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Affluenza An American Epidemic
827 wordsAffluenza is an epidemic which effects millions of people in the United States. Until this century [ 20 th], to consume was considered a bad thing says Jeremy Rifkin an expert on affluent (Gross). The victims of affluent are consumers who work long hours at a job they hate so they can buy things which they dont need (Fight Club). Like AIDS, affluent has spread quickly throughout the United States showing no prejudice of race, sex or color. However, unlike AIDS, affluent is a compulsive addiction...
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Genital Herpes Herpes Simplex
328 wordsHerpes Genital is the name of a widespread sexually transmitted disease. It is also generally known simply as herpes. Genital herpes is caused by the herpes simplex virus or the Herpes Simplex Virus 2. HSV- 2 is one of the herpes viruses, a group of viruses that cause a wide variety of diseases (Banikowski, S 1999). HSV- 2 infects only human beings and is transmitted during intimate sexual activity. Infection occurs on or around the sex organs or rectum. The virus then spreads along the nerves t...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Long Term
385 wordsWe have always known of the existence of many diseases, but some of us dont realize that, these diseases are very easy to catch. There are many diseases caused by bacteria, while others are caused by viruses. Diseases caused by viruses are genital herpes, genital warts and AIDS. Other sexually transmitted diseases that are caused by bacteria are: gonorrhea, syphilis and Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria. Chlamydia is spread by direct person-to-person con...
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Salk Vaccine Polio Vaccine
1,616 wordsPolio, more properly known as poliomyelitis, was one of the most feared and studied diseases in the first half of the Twentieth Century (Sass, 1). This disease has paralyzed thousands in American history (Health Education Facts Sheet, 1). Polio struck its victims, mostly children under the age of three, as it appeared unpredictably bringing on a panic in the 1940 s and 50 s. Then, a break through occurred when Jonas Salk's research established an effective vaccine to the poliovirus. Today, the f...
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The Black Death Plague In Europe
1,564 wordsUp from the murky depths of the Middle Ages crept a devastatingly horrific and terrifying disease. Responsible for the deaths of millions, this disease, or plague was known as the Black Death. Although there is no certainty as to the location where the plague originated from, it is known that its deadly bacteria came from the foul belly of a single flea. When the Black Death began to take hold, unimaginable fear, panic and chaos swept through the hearts of Europe's people; the rich and the poor ...
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Black Plague Personal Hygiene
594 wordsThe bubonic plague also known as the black plague was one of the fastest spreading and most deadly of disease. This plague was also referred to as the pneumonic plague or the blood spitting plague. A person infected with this disease would vomit blood for three days straight and then they would die. It was an extremely fast acting disease. I found a quote on the web site, "It was said that they would eat lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise. " The first documented...
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The Of Tuberculosis Among Low Income People
1,609 words... aged 20 to 45 years. Age adjustment was accounted for using the direct method with 1990 U. S. population statistics as follows: aged 15 - 24 (80, 596, 000); aged 45 - 46 (46, 710, 000) (Tuberculosis control law 1993). iii. data analysis and results 1860 cases were explored in both South Central and Harlem. Both districts are low-income, medically under-served communities with large numbers of immigrants such as Hispanics, blacks or Asian-Pacific Islanders. The data was evaluated with the obj...
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Birth Defects Animal Experiments
1,057 words... an studies that hold the key to success, not animal studies. Human epidemiological studies have the power to save millions of lives, showing that major advances can be achieved without animal experiments. Moreover, animal tests have a dubious record in predicting useful drugs to combat the effects of a stroke. Animal researchers indicate that barbiturates could protect against the effects on the stroke, experiments on dogs, rabbits, and monkeys. In human stroke victims, however, barbiturates...
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Amount Of People Deadly Virus
1,266 wordsIn this world weve seen many forms of death. From natural disasters of unfathomable and devastating proportions to war which shed the untainted blood of soldiers and civilians alike, our mass killings have all been delivered by visibly enormous forces, which have consumed and gratified their lust for life before our very eyes. This was true until the introduction of a killer so small and intangible it left almost an entire nations skeptic and dying, searching for the answers in the heavens and i...
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Std Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1,483 words... be able to get it from blood transfusions, but now the blood supplies are cleaner. You can get it from other kinds of skin contact too. Kissing, dry humping, petting, and foreplay involve skin contact, therefore, can transmit the infection. A mother can pass it on to her child during birth. Symptoms Syphilis has three stages, during the first stage, a painless sore may appear on the spot where the bacteria first entered the body, usually nine days after contact with an infected person. The s...
