology...
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...in Kent, Ohio. In the 1940’s, Kent expanded into plastics and became one of the country’s largest producers and marketers of plastic additives and specialty chemicals. In 1953, Kent opened a research laboratory, and by 2007, Kent was a leading global specialty chemical company with revenues of $2.2 billion (See Exhibit 1). It held minority and majority stakes in more than two dozen businesses in the U.S. and overseas, employed 4,200 people including 1,200 off shore, operated thirty manufacturing facilities in 13 countries, and sold its products in almost 100 countries. Kent sold a wide variety of products focusing on niche market needs in construction, electronics, medical products and consumer industries. They had six business divisions, three of which had significant international sales. In consumer products, they sold Grease B Gone, the leading degreaser in the U.S., and expanded into other specialty household products such as drain openers, rust removers, and surface cleaners. About one-third of this business’s $522 million sales were outside of the U.S. In the 1950’s, Kent entered the fire protection business by acquiring a company that had developed fire retardant chemicals for apparel. It expanded fire retardants for electronics, building and transport industries, and developed a line of foams, chemicals, and gases. By 2008, the fire control segment was a fast growing and increasingly specialized field requiring big investments in R&D. Fire protection...
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...interests on healthy issues”. Dr Wilkinson provided few examples about whether we should respect teenagers and adolescents medical decisions against their best interest. He also provided few steps to help parents if their children making improperly medical decisions that would threaten their best interest. In the following critical thinking essay, it will analysis the major topic that Dr Wilkinson mentioned and provided two sides evaluations, including strengths and fallacies in the article. Analysis Main arguments Based on analyzing the major topic about “Healthy case for letting doctors judge teen’s best interests”, Dr Wilkinson believed that we should respect adolescents’ medical decisions if it towards to their best interests. On the contrast, if their final decision is deemed as wrong, then the parents should decide what is the best for their child or teenager for long-term wellbeing. Therefore, the paternalism still exists in medicine and we should resist the trend to allow them control over medical decisions if their children made wrong decisions that put threats to their healthy issues (Wilkinson, 2008). To conclusion, the main argument from Dr Wilkinson’s topic is to respect younger patients’ opinions on their best interests and the paternalism still important in medicine. Three premises In the past, minors were not allowed to making medical decisions because of their age and incompetence, which will be the main reason that related to Dr Wilkinson’s article. The...
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...is the leading exporter of skimmed milk powder, yet has little to no other milk product exports.[4][5] The ever increasing rise in domestic demand for dairy products and a large demand-supply gap could lead to India being a net importer of dairy products in the future.[6] New Zealand, theEuropean Union's 28 member states, Australia, and the United States are the world's largest exporters of milk and milk products. China and Russia are the world's largest importers of milk and milk products.[7][8] Throughout the world, there are more than six billion consumers of milk and milk products. Over 750 million people live within dairy farming households.[9] Plastic is a material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organics that are malleable and can be molded into solid objects of diverse shapes. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass, but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic, most commonly derived from petrochemicals, but many are partially natural.[2] Plasticity is the general property of all materials that are able to irreversibly deform without breaking, but this occurs to such a degree with this class of moldable polymers that their name is an emphasis on this ability. Due to their...
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...Growing up in Laredo I knew that I was a minority. Not only because of the population of the city compared to other, but because of the simple fact that almost all of the population in this city are Hispanics. Being a minority when it comes to the medical field is not the most common thing. According to an article posted on www.uhc.com (UnitedHealthCare), only about 9.2 of doctors today are minorities. Texas A&M International University was a result of frustrated Hispanics, minorities, which wanted to receive an education in south Texas. If you list all the cities in Texas that have a university, you will notice that almost all of them are in the north. I don’t want to be a doctor because of the money; I want to become a doctor because I want...
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...in which it has to focus on for their business to be successful to the world in terms of helping its employees and its customers. This Service Request is on those key areas that have a stakeholder in the company’s community. Dr. Riordan was a professor in the field of chemistry who has founded The Riordan Plastic Corporation started back in the year 1991. At its start, the company’s main focus was on research and development along with licensing of his products. Not until 1992 did he invest in a fan company facility that manufactured fans for consumer use that was located in Pontiac, MI. in which he then changed the name of his company to Riordan Manufacturing Incorporated. Again in 1993 Dr. Riordan purchased another company in Albany, GA that was expanded the production line into making plastic beverage bottles. The most recent expansion made in 2000 was by relocating their fan facility from the United States to Republic of China. To this date Riordan Corporation has over 500 employees who are located in four different branches and boast an annual earning potential of about 46 million with some of its products ranging from: * Medical Stints * Heart Valves * Plastic Bottles * Customized plastic parts * Fans Although successful from the start many improvements can be made within the company. This request can identify the necessary changes that are needed to make the company that much more...
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...Assess the significance of war in influencing the transformation of approaches to medical treatment and surgery in the period 1870-1990 Throughout 1870-1990, warfare played a crucial role in transforming approaches to medical treatment and surgery as it; prompted more government responsibility in healthcare, innovated technological developments in medicine such as the establishment of blood transfusion services, contributed to individual breakthroughs by catalysing the development, and mass-production of penicillin. However, there's an ongoing historical debate regarding the significance of other factors' influence in transforming approaches to medical treatment and surgery. Other factors include; individuals who used their scientific knowledge to develop new medical treatment and surgical treatments, and the role of the government in enhancing healthcare in Britain. The effects of war were prevalent as early as the Second Boer War; which exposed inadequacies within the healthcare system, instigating increased government awareness towards poor health. Henry Hyndman suggested up to 50% of volunteers were unfit and in Manchester, 8,000 out of the 11,000 who volunteered for the army were rejected as they were physically unsuitable. The public's poor health hindered recruitment for the Boer War alarmed the government. This forced them to respond by establishing the inter-department Committee on Physical Deterioration; which highlighted nutrition as an indicator of the public's...
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...Allergan Medical, a division of Allergan, Inc., offers the most comprehensive, science based portfolio of Total Facial Rejuvenation products available, including BOTOX Cosmetic; hyaluronic acid and collagen based dermal fillers; and physician dispensed skin care products. Allergan Medical also offers the industry's widest range of breast implant options for reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery, and leading minimally invasive devices for obesity intervention treatment. The Product Manager/Sr. Product Manager, Plastic Surgery directs the development, market analysis and implementation of marketing plans for the U.S. Breast products in Augmentation to support achieving sales and profit objectives. This position is responsible for the development and execution of professional and consumer customer marketing plans and resource allocation to ensure realization of long-term product/brand strategies and financial goals. The incumbent will direct and manage sales forecasts, budgets and production forecasts. Along with the Sr. Director Marketing, Plastic Surgery, this position develops Breast business strategy consistent with business unit goals. Qualifications Education and Experience • Bachelors degree in related field, MBA preferred • Five to seven years professional Product Management experience • Knowledge of health care and/or pharmaceutical industry • Supervisory experience preferred • Two years health care field sales experience preferred • Highly...
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...Nearly one-hundred percent of people of color get plastic surgery every year due to a dissatisfaction with their body image. Of that 75% of those women have or had eating disorders in their past. To help prevent a lot of these things people working in the fields associated with them are studying to try and fix the statistics. As the media portrays what is considered attractive in society, the more problems people have with their own body image, causing them to resort to Eating disorders, Plastic surgery, and or suicide. The purpose of my research was to explore how women of color think and feel about their bodies. Specifically, how Black women define beauty by means of variety of different variables such as body shape, skin complexion, and...
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