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Vaccines

Priya Shah Professor Santos English 1201 1 November 2018 The debate on vaccinations has been around since the invention of vaccines by Edward Jenner. Vaccines are substances used to trigger the production of antibodies that can prevent several diseases. There has always been debate on ...

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Ebola: A Contagious Trend

“This is the way the World ends, not with a bang but with a whimper.” In the year 1976, Ebola climbed out of its hiding place, and caused the death of 340 people. Coming forth from an unknown origin, this “virus” held the nation of Zaire in fear and full of uncertainty. No cure was found, as a ...

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Aids 5

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is a recently recognized disease. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is a complicated illness that may involve several phases. It is caused by a virus that can be passed from person to person. AIDS ...

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Bubonic Plague

Plague, was a term that was used in the Middle Ages to describe all fatal epidemic diseases, but now it is only applied to an infectious, contagious disease of rodents and humans. In humans, plague occurs in three forms: , pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. The best known form is the and it ...

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Prenatal Diagnosis: Heredity Disorders, Other Biochemical Diseases, And Disfiguring Birth Defects

Prenatal Diagnosis: Heredity Disorders, Other Biochemical Diseases, and There are over 250 recognized sex-linked diseases, affecting every organ system. Of these, 95% affect males, (Emery, 1968). Despite these many sex- linked diseases, at present prenatal diagnosis can specifically be made in ...

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Skin Rashes

Common Skin Problems: There are more than a thousand conditions that may affect the skin but most skin diseases can be categorized according to nine common types. • Rashes. A rash is an area of red, inflamed skin or a group a individual spots. These can be caused by irritation, allergy, ...

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Quizzes

Introduction The following 100 quizzes are in the format No - Question - Answer and each contains 100 questions for a total of 10000. There are 50 questions per page and the document should print out correctly but I recommend print preview first. I have been writing quizzes for different ...

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Prevalence of Obesity in USA

Prevalence of Obesity in USA [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Introduction Obesity has emerged as the most pressing nutritional problem facing the developed world. This trend has occurred over a relatively short period of time; in the United States, it appears to have begun ...

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Genetic Engineering 4

The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. With the advancement of clone technology two states, California and Michigan have already banned the cloning of humans. "Everybody who thought it would ...

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AIDS: Risk Factors / Modes Of Transmission / W. Africa

The following are facts cited in “Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome” by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9,000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15-24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of ...

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Hepatitis B

Risk Factors for HBV Infection Although relatively rare in the United States, is endemic in parts of Asia where hundreds of millions of individuals may be infected. HBV is transmitted horizontally by blood and blood products and sexual transmission. It is also transmitted vertically from mother ...

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Aids And Africa

The following are facts cited in “Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome” by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9,000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15-24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of ...

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Cholera

is an infectious intestinal disease common in Southern Asia. is caused by a comma-shaped bacterium called Vibrio s. The microorganism is transmitted by water or food that has been contaminated with the feces of people who have the disease. occurs when Vibrio Cholera enters the intestines and ...

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Autism

There are many terrible and unfortunate diseases in the world today. For most of these appalling and dreadful diseases, there is no known cure. Science now a day is improving greatly, and scientists are doing all that is in their power to find a cure for these diseases. We are getting closer and ...

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Prison vs. Treatment Center

Prison vs. Treatment Center I feel that the Criminal Justice System, Lawyers, and Judges can do better in helping and correctly placing our American Drug Abuser in treatment centers instead of placing them in prison for years because their are addicted to drugs. The purpose of my paper is to ...

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Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse

Dawn Guba Dguba001@terra.edu Goal of Paper "Discuss way to prevent abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse. Do you agree/disagree? Should a prescription be required for over-the-counter cold remedies?" PREVENTING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE Psychoactive Drugs Paper ...

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Coronavirus Protect Yourself Commercial

Current Event#1 2 Protect Yourself – High Risk: 60 Protect Yourself: 60 is an informative 67 second commercial from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention ...

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A Guide To Indoor Air Quality

Air Pollution Sources in the Home Introduction Indoor Air Quality in Your Home What If You Live in an Apartment? Improving the Air Quality in Your Home A Look at Source-Specific Controls Radon Evironmental Tobacco Smoke Biological Contaminants Stoves, Heaters, Fireplaces, and ...

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Abortion: Who Really Cares

Life or Death: Who Chooses? In Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed a ...

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Abortion

In Roman times, and the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed a declaration of the United Nations ...

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