HIV Testing in Pregnant Women HIV is a Human Immune Deficiency Virus that is primarily transmitted through sexual intercourse. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. This virus is passed from one person to another through blood and sexual contact. This virus is a very serious subject in many peoples lives‚ especially women. There are 16.6 million women worldwide living with the HIV virus. Only 43% are actually aware of their condition and the other 33% are unaware (Snelson). This is an even more severe
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Many women‚ including teens‚ abuse drugs while they are pregnant. This rate is especially high to those who are homeless‚ underprivileged‚ or live in a broken home. In order for drug abusers to even have a chance at beating their addiction they have to have support whether it’s family‚ friends‚ or boyfriend/spouse. They must also let the abuser now all the consequences to themselves and the unborn child. There are many consequences when using drugs during pregnancy such as miscarriage‚ health risks
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Prompt: Should animal experimentation be allowed to test drugs? Animal testing is the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes. Animal experimentation is very prevalent nowadays and it became a common and an accepted means of testing by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Animal testing‚ however‚ dates back to many centuries even before Christ. It had started in Greece as indicated by the writings and the records of Greek physicians of the third and fourth centuries BC .Aristotle
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A Society without Drugs Have you ever wondered of how wonderful our society would be‚ if we are able to get rid of Illegal Drug Usage in our community? Despite having tough anti-drug laws‚ the U.S. has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world. As per the World Health Organization ’s survey of legal and illegal drug use in 17 countries‚ U.S report the highest level of drug usage (CBS news). The second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana among young people is the usage of prescription
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PREGNANT WOMEN Without a doubt‚ a nutritious‚ well-balanced eating plan can be one of the greatest gifts you give to your soon-to-be-born baby. Supplying your own body with a tasty blend of nutritious foods can not only improve your fertility‚ keep you feeling healthy during pregnancy‚ and pave the way for an easier labor‚ but it can also help to establish essential building blocks of growth and overall health for your child. The food we eat on a daily basis affects how our bodies work‚ how we
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Why are pregnant women always complaining? The simple answer is that a pregnant woman’s body is always changing. When this is said‚ many think of the physical changes that one can see or feel. However‚ even though these physical changes are important‚ the true question is what causes these physical changes? Physical changes to a pregnant women’s body are the result of physiological changes. What is a physiological change? To understand what this kind of change is‚ the term physiology must be understood
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percentage of pregnant women consuming each food group. In decreasing order‚ cereals and starchy roots‚ fish‚ vegetables‚ fats and oils were the most consumed food groups. Milk and dairy products and fruits were consumed respectively by at most 10.60% and 14.49% of pregnant women during the two seasons in urban and suburban areas. The frequency of legumes‚ fruits‚ meat‚ nuts and seeds consumption was relatively stable during the two seasons. Eggs were not eaten at all by pregnant women. The daily energy
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Medical Research With or Without Informed Consent In 1952‚ paralytic polio peaked in the United States with 21‚000 reported cases and numerous deaths. It was in February 1952; Jonas Salk developed the world’s first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh and by testing it on cultured “HeLa” cells‚ proved it to be effective for distribution by 1955. The cells he used were collected from a poor black tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks‚ born August 1st‚ 1920 in Roanoke Virginia. In January
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I believe that lots of women dream of being a pretty bride in a gorgeous bridesmaid dresses blue since they were little girls. Anyway‚ with the change of idea about tradition‚ people living in the modern society have a more loose concept about ceremony of wedding. According to a survey from the Internet‚ the proportion of women who is pregnant when married keeps rising for years actually. Well‚ if you also meet the situation that you have to attend the wedding in a pregnant figure‚ perhaps the maternity
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Pregnant women at times engage in activities that may affect the well-being of the unborn child in one way or the other. The question that then arises is whether pregnant women should be punished for exposing their fetus to any form of risks during the pregnancy term. For as long as anyone can remember‚ law enforcement authorities‚ judges and elected officials sought to punish women for all actions that they took during their pregnancy that may directly affect the well-being of the fetus before
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