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Toxic Shock Syndrome Low Blood Pressure
1,590 wordsTOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) was discovered almost 20 years ago. At first no one knew what was causing it, although it was quickly linked with "superabsorbent" tampons (which are no longer on the market). Eventually researchers discovered that a poison produced by a type of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for TSS. Some theorized that tampons may produce small ulcerations, which allow bacteria to enter the body. Another theory is that stagnating blood within or behind the tam...
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Full Blown Aids Flow Of Information
1,685 wordsAIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. In my part of the country, one man in 10 may already be carrying the AIDS virus. While the figures may currently be less in much of the rest of the country, this is changing rapidly. There currently is neither a cure, nor even an effecti...
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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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Flow Of Information Exposed To The Virus
1,662 wordsAIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. In my part of the country, one man in 10 may already be carrying the AIDS virus. While the figures may currently be less in much of the rest of the country, this is changing rapidly. There currently is neither a cure, nor even an effecti...
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Medical Ethics Human Life
1,451 wordsMedical Ethics Bioethics comprise every possible aspect of health care, medical, moral, social, political, religious, legal and financial (Weiss 3). This includes the questions raised by new research. It takes a look at the results of that research that is used on patients. It takes into consideration contemporary ideas of personal freedom and human dignity. It deals with growth in medical services available in the United States and the sky rocketing cost. Bioethics also deals with the medical a...
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Needles And Syringes Scar Tissue
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Low Birth Weight Child Was Born
1,095 wordsPreemie Baby By definition, preemie babies are those born before 27 weeks. We are got used to planning our life. We are so successful in doing that, that we even expect a child to be brought by a stork by the expected date. We define the date plus-minus several days. Quite often our expectations are justified and a baby enters a new life precisely at the appointed day. However, there are cases when the universe makes it wrong, meddling in mothers life with a premature birth. The diagnosis premat...
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University Of Michigan Guinea Pigs
1,455 wordsEbola Virus You think you have a case of the flu coming on. Nothing a few good nights' rest won't cure, you think. The next morning, your head throbs. Your skin aches. You feel feverish, and your chest hurts. You can't get out of bed. In the new few days, your fever skyrockets. You are disoriented and delirious. You throw up and notice the vomit is laced with blood. Next, you feel a liquid trickle out of your ears. With horror, you realize that it's more blood. Soon blood is seeping from your no...
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Human Cloning Foundation Clone Human Beings
1,829 wordsTechnology is changing the world as we know it. Not all of these advances in technology are viewed as positive. One of the breakthroughs that has received mixed responses is the issue of cloning. There has been much debate on this topic, and the debate is certain to rage on for many years to come. You may be asking yourself: What is cloning? How can I benefit from cloning? Is cloning legal? Why should we clone human beings? What is the world community doing to control cloning? I hope to answer t...
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Studies Have Shown Infected With Aids
1,262 wordsReview Of Literature Women/Mothers Infected with AIDS As stated by Ruth Ann Van Loon in Redefining Motherhood: Adaptation to role change for women with AIDS women represent 16 % of all adults infected with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, more commonly referred to as AIDS. In 1998 studies revealed women were being infected with the virus at a faster rate then men. A staggering 57 % of females infected with the disease are African American and 27 % of those infected are Hispanic. 21 % of wome...
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Number One Cause Sexually Transmitted
1,271 wordsLove Love And Death Kosier 1 Love = Death What happens when two people fall in love? We may think of love as a sweet heart throbbing fairy tail situation, but in reality, unexpected dreadful circumstances often occur. As a couple falls helplessly in love, they become sexually active. Because of this intimate, uncontrollable love, a couple, with extremely high endodorphine levels may make a poor choice about contraceptives. This poor choice may result in a STD or even the life-concluding virus, H...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Number One Cause
1,246 wordsLove = Death What happens when two people fall in love? We may think of love as a sweet heart throbbing fairy tail situation, but in reality, unexpected dreadful circumstances often occur. As a couple falls helplessly in love, they become sexually active. Because of this intimate, uncontrollable love, a couple, with extremely high endodorphine levels may make a poor choice about contraceptives. This poor choice may result in a STD or even the life-concluding virus, HIV/AIDS. In this situation th...
