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Hiv And Aids Hiv Virus
1,570 wordsGonzales 1 The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first discovered in 1981 as a unique and newly recognized infection of the body's immune system (Mellors 3). The name AIDS was formally know as GRIDS (Gay Related Immune Defiance Syndrome). The first case of AIDS was discovered in Los Angeles, where scientists from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) were called in on a half dozen cases. The CDC was convinced what they were seeing was a new strand of virus. None of the staff members ...
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Respiratory Infections Cigarette Smoke
813 wordsBronchitis is the inflammation of the bronchi. It may develop suddenly, following a head cold (acute bronchitis), or it may continue or return regularly for many years, causing worsening of the bronchi and lungs (chronic bronchitis). Certain people are more likely to get bronchitis than others. Men are effected more than women, out numbering them 10 to 1. The reasons for this are unknown. Smokers are 50 times more likely to get chronic bronchitis than non smokers. Acute bronchitis is a bacteria ...
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Symptoms Include E Coli
525 wordsE. coli are germs that normally live the intestines of people and animals. The most common symptoms are severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. E. coli lives in the intestines of healthy cattle and can get into the meat when cattle are slaughtered. The germs are killed when the meat is thoroughly cooked. The most common food source is ground beef because the grinding spreads the germs throughout the meat. These germs have also been in raw milk, roast beef, apple cider, salami, and sometimes on veget...
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Number Of New Cases Runny Nose Measles
444 wordsMeasles, also rubeola, acute, highly contagious, fever-producing disease caused by a filterable virus, different from the virus that causes the less serious disease German measles, or rubella. Measles is characterized by small red dots appearing on the surface of the skin, irritation of the eyes (especially on exposure to light), coughing, and a runny nose. About 12 days after first exposure, the fever, sneezing, and runny nose appear. Coughing and swelling of the neck glands often follow. Four ...
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Penicillin G Types Syphilis Gonorrhea Antibiotic
559 wordsAntibiotics was created to kill the growth of infectious organisms, produced by bacteria or molds that are toxic to other micro- organisms. Antibiotic refers to antibacterials all antibiotics are more toxic to an organism than they are to an animal or human. How they made antibiotics was not understood until the late 20 th century. the principle of using organic compounds to fight infection has been known since ancient times. Plant extracts were used for medicine for centuries and still used tod...
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Encourage Kids To Have Sex Ready To Have Sex Condoms
540 wordsUSING CONDOMS IN SCHOOL CLEARLY NOT A GOOD PLAN In a large amount of schools across America, this has become a disturbing trend. Schools are handing out condoms to kids. This is wrong on so many fronts that I cannot even begin to name them. The fact that people argue this fact astounds me. I cannot believe this action was even considered. I will name a few points that I believe are the most prominent and powerful arguments for my case. Firstly, the free condoms DO encourage kids to have sex. Now...
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Cognitive Skills Congenital Heart
1,665 wordsDown syndrome what lies beneath the stereotype? John Down was the first to formulate and describe the disease that is known now as Down Syndrome (which will be called DS within the scope of this report). The people he described had mental deficits and were called idiots (Down, 1866). Brousseau (1928) gives a more thorough description of the physical as well as the mental characteristics of people with DS. Her list of physical features includes: small, rounded head; short, flat nose; small, slant...
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Factor Viii Factor Ix
1,170 wordsRobert Morris Haemophilia Haemophilia Robert Morris In the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to the information on sex, the X chromosomes carry determinants for a number of other features of the body including the levels of factor VIII and factor IX. 1 I...
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Department Of Health Sexually Active
1,317 wordsImagine for a moment that you and two of your buddies are at a club with fast music, fast women and cheap thrills around to have a lot of fun with. Youre dancing, having a good time and hanging out with your friends. You arent the designated driver and you want to have a few beers to make the night a little better, as you get a few in you the girls at the club start to look better and better with each passing minute and drink. You and your buddies go over to mingle with a few of the new found pr...
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Sexually Transmitted Pregnant Women
1,105 wordsby Ashley Christensen Ms. Robinson Period Chlamydia Chlamydia by Ashley ChristenseMs. Robinson Period 3 / Sociology 2 / 29 / 2000 Introduction Today, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), are among the most common causes of illness in the United States. People in their teens and twenties are most affected by STD? s, with over 6 million new cases each year, and adults between the ages of 13 and 19 are at the most risk for infection. Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted dise...
