Sociological Reactions to HIV/AIDS in the 80’s‚ 90’s and new Millennium In the early stages of identifying HIV‚ it was first believed that only certain individuals were able to become infected. This group was known as the 4-H group: homosexuals‚ hemophiliacs‚ heroin addicts and Haitians. The stigma of HIV was that it infected people with promiscuous or unclean ways. Jerry Falwell‚ a televangelist‚ fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor and conservative cofounder of the Moral Majority‚ became a
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With approximately sixty to one hundred million feral cats loose in the United States measures have started to be taken to lessen the number of cats we have in the wild. However‚ with the threat of offending animal rights activists there are only so many steps that can be considered humane enough to enforce. A feral cat can be defined as a cat that has been abandoned or a cat that was originally born in the wild. With the large amount of wild cats we have in the United States it has become a growing
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’500K Filipinos engage in prostitution’ By Artemio Dumlao (philstar.com) | Updated February 11‚ 2013 - 6:23pm BAGUIO CITY‚ Philippines – Sex workers in the country are reaching the half a million mark‚ a non-government organization said. "Tex"‚ a Baguio-based rights advocate and a member of the Philippine Sex Workers Collective‚ said that as the number of sex workers grows so does the number of cases of abuse and violence against them. "The reason why so much abuse happens is that they are not
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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Diana Travine is a 43 year old‚ African American woman with a long-term addiction to injecting heroin and prescription pain medication and tranquillizers. In the beginning‚ she was first introduced to heroin at the college age where she would do it only with her friends and was sure to use sterile needles. Unfortunately she continued to use‚ increasing in frequency‚ with no regard to the presence of others. At this point‚ she is no longer able to feel any significant high from the heroin. Diana
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diseases such as measles‚ polio and the common flu have greatly decreased in occurrence. With that being said‚ not all vaccines have been proven to be safe or effective. One virus that does not yet have an effective preventative vaccine is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is a retrovirus that attacks the human immune system. Transmission of the virus can occur in many different ways; through contact of infected secretions of one person with the genital‚ oral‚ or rectal mucous membranes of another
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Imagine a young boy happily frolicking in the leaves on a brisk fall day. Suddenly‚ he is gasping for air‚ because he’s suffering from an asthma attack. The frightened boy reaches in his pocket and carefully pulls out his treasured asthma inhaler. Taking a few puffs from this miraculous lifeline‚ he breathes easily again. Animal research is responsible for the development of asthma inhalers. Without it‚ this boy and thousands of asthma sufferers like him would be dead. Did you know that animal
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Cord Blood Cells. Today medicine has reached great success in the treatment and prevention of many illnesses. Currently‚ scientists and doctors are paying more attention to technology of cells. Cord blood is the blood that remains in a newborn’s umbilical cord after birth. Cord blood‚ like bone marrow‚ is an invaluable source of a type of stem cell that can be used in a variety of medical treatments. New parents now have the option of taking an active role in treating future illness much like a
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Effects of Marijuana‚ Heroin and Alcohol. Contents Effects of Marijuana Effects of Heroin Effects of Alcohol Effects of Marijuana Marijuana is a combination of shredded leaves‚ stems and flower buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. Occasional marijuana use is rarely seriously harmful‚ but smoking pot has important medical effects. Physiological Effects of Marijuana The active ingredient in marijuana is THC. That ’s short for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
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Neurological Disorders KEYWORDS The following words include English vocabulary‚ nursing/medical terminology‚ concepts‚ principles‚ or information relevant to content specifically addressed in the chapter or associated with topics presented in it. English dictionaries‚ your nursing textbooks‚ and medical dictionaries such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary are resources that can be used to expand your knowledge and understanding of these words and related information
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