Julie+A

Lina Medina Week 1

media type="youtube" key="mXW_xvQpz44" height="349" width="425" align="left" Lina Medina, who was born in Ticrapo, Peru, still holds the record of being the world's youngest mother. She was only 5 years 8 months when she gave birth to Gerardo Medina, who weighed 2.7 kg at birth. At first, her parents believed that Lina had a tumor growing in her abdominal region, but they soon realize she was 7 months pregnant. A month later, she gave birth via a caesarian section. Doctors discovered that her reproductive organs were fully developed due to precocious puberty. Until the age of 10, Gerardo thought Lina was his sister. Lina never revealed the father of her baby, but Lina's father was accused of raping her. Lina never admitted it and the case was dropped for lack of evidence.

In population records, the age of adults is slowly lowering because younger people are becoming parents. During the Ted Talk with Hans Rosling, he was talking about the rise in population. Rosling says that the adult age is now 16 due to many cases of teen pregnancy. Lina Medina is an extreme case of young parenthood, but she shows that there is a possibility for a pregnant woman at any age. 

The Scary Growth of the Human Population﻿ Week 2 As we all know, the human population is growing drastically, but is there a limit? We will never know when the human population reached its maximum carrying capacity, but disease will probably develop to lower the population. Furthermore, people are not taking care of the world and our levels of consumption are growing. In a second, 4.2 people are born and 1.8 people die. In class, we have been watching videos about the scary rate of growth in population. media type="youtube" key="b98JmQ0Cc3k" height="279" width="339" align="right"

Ways to slow down growth (just scientists ideas):
 * 1) Birth control
 * 2) One child per family (like in China)
 * 3) Universal health care
 * 4) Use more reusable energy

This link shows the different aspects of the growth in human population. It has many graphs and pictures to understand the dangers of the growth in population. __[]__

Progeria: The Early Aging Disease Progeria, also known as Hutchinson–Gilford Progeria Syndrome, is a disorder when a child suffers early aging. It is caused by a genetic disorder, but it is not hereditary. About one out of eight million people are born with this sydrome and most die in their teens. Progeria increases the rate of aging eight to ten times. Symtoms:
 * Abnormal skin
 * Stunted growth
 * Baldness
 * Small face and jaw
 * Prominant veins on head
 * Brital bodies
 * Swollen joins
 * Atherosclerosis (strokes, heart attacks, etc.)

Cause

Treatment: media type="custom" key="9672366" width="140" height="140" Josiah Viersa suffers from Progeria. This is his story and how the Make a Wish foundation helped him meet the Philadelphia Phillies
 * No cure
 * Extend life
 * High calorie diet
 * Heart bipass surgery
 * Aspirin
 * Thinning blood



**In class, we learned about population growth. Since the population of humans in the world is growing rapidly, more people each year will suffer from Progeria.**