1. What bodily infections do you prescribe antibiotics for the most?
2. Do you prescribe the same medicines frequently?
3. As a doctor, what is your stance on the issue of over prescribing antibiotics?
4. Have you seen over prescription have an effect during your time as a doctor?
5. Has medicine changed during your career? If yes, how so?
6.Do you think that different branches of medicine approach the use of antibiotics differently?
7. What do you do if an antibiotic is not effectively treating a patient?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
First Four Research Paper Sources!
John Evans, et al. "Stemming The Tide Of Antibiotic Resistance (STAR): A Protocol For A Trial Of A Complex Intervention Addressing The 'Why' And 'How' Of Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing In General Practice." BMC Family Practice 10.(2009): 1-10. Academic Search Elite. Web. 15 Nov. 2011.
This article discusses the surge of over-prescribing antibiotics that seems to have taken over the world. In this article, a solution to this problem is also evaluated, as well as a protocol that is hoping to be adopted. It is written by the editor of a highly acclaimed research magazine, Academic Search Elite. I will use this article to help support my point that there are negatives involving antibiotic use, and one of the most prominent is their over-use.
This article discusses the surge of over-prescribing antibiotics that seems to have taken over the world. In this article, a solution to this problem is also evaluated, as well as a protocol that is hoping to be adopted. It is written by the editor of a highly acclaimed research magazine, Academic Search Elite. I will use this article to help support my point that there are negatives involving antibiotic use, and one of the most prominent is their over-use.
N. Rams, et al. "Antibiotic Prescribing Over The Last 16 Years: Fewer Antibiotics But The Spectrum Is Broadening." European Journal Of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 28.8 (2009): 893-897. Environment Complete. Web. 15 Nov. 2011.
This article discusses the advances in modern science and medicene that have been made in the 16 years between 1992 and 2009. The main focus of this piece of research is to discuss how not as many revolutionary medicinal discoveries have been made in this time, but the amount of antibiotics available to the masses has broadened and increased. I will use this article as a backbone of the argument concerning the past and present of antibiotic research, and how this may affect the future.
Nordqvist, Christian. "What Are Antibiotics? How Do Antibiotics Work?." Medical News Today: Health News. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar
This news article addresses the basics of antibiotics: what they are, how they work, where they come from, and how we use them. Although it is simplistic and brief, it will be vitally important in my paper as a basis on which to build from and draw definitions.
This news article addresses the basics of antibiotics: what they are, how they work, where they come from, and how we use them. Although it is simplistic and brief, it will be vitally important in my paper as a basis on which to build from and draw definitions.
Stein, Richard A. "Antibiotic Resistance: A Global, Interdisciplinary Concern." American Biology Teacher 73.6 (2011): 314-321. Academic Search Elite. Web. 15 Nov. 2011.
This article, written by the editor of the American Biology Teacher magazine, discusses the ways in which viruses are able to become immune to our antibiotics, which then become useless. It also mentions the ways in which viruses are able to "outrace our scientists" and become nearly unstoppable. For this reason, this article will be hugely effective in my paper because it will help support my claim that antibiotics become dangerous when we use them too much and unwittingly develop viruses that cannot be cured by current sciences.
This article, written by the editor of the American Biology Teacher magazine, discusses the ways in which viruses are able to become immune to our antibiotics, which then become useless. It also mentions the ways in which viruses are able to "outrace our scientists" and become nearly unstoppable. For this reason, this article will be hugely effective in my paper because it will help support my claim that antibiotics become dangerous when we use them too much and unwittingly develop viruses that cannot be cured by current sciences.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Final Paper Brainstorming
1. Predatory lending
2. Walmart legal issues – involving taking advantage of employees
3. Nuclear Research
4. Invasive species
5. Antibiotics in the public
6. Childhood obesity
7. How the media portrays violence
8. Four day school week
Predatory lending
What is predatory lending?
Who does it affect?
Are there actually pros to a problem like this?
What are the long term effects of this issue?
Invasive Species
What defines a species as invasive?
What right do humans have to pick sides in nature?
How often does this occur?
Is it natural or caused by outside influences?
Antibiotics in the public
How often are antibiotics overprescribed?
How much/long does it take for one to become immune?
How do antibiotics work on a global scale?
Are they harmful or helpful?
How the media portrays violence
Is the way that violence is shown on the news a good thing?
Do video games effect how children view violence?
Has violence increased as the public’s exposure to violence has increased?
Does the media scare people too much?
Four day school week
Are student’s still required to attend the same amount of days?
Why would a school change to this schedule?
What are the possible benefits?
More Examples of Logical Fallacies
Fallacy: Slippery Slope
This is an excellent example of the slippery slope fallacy, in which the arguer attempts to start domino effect of logic, in which one thing will dramatically cause many other events to occur. Typically, these arguments are borderline ridiculous, and the slippery slope is, in my opinion, one of the easiest fallacies to pick out while simply listening to someone make their point. In this example, “Slippery Slope Guy” plays the comic role of exaggerating this fallacy to humorously poke fun at politician and other public figures that use this fallacy in their own speeches. His argument is insane: if we give immigrants a driver license, they will suddenly be able to be the doctor of our President. Ummm … right. This kind of logic is hyperbolic to say the least.
Fallacy: Post Hoc
In the Post Hoc fallacy, it is assumed that because A occurred and then B occurred, A therefore caused B. On the contrary, just because two things occur does not mean they caused each other. Correlation does not cause causation, as my AP Statistics teacher has explained many a times. This fallacy reminds me of my Stats class in a lot of ways: for example, the post hoc fallacy is similar to the concept of confounding variables, in which an experiment may not produce valid statistical results because other variables had an effect upon the different levels of the experiment. In the same way, the post hoc fallacy can try to prove causation, but it cannot be made valid since other factors most likely had to do with the result.
