Essays on Health

Surrogacy, or what many would call “womb renting”, is an increasingly apparent practice where women lend their bodies to undergo pregnancy and give birth to a baby (The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, 2017). This bodily service is usually rendered with a monetary fee….

Introduction Surrogacy, according to Lasker, is a type of assisted reproduction in which a female agrees to bear a child for another woman or a couple. In many cases, surrogacy is the alternative method for single parents or spouses with reproductive health challenges to raise…

Malnutrition is not getting the necessary vitamins and nutrients, which is caused by a lack of eating the proper foods and not eating enough. Malnutrition is not only due to lack of access to necessary foods, but also due to a lack of healthcare (Malnutrition,…

Smallpox was a pandemic that affected many people in different periods of time. It has only recently been officially eradicated. It is a terrible disease and millions have lost their lives to it. What is smallpox? Smallpox is a disease that comes from a virus…

Intro, Genome, Structure, and Lifecycle Smallpox has affected humans for centuries causing scars, blindness, and even death. Although it is not exactly known when the first case of smallpox appeared, it is believed that smallpox has been around since the Egyptian empire. This conclusion was…

Medicine has been improving over the years, treatments and procedures became safer and more efficient, medications began to be mass produced and of course more effective and accessible to people. These advances would have not been possible without those scientists that through history had make…

Introduction So many innovations have come across before our very eyes as the course of history went on through millions and millions of years. From the first wheel to the new and latest version of the iPhone, so many ideas and discoveries have sprung forth…

Imagine someone being born with a genetic disease that has no cure and they only have a certain amount of years to live before they die. Huntington’s Disease is defined as being an inherited disease in which causes the body nerve cells to continuously breakdown…

What Is Huntington’s Disease? Huntington’s is a disease in the brain, Huntington’s disease affects the Neurological and nervous system. Huntington’s disease is passed on from generation to generation through an altered gene from your parents. Huntington’s causes the death of brain cells in parts of…

The marginalized communities experience the challenges in the U.S.— systemically, socially, mentally, and physically. A closer scope in the marginalized communities, among the Latinx d/Deaf people experience oppression in the U.S. school that impacts their identities and languages. The education in U.S. are running by…