Medicine through time- Modern Medicine

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Cause of illness- Modern Medicine
miasma no longer believed, germ theory accepted, by 1900 it was known that some illnesses were hereditary not known how, lifestyle choices also caused illness
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DNA- Modern Medicine
Watson&Crick 1953 saw an X-ray of DNA identified how DNA passed info from parent to child,human genome project 1990-2000 maps human DNA including illnesses,helped diagnose illnesses such as breast cancer,can be prevented by preventative mastectomies
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Lifestyle- Modern Medicine
It was now also recognised that lifestyle could cause illness e.g. sugar&type 2 diabetes, fat & heart disease, alcohol & liver problems
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Technology- Modern Medicine
CT scans, endoscopes & X-rays technology now helps with diagnosis
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Treatments- Modern Medicine
"Magic bullets" chemicals that killed infections e.g. Salversan 606 & Prontosil
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Penicillin CASE STUDY (1)- Modern Medicine
1928 Alexander Flemming noticed a type of mould killed his bacteria culture didn't believe it could be used on humans, 1938 Florey & Chain read Flemming's work thought it could be used on humans
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Penicillin CASE STUDY (2)- Modern Medicine
Florey & Chain received government funding from America, managed to grow enough to trial it on humans 1941, led to mass production of penicillin, by 1944 enough penicillin to treat very soldier at D-Day, significant new antibiotic treatment
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Medicine in its forms (penicillin)- Modern Medicine
easy to swallow forms, needles for accurate doses, insulin pumps for delivering insulin into the body
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Healthcare/ Pubic health care- Modern Medicine
Better access to health care 1948 gov creates NHS everyone can access healthcare, expensive at first and took time to develop, hospitals now develop wide range of surgeries and treatments e.g. keyhole surgery & dialisis
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Government - Modern Medicine
attitude of involvement, better prevention due to knowing the causes of illness, mass vaccination programs e.g. Diphtheria 1940s, HPV 2010s passing laws such as clean air acts 1956&1968
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Charities- Modern Medicine
public health campaigns such as Change4life charities also got involved in healthy lifestyle prevention programs e.g. British heart foundation
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Lung Cancer CASE STUDY- Modern Medicine
1950 discovered link between smoking and lung cancer, fatalities have recently decreased because of new tech such as PET-CT scans & bronchoscopies for diagnosis
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Science & Technology- Modern Medicine
Treatments e.g. Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy
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Prevention- Modern Medicine
some would say prevention was most important during this period e.g. banning of smoking indoors in 2007 and raised taxation on tobacco products
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Training & attitude- Modern Medicine
Training continues to be professional doctors are expected to have an attitude of enquiry
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