A Guide to Predicting Your Medical Future

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  • Posted By: Mogie @ 01/21/2008 2:07:31 PM

    One of the need things God has gifted mankind with is the ability to empathize. And though a man cannot become pregnant himself he can experience the joy of fatherhood as much as the pain of losing a child at the hands of another. To say men have no right to an opinion on abortion is absurd. Just as a man should not be able to force a woman to abort a child he does not want, a woman should not be able to abort against the will of the father. You claim it the woman's body but this is untrue - the placenta separates the fetus from the mother, the fetus is not simply a part of the mother. The essence of the right to life is that the fetus is alive and is human - He or She is not simply a growth of the mothers tissue as described in abortions (uterine contents) He or She is a living being temporarily dependent upon the mother and her uterus. While I believe man and women do have the right to control their own reproduction by preventing pregnancy, at the point of conception we are no longer talking about prevention but destruction.

    • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 3:25:35 PM

      No, the placenta connects the mother and fetus. And her body is the the garage, the nurturing element for the fetus. It is very involved in being part of her body. How would you like it if someone forced you to let them park thier massive car in your garage against your will, eat your food against your will, build the car bigger and bigger until your garage was about to explode and pressed in on the walls of your kitchen and bedroom, if they were noisy in the garage and kept you up all night, if they emitted exahust into your home, drained your resources, and entirely changed your life for a little over 9 months, even if you didn't want them there? And then to force motherhood on a woman who is not yet ready for it after using her body like that.... tisk, tisk. I do think that in a couples situation, the man has a right to discuss the issue with the pregnant female and that she owes him that discussion and to listen to his opinions and concerns. But, the female should ultimately have the last word. Hopefully, they can discuss it and come to a concensus- that is ideal.

  • Posted By: thinker 2 @ 01/21/2008 1:57:03 PM

    panievas
    How is that if you kill a women who is pregnant you are charges with 2 counts of murder but if you have an abortion it is not considered murder?

    • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 3:20:06 PM

      The fetus was in someone else's body, was some one else's responsibility, not the responsibility and charge of the outside force who killed the mother and unborn fetus. That is the difference. Not their body. And in any case, a fetus over 3 months developing is usually no longer legal to abort, and therefore all fetuses in the 2nd or 3rd trimesters should count as people- if the fetus is beyond the legal abortion limit in the state of the murder, then the killer took 2 lives. If abortion is illegal in the state of the murder, then it was a double homocide... at least, it ought to work like that. I can't recall if killing an unborn fetus along with the pregnant woman is a crime nationally, or state-by-state....

  • Posted By: Kristen B @ 01/21/2008 1:55:59 PM

    Did an editor even look at this thing? On the first page, it tells women to "Start getting a pelvic exam and Pap smear at 21....and get retested at least every three years until 65". Then on page 7 it says "Women should have been getting it every year since 18"....so which is it? This certainly makes me question the reliability of the "facts" in this article.

    • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 3:16:37 PM

      Indeed. Not a very coherent article. I was told by multiple doctors that women should start getting pelvic exams if as soon as any problems occur, as soon as they become sexually active, or at age 20, whichever comes first.

  • Posted By: lifeisshort19 @ 01/21/2008 3:16:03 PM

    WOW--there are too many negative comments and animosity on a comment board from a health screening atricle---- Get off the " I am better than you" train and get a life!!

  • Posted By: ChrissMiss @ 01/21/2008 1:34:36 PM

    Having an abortion is not an "easy" choice to make by any stretch of the imagination. There is not one person that I know who is, "Pro-Abortion." Nobody is actually for abortion. It is the most painful, heart wrenching experience a woman will ever go through; and if you do not believe that, then you are aimply ignorant. It has nothing to do with religious beliefs or personal ethics, but if I were the victim of rape or incest and became pregnant i would not want to raise the child developing from such a painful experience. Not to say that I would run for the local Abortion Clinic, but I would not consider keeping the child as my own. It would not be right and would more than likely cause serious P.P.D. To the women who use Abotion as birth control, you are the ones who make it so, "evil," when a women's life is at risk and she cannot fathom the idea of an Abortion. You are the reason that people see Abortion as an evil, and even murderous act. These women should honestly no longer have the opportunity to become pregnant, they are ruining the names of honest women who have no other choice. To the ignorant men who have an opinion on Abortion, you have no right to an opinion. Obviously, you cannot become pregnant. You will never have to make such a decision, therefore, if you have a *** then you should atomatically be striken from this conversation. That is all.

    • Posted By: Ljones787878 @ 01/21/2008 1:41:07 PM

      Thank you, seriously most women don't know how hard it is to experience a loss when you did want the child but were told you can't have it because of medical reasons, and most people call me a murderer because of what happened. Some people need to understand that some women don't have a choice in the matter and it is a hard decision.

      • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 3:13:07 PM

        Well said. You are awesome!

