on January 27, 2007. Her mother, age 56, died from breast cancer after fighting a long, hard battle. Jolie discusses in the article her experiences of how she handled her 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer. Jolie explains how women can be hopeful about the prevention of breast and ovarian cancer. Her strong use of pathos and logos helps to cover up the fact that she has little credibility on the topic of breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie writes this article because she had a double mastectomy
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, which leads temporary or constant anovulation and androgen excess (Neinstein, Gordon, Katzman, Rose, & Woods, 2009). There are troublesome body changes that can arise with PCOS due to an excess of androgens. Some of these body changes are hirsutism, acne, alopecia, and the inability to lose weight. All these symptoms are not well liked by the patient, so the provider should take all steps possible to help
that three samples are banked with an abstinence period of 48h between each of the samples. When ovarian stimulation is needed, either to cryopreserve oocytes or embryos, there will be treatment delay of 2–3 weeks when one stimulation cycle is carried out or longer when several stimulation cycles are carried out. Other risks are surgical complications, ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, diminished ovarian reserve (when an entire ovary is removed), and possible reintroduction of malignant cells. Besides
Top documentary films: Curing cancer full film: The three best ideas that I learned As we know cancer has been known as an incurable disease where abnormal cells proliferate in an uncontrollable fashion and spread to many organs through the bloodstream and the lymphatic system. It has been a lifelong quest for many researchers to understand the cause of cancer and ultimately to find a cure for cancer so that many innocent lives can be spared from the fatal disease. The documentary film “Top documentary
Today women have access to over seven different types of birth control methods. It hasn’t always been that easy to obtain birth control. It has been an issue in the United States if birth control should be an option for women. Should women have the ability to control their fertility? This has been an issue in society dating as far back into the 1900’s. There has always been some form of birth prevention prior to the modern methods of birth control. Even though the forms of prevention weren’t as effective
Due to its vague symptoms, ovarian cancer is not diagnosed early, and hence it is harder to treat. Basic Tips to Control Bloating: Slow down your speed of eating by chewing properly and not just gulping down food. This will help to properly break down the food by the digestive juices
Women are the only human gender that can produce children and go through the stages of developing a human baby. Women go through changes to produce this child and some women don’t want to go through those changings. Giving birth control to women for free protects them from unwanted pregnancies and unwanted changes to their body. Birth control is expensive and some don’t have the expenses for the pill. Birth control is viewed as a privilege, not a right, it protects the woman from unwanted pregnancies
I. PALLIATIVE CARE & ITS INTEGRATION INTO CANCER CARE Palliative care is a branch of medicine with the goal of preventing and relieving pain and suffering. According to WHO[1], palliative care: “provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms”; “affirms life and regards dying as a normal process”; “intends neither to hasten or postpone death”; “integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care”; “offers a support system to help patients live as actively as
With summer and its raging heat, cucumbers although low calorie vegetables are one of the coolest veggies one can consume during this intense heat. Cucumbers belong to the plant family Cucurbitaceae, sometimes also called the gourd family. Most people mistake Cucumber as a vegetable when it is in fact a fruit. Since, it is a seedy outgrowth which develops from a flower. Cucumbers come in not only different varieties but also in different colors. However the edible varieties are either the slicing
The world is an unique place. It provides elements and discoveries that can help benefit people or harm them. Some can have both positive and negative effects, and this is when difficulty can come in. People have to weigh the pros and cons, and sometimes they do so in an incorrect way, often focused on one side and are blind to the other. Tools that people use in their everyday lives can impair them more than benefit them, but they do not know because others before them had weighed that pros and