What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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HIV/AIDS The world is plagued by the HIV infection which almost always comes before AIDS. If you are HIV positive‚ that doesn’t mean you have AIDS. Having AIDS usually means that you are HIV positive. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) basically breaks down your immune system until it can’t function properly anymore. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) never really kills anyone; instead it is a disease like pneumonia or something like that‚ that the body cannot fight because its immune system
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Like Jefferson and Pain‚ you can change your world with the persuasive use of words. Considering the problems faced in schools and in your community. I think one of the biggest problems or worries is suicide. What some people don’t know about suicide was that this is not a new thing with the ages of fifteen to twenty-four the rate was 49‚496 in 1970. With today’s society the teen’s suicide rate has gone from 8.8 deaths per every hundred thousand people to twelve point three per
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Informative Speech Becky Schaelchlin Topic: The Effects of Diet and Exercise on Human Health Informative Purpose: To instruct Type of Informative Topic: Issues Thesis Statement: Consistent diet and exercise has a positive effect on chronic diseases. INTRODUCTION I. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as of 2012‚ about half of all adults—117 million people—have one or more chronic health conditions. While seven of the top ten causes of death in 2012 in the US were due to
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I found the persuasive speech of policy to be difficult to put together. I put a lot of time into the organization‚ and practiced my speech many times‚ and I think overall‚ I did fairly well. With every speech though‚ I think there is always room for improvement. I felt my introduction went well. It was organized‚ and I felt that I was able to draw my audience in to want to know more. The topic was well suited for my audience since many are going into the medical field‚ and breast cancer is a topic
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Speech 2 Outline – Lacy Thompson Topic: why you should exercise Audience Analysis: since most of my audiences are students with a job‚ I will focus on how exercise can boost your energy‚ and mental health to get more accomplished in school. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to exercise. Thesis: It’s hard being a student and working at the same time‚ and find energy for both. I will show you why starting an exercise program can boost your energy
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our class finished the last of the persuasive speeches. We were persuaded to take certain actions that could benefit our lives or the community around us. The speech that I was assigned to assess was Sam’s speech. His topic was why all division three colleges should have turf fields for out-door sporting events. He had positive techniques that he used in his speech‚ but there were also areas of improvement. First‚ I will begin with the positives of his speech. I was glad that he picked a topic he
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About HIV/AIDS In October 1991‚ Earvin “Magic” Johnson was told that he tested positive for HIV after he took a routine physical. After much consideration Johnson made the decision to retire from the Los Angeles Lakers because of his medical condition. When his condition was published‚ some media outlets reported that some individuals confused his HIV with the disease AIDS. People believed the only way to contract HIV were by being a drug addict or homosexual. Magic Johnson has been living HIV positive
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HIV From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation‚ search "AIDS virus" redirects here. For the computer virus‚ see AIDS (computer virus). For the village‚ see Hiv (village). For the administrative subdivision‚ see Hiv Rural District. HIV Classification and external resources Diagram of HIV ICD-10 B20-B24 ICD-9 042-044 OMIM 609423 MedlinePlus 000602 eMedicine article/783434 MeSH D006678 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that
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There has been a steady increase in recent years in the form of HIV sufferers. I will take you into a holistic look of what and how this virus implements a person’s personal‚ social‚ medical and economic life. To a see a person’s emotion is but a short insight to how that person is actually feeling‚ take into account that they have contracted HIV‚ how is that person’s life affected? A woman in Vietnam says ‘I am afraid of giving my disease to family members- especially my younger brother who is
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