      • Posted By: ChrissMiss @ 01/21/2008 1:52:29 PM

        Honestly, if more people thought about it in this way, there would be no argument. Would anyone like to choose to die? No. It is an animalistic instict to fight for survival, and sometimes that means protecting ourselves by taking action that may hurt or upset others. But who cares what others may think. I have my own mind and the ability to make my own decisions. Ljones, you are NOT a murderer, you are a survivor.

        (Sidenote: I can't believe it blurred out the word, ***. It did know that was a "bad" word, I mean, it is only the correct anatomical term for for the male reproductive organ?! Seriously.)

  • Posted By: carrera @ 01/21/2008 1:10:37 PM

    Killing babies is a common sense conviction. The World Trade Center victims were burned, crushed and dismembered without reamins to bury. The victims committed no crime. Horrible, isn't it? That is the exact description of an abortion. Live pain feeling humans being burned, crushed and dismenbered for no good reason.

    • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 1:24:45 PM

      Abortions almost nation-wide, if allowed at all, are not allowed after the 1st trimester unless the mother's life is at risk. The dismemberment, crushing, and I have no idea why you think they burn fetusts- these are archaic abortion methods no longer in use, except in states where abortion is illegal and people are getting abortions on the "black market," so to speak. Abortions performed during the 1st trimester do not involve any of the haneous things you've described above. Not at all. And the nervous system is not fully developed until sometime after the 3rd trimester, so perhaps the fetuses do not feel anything physical at the point of abortion. We can legally remove a comatose patient from life support and give them a very large dose of morphine- I hate to compare the two, but to prove a point, I will- so, isn't a fetus, just eating floating and not yet conscious somewhat comparable to a person in a coma? We don't know that these people will never come out of comas, yet we pull the plug, so to speak, all the same because it is no longer cost effective to keep them on life support. I'm sure everyone can see at least a few parallels between the two.
      Abortion techniques have come a long way, and it is frustrating to see anti-choice advocates using extremely dated information to try and force their opinion on others and to force others to live the way they want them to and to take away their right to choose how to live their own lives and what is best for themselves. This is the problem with abstinence only education and other fallacies in the US education system- ignorance, opinions based in dated logic and facts no longer relevant, lack of self-education....

      • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 3:08:42 PM

        Oops- typo. I meant after the 1st trimester, not the 3rd about nervous system development.

  • Posted By: stemcell1 @ 01/21/2008 3:07:58 PM

    dear bnschult: I was directing my comments to ChrissMiss. If you were offended I appologize. I am 100 percent for prevention and appropriate heath care. See my comment below about treadmill testing and dental care.

    Mr Bush has pretty much shown the country his priorities which is precisely the reason a Democrate will occupy the Whitehouse next.

  • Posted By: Newsweekreaderss @ 01/21/2008 3:06:28 PM

    WOW Telling women under 34 that breast exams aren't VITAL to their health is pure irresponsibility! I'm actually OUTRAGED! I'm disgusted with your very VERY poor advice news week...there goes what little credibility you had.

  • Posted By: stemcell1 @ 01/21/2008 2:55:02 PM

    Another characteristic of the arrogant; thinking that only their opinion is correct and everyone else is uneducated. I???m guessing you haven???t a clue yourself or feel so self important that there isn???t room for any contrary opinions; kind of like Bush.

  • Posted By: beautifulllady333 @ 01/21/2008 2:49:53 PM

    I thought the article was good~ I believe that there are to many tests these days that doctors may scare you into believing you need, when actually you don't. Keep going to the doctor and they are bound to find "something" wrong with you, we all know that. I think alot of doctors are just there for the money and not to help anyone but there own pocketbook. I think that if you have an hereditary disease then Yes do go to the doctor to make sure everything is ok as a preventive measure. But otherwise give it a rest. We are not going to live"forever" anyway. So why worry about what you may or may not have, just live you life to the fullest and enjoy each day. :-)

  • Posted By: ChrissMiss @ 01/21/2008 2:38:22 PM

    Honestly, this is like talking to a group of uneducated, though somehow, extremely opinionated toddlers.

  • Posted By: itsred @ 01/21/2008 2:36:34 PM

    This is a dangerous article, IMO. It's a very slippery slope when you start telling people how to get the minimal health care possible. Avoiding preventive care seems to be one of the worst things you can possibly do.
    Another problem I have with this article is the avoidance of dental care. With the push in the medical community for trying to get people to see the whole body as one, rather than the mouth separate, its somewhat unfortunate that regular trips to the dentist was left out completely. There have been numerous studies absolutely linking periodontal disease to cardiovascular disease, and with a majority of the population having chronic gingivitis (which leads to periodontal disease)... this is scary. I believe one doctor likened periodontal disease to having an infection the size of a baseball on your leg that you allow to fester and leave unchecked. All those bacteria are releasing toxins directly into the blood affecting every system of your body, especially your heart. People don't ignore infections on their legs so why do they ignore their mouth?

