Hippocrates Born: c.460 BC at Kos‚ Ancient Greece Died: c.370 BC at Larissa‚ Ancient Greece Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician who was born around 460 BC on Cos‚ an Aegean island. Many consider him to be the “father of medicine” because he transformed the path of Greek medicine. He believed that diseases were caused by some type of natural action instead of being caused by the spirits or gods. His Early Life: Hippocrates was the son of Praxithea and Heracleides. His family’s wealth allowed him
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Medicine is a treatment‚ which was used to prevent illnesses and diseases of all kinds. Different types of diseases were dangerously life-threatening to majority of the victims. Before then‚ if a person happened to be ill‚ there was not a guaranteed cure to treat the disease at the time. In the late 1800s‚ medical cures such as patent or herbal medicines‚ were promoted and sold but did not provide the desired aid for the illness. In the 1920s‚ scientists and doctors researched and discovered treatments
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Personalized Medicine Roderick Washington Strayer University Dr. Danielle Van SCI 115 December 18‚ 2012 How Will Genetic Technology Shape Personalized Medicine / what are the Benefits? What is personalized medicine? “Medicine using genetic profile: the prevention‚ detection‚ and treatment of disease taking into account a person’s unique genetic profile”1.With the ever changing and mixing of different racial backgrounds‚ the need to make medicines that are more suited to the individuals
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Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine Traditional medicine vs. alternate medicine‚ is a subject of great scrutiny and speculation. An important point to understand is that both the systems share the same objective - a healthy and a safe body. While experts differ in their view on this subject‚ it is important to deduce the pros and cons of both the branches of medicine. A judicious mix of both can be a good way forward. The Systems Traditional medicine‚ as we commonly know includes modern health
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Kantian Deontology Vs. Medicine Dignity is an innate feature of human beings: they are born with it. Maintaining it over the course of life gives it an acquired status: preserving it is not an easy task. Human Rights are one form of laws that try to conserve human dignity and many countries abide by them. Nonetheless‚ attempts to preserve this dignity date back to centuries before the United Nations decided to publish its chart on Human Rights. During the eighteenth century‚ Immanuel Kant described
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Nuclear medicine is classified as the branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioactive substances in research‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment. It’s imagery devices are used to determine the severity and treat a variety of diseases‚ including many types of cancers‚ heart disease‚ gastrointestinal‚ endocrine‚ neurological disorders and other abnormalities within the body. This category of medicine was first introduced when Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron. Ernest Lawrence was an American
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vaccination policies intrigued me. I took part in different biomedical investigations ranging from genetic and protein engineering to biomedical diagnostic‚ including open surgery in small rodents‚ giving me an excellent academic preparation for medicine. During the first surgery my rat died before I could complete the practical despite being very careful; this made me ponder on the delicacy of life‚ the ultimate trust patient give to surgeons and consequently the right of appropriate heath facilities
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medical discrepancies and life changing surprises may finally reach an end. With the constant research and discoveries in the medical field comes personalized medicine‚ a new way of dispensing and recommending medicine to patients through extensive research of profiling for genetic biomarkers and family medical history. Personalized medicine is a movement in the healthcare industry to provide patient centered drugs tailored to the consumer as well as predicting possible diseases and accurately plotting
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The Romans used both scientific and mythological methods in their medicine. By adopting the methods of Greek medicine; the Romans obtained a solid foundation. They copied Hippocrates‚ who separated the study of medicine from philosophy and had an overall approach to the health of humans. Hippocrates also observed the habits and environment of humans to accurately determine illnesses and discover treatments. The Romans adapted the Hippocratic method and combined it with mythical and religious views
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Computers have a strong foothold in modern day medicine. They are used to organize records‚ create images such as CT Scans‚ conduct robotic surgeries‚ and many other applications. It’s difficult to imagine how medicine was practiced 50 years ago without the help from computers. This will review a few of the benefits computers provide in todays medicine. One of the most basic uses for computers is in the administration side of the house. Computers are the excellent means for storage of patient-related
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