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Two Pages Writing Papers

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Alexeeff, S. E., Yau, V., Qian, Y., Davignon, M., Lynch, F., Crawford, P., ... & Croen, L. A. (2017). Medical Conditions in the First Years of Life Associated with Future Diagnosis of ASD in Children. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 47(7), 2067-2079.

The authors conducted a study examining the medical conditions which were diagnosed before the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The authors used case samples to do their research on children and report their findings in the article. The article also explains why the medical conditions exist in children and indicate the new evidence discovered in the research.

Folger, T. (2017). The best American science and nature writing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 44-54.

The author Rebecca Boyle, a freelance journalist, writes science magazines and journals for adults and children. This particular essay titled ‘The Health Effects of a World Without Darkness’ is included in ‘The Best American Science and Nature Writing.’ In the essay, the author talks about several studies conducted about the effects of almost constant light in the modern human society on animal’s migratory patterns, human sleep patterns and cites cases of depression, cancer and weight gain in humans. As pointed out in the essay, the author shows ways in which humans can decrease the amount of light leaking into the atmosphere.

Garcia, M. C. (2017). Reducing potentially excess deaths from the five leading causes of death in the rural United States. MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 66.

The author presents surveillance statistics of data on why mortality rates in the rural areas in the United States are still high compared to the urban areas. The article shows that out of the potential deaths from the five leading causes of death in the country (stroke, heart diseases, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases), the deaths were more in the rural areas than in the urban population. The author discusses the five leading causes of death giving statistics about the killers and efforts put to reduce the mortality deaths out of these killer medical conditions.

Maslin Nir, S. (2015). Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers. Mobile.nytimes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/nyregion/nail-salon-workers-in-nyc-face-hazardous-chemicals.html?referer= http://m.nautil.us/issue/43/heroes/will-viruses-save-us-from-superbugs

The article describes the medical risk conditions suffered by nail workers in the United States from the chemicals they use in their daily work routines at beauty shops in which they are employed. The article presents case studies of different nail workers and their negative experiences regarding their ill health associated with nail products. The author also tries to paint the scenario of how other countries such as Australia have tackled the health problem by enacting laws and coming up with programs that sensitize nail workers about the health effects of dealing with beauty products.

Mayr FB, Talisa VB, Balakumar V, Chang CH, Fine M, Yende S. Proportion and Cost of Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions After Sepsis Compared With Other Medical Conditions. JAMA. 2017;317(5):530–531. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.20468

The authors of the article give their research findings on a study of the unplanned costs that health care providers may undergo from unplanned re-admissions to the medical facility. The authors compared patients’ readmission data across national databases in the US and found out that sepsis, which is a medical condition, was the leading cause of unplanned 30-day readmissions in hospitals compared to other medical conditions such as heart failures, chronic diseases, and myocardial infarctions.

Walter, K. (2016). Will Viruses Save Us From Superbugs? Nautilus. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from http://nautil.us/issue/43/heroes/will-viruses-save-us-from-superbugs

The author, a graduate from Yale University, has specialized in epidemiology and tried to describe how antibiotics have can be used in healthcare to try and kill bacteria but has failed. The article uses case examples in the treatment of patients to highlight how viruses such as phages can be used in medicine as the ultimate bacterial killers. Unfortunately, no hospital in the US embraces the practice.

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Debates and attention in the United States has been directed to issues such as climate change, politics and the war on terrorism neglecting the more important aspect of a society; public health. There is need to shift this focus to matters of public health in order to come up with scientific evidences on how to reduce the discovered medical conditions and natural occurrences in the US.