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Odor Of Garlic Garlic Garlic Things
222 wordsI am Garlic Garlic I am doing this project because I think it would be interesting to figure out different things about medicinal plants and, I decided to try to focus on garlic because, for reason it is a medicinal plant and there is a range of reasons why garlic is important to us but there are things we need to be aware of though. For about 5000 years garlic has been known to reduce blood cholestrol levels. Garlic tastes very hot, dry, and pungent. The cloves (a part of the garlic plant) are ...
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White Blood Cells Common Cold
519 wordsCommon Cold The common cold is can be a result of over one hundred different types of viruses. Symptoms of the disease include nasal congestion and discharge, sore throat, and coughing. This infectious disease is difficult to treat, the cause of absenteeism in schools and industry, and may become more serious if not treated correctly. The common cold is difficult to treat because it can be caused by more than one hundred different viruses. Also, it contains symptoms identical to those of respira...
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Blood Glucose Levels Blood Sugar Levels
1,099 wordsNearly 16 million people in the United States have diabetes, the disease classified as a problem with insulin. The problem could be that your body does not make insulin, does not make enough, or it simply does not know how to use it properly. Diabetes is also known as diabetes mellitus. There are many types of diabetes. The two I will be discussing are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 generally affects young people and requires treatment with insulin. Five to ten percent of Americans with diabetes have...
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Std Million Americans Stds
345 wordsState the observable effects of the problem: 1) an estimated 12 million Americans get effected with a sexually transmitted disease each year. 2) More than 25 different infectious organisms can be transmitted sexually, and five STD? s; s chlamydia, gonorrhea, AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis B are among 10 of the most frequently reported infections 3) If detected and treated at an early stage, most STDs are curable. However 55 million Americans are believed to be infected with an incurable viral dise...
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Short Term Memory Evidence That Marijuana
1,148 wordsThe Benefits Of Marijuana Are you sick of hearing your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of your pot pastime? Have you been hearing a lot of negative things about the use of marijuana lately? Would you like to know what the real deal is behind the use of this infamous drug? Then read on because youre in for a surprise. One of the saddest things in North America is the lack of clinical trials on marijuana use. Many other countries in the world have already performed such tests in order to d...
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Female Genital Mutilation Rite Of Passage
1,167 wordsital Mutilation in Sudan In the country of Sudan, in Northern Africa, there is a procedure that is tradition and is performed on most women called female genital mutilation, or FGM, which used to be known as female circumcision. It has been a normal practice for generations, but is now the subject for international controversy on the morality and safety of this procedure. It is now known that 82 percent of Sudanese woman have an extreme form of genital mutilation done on them, normally at a youn...
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Koproski And Oldstone Microbe Hunters Book
835 wordsThe title of a book cannot be copyrighted, but anyone who chooses to use Microbe Hunters in any book title has either enormous chutzpah or vaunting ambition. The original Microbe Hunters, written by Paul de Kruif in 1927, probably did more to proselytize young minds into careers in medicine and science than any book ever written. (See Richard Rhodes intriguing tour of prion diseases: He begins with a young Nobel Laureate-to-be, Carlton Gajdusek, who, after reading de Kruif's chronicle, carves th...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases White Blood Cells
361 wordsSexually transmitted Diseases What is an STD? An STD is an abbreviation for sexually transmitted diseases. What does this all really mean? STDs are diseases that are transmitted sexually and can attack reproductive organs, pubic hair and bends &# 038; folds in the skin. There are two in my mind that pose the greatest danger to teens: AIDS and Genital warts. Genital warts can ruin a persons social life and so can AIDS but AIDS can also kill! Transmission &# 038; Symptoms The transmission and symp...
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Ethical Issues Human Organs
1,094 wordsThere is a Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation There is a shortage of organs for clinical transplantation all around the world. Many patients waiting to receive new organs die because we are unable to receive enough organs: there arent enough donors. We are now testing the implantation of other species organs into the human body, that would be a great solution in ending organ shortage. There is a problem though, the human body does not cooperate well with other non-human organs. Rejection is...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Red Blood Cells
577 wordsSickle Cell Anemia Anemia (Greek for bloodlessness), a blood condition involving an abnormal reduction in the number of red blood cells (erythrocytes) or in their hemoglobin content. These cells are the means by which oxygen is carried to the various parts of the body. People who are anemic get symptoms caused by not enough delivery of oxygen to their body tissues. There are three primary causes of anemia: (1) Reduced production of red blood cells, which may result from lacking nutrients or horm...
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