How is my topic connected to me, to all of us

We are living in a world where we are surrounded by seemingly unlimited and diverse kinds of sickness and virus. Everyday there may be millions of virus evolving in a bid to invade the complex human system. There are times when some of us are strong enough to fight and strike back bravely, but there are also times when some of us could no longer defend ourselves but rather, being defeated brutally.

As for me, I had a heartbreaking experience when one of my dearest parents could no longer withstand the overwhelming invasion of virus, and she ended up leaving us. It is really distraught to watch our beloved ones being tortured helplessly but we could do nothing about it. Undeniably, it is inevitable to restrain virus from evolving as the more new kinds of medication we used, the more immune they will become, thus making them stronger, and becoming harder to wrestle with consequentially. However, as the slogan goes, “Prevention of diseases outweighs treatments “; there are still ways to protect ourselves and minimize the possibility of being infected.

As the cases of cancer has been rising significantly all over the world in recent years, I would like to raise the awareness of my peers, my friends or even the people around me about the essence of health. Without health, we are only birds with broken wings. We could all make a difference, whether it is significant or not, by taking the initiative of taking good care of ourselves.

Stem cells- Cells which have great potential in curing cancer

Many people see cancer as a deadly disease because of its uncontrolled division of mutated cells, which will be fatal when it is spread to the respiratory system. Fortunately, thanks to the very effort of scientists in recent years, we can now see light at the end of the tunnel. For years, scientists have been investigating a cell, which has the capability of self-renewal, and this is Stem Cell.

Stem cell was discovered by Canadian scientists Ernest A. Mcculloch and James E. Till in 1960s.
Stem cells can mostly be found in embryonic cells in placenta and fewer in adult tissue cells such as bone marrow. In order to prove that stem cells indeed work, scientists tried to perform experiments by injecting stem cells into a white mice's body in which it has a broken bone marrow.
And surprisingly, the experiment turned out to be successful. The following is a link to a similar experiment:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYyT_R5Br0&feature=related.

As stem cell has the ability to regenerate and repair, it is suggested that it has a great potential in curing some deadly disease like cancer. This is certainly a breakthrough in the scientific field, however is it really possible that it can fully unleash its potential and help the millions? This question is yet to be answered as it still required further research and investigation so as to ensure that it is safe for cancer treatment.

Bias Assignment: Herbalist is incapable of curing cancer

In this passage, the writer insisted that herbalists are incapable of curing cancer. This is due to a case of a female patient, who had lost her life because of breast cancer. The writer revealed the fact that the patient was actually in an earlier stage of cancer and would have recovered if receive treatment by western medicine earlier. Instead of having diagnosis by a doctor who practised western medicine, the patient chose to seek help from a herbalist. However, the herbalist was failed to diagnosis precisely. He assured her that she had only a mild inflammation and nothing bad had happened to her. Yet, the situation got worse instead, the female patient's condition deteriorated and she had experienced a tremendous pain in her breast. Finally, she resorted to western medicine in the hope that she could be healed. Unfortunately, it was too late as she was at a final stage of cancer, which was a dead end. After all, she passed away as she could no longer sustained the torture of the evil---Tumour.

This passage shows the bias of the writer. However the bias may not be true. The writer may fail to take the ability of the concerned herbalist into deep consideration. What if it is due the concerned herbalist's inability? This is certainly not convincing enough as this does not reveal the real situation correctly. This does not reflect the capability of every herbalist to heal cancer . It is also given that in the few decades, there were cancer patients who resorted to herbalists and got fully recovered from illness. Does this reveal the inability of the herbalists? Certainly not! One should perceive events objectively because subjectivity will only lead to bias. For example, it is rational that the parents of the patients insisted and claimed that it was due to the herbalists' inability.This is because they are participants and are often blinded to the fact that there are some exceptions (successful cases) in which cancer patients got healed by herbalists.

Given the aforementioned aguments, it is therefore inappropriate and irrational to conclude that the herbalists are incapable of curing cancer.

Passage located:http://news.sina.com/c/2007-06-13/152013220975.shtml

The reason behind the rise of Cancer case in HK

It is known to everyone that cancer has l0ng been a deadly disease all over the world in the past decades. Once suffered from this fatal disease, the chance of survival will be so minimal that as if there is no turning point. Despite the very effort that people have made to maintain a healthy life in order to avoid suffering from this diesase, it's still inevitable to get rid of this"fate".


This phenomenon is especially prevalent among Hong Kong people. Recent statistics reveal that there is one cancer patient in every 1000 working class in HK. In a high demanding society like HK, everyone has to strive their best in order to "survive", especially for those who are the bread winner of their families, the pressure is overwhelming and they will stress out quite easily. For those who are not able to relieve the pressure, as time goes by, pressure will end up being depression, worsestill, suffered from cancer.

Next time I will be talking about how people in HK fight against Cancer.