Although HIV/AIDS is a global problem, it is believed that people in South Africa have more people afflicted with it than anywhere else in the world with around 5,700,00 people, or 12%, carrying the disease according to the 2007 UNAIDS…
I chose to discuss clinical medical anthropology as it is directly related to where I’d like to see myself in the future in the medical field. I would like to become a doctor, and as being one I need to…
Welcome to America, land of the free and home to every type of drug you could ever possibly need. If there is something wrong with you, just take a pill and it will be fixed! Medicalization is used to actually…
When I think of culture of biomedicine I think that we mean that we now live in a world where natural factors no longer have control over our survival, and we can do about anything with our minds to fix…
This episode of True Life follows the lives of two people, Ashley and Isaax, who have uncontrollable sex drives. Sex addiction is often common in people who suffer from any combination of addictive/obsessive personalities, psychological disorders, low self-esteem, or self-destructive…
It is not only limited to women to feel a little “off” during the beginning year(s) after the birth of their child, men can feel it too. The most important thing is that men recognize when they do suffer from…
Dhat is most bluntly, the anxiety a man receives from the realization that he has lost his semen. “The loss of semen is wrapped up in men’s perception of their masculinity, thus the hypochon- driacal, anxiety and depressive symptoms become…
The only time I had ever heard of a “clown doctor” was in the film Patch Adams where Robin Williams uses humor and laughter to help his patients. It seemed like just a silly movie, but it really does make…
Although I only scored a 50% on the Health Equity Quiz, I knew the general area of what the quiz was asking, so I’m going to say I got a solid 70% on it instead. The statistic that I found…
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited, genetic disease, meaning that you are born with it, that affects many functions such as the lungs, digestive system, sweat glands and male fertility. It affects the glands in our body that produce mucus and…
