13. Bone Career

Career: Bone Density Tech

Description: They create images to measure the density of bones, working in hospitals, labs, clinics, and centers. They measure the bones by density and content from the specalized x-ray machines which help detect any bones loss or fractures at risk.

Training/Education: Acquire an associate's or bachelor's degree in radiology or MRI technology. Must be a certified and registered bone densitometry, Registered Technologists.

Salary: Average $27,750-53,586 a year

Reference: http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Marin-Medical-Practice-Concepts,-Inc./jobs/Bone-Density-Tech-069909b4d857e3ca?sjdu=QwrRXKrqZ3CNX5W-O9jEvdx7ktZ2EqWUAdZbODfMnr0Ar-Cs6aR5Sz0Lko2E_34thgyJhazKF9s0UJ_nLD8wiw

12. Bone Disease

Disease: Osteoporosis
Symptoms: A disease about the thinning of the bones with possibly fractures due to minor stress. There is usually no symptoms until a bone fracture occurs but a loss of height can happen.
Prognosis: Around the age of 80, 15% of women and 5% of men have experienced hip fractures. But when deteced at an early stage, it can be prevented and treated early to be stabliized/improved.
Treatments: There can be medications, healthy diets, and weight-bearing excerise to help stop bone loss strengthen weak bones











Reference: https://www.britannica.com/science/osteoporosis

11. What is Bertillonage? Should it be used today? Why or why not?

Thesis: A Bertillonage is formerly used system to identify persons by means of a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and photographs that helped criminal investigations and identify suspects. It should continue to be used to because it can prove to be very useful.

Evidence: The system measurements were close enough to identify who the person. It can help identify whether the measurements match the suspect, etc. when our technology now fails to do so due to certain circumstances; similar to mugshots which are still used today. 

So-What: This can prove to help us to in times of need as a backup solution to help connect suspects and also a serve as a stronger foundation for proof. It's also important to preserve such methods to see the influence it has made upon us.

10. What is life? Should we support HEs? Why or why not?

Thesis: Life is the existence of an individual human being or animal for as far as time can tell. A quality differs vital and functional beings.

Evidence: Rocks were proven to be the oldest objects on earth which helped scientist estimate the time life would've started around, 3.7Ga. There are still researches going on to get an official start time of when life started.

So-What: As humans, we try to study and learn as much as we can but can never know everything before our time is over. There is still many unanswered questions and questions that haven't been asked yet.

Thesis: We should support Human Stem Cell research to a point because it can both beneficial and a disadvantage.

Evidence: There is many reasons to why we should support the Human Stem Cell for it's use and status for the knowledge it presents to us. It can help with treating many medical problems like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and much more critical issues. These cells are free of genetic diseases and enables the reproduction of other cells in our bodies and allowed the regrowing of lost organs because of diseases, etc.

So-What: This helps scientist with better track to research deeper for cures and in the meanwhile save lives.

9. Prompt: Which case interested you most from Ch. 2, why?

Thesis: The case the interested me the most was on September 1, 1974 where a skullcap was found by scuba divers and not so far from it a headless, handless female body was found near the bridge over the Sante Fe River. Raymond Stone was accused of her murder and confessed but later retracted his confession. 

Evidence: Raymond disappeared the same time the victim vanished and was later caught. The headless trunk was identified with several surgical scars visible on the torso belonging to a Union County woman who was abducted that past month. She was struck twice by a hammer-like object with other major injuries around her head and torso.

So-what: This case showed much interest to me because there was confusion with the object that was used during the crime which brought up more attention to what would happen to the suspect and what actually happened to the woman. But only to end the case with it being the same suspect in the first place whom's appearance clearly doesn't say murderer for he was "kind-looking".

8. Tissue Disease

Disease: Marfan Syndrome (arachnodactyly)
Symptoms: Usually affects people who are tall and thin with long arms, fingers, legs, and toes. It causes back pain, mitral valve prolapse or murmur, abnormally raised roof of the mouth or crowded teeth, blurred vision or nearsightedness, bulging chest or sunken chest.
Prognosis: There is a 50% chance that the patient with Marfan Syndrome can pass it on the gene to an unborn child.
Treatments: Medication to keep blood pressure low, eyeglasses or contact lenses, and surgery.
Reference: https://www.marfan.org/about/marfan

7. Tissue Career

Career: Human Tissue Recovery Technician 
Description: They are always on call 24/7 for patient's deaths and surgically remove, store, and transport human tissue from their organs and voluntary donors. They supply the tissue needed for a Transplant Surgeon to perform their procedure. They also go around to hospitals, funeral homes, and Coroner's offices to recover the deceased tissues before it deays.
Education/Training: Usually begins their career as a surgical technician or simialr to the career first, but it's also preferred that they are a certified surgical technician. Required education is a high school dipolma with at least six months of tissue banking, or staff of a pathology, anatomy, or a related clinical field
Salary: Average of $26,000-65,000 a year 

Reference: http://oureverydaylife.com/job-description-human-tissue-recovery-technician-43103.html