MEDICO

CHAPTER 7 Journal Entry by Karen Delgado- 6/21/2010 'My new picture is of the middle school students, dressed in pink. They are in a 'breast cancer awareness' formation. In another shot, they are in the formation of 2010...the picture was used as the front cover of this year's yearbook.' Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned- Peter Marshall Have you ever felt so indebted to someone that you couldn't say 'thank you', because those two words couldnt adequately capture the magnitude of your indebtedness? Have you ever willed yourself to like something beneath your taste, something otherwise tasteless to you- a bland shirt which you never would have bought if you had enough cash reserve, 'healthy' fish rather than 'unhealthy' chicken- not because you were considering the health implications but simply because you were short on cash? Sometimes, we learn to live in situations and be thankful for them, not beca...

CHAPTER 7 'LABISI: Chronicles of a Breast Cancer Warrior Journal Entry by Karen Delgado- 6/21/2010 'My new picture is of the middle school students, dressed in pink. They are in a 'breast cancer awareness' formation. In another shot, they are in the formation of 2010...the picture was used as the front cover of this year's yearbook.' Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned- Peter Marshall Have you ever felt so indebted to someone that you couldn't say 'thank you', because those two words couldnt adequately capture the magnitude of your indebtedness? Have you ever willed yourself to like something beneath your taste, something otherwise tasteless to you- a bland shirt which you never would have bought if you had enough cash reserve, 'healthy' fish rather than 'unhealthy' chicken- not because you were considering the health implications but simply because you were short on cash? Sometimes, we learn to live...

In the practice of medicine, it is becoming increasingly common to say that the causative factors for a disease is multifactorial. Many times, this refers to the fact that the particular disease in question has both genetic and environmental components associated with it.  For example, some people are genetically predisposed to hypertension, but certain environmental triggers/factors such as lack of exercise, a high-cholesterol diet would make such a genetically predisposed individuals a higher chance of expressing those diseases. Thus, health practitioners could channel their energy into reducing environmental triggers or take the bull by the horn and face the genetic predisposition. This does not mean, however, that someone who has no hereditary predisposition to the disease cannot come up with it. As well, sin is multifactorial. We are taught by the Bible, that when we born, we have a genetic make-up that favors the practice of sin- it’s in our DNA. You don’t have to try ...