6.2 Life-Threatening Illness and Treatment Information

The Mayo Clinic serves as a source of health information for consumers. One of the features of this site is an encyclopedia that covers most medical conditions, which you can access from the home page by clicking on Patient Care and Info. Pick a life-threatening medical condition and access the information written about it in the encyclopedia. You'll notice that there are links to additional information in the encyclopedia to further educate you about "your" disease. Do a complete review of the disease you have chosen and answer the following questions:

1			Which life-threatening disease did you choose? Write a short paragraph discussing the reason for your selection.
2			What kind of information did you find?
3			Was death mentioned as a possible outcome? If so, what was said? If not, why do you think that it was omitted?
4			What did you learn from this activity?