Allow me to start off by expressing how pleased I was to find that I had forty-one page views before I even published my first post – yes, that is indeed forty-one views of a blank blog. I figure that if my page views do not exceed an average of forty-one per week during the next few months, I will have actually managed to captivate a larger audience with the blank version of blog. So if my empty blog warranted forty-one viewers to linger on the page, I suppose I can only hope that the actual content I post compares to the Times New Roman, three-word title on a black background that previously comprised this entire blog.
Welcome!
I am a senior at BASIS Scottsdale High School. At my school, the third trimester of senior year is dedicated to pursuing a three-month research project. During the approval process of my research proposal, as I sat before the Senior Research Project Committee, I was reminded of the very reason I chose to pursue research in the field of endocrinology. As my college counselor simply put, "Everyone knows a diabetic." Unfortunately, merely knowing a person with diabetes is not enough to demonstrate a true concern over the implications of the disease.
Considering the complications of diabetes that conventionally come to mind (e.g. increased risk of heart disease, stroke, hypertension), I specifically chose to study diabetes in conjunction with an 'unconventionally' thought-of diabetic complication: increased risk of depression. Hopefully, by delving further into the specific factors that correlate between diabetes and yet another serious medical condition that is tied to diabetes, depression, I can convey to my readers the debilitating effects of this disease.
As of one year ago, according to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million Americans have diabetes. Even if you aren't part of this 8.3% of the population or do not have close family or friends who are diabetic, I encourage you to share in my endeavors at the Scottsdale Healthcare Endocrinology Institute, during my last sixty days of high school, as I attempt to show you just how worthy of concern this topic is.
Lalani.
Nick:
ReplyDeleteI am sure this is going to be very interesting to the general population when you present in May. I will be following your entries as this is an important topic with many implications. Good luck.