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I am a university student at Brigham Young University studying towards a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science, which would qualify me to become a medical technologist. I hope to continue in a Medical Scientist Training Program, which are MD/PhD joint programs

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies Should children open birthday presents in front of their guests?: 1 of 25

"Childhood Birthday Presents: Practicing a Cherished Social Ritual" Birthday parties—we all remember them. The joy and feeling of acceptance when you received that invitation. The child-like glee when your parents said that you could go to the party. My favorite part as a child was when my mother took me to...
Health & Fitness > Health Care Do nursing homes help people get well or prepare them to die?: 1 of 22

A common flaw in people’s understanding of health care is that it has one purpose—to make people live longer. Some day, everyone is going to have to face the fact that everybody dies. Health care is just making life as long, as prosperous and as comfortable as possible. At some point, health car...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Judas Iscariot: Good guy vs. bad guy?: 8 of 27

A bad guy is someone who in the end made the wrong choice that made all the good choices basically irrelevant. And let’s face it; even Judas Iscariot knew he had really messed up—he killed himself for it. Whether or not Judas Iscariot’s betrayal can be considered understandable or not, necessary...
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars Was the US justified in using the atomic bomb during World War II?: 2 of 6

In the political arena, suggesting atomic war is career suicide. But is it always wrong? The atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark the current extent of atomic war in world history. Americans look back at these events and invariably think, “should we have done it?” These events...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Behind the name: Caleb: 8 of 19

Meaning: dog, bold or faithful Origin and History: The name Caleb comes from the Hebrew word for "dog," implying that those with the name have the characteristics of dogs, such as being bold, loyal and faithful. In the Old Testament, Caleb is one of the only two faithful spies of the Children of Israel, the other being Joshu...
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Fire safety in the kitchen: 4 of 9

While cooking, it is imperative to remember that there are many hazardous situations around the kitchen. There are knives, raw foods, children walking around your feet, cupboard doors and more. There is also heat, and if we learned anything in elementary school science, it is that heat, plus fuel, plus oxygen equals fire.&nb...
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Are online symptom-checkers a great resource, or recipe for anxiety?: 3 of 6

Everyone their own doctor: this was once called the Thomsonian ideal. Thomsonian medicine, popular in the mid-nineteenth century is dead today. Perhaps because it wasn’t all that effective in the long-run. It is said that as we conquer one disease, another one will rise up to take its place. However, ...
Health & Fitness > Bipolar Disorder Should bipolar parents have children?: 1 of 2

Should bipolar parents have children? The most appalling aspect of this question is that it presupposes that those with bipolar disorder are permanently damaged goods. Anyone raised by a bipolar parent would be the first to tell you that it was hard. There are days when it seems flat out impossible. H...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Potluck: 1 of 1

My mother was always into those Ladies’ Aid things at the local Presbyterian Church. You know the things. Where they all get together to gossip about whatever it strikes their fancy to gossip about. For the most part, I looked it as something that she just did. Who was I to argue? But once a yea...
Health & Fitness > Health & Fitness (Other) Causes of stuttering: 1 of 1

Though most of us do not stutter, many of us have at least some contact with some who does, or did, stutter. The question that people who stutter and people who hear someone else stuttering ask alike is “why?” The answer is “We don’t know.” There are however, several theo...