20th Century Medicine
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- 20th Century Medicine
- Ideas about the cause of illness and disease
- Lifestyle
- Lack of exercise
- Illegal drugs
- Smoking
- Excessive consumption of alcohol
- Unhealthy diet
- Knowledge & Diagnosis
- Scans (voluntary) and Screening (mandatory)
- Technology makes sharing easier
- DNA
- Disease can be inherited or caused by genetics
- Watson & Crick
- Double Helix structure
- Technology
- Extremely powerful microscopes
- Endoscopes
- Camera in the body
- CAT and MRI Scans
- Lifestyle
- Approaches to prevention and treatment
- Vaccinations
- MMR
- HPV
- Flu (renewed yearly)
- Medical Drugs
- 'Magic Bullets'
- Cure only one disease
- Target specific germs
- Antibiotics
- Cure more than 1 disease
- Most effective: Penicillin
- 'Magic Bullets'
- New Technology
- Robotic / Keyhole surgery
- Inherited Disease prevention e.g. mastectomies
- Cancer
- Immunotherapy // Chemo. // Radio. // Surgery
- Lifestyle
- Government Programs
- Obesity
- Cancer
- Sugar Tax
- Exercise
- Healthy Diet
- Vaccinations
- Case Studies
- Penicillin
- Florey & Chain
- Tested on Albert Alexander (septicaemia)
- America funded production
- Mass production for the war effort
- By D-Day (June 1944) there was enough for 2 million doses
- Fleming
- Penicillin mould kills bacteria
- Accidental discovery of penicillin
- Wrote about it briefly
- Florey & Chain
- Lung Cancer
- Prevention
- Anti-smoke campaigns
- Menthol cigarette ban
- High prices / tax on cigarettes
- Treatment (see Approaches to Prevention & Treatment)
- Prevention
- Penicillin
- Ideas about the cause of illness and disease
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