Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Healing Power of Honey

"The Healing Power of Honey" is about how a certain type of honey that can heal ulcers that refuse to heal. For diabetics a cut on the foot can lead to an ulcer that will fester for months. One diabetic, who instead of receiving a skin graft on her foot where the ulcer was, treated her ulcer with a honey-infused bandage and after a month the foot ulcer was gone. More and more scientists are willing to give honey a try because a lot of bacteria becomes increasingly immune to conventional antibiotics.
Honey can affect the way doctor’s deal with patient’s wounds. Honey could become an easy way out of a nasty looking ulcer so you don’t have to have an operation. This is definitely a change for the better because it provides us with an easier way to heal certain wounds without going through such an extensive process. Honey could very likely become a new medical practice.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Rape


This week in health we watched a movie called "Freshman Fall." Its about a girl who starts her freshman year at college and gets raped on the first party of the year. She had no idea it was coming and was afraid of everything after it happened. The girl in the movie didn't tell anyone for awhile because she thought it would make people think less of her. But what she didn't realize until later was that it wasn't her fault. In this article about rape, it talks about how most rapes victims know the person that raped them. Most people aren't expecting it at all and thats the scary part. You never know when people have a hidden agenda to hurt you. Its really important that if you do get raped to tell someone about it and not face the situation alone. After you are raped don't take a shower because the physical specimen can provide evidence if you do press charges. The most important thing is don't blame yourself. It will give the rapist more power over you and won't help your healing.