thinking that these diseases can’t or won’t ever infect them. So they tend to act careless‚ and this is only the beginning to the problem. There are a variety of common and uncommon contagious incurable diseases such as; Hepatitis A‚B‚ & C‚ HIV/AIDS‚ HPV and many more diseases which are transferred in many different ways such as blood to blood contact‚ saliva‚ air‚ sexual contact‚ skin‚ and even food. Most of the problem lies in those of us who have them and either don’t know or don’t tell
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BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY HIV Statistics in American Colleges Kelli Gibson 04/14/2011 MA 132-I TR 1pm Project Paper Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lethal virus that eventually causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS.) Once the virus is contracted it attacks and destroys the human immune system. The human immune system is group of biological structures that protect the body from harmful particles that may enter. Without the immune system the tiniest
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people are currently living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Outside the US‚ AIDS has become widespread‚ specifically throughout Africa‚ with 3.4 million new infections and 2.3 million deaths in 2001. Men‚ women and children are dying from this disease throughout Africa‚ South Africa being the most infected with 5.7 million. AIDS is the leading cause of death in Africa. The cause of AIDS is the human immunodeficiency virus‚ (HIV). The cause of AIDS includes the spread of the HIV virus through sexual intercourse
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help AIDS patients to regain their appetite and gain weight. A recent study by the University of California and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found that inhaled marijuana stimulated appetite hormones in adult HIV and AIDS patients (Cendejas 2012). Marijuana offers HIV and AIDS patients a natural alternative to over the counter medicine. The second important reason that marijuana should be legal is that it would save the government lots of money. In the United States‚ all levels of
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HIV/AIDS‚ Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) HIV is spread only in certain body fluids from a person infected with HIV. There are three main stages of HIV infection. Two kinds of HIV virus‚ HIV-1 from chimpanzees and gorillas and HIV-2 from sooty mangabeys. Scientists believe that the first transmission of SIV to HIV in humans took place around
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2015. The United Nation Millennium Declaration‚ signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to achieve universal primary education‚ extreme proverty and hunger‚ universal primary education‚ promote gender equality and to empower women‚ to combat HIV/AIDS and malaria and other diseases‚ to ensure environmental sustainability and to develop a global partnership for development. Each goal comprise of a target that have associated indicators for monitoring progress. The purpose of this paper is to
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health condition and discuss the impact on an individual and or wider society This essay will focus on the health condition of (HIV) Human immunodeficiency virus and its impact on an individual’s wellbeing. A number of key dictionary definitions will follow. According to the Oxford Dictionaries (2013) Health is defined as “A person’s medical and physical condition”. HIV is human immunodeficiency virus‚ a retrovirus which causes Aids. Oxford dictionaries (2013). These definitions refer to the Medical
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knowledge of their mates background is the reason why students contract AIDS. If a person is HIV positive‚ I believe that it is everyone ’s right to know so that they can be safe from cold-hearted people who don ’t want to reveal having it. Luckily a female student at Si Tanka-Huron University in Huron‚ South Dakota didn ’t contract the disease‚ from her boyfriend who did not inform her that he was HIV positive‚ before the two of them proceeded in unprotected sexual intercourse. His name is Nikko
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problems as well. The prison agencies are taking steps to deal with health threats from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Justice Department reported that twenty-two thousand four hundred eighty state and federal inmates were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Another issue prisons are facing is dealing with geriatric offenders; the significant expansion of America’s retiree population has led to an increase in the number of elderly people who are
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PROFESSIONALS HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) raises challenging ethical and legal dilemmas for mental health professionals. Relevant issues pertaining to these dilemmas are examined in this article. Specifically‚ the authors review the following: professional responsibility‚ competence‚ and confidentiality. Special attention is paid to several court cases that have implications for mental health counselors working with clients who are HIV-positive. HIV (human
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