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Ozone Depletion Ozone Layer
1,352 wordsThe Earth? s ozone layer shields all life on the planet from the sun? s harmful radiation and is extremely important to all life on the planet, but we as a human race are now faced with a very important question. This question is, ? Is the Earth? s ozone layer really depleting, and if it is, is it really a threat? ? There is evidence that less protection from ultraviolet rays will, over time, lead to increased amounts skin cancer, cataract, and even crop damage. With cooperation with over 140 ot...
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People Around The World Aids Epidemic
551 wordsAbstract: A new process in bio-chemistry involves the manipulation of molecules to defeat diseases, viruses, chemical warfare, and to reduce the cost of bio-chemical engineering. This new process is refined in that the researcher utilizes new computer technology to model the behavior of certain molecules to insert a slot for discarding unwanted foreign objects. These unwanted foreign objects are discarded by fixing the slot to fit the objects. This slot can be customized, through manipulation an...
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Spinal Cord Muscle Weakness
1,033 wordsMornings bring pain, not particular to its domain, when we should be refreshed and strong. If there is a trick up it s sleeve, it s in mid morning and we think, for the thousandth time, it went away. It comes to catch us again, with a mid-afternoon wave of fatigue, so overwhelming the world isn t real. The struggle is enormous. This has to be the worse time. When hope and excitement of genius ideas reach their peak, to be brought down by a ghastly thing, no hopes can overcome. We must sleep, whe...
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Central Nervous System Marijuana As A Medicine
1,366 wordsThe Legalization of Marijuana as a Medicine Imagine if one of your loved ones was suffering from a very painful, lethal disease such as cancer. There is a substance that can relieve their pain, but due to a law instituted several decades ago declaring that substance illegal they will be forced to suffer. If marijuana was legalized, strictly for medical purposes, then much of the pain and suffering experienced by cancer patients and those suffering from various other afflictions could be lessened...
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Coronary Heart Disease Clinical Trials
987 wordsZOCOR has been available in the United States since 1992, and ZOCOR has been prescribed for more than 6 million patients worldwide. Background A team of doctors and scientists designed a large-scale, long-term study to determine whether ZOCOR (simvastatin), a cholesterol-lowering medicine, as an addition to diet, could help heart disease patients with high cholesterol live longer and avoid heart attacks. The study took about 6 years and involved 4, 444 patients with coronary heart disease and hi...
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Connective Tissue Breast Implants
1,260 wordsSilicon is an essential element in humans, found in significant concentrations in hair, bone, epidermis and dental enamel. It is also the second most abundant element on the earth? s crust, constituting about 28 % by weight. (cite) Many foods and beverages, including certain vegetables, grains, rice, and beer have been shown to contain significant amounts of silicon. Silicone is a synthetic form of silicon and includes 40 % silicon by weight. The silicones are synthetic polymers and are not ther...
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Infertile Couples Human Cloning
1,154 wordsTo Clone or Not To Clone? In February 1997, the first genetically cloned sheep named Dolly was born. The announcement immediately started the debate of ethical, moral, and scientific implications. (Park 71) There is no doubt that genetic research will be able to offer us invaluable information for the future from human DNA, to mammals, and even agriculture. Cloning is not new. Experiments with frogs and toads date back to the 1970 s. Experiments involving plants and animal embryos have been perf...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hiv Aids
1,566 wordsSex Stds Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sex is a popular subject; it is on television, in advertisements, in magazines, and practically everywhere. One very serious side effect of an increase of sexual activity is the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. They affect more than twelve million Americans each year. Sexually transmitted diseases are becoming common and widely spread throughout Americans because of unprotected sex, promiscuity, and multiple sex partners. Some of the most ...
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