Fallacy: Red Herring (and being completely ignorant)
The red herring fallacy is used to distract from the original problem or question, in hopes of avoiding answering it. In this pageant example, the idiotic girl doesn’t know how to answer the question so she rambles about Iraq, world peace, and Mexican education instead of answering the question about children not being able to find the US on a map. The history behind the name of this fallacy comes from fox hunting in Europe, where they would sometimes attempt to distract the hunting dogs by having them smell smoked red herring instead of the fox trail. See what I did there? I started talking about the history of the fallacy instead of continuing my argument because I didn’t know what else to say, so this in itself was a lovely example of the Red Herring Fallacy.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Logical Fallacies - Response
Many logical fallacies are used in this episode, and they are both well executed and entertaining. The tv show hosts brings in his guest to actually play the leading role in the strawman fallacy, in which his argument is being set up simply to be knocked down - this makes the opposite point. Next, a red herring fallacy was used when the guest speaker changed the subject from the original question asked and began to talk about the diseases that illegal immigrants bring with them when they cross over the border. Then, an appeal to authority was used when the guest speaker defends his point by simply saying, "That's right ... you heard that person on TV say it", and also referencing the fact that many of his key points were provided by "Princeton's finest professor" or "Einsteins own" . At the same time, an appeal to pity is being used when he talks about the "terrible, awful" effects of leprosy on the American public. And then a bandwagon fallacy is used when the "expert" explains that so many educated scholars agree, so you should, too! I think this comedy is effective in poking fun at the way that many figureheads and proponents debate in current media, and it is a little refreshing to be able to sit back and enjoy that silliness, knowing that I can pick apart what I am hearing and decide on my own what to believe.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Editorials - European Economic Meltdown
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/europes-day-of-reckoning-on-its-financial-crisis-is-at-hand/2011/10/10/gIQAGHnldL_story.html
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={9c68e06f-bf3c-4446-a161-8221fc16fc0a}
Both of these editorial articles discuss the economic meltdown that is really beginning to take place in Europe currently. The first takes on a more dire tone as it discusses all the reasons why every European country is going to soon come to reckoning over the financial crisis, and how there is not much that can be done to stabilize the market once again. However, the second editorial takes a more global approach, discussing how the future of America’s economy may rest in the crux of what happens to Greece in the upcoming months. I feel like both articles are convincing, but the second offers a kind of hope while the first does not. The second one also pulls the United States of America into the mix, in reference to how we will be affected if Greece defaults, while the other editorial has a stronger focus on the European Union alone. Both articles quote European officials, like the German chancellor and French president, as well as American newspaper reports from titles like The New York Times. Also, both articles agree on the fact that “something big” is about to happen concerning the economic issues that can be seen all around the world. They both emphasize that because of deflation of currency, worldwide recession, stagflation, and entire countries being unable to pay the bills, the world has definitely reached a catch 22. If a country, which is significant to the global economy, goes bankrupt, countries that they owe money to will also go bankrupt … and this reaction can continue on like a chain of dominoes. This would result in a global economic collapse, and since that has never happened before, no one really knows what will happen. I would like to better understand this entire concept, so I think it would be really interesting to write an unbiased paper on this topic.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={9c68e06f-bf3c-4446-a161-8221fc16fc0a}
Both of these editorial articles discuss the economic meltdown that is really beginning to take place in Europe currently. The first takes on a more dire tone as it discusses all the reasons why every European country is going to soon come to reckoning over the financial crisis, and how there is not much that can be done to stabilize the market once again. However, the second editorial takes a more global approach, discussing how the future of America’s economy may rest in the crux of what happens to Greece in the upcoming months. I feel like both articles are convincing, but the second offers a kind of hope while the first does not. The second one also pulls the United States of America into the mix, in reference to how we will be affected if Greece defaults, while the other editorial has a stronger focus on the European Union alone. Both articles quote European officials, like the German chancellor and French president, as well as American newspaper reports from titles like The New York Times. Also, both articles agree on the fact that “something big” is about to happen concerning the economic issues that can be seen all around the world. They both emphasize that because of deflation of currency, worldwide recession, stagflation, and entire countries being unable to pay the bills, the world has definitely reached a catch 22. If a country, which is significant to the global economy, goes bankrupt, countries that they owe money to will also go bankrupt … and this reaction can continue on like a chain of dominoes. This would result in a global economic collapse, and since that has never happened before, no one really knows what will happen. I would like to better understand this entire concept, so I think it would be really interesting to write an unbiased paper on this topic.
Story Telling from O'Brian - Response
More than anything, the way that Tim O’Brian tells his stories is honestly. There is no sugar coating, or detail changing, or smoothing out at the corners. He says that true war stories have no point, and this reminds me of something my mom always tells me, which is that if you go through something in life that does not seem to have a point, life is the point, and that is all. But it’s everything, really. Some parts of O’Brian’s writing made me feel like throwing up: who could shoot a baby buffalo that way? Then again, who could kill some young kid in a booby trap that way, sending him up into a tree in pieces? Who could burn down a whole mountain because of the voices you hear within your own soul? This is a crazy world, and it is hard to write about. But O’Brian puts the reality down onto paper the way it is, hoping that someone will listen, and I think that that is why his stories are so effective. Other parts of his writing made my eyes glossy: the part about it being a love story, albeit a ghostly one, instead of a war story … or the part about waking up in the middle of the night, years later, to finally understand some elusive moral nugget of gold. That is an honestly written story right there.
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