LaShanda R.

LaShanda Ratliff
December 24,2010
5th and 6th period

Abbot Diabetic Test Strips Recalled Over False Low Blood Sugar Readings

This article is about the maker of the glucose test strips that diabetics use to monitor their blood sugar.There is an recall on about 359 million strips and they may present a false reading of low blood sugar.There is an defect in the strip and is limiting the amount of blood sugar that each can absorb.That can lead up to the people raising their blood glucose when it is unnecessary.They could also fail to treat there high blood glucose due to a false reading of there blood sugar.

My opinion of this article is that the company should test there products before they put it on the market.They should me tested by more than one person also.But they should also be more careful with there products and if they are real careless with the strips they should try another way for the people to check there blood sugar.If the people are getting a different strip reading everytime that is not good because the strips arent accurate and the people would be doing so many things for there sugar either taking to much sugar or having not enought of sugar.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/22/abbott-diabetic-test-strips-recalled-over-false-low-blood-sugar

LaShanda R.

LaShanda Ratliff
December 17th,2010
5th&6th period

Short Index Fingers Mean Higher Prostate Cancer Risk , Study Finds

This article is about a man that has a large index finger and is at a lower risk of prostate cancer.The men that has an index finger longer than their ring finger are one-third less likely to get prostate cancer than men whos finger lengths are the opposite.Some of the relatives finger lengths could be used as an simple test for a risk of prostate cancer.The size of your index finger adn ring finger is determined at birth and it is linked to the amount of sex hormones that a fetus is exposed to in the womb.The study has been linked to the fertility and self-confidence and reaction times.

My opinion of this article is that they still need to do some more study on this disease.I think every man should know about this disease so they can make sure they dont have this disease.They should talk about this more to the men when they go to the doctors.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/01/short-index-fingers-mean-higher-prostate-cancer-risk-study-find/

LaShanda R.

LaShanda Ratliff
December 10,2010
5th and 6th period


Omega 3 Pills Fail To Help Alzheimer's Patients

This article is about the pills called Omega 3 and it doesnt help elderly people with the Alzheimers disease.The Omega 3 pill was a powerful memory booster and it showed no evidence of delaying mental and physical problems with the Alzheimers patients.There were half of the 300 participants with the mild that had moderate with the Alzheimers disease that was given twice daily that contained the omega 3 fatty acid in it.The DHA is produced in your brain and the Alzheimers sufferers has a lower amount of the fatty acid than other people.In the DHA oil in the pills that are given to the patients in the last study had came from algea.

My opinion of this article is that they should have tested those pills a second time before they put them on the market and gave them to people. So what is the point of puttiong something on the market like that if its not going to help people with there problems.They need to come up with something else to give to the Alzheimers patients because the Omega pills arent working and they are making people sick.They have all of this new technology now and they still caint do there job by testing there products.

http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/11/02/dha-omega-3-pills-dont-help-alzheimers-patients/

Jacob Rickards current event 10/11

The article "Study: Aspirin Cuts Deaths From Wide Variety Of Cancers" is a very interesting article. In the article it explains that the aspirin pill can prevent death of a variety of cancers. It explains that if you take a aspirin long enough during your middle than this can become kind of a shield of cancers over time. With the aspirin's anti-inflammatory properties, this can become a very good cancer fighting medication. Scientistist have concluded that injesting a single aspirin can be a real life changer and it really can pay off in the long run.
In my opinion this article was kinda boring but very useful. A simple aspirin can maybe save your life one day and its awesome about how something so small and simple can maybe be a life saver for you. Aspirins are a mild pain killer that are used for small injurys and medical reasons. Who knew that something thats meant and made for something so small can later treat something so big and life threatening diseases. I think that is very cool

L.Ratliff Current Event

LaShanda Ratliff
December 3,2010
5th and 6th period

Mom's Smoking in Pregnancy Tied To Girl's Puberty

This article is about women who smoke heavily during pregnancy who start menustrating months earlier than the daughters of women who didnt smoke while they were pregnant.The girls mothers who smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day doing there pregnancy .If they smoke for part of their pregnancies they began menstrauting only 3 to 4 months earlier than some of the girls whos mothers stayed smoke free.If a girl was to start menustrating early atleast a few months early they could have some effects on the population.You can gte a higher risk of health problems in life if a woman has started menustrating early.The earlier your period they have been associated with the earlier sexual activities and has had some kind of substances such as alcohol , and cigarettes.

My opinion of this article is that it gives alot of advice to women who are pregnant and they smoke while they are pregnant.You shouldnt smoke while you are pregnant because something could happen to your baby.When you go for a check up on the baby they tell you that you shouldnt smoke at all.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B253C20101203

Nina Edwards

Superantigens Could Be Behind Illness

This article is about staphylococcus bacterial infection that is difficult to explain. Doctors are saying that the body can cause more illness's than we know. Karin Lindvist says that "Super antigens have an thing for disrupting the body." If your infected with the infection than your system could get really ill. Study shows that super antigens active immune system in more ways than doctors showed. The body has developed cells that kills and remove foreign invaders. The yellow staphylococci is the most common bacteria in the world.

My Opinion:

My opinion on this article is that i hope they can get a stronger medication to fight this staph infection so it could stop spreading across the world. Penicillins are antibiotics used to clear up the infection.

http://www.blogger.com/www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/11/29/superantigens_could_be_behind_several_illnesses.html

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http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101110/HEALTH/11100311/-1/SITEMAP

Why can’t normal birth be the norm ?

Giving birth to a child is a very strange process. One in three and 1 in 2 babies born in the United States are not delivered vaginally. Many babies are born late term of preterm which has many consequences such as lifelong disabilities. Many women do not take time to think about the actual birthing process and they do not prepare themselves for it. So far the U.S. is the second worst out of all developed countries when it comes to infant mortality.
I think that women should prepare themselves more for the birth of their children during early pregnancy. I think that more people should witness the birth of children so they can know what to expect when they have a child. I also think that people should become more educated about the actual birthing process and what actually goes on. People should also prepare themselves for what happens if something goes wrong during a birth. Everyone should be educated about child birth.