  • Posted By: jett @ 01/21/2008 1:06:58 PM

    I believe the incorrect abortion comment was referring to the fetuses as people who are being killed; not that the abortions are killing the women having them. I do not believe those statistics are correct or accurate in any way. Perhaps if we stop teaching worthless abstinence only sex education in schools, we could greatly reduce the number of unintended pregnancies. Maybe if we can start spending time with our kids, talking to them about sex, raising them with some scruples, then there would be fewer rapists in the world and fewer girls pressured into sex before they are ready, and fewer teenagers having sex at super young ages and definitely there would be fewer people having unprotected sex. People are having premarital, young sex regardless of what we teach them in schools- let's teach them the truth and something useful! Something that will prevent unintended pregnancies. But let us not take away the individual right to choose! Let us not brainwash our kids with religious- based jargon about abstinence. Yes, ideally we would all wait until we were old enough and mature enough and financially stable enough to handle the responsibilities of having sex. Guess what? That isn't happening! So, let's work with reality and what is happening. Our kids deserve the truth and to be armed with knowledge, not ignorance. And parents should stop relying on public schools to do their dirty work and teach kids morals, sex education, the bible... Spend some time with the people you brought into the world and do it yourselves if you, as a parent, have that strong an opinion on what your child learns and how they grow up.

  • Posted By: drdavisod @ 01/21/2008 2:11:23 PM

    Relatively speaking, the annual eye examination you will receive from an Optometrist will be the least invasive, painful or expensive of preventive health exams and will help ensure a lifetime of good vision. If you plan on living longer, and want those years to be quality years, you better start seeing an Optometrist BEFORE you start having vision "problems".

  • Posted By: msswann @ 01/21/2008 2:08:50 PM

    When exactly did I lose my right to do whatever I want with my body. Abortions are a personal decision and do not effect any other person on this earth except the father. All of you pro life people should go into the low class neighborhoods and find children who are not being fed or taken care of and do something better with your time than judge other people. Who do you think you are? Apparently very blinded by your strong feelings on the subject but hypocritical in the fact that you think you are entitled to yours but someone who makes a decision like that should be subjected to your ignorance. You should be using that energy for something good.

  • Posted By: drdavisod @ 01/21/2008 2:08:11 PM

    I'm not sure who Lausier is, or what credentials she has for giving us her opinion on when we should subject ourselves to routine eyecare. Relatively speaking, the annual examination you will receive from an Optometrist will be the least invasive, painful or expensive of preventive health exams and will help ensure a lifetime of good vision. If you plan on living longer, and want those years to be quality years, you better start seeing an Optometrist BEFORE you start having vision "problems".

  • Posted By: thinker 2 @ 01/21/2008 2:01:32 PM

    panievas
    How is that if you kill a women who is pregnant you are charges with 2 counts of murder but if you have an abortion it is not considered murder?

  • Posted By: esmicaballo@yahoo.com @ 01/21/2008 1:28:25 PM

    im 62 have fibrosistic breasts, very dense;have been taking mammograms since 30 have discomfort in right breast area and lymph area, which comes and goes yet the mamograms are always deemed clear
    i asked st v's breast center what tool they used and the girl said its a digital imaging machine sometimes they have done ultrasound to try to see better images and those have always been clear I am cleared but i continue to have this dull hurting in my right breast ; what else could be happening here? cjd

    • Posted By: msswann @ 01/21/2008 2:00:13 PM

      I am 44 and have the same symptoms. I had a partial hysterectomy at a very young age but still get the same symptoms as when I was menstruating. That included the bloating and tender breasts. I guess my question would be have you gone through menapause and if not I would say that you are just having the same symptoms as with your period.

  • Posted By: just the facts @ 01/21/2008 1:06:54 PM

    Hey, Sandwoman- Get the facts straight or site your source for your claim. According to the CDC the top ten causesof death in the United States in 2000 does not include abortion. Number one is heart disease.
    1._Heart_Disease____________________________710,760
    2.__Cancer___________________________________553,091
    3.__Stroke___________________________________167,661
    4.__Chronic_Lower_Respiratory_Disease________122,009
    5.__Adverse_Drug_Reactions_______________106,000*
    6_Accidents_________________________________97,900
    7.__Diabetes__________________________________69,301
    8.__Pneumonia,_influenza______________________65,313
    9.__Alzheimer's Disease_______________________44,536
    10._Nephritis,_nephrotic_syndrome,_nephrosis__35,525

    • Posted By: Indy510 @ 01/21/2008 1:58:59 PM

      According to the National Abortion Federation, at www.prochoice.org: "Each year, almost half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended. About half of these unplanned pregnancies, 1.3 million each year, are ended by abortion."

      1.3 million abortions each year...that even trumps heart disease. Perhaps the CDC doesn't include abortions on their list because that wouldn't be stating that abortion causes death of a living person. Politically, I don't think the CDC would take that stance.

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