Henrietta Lacks had an ordinary background. Her mother died after giving birth to a 10th child when she was four. This prompted her father to […]
Author Archives: Mark Gareth Corpuz
Cultural Competence in Health Care Services
A cultural-driven healthcare system or cultural competence in health care services pertains to approaches aimed at delivering health care services in consideration of the cultural […]
Human Urine as Fertilizer for Agriculture
Human urine usually goes in septic tanks before ending in costly water treatment facilities. Americans produce 30 billion of urine annually and a person typically uses 400 gallons of […]
Cradle to Cradle: Principles, Examples, Pros, and Cons
During the 1970s, Swiss architect and industrial analyst Walter Stahel coined the expression “cradle to cradle” while developing a closed-loop approach to production processing. Further […]
Precision Medicine vs. Personalized Medicine: The Difference
There is still some confusion surrounding the difference between precision medicine and personalized medicine. Some argue for a strict distinction between the two. For them, […]
