Week 1, discussion #2
mrs. miller is expressing her concern about a changing mole in her left axillary region. chris, the medical assistant obtaining her health history, makes the statement, “mrs. miller, the dysplastic nevus found in the left axillary region looks as if it could be malignant. you have not been using sunscreen, have you? ” as a medical professional, how should chris have handled this discussion?

Life expectancy in the united states is (76.4 for men and 81.1 for women). life expectancy is not the same as healthy life expectancy. healthy life expectancy is the number of years a person is expected to live in this number is obtained by subtracting years spent in poor health from overall life expectancy. the world health organization (who) calculates healthy life expectancy in 194 countries. the united states ranks twenty-ninth in the world using this measurement, with an average of of healthy life expectancy. singapore ranks number one (76 years), and japan is number two (75 years).