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The best major for a student today would be in the medical field. Doctors spend countless years getting their education and, in the end, they become one of societies most recognizable faces. Despite the huge costs, governments and private institutions offer a large number of scholarships to help offset the costs of attending.
Many illnesses go uncured and people are suffering today while few people tirelessly work around the clock to try and find cures or even remedies to lessen or offset the symptoms. Not only are many illnesses untreated but the shortage of medical help around the world stuns me. Being a medical student myself it sickens me to see people in need of assistance that can not get it. People dying from simple sicknesses that can be fixed with just minimal medical assistance is one of the worst things to watch.
A big illness in our society is AIDS. There are few people that have the ability as well as the education required to help find a cure for this terrible disease. Not only is it life-threatening, it is very painful to go through. I've seen people in their last days suffering through this disease just so they can someday see the light once again.
Another terrible disease that hits our country is cancer. Though many people survive it, it is still a very hard illness to deal with. Breast cancer is a terrible hit for women and is still the leading killer of women in the U.S. Chemotherapy is the only efficient way to fight off cancer, but hopefully someday students that get the right education will find a cure.
We are also in need of more nurses. In poor and third world countries, health care is something rare. It pains me as well to see people struggle to survive after catching just a common cold. Even people that have a broken bone can face difficulties. In the Western world, a simple broken finger can be fixed easily, but over in Africa they might never get to see anyone with knowledge and thus it will never heal correctly.
