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Some Good (And Bad) Arguments Against Assisted Suicide (Blog Post #2, 9–8–16)

As I was looking up some arguments for and against physician assisted suicide, which, as a reminder, is the act of a physician prescribing drugs that would allow a person to end their own life, I…

Hello World pt.2

I have undergone some drastic topic changes since my last blog and thus will use this second post as a re-introduction; Hello World part two.

Perhaps the best way to explain where my research will head and what I will focus on will be through describing the thought process…

Unbranded

Pharmaceutical advertisements often make patients feel uneasy because of their long, daunting lists of side effects. When a pharmaceutical company makes a commercial about a specific drug, they must list out all the known potential side effects that have been associated with the medication. These side effects…

From Pathophysiology to Snow White

Norepiniphrine? Serotonin? Brain-derived neurotrophic factor? Hippocampus? Other neurotransmitters? (Okay, at least here we know the word “other,” right?)

And then there’s the theories — this implies we’re not even completely sure about the…

The Double Effect — Assisted Suicide from an Ethical Looking Glass

If you’ve been reading my blog posts this past semester, which I would be surprised if you were, you know that I’ve untangled the fact that suicide at the aid of a physician is a true moral quagmire. It brings about…

Explaining my train of thought

Starting with the first paragraph, in both my technical explanation and my generalized explanation I decided to lead by discussing the global impact of coronary heart disease. I feel that by showing the disease’s immense effect worldwide is a way of immediately establishing…

Share A Meal USC

Growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina, I never had direct experience with the homeless population. Raleigh can be considered a pretty small city compared to Los Angeles with most freeways being only 2 lanes. So, when I came to USC I immediately realized how big and prominent the homeless population…

Ad Abilify

Research has shown that prescription drug advertisements can have negative effects on public health. Most of these negative effects stem from the fact that advertisements misinform patients by leading them to an idealized perception of the drug. I wanted to know how drug commercials could be so persuasive…