Case Memo: PatientsLikeMe Background: PatientsLikeMe (PLM) is an online community where patients share their personal experiences with a disease, find other patients like them, and learn from each other. Similar to TripAdvisor, it has large UGC information and get paid by the 3rd party ( partnership w/ pharma company) But the difference lies in 1) it focus on more professional area(health-care), requiring more specific and deep-diving knowledge 2)has closer user bond, a sense of belonging in
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Should DNA be used to screen embryos? For couples haunted by a family history of genetic disease, there are few reproductive choices. Aside from adopting a child or using IVF with donated eggs or sperm, they can either take the risk of conceiving a child with the disease, or not have children at all. PGD has changed this, and it is now possible to have a child without passing down an inherited disease. Mark Hughes, now a professor at the Center of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State
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Thomas, was the individual who had first opened the doors to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962. His intentions were to clear the way as a non-profit hospital, which had a goal of finding cures for adolescents “with cancer and other fatal diseases through research and treatment” (2013, para. 1). From there they had started working to provide treatment to adolescents from all 50 states, as well as children from around the world. In addition to the incredible treatments they provide to their
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war * Processed meats are regarded as a threat to health * Linked to heart disease, cancer, etc. * Death rates were elevated by the amount of red meat consumed by the American Public * Deemed by the Harvard school of Health * 12% greater (not on exam!) * Each extra serving of red meat that you have a day * Is tied to a 16% increase of dying from a cardiovascular disease * Translates into a 10% increase of dying from cancer * Concluded
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slight chance that the testing being done will help with a cure or a medicine that will prolong a cancer patients life, I’m all for that testing. If it works out then that animal will have not died in vein. I’m still undecided on testing for heart disease. Yes it would benefit the patient but at the same time there are things that you can do to prevent it. Eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, and don’t do drugs. The people who contract it from their parents, I guess it would be worth it. If
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amendment right. In the article, the author provides some staggering statistics which he uses to substantiate the claim “guns kill”. Here are a few; “guns still kill twice as many children and young people than cancer, five times as many than heart disease and fifteen times more than infection, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.” The article goes on to state “in 2010, 15,576 children and teenagers were injured by firearms – three times more than the number of U.S. soldiers injured in
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English 102 4 November 2013 Gene Therapy The ability that gene therapy gives humans, could easily be looked at as playing God. In simpler words could scientists be making human bodies survive deathly diseases, or are scientists just simply damaging future gene pools? Ethically speaking, are scientists improving bodies to save Gods people, or are scientists just trying to make Gods people perfect and in the end just damaging the bodies’ people inhibit. The amount of technology
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Gene Therapy SCI115 Introduction to Biology Professor Cassie Prisco November 28, 2014 Gene therapy is a rapidly growing field of medicine in which genes are introduced into the body to treat diseases. It is the name applied to the treatment of inherited diseases by corrective genetic engineering of the dysfunctional genes. It is part of a broader field called genetic medicine, which involves the screening, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hereditary conditions in humans. The results
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Multiple Sclerosis I. Introduction A. What is Multiple Sclerosis. a. Multiple Sclerosis is a severe central nervous system disorder. b. Affects more than 2.1 million people in the world. c. It’s an incurable disease. II. An Incurable Disease A. Multiple sclerosis has no cure but if diagnosed early can be slowed down in its progression. B. How is MS diagnosed and treated. C. Is Multiple Sclerosis genetic or acquired III. Diagnosing and Treatment A. Diagnosed between the ages
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she feels restless and tired, but then the continuous intake made her mental state even worse. There are times she would wake up feeling depressed. As this horror frightened her, she decided not to take it again. Certain cases lead to different diseases. Even worse, it can lead to death. There are a lot of things you can do to replace this approach. One way is by simply listening to music. Using antidepressants can surely eliminate your burden, but will it last longer than you think? These are
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