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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hiv Infected
1,743 wordsThe following are facts cited in Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9, 000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15 - 24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of HIV-infections worldwide has tripled since 1990! It is estimated that there will be a 20 % decline in population in East Africa by the year 2001 due to AIDS (Stine, 360). AIDS is the leading cause of deaths among adult...
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Central Nervous System Make You Feel
1,107 wordsLike perscription drugs, illegal drugs are powerfull substances. People use drugs for mind altering reasons. Illegal drugs can change the way the brain normally works. When some who uses drugs there judgement, thinking, feelings and actions change along with there appearance. When people use cocaine for the first time they enjoy the "high." After using cocain over time you begin to lose weight because the effects of the drug cause you to lose your appetit. You also find your self having trouble ...
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American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer
1,044 wordsCancer of the prostate is defined as a malignant tumor growth within the prostate gland. The purpose of the prostate gland is to surround the urethra, which is the tube within you urinary system that carries the urine from the bladder to the penis, the male sex organ. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 180, 000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the United States. The American Cancer Society also states that from these 180, 000 cases, and approximate 32, 000 men die fr...
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Homosexual Behavior Dysfunctional Families
1,121 wordsOver the phone, I could hear quiet anguish in the mothers gentle contralto voice: We found out in late August. He sat us both down and told us his secret. Deep inside, I already knew. I guess Ive known for a long time, but I could not accept it. Hes my baby boy. How could he be a freak of nature? We couldnt talk about it. When he came home for Christmas, We talked about his job, his new home, and his new car. He and his brother talked about golf, and basketball, and everything else except that. ...
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Professional Athletes High Risk
382 wordsIn the past there were and are many disputes over the high salaries of professional athletes. I think that these athletes should receive the high salaries that they deserve. One reason why I think professional athletes should receive such high salaries is that they are highly skilled. Professional athletes train and practice hard almost everyday and for most of the day. Most professional athletes also have played sports in college. Look at Michael Jordan, he played college basketball. Another re...
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Health Care Workers University Of Toronto
1,697 words... or inter- views. Very few people at risk of AIDS now come to give blood. The "self- elimination form", filled out in a private booth, allows any who feel compelled by peer pressure to donate blood, total privacy to check the box that says "Do not use my blood for transfusion. " As to banking one's own blood, or autologous donations, the Red Cross permits a few "medically suitable" people, referred by their physician, to store their blood if they are likely to need blood transfusion in upcomi...
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Why Software Systems Fail
2,145 words1. 0 Introduction In this report I will be concentrating on the failure of software systems. To understand why software systems fail we need to understand what are software systems. Software systems are a type of information system. This is because a software system is basically a means for hardware to process information. Flynn's definition of an information system is: "An information system provides procedures to record and make available information, concerning part of an organization, to ass...
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Human Error Complex Systems
1,366 words1. Introduction This coursework is designed to look at the design and monitoring within organisations to ensure disasters dont happen. There have been many disasters in recent history such as Three Mile Island, Bhopal, Challenger, Chernobyl and the Herald of Free Enterprise. All calamitous events that represent loss of human lives, damage to the environment and loss in financial terms. Obviously, great care is taken to avoid such occurrences and this essay concentrates on the processes that addr...
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Child Abuse And Neglect Number Of Children
1,500 words... their own parenting. However, the majority of abused children do not become abusive adults. Some experts believe that an important predictor of later abuse is whether the child realizes that the behavior is wrong. Children who believe they have behaved badly and deserved the abuse become abusive parents more often than children who believe their parents were wrong to abuse them. Stress created by a number of social conditions raises the risk of child abuse within a family. These conditions i...
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20 Th Century Vertical Integration
1,952 wordsBackground The entertainment industry demonstrates a multi channel structure, with companies owning several forms of companies in each link of the value chain. The industry is converging toward a single model, which combines production of content with multichannel distribution. All companies try to sell content in many ways, e. g. movie, TV show, book theme park, etc. All but two of major players in the industry conform to this model. Non-conforming companies have regulatory barriers (foreign ow...
