Constantly debated and discussed, health care has become one of the largest growing issues this country has ever faced. Recent studies have shown that approximately 50,000 deaths are due to no health insurance each year with millions of deaths being related to inefficient or little health care. However, the biggest problem is not that we don’t have the technology; rather that people are not being allowed access to the technology and medicine if they have bad health coverage.
Medical care is becoming the center of our lives. We need it almost as much as we need food and water. So as our lives progress, so do our bodies and our bodies need to be healthy. However without health, death is the next closest option. This encompasses the issue of the elderly and how more and more of them are dying because of poor health coverage. These are the kinds of people that put in their time in the working world and expect something in return; health care. Many people are continuing to work into their elderly years and loosing valuable health benefits. Then when they become ill and cannot work anymore, they also lose their health benefits and more importantly their life.
The issue of health care is devastating; threatening the lives of millions. As a result, the government has been working for years to reach this state of a "universal healthcare." Personally, i completely disagree...for 2 reasons. One, it’s too similar to the system of food stamps where people who cannot provide for their families get aid from the government leaving taxpayers to pay for their issues. Two, the height of the medical progression will slow with doctors and researchers who have no insensitive to go into the medical field.
As a result of the ongoing fight between government and the people, health care is more widely known as a Health scare. As we approach our older years, we become less satisfied with life and more projected on how we are going to survive. It just goes to show how delicate the human body is and how susceptible it can be. One small bug can take away your whole life in the blink of an eye and the only thing stoping it is the power of health care.
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Ban on Teen Tanning
NYS is looking to ban anyone under the age of 18 to use an indoor tanning bed saying that it increases the risk of melanoma cancer.
I have a few issues with this.
1. As the previous owner of a tanning salon and a smart tan certified certificate holder the truth about tanning has been overshadowed by the mass media. If you take the time to look at the negative studies on tanning they are funded by people who stand to make a profit by banning any type of sun tanning (mainly the makers of SPF products)
2. Tanning is our bodies natural defense to the sun. Our bodies were designed to tan. It is not the tan that injures the skin, it is the sun burn. By using an indoor tanning facility many people can help protect their skin and avoid serious beds by gradually building up their skin to produce a tan.
3.Government needs to stop telling Americans what they can and can not do. We need much less government in our lives and government needs to stop allowing lobbiest to make policy.
4.Everyone vacations someplace sunny and warm. Teenagers are not banned from the beach or their backyards. There is no ban on buying baby oil which many have used to get a quick burn.
4. People who tan, tend to feel better about themselves. Doctors recommend tanning to people who are depressed, have acne or psoriasis, and who are lacking Vitamin D (which on a side note - the lack of Vitamin D has been linked to increased illnesses.
These are the basics. Everyone has the right to make their own decision and decide for themselves if visiting a tanning salon or laying out in the sun is right for them but government has no place for it.
The truth I feel is that anything that gets abused causes harm but as long as there are no pre-existing conditions, such as skin cancer in family, tanning in moderation is not a health risk.
I have a few issues with this.
1. As the previous owner of a tanning salon and a smart tan certified certificate holder the truth about tanning has been overshadowed by the mass media. If you take the time to look at the negative studies on tanning they are funded by people who stand to make a profit by banning any type of sun tanning (mainly the makers of SPF products)
2. Tanning is our bodies natural defense to the sun. Our bodies were designed to tan. It is not the tan that injures the skin, it is the sun burn. By using an indoor tanning facility many people can help protect their skin and avoid serious beds by gradually building up their skin to produce a tan.
3.Government needs to stop telling Americans what they can and can not do. We need much less government in our lives and government needs to stop allowing lobbiest to make policy.
4.Everyone vacations someplace sunny and warm. Teenagers are not banned from the beach or their backyards. There is no ban on buying baby oil which many have used to get a quick burn.
4. People who tan, tend to feel better about themselves. Doctors recommend tanning to people who are depressed, have acne or psoriasis, and who are lacking Vitamin D (which on a side note - the lack of Vitamin D has been linked to increased illnesses.
These are the basics. Everyone has the right to make their own decision and decide for themselves if visiting a tanning salon or laying out in the sun is right for them but government has no place for it.
The truth I feel is that anything that gets abused causes harm but as long as there are no pre-existing conditions, such as skin cancer in family, tanning in moderation is not a health risk.
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