Toxicology Name April 9th‚ 2012 Env/410 Jennifer Ott Environmental toxicology refers to specific organs as target organs. This is an organ that has the highest probability of being affected by exposure to a specific substance. Target organ toxicity refers to the negative effects a chemical has on that target organ after entry into the body (Hodgson‚ 2010). There are multiple organs such as the liver which are targeted simply because of ease of access. Any organ that can be accessed through
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Sexual Assault described in technical terms is defined as any sort of sexual activity between two or more people in which one of the people involved is involved against his or her will. (3) The description of "against his or her will" extends to varying degrees of aggression‚ ranging from indirect pressure to a direct physical attack. While sexual assaults are associated with the crime of rape‚ it may cover assaults which would not be considered rape. What constitutes a sexual assault is determined
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Vaccines are substance that is usually injected into a person or animal to protect them from any disease. There are many diseases that can make a person very sick‚ disabled‚ or even kill you. Sometimes vaccines are called immunization‚ needles‚ or shots. It also‚ contains a little bit of a germ that is weak or dead but it is not a germ that makes a person sick (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2015). Having these germs inside of your body makes your body defense system build antibodies to fight off
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abuse‚ violence and other chronic diseases. With technology advancement‚ lack of exercise‚ reliance on frozen dinners or fast food as opposed to making fresh healthy meals has resulted in obesity. The society is confronted with spread of HIV and hepatitis C from drug abuse and risky sexual behaviors. Also the gain in life expectancy has resulted in large population of the elderly with chronic health problems like arthritis‚ diabetes and coronary artery diseases. The focus of treatment for these elderly
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200-1‚500 words‚ apply the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Communicable Disease Selection Choose one communicable disease from the following list: Chickenpox Tuberculosis Influenza Mononucleosis Hepatitis B HIV Epidemiology Paper Requirements Include the following in your assignment: Description of the communicable disease (causes‚ symptoms‚ mode of transmission‚ complications‚ treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality‚ morbidity
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Saad Ahmad Professor Strong English 101 16 November 2014 World Health Organization: Leading the Fight to Eradicate Communicable Diseases The World Health Organization is the United Nations agency that is concerned with international public health. It was established on April 7‚ 1948 and has its headquarter in Geneva‚ Switzerland. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group. The WHO’s Constitution states that its objective is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible
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profession is the physical drawbacks years of cleaning teeth may give you carpal tunnel or tendonitis. Hand‚ neck‚ and back strains are also a possibility in this profession. “You also could be exposed to patients with blood-borne diseases‚ like hepatitis‚ HIV‚ colds and the flu” (Shmoop). 11. Knowing that you can come in contact with these diseases is quite nerving considering if you do catch one of them you are stuck with it because they will never go away and for most blood-borne diseases there
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herpes simplex and even viral warts. The most popular amongst the health risks would be Hepatitis C. This deadly disease can be spread by dirty needles or shared needles. The virus affects the liver‚ is incurable and has no vaccine. In December of 2003 a Texas Jury awarded a woman $551‚600 after she learned she became ill with the disease. Her only risk factor was a tattoo she’d gotten. The percentage of hepatitis C infections accounted for more than twice as many
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cardiac valve substitutes‚ and anesthetics. Chris Abee‚ Director of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s animal research facility‚ states that "we wouldn’t have a vaccine for hepatitis B without chimpanzees‚" and says that the use of chimps is "our best hope" for finding a vaccine for Hepatitis C‚ a disease that kills 15‚000 people every year in the United States
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Animal Testing Should animal testing be banned? Slavery‚ murder‚ and rape are considered among the worst crimes imaginable‚ however thousands of innocent animals die every day in labarotories‚ why? Throughout the centuries‚ scientists have searched are 74% Say Yes and 26% Say No for animal testing be banned. To treat and prevent disease in humans. Every new discovery must be tested to prove its reliability‚ because experimental results vary according to with the circumstances and the physiology
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