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Healthy Child High Risk
670 wordsThere are three people; a parent, a sick child in need of a kidney and a healthy child who is willing to donate a kidney (All three of them are in the same family). The parent feels very worried about this problem. If the operation does not succeed then there would be a very high risk of both her children dying. If the operation is not done then one of her children will be healthy and then the other one will always have to go to the hospital to use the kidney dialysis machine to clear out all th...
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Health Care Workers University Of Toronto
1,696 words... taking, questionnaires and donor inter- views. Very few people at risk of AIDS now come to give blood. The "self- elimination form", filled out in a private booth, allows any who feel compelled by peer pressure to donate blood, total privacy to check the box that says "Do not use my blood for transfusion. " As to banking one's own blood, or autologous donations, the Red Cross permits a few "medically suitable" people, referred by their physician, to store their blood if they are likely to ne...
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Blood Flow Carbon Dioxide
1,475 wordsCaring for women in pregnancy presents a unique challenge to the healthcare team. Obstetrical nursing requires an in-depth knowledge of the physiological, psychological, and social processes of the high-risk childbearing woman and her fetus during pregnancy. In a community hospital setting, care challenges can be further complicated by the possible limitations of available resources. The following case study will explore the necessary insights and their implications in caring for the high-risk p...
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W B Saunders Amniotic Fluid
1,496 words... eceleration pattern is indicative of a uterine and / or placental blood flow problem. In the case of PIH, the late deceleration types will most likely be the pattern seen due to the compromised utero placental blood flow. Another risk associated with preeclampsia points to the propensity for decreased maternal renal blood flow due to vasoconstriction. Vasospasm, with the resulting decrease in blood flow, leads to a decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), decreased clearance of uric aci...
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Centers For Disease Control Disease Control And Prevention
1,508 wordsWhile the federal governments investment in treatment and research is helping people with HIV/AIDS live longer and more productive lives, HIV continues to spread at a staggering national rate of over 40, 000 new infections per year. The following data represent the total reported AIDS cases in Georgia through year-end 2002: 1998 8, 785 1999 9, 663 2000 10, 290 2001 11, 269 2002 12, 320 For 2003, according to the information given on July 7 th, there were 26, 373 cases (1). It is the position of ...
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Gun Control Violent Crime
905 wordsGun Control Mass homicides and numerous suicides should be evidence enough that this country needs stronger gun control laws. The articles that I m using for this paper both focus on guns. One article gives details of the high number of suicides that are assisted by the use of guns. The other describes our countries unsuccessful attempts at new restrictions on gun ownership. More people are killing themselves with guns, than those being killed by other people using guns. Using the most recent st...
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Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Heart Disease
1,297 wordsHeart attacks cause the death of millions of people per year. In this paper I will talk about the scientific names for heart attacks, the main causes of heart attacks, the symptoms of them, the treatments for them, and the last thing we will talk about is who is at risk for having a heart attack. But, before we can talk about these things we really should determine what heart attack really means. Heart Attack (noun): an acute episode of heart disease (as a myocardial infarction) due to insuffici...
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Day After Day Symptoms Of Stress
2,110 wordsStress is a term used by many, is somewhat misunderstood, and often used to describe a negative condition or emotional state. People experience various forms of stress at home, work, in social settings, and when engaged in activities to simply have fun. Police officer s experience stresses the same as others, but also in ways much different than the average citizen. The dangers, violence, and tragedy seen by officers result in added levels of stress not experienced by the general population. Wha...
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Tay Sachs Disease Autosomal Recessive
812 wordsThis condition, Tay-sachs TAY-SACHS DISEASE This condition, Tay-Sachs Disease, is due to the reduction of a key enzyme. This missing enzyme is hexosominidase and is commonly referred to as Hex A. When this enzyme is missing in lipids (fats), GMZ ganglioside accumulates in inert cells. Hex A is key and is needed to break up and regulate lipids. When GMZ builds up in the neurons, the functions of the nervous system are affected. This leads to mental retardation, damages in the nervous system, and ...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Moral Reasoning
2,433 wordsJuly Villa ESL 101 David shnaiderman July 17 2000 Pro-life side of abortion Abortion is defined as the induced termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or fetus that is incapable of survival. Abortion can be either a spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), or a medically induced termination of pregnancy. The sides of abortion are the pro-life, which is the side against abortion, and pro-choice, which is the side that supports it. This issue should be illegal except in cases of rape and da...
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