RESEARCH

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Topics, Ideas, and Brainstorming

General Area of Expertise/Interest: Medicine
Possible Research Topics or Questions:
1. Do Pharmaceutical companies seek health or wealth?
-Are companies selling drugs that they know are not truly very
effective
-Are needed drugs overpriced?
-Are some companies pushing physicians to overprescribe or
unnecessarily prescribe?
2. Caffeine and its effects on the body
-Is caffeine addictive?
-Is it dangerous?
-What are its effects on the human body
3. Pediatric Oncology
-Are the effects of radiation and chemotherapy too strong for a
childs bodycan they continue to grow properly following treatment?
4. Carcinogens vs. Genetics
-Which plays a stronger role in the diagnosis
-Are we truly exposed to that many carcinogens? Can we avoid
them?
-Can you avoid a genetic predisposition?

5. Organ Harvesting
-In extreme cases, are fewer life
saving measures taken when a
patient is an organ donor?
-Should family members truly be
able to step in and make the
decision?

1. I am perusing a career in medicine, and for my research I am interested in

studying oncology and the cause and effect relationships between carcinogens
and genetic predisposition.
2. Family members of mine have had cancer, so genetically speaking I could one
day have it as well. (This goes for many other people). So I am interested in
studying whether or not a genetic predisposition or exposure to carcinogens is
more likely to cause cancer. I am also interesting in looking into whether many
of the things society consider to be carcinogens can truly be linked to cancer
later in life.
3. I think this topic could be researchable in the time I have. Oncology is a large
field, but it holds so much strong research, so I think I could find strong enough
information to narrow my research into a more direct path. As far as primary
research goes, my parents are both in the field and can provide information
and direction towards the best sources for my information gathering.
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Key terms:
Hereditary
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Bone marrow transplants
Carcinogens