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Biological Warfare Agents General Accounting Office
1,289 words... of-the-art equipment that could have been used for agent production. No evidence, to date, has been established for munitions development and / or agent weapons. The experience of the U. N. team emphasizes the difficulty of locating a Smoking Gun relative to BW programs. This type of program is much easier to hide from inspection than either chemical or nuclear programs. USAMARIID (2001) U. S. Offensive Program The United States initiated a review of the potential of BW in 1941 - 1942, imple...
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Urinary Tract Kidney Stones
627 wordsKidney stones are hard, crystalline deposits in the kidney. They are usually hexagonal, eighty percent of which are made of calcium. These calcium stones are two to three times more common in men, and are most likely to reoccur. The calcium oxalate versions most likely result from eating specific food. One percent of stones are cystine stones, which have to do with the hereditary disorder cystinuria. Struvite makes another small percentage, and grow very large primarily in women, producing kidne...
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World Trade Organization Process Of Globalization
1,712 wordsGlobalization Today more and more places around the world are being connected in more and more ways. Contemporary researches called this process globalization. The majority of researchers state that the term globalization is the term used to describe the increasing links in economy, policy and culture between human beings around the world. They think that globalization is a phenomenon of technological, economic, political and cultural exchanges produced by modern communication, transportation an...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Centers For Disease Control
1,656 wordsAIDS in Prisons With infectious diseases such as hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) so prevalent in correctional settings, it is appropriate and timely that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) presented a workshop on the issue. "Infectious Disease in Corrections: A Centers for Disease Control Perspective" was moderated by Rob Lyerla, an epidemiologist for CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases. (Cass 34). In the past 20 years, the jail people in the United Stat...
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Process Of Globalization Western Countries
776 wordsHow globalization has hurt India Nowadays world is fully absorbed with the process of globalization. It is difficult to find a country that has avoided it. Globalization has a lot of positive and negative effects. First of all it is connected with the development of opportunities, but in the other side it may cause the growth of poverty and cultural and economic decay. It is because some countries are involved with the process quicker than others. Many developed countries have great benefits fro...
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Sylvia Plath Barbed Wire
1,285 wordsWho Is Daddy? It is the nature of poetry that it is written on many levels, can be read from many different viewpoints and carries multiple meanings. Poetry carries most of its meaning on the impact of the words in order to express the ineffable. It is painting with words. Sylvia Plath begins with the personal attack on her father and then lets it grow until she has pointed an accusing finger at the entire cultural system, which she feels has trapper her, and in particular, at the confining and ...
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Health Care Industry Spousal Abuse
1,579 wordsMany factors Genetic Engineering ABUSE Many factors contribute to the definition of abuse as stated by law. They also make note of differences between adult and child abuse. When physical abuse refers to adults, it is divided into battery and spousal abuse, which may encompass other types of abuse. The five main types of abuse for children are physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, neglect, and chemical dependency. Physical is the most commonly thought of abuse. For children physical abuse is co...
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Loss Of Appetite Disease
212 wordsHISTORY OF CHICKEN POXChicken pox, a highly contagious disease that strikes many people, is caused by the herpes zoster virus. The virus is transmitted by the respiratory system and carried in the bloodstream to all parts of the body. The main symptom is a rash that appears on the face and torso, but also on the extremities. The rash turns into blisters that itch like crazy (I know from personal experience), that go away in a few days. The other symptoms are loss of appetite, fever, and headache...
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World Health Organization Hands And Feet
492 wordsLeprosy has Leprosy Leprosy Report Leprosy has been around for thousands of years, since the biblical times. It was first identified by Gerhard A. Hansen in 1873. It was the first bacterium to be identified as disease causing in humans. It should be known that the word leper has connotations of immorality and uncleanness and is considered very offensive. Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of the upper respiratory tract, skin, nerves in the hands and feet, and the lining of the nose. Leprosy ...
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Jonas Salk Salk Vaccine
626 wordsIn America in the 1950 s, summertime was a time of fear and anxiety for many parents; this was the season when children by the thousands became infected with the crippling disease poliomyelitis, or polio. This burden of fear was lifted forever when it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the disease. Salk became world-famous overnight, but his discovery was the result of many years of painstaking research. Jonas Salk was born in New York City. His parents were Russia...
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