Investigate a public health discovery

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TOPICS:

1. Investigate a public health discovery/initiative and answer the following questions:
a. Gather information about the discovery and form a hypothesis as to the events that lead to that discovery.
b. How did this discovery affect the health of the overall population?
c. Did this discovery lead to other public health advances? If so, please describe.
d. Describe the importance and/or relevance (or lack thereof) as it relates to the health today.

2. Investigate a chronic disease/lifelong disease and answer the following questions.
a. How is the disease diagnosed?
b. Was the chosen illness always a chronic/lifelong disease?
c. What changes does an individual with this disease have to make to manage their disease?
d. Is there a new and novel treatment being researched to treat this disease?

3. Review the Medical Milestones Chare on pages 21-22 of your text. Choose one of the listed milestones and answer the following questions:
a. Why is this important?
b. Why did it make the list of medical milestones?
c. Should it still be considered a medical milestone? Support your answer.
d. If any, is there an organization or company that has benefitted from or contribute to this medical milestone. This organization can be past or present.

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