Blog# 13: Life--The Book

My three BIG ideas are:
1). INFANCY (care and vaccines)
1. Relevant stage of life because it is a vulnerable moment of every person's life. Babies getting vaccines is the biomedical part of the article. The treatment of babies and controversies surrounding vaccines for babies is the humanities aspect of the article. Another Humanitarian aspect is how could modern day products be harmful towards babies (such as toxicity in infant toys or food).
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3. Genetically speaking, syndromes surrounding babies can have a profound effect on their life for the future (such as syndromes, or diseases that could effect them later)
4. Babies make up the fabric of living; how we care for babies, what products are used in raising a baby in today's culture.

2.) Old Age (Alzhiemers, Euthanasia)
1. Relevant to life, because a generation is passing and elders hold wisdom and information from our past. Biologically, Alzheimers is a very degenerative disease, effecting memory in the brain by a overload (or lack) of certain proteins in the brain. The Humanitarian aspect is that Euthanasia has a large controversy, and it depends on many factors of how the elderly are put to "rest".
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3. Genetically, certain proteins are formed in the brain by genes, causing Alzheimers disease. Also Alzheimers could derive from lineage.
4. The way how we handle with our elders has a profound effect on society. Some people are put in 'homes', which holds some controversy with old people homes that have abused old people. Euthanasia is another topic, one that makes a person think deeper about themselves and their morals. Culture now and days are disreguarding old people, and have very little respect for the elderly.

3.) Adolescents
1. Adolescent part of life is an important part of the maturation process from child to adult, both mentally and physically. In some instances humanity wise, Adolescents are a population of people not to be ignored since in a couple of years they will become adults, and have a say in the government. In some instances biology wise, Adolescent population is made up of multiple people with different body type, different immunities, and so on. Tackling adolescents, like children, can be difficult even if they are becoming adults. Diseases could threaten adolescents, like the ever changing flu virus, and the way that adolescents aren't adult yet means that their immune systems could vary. That is where vaccines come in to help them become immune. Next time sick season comes around...
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3. Genetically every teen is different in their own way, and the physical characteristics given by their parents begin to show in them.
4. Today's generation is changing, with adolescents having their words heard (although the tone of those words might be a little... yeah). In history, adolescents weren't really regarded as adolescents. You never hear the word 'adolescent' when you learn about the middle ages or WWII or the Han dynasty (totally unconnected things by the way).





(Sorry, just saw this picture and thought that it was hilarious! You do get the joke... right?
If you really need an explanation to this then please email me...)