HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS is a worldwide phenomenon that has affected many people and killed millions of others over time because of it. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS over a period of time‚ HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS stands for Auto immune deficiency syndrome. A sexually transmitted disease that has affected many people and altered many lives and a disease that I hope one day can have a cure to help those many people still living today that live with either of these diseases
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1 Discrimination of HIV/AIDS Discrimination of HIV/AIDS-positive people in medical field and in society is morally wrong In the rural area of Nigeria‚ an AIDS patient cut his hand and‚ when he went to the closest hospital to bandage it‚ the doctors kept transferring him from one outpatient department to another medical ward‚ then to another one because they did not want to get infected
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Issues concerning the HIV/AIDS and Malaria Epidemic Deandre Bonnelle World Issues Mr.Paterna Friday‚ January 11‚ 2013
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Clean Needle Programs In the article “A Case for Clean Needle Programs”‚ Breat Whitteker and Dawn Day argue that a clean needle program in the S.D. County could save hundreds of lives. One of the many benefits of establishing a clean needle program would be that it allows not only the S.D. County to save hundreds of millions of health care dollars but it allows other counties to do so as well. Some who obstruct against this program believe that when sterile needles are given out‚ there is
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Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). It is an intracellular parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa‚ and its life cycle completed only in cats and other felids (the definitive host). However‚ T. gondii also infects a wide variety of intermediate hosts‚ including humans (Wastling et al.‚ 2000). Humans get infection either by the ingestion of tissue cysts in infected meat or by the ingestion of water or food contaminated with sporulated oocysts derived from
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No one has solid evidence on how the HIV virus initially originated‚ however if you asked your physician where HIV originated he or she will probably tell you the epidemic started when monkeys or chimps in the African bush transferred the HIV virus to a person while butchering the primate’s meat for food or through an animal bite. This theory was accepted without question and was so universally popular that it became the facts in the minds of most people. We know that the virus has existed in the
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What is tinnitus? Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. To understand what this condition is you first need to get into the mind of someone who lives with tinnitus. Imagine sitting in a quiet room when suddenly you hear this loud pitch coming from somewhere. You start to search for the sound‚ maybe it’s the refrigerator or the A.C. unit. After checking multiple devices throughout the house‚ you give up and sit back down but the sound it still there. Guess what‚ that
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The term pneumonia is applied to many pulmonary infections which are most often caused by bacteria. Pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common and is referred to as typical pneumonia. Atypical pneumonia is caused by other microorganisms such as fungi‚ protozoa‚ and viruses. The difference between them were discovered in 1883 by Friedlander and Talamon. Streptococcus pneumoniae was first discovered by Pasteur who isolated it from saliva in a person who had rabies in 1881. Depending
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According to Life Science and Medical News‚ (December 3‚ 2013)‚ Herpes was discovered in Ancient Greece by Hippocrates‚ who documented the symptoms. Herpes is a viral infection known for thousands of years. There are two types of Herpes viruses: Herpes Simplex 1 (HSV 1) and Herpes Simplex 2 (HSV 2). Throughout the world HSV 1 and HSV 2 are common and usually involve infections of the skin and or mucus affecting the face and mouth genitalia and other body parts. HSV 1 is oral herpes‚ and HSV 2
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Stop Overconsumption 2 Based on our current living environment‚ an increasing amount of overconsumption is happening around us. This is a dangerous sign for human beings. This topic David Suzuki discussed in the essay. We have to figure out good methods to reduce this situation as soon as possible in order to protect our Earth. Nowadays‚ the phenomenon of overconsumption exists in many countries. It is a big warning to everyone living on Earth. Just as Suzuki mentioned‚ “Each Canadian consumes
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