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AIDS gained its name because HIV attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or sickness caused by m...

of health promotion models. Though a single theory may not provide a complete perspective, the study of several theories can buil...

1). Further, inadequate utilization of screening tests contribute to approximately half of the deaths resulting from cancer of th...

overall problem of HIV/AIDs, including current statistics about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in certain populations and the role tha...

the following paper examines AIDS and Africa from a predominantly anthropological perspective, looking at their culture as a means...

Asian/Pacific Islanders and Whites, in contrast, comprised only 4.8 percent and 7.9 percent of 2001 AIDS cases (Kaplan, Tomaszewsk...

the assertion and assumption of Peter Duesberg, a molecular scientist who has long held the theory that HIV does not cause AIDS, a...

Declaration of Helsinki, that it is the "duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of the people" (414). In fact,...

informs the patient on the various options available to them for aiding their own recovery and return to health. Many of the manag...

of these high levels of HIV prevalence"(AIDS/HIV Statistics 2002). The organization, USAID, is the largest AIDS/HIV related organ...

however, come replete with a number of risk (Hollen, 2004). Many of these risks can be life altering (Hollen, 2004). Some such a...

childbearing age and, particularly adolescent girls, should receive special attention in regards to prevention. There are several ...

student should, therefore, intermix their own journal findings with the information presented. The first article to be examined...

and AIDS Treatment, 2004). Then the virus will begin to reproduce itself as though no drugs were ever taken because the virus beco...

16,000 new infections per day (AIDS Weekly Plus, 1997). With figures like these, it is essential that health care providers under...

women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of aband...

bodily fluids such as semen and blood, usually through sexual contact or the use of dirty needles for injecting drugs, and is not ...

chromosomes of the affected cell. This duplication process is carried out with the help of an enzymatic reaction controlled by th...

country. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between orphans and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and ident...

and HIV-2 are the main categories for which there are also subcategories, HIV -2 is the most virulent and also leads to the lower ...

sufferer by weakening attacking the lymphocytes T Cells1. These are the cells that will usually those that fight infection, when t...

needles, and a baby born with HIV passed on from his/her mother, HIV-positive consumers defy easy classification. Clearly, each o...

and 7) is noteworthy and requires further study" (Vlahov et al. 1129). In addition this study found that "The incidence of HIV-...

a new, inexpensive test, called the Fox test, is now in circulation, and is available to help screen clinic patients. The test cos...

on the language and concepts that are central to our moral and ethical lives. Yet even though this may appear as a primary concep...

49% of Any Countys cumulative AIDS cases, although they comprise about 21% of the countys population. Most of these people are Afr...

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

years, the pharmaceutical industry and other research facilities have struggled to find a cure. While progress has been made, no g...

shortly after being diagnosed with the virus whereas others can take years to show any sign of the disease. New research by an int...

undue stress that is directly related to workplace attitudes. According to Paul et al, "the problem of AIDS in the workplace is c...