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- 121: The Crucible: The Puritans
- ... to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbors for their land! (96) In many of these witch trials, greed, revenge, and jealousy became the real motives for calling out witches. The Aids epidemic is similar to the Salem witch hunts. People are afraid of the Aids epidemic taking over our society like the Puritans were aftraid that the witches were going to take over their villages. People are afraid of things they don't understand. No one really understood witchcraft because it was an invisible crime. No one really understands how or why the Aids virus spread. Witchcraft was first known in the lowlifes of the villages, just like Aids was considered to be an epidemic related to drug users and homosexuals. In reality, anyone can be infected by ...
- 122: Issues To Consider In Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Patients
- ... the largest group among the deaf and hard of hearing and have the greatest risk of social isolation. They may have more difficulty acknowledging hearing loss or learning to use assistive devices such as hearing aids. Even though 60 percent of one sample of patients aged 70 and older suffered from hearing loss serious enough to warrant the use of a hearing aid, only 13 percent actually used one.(n9) Hearing ... affects the ability to hear consonants in speech and therefore reduces speech comprehension. Unilateral or monaural hearing loss is more pernicious than commonly supposed and can affect language development in children.(n40) Assistive Devices HEARING AIDS Although hearing aids are capable of a large amount of amplification, no amount of amplification can replicate a hearing person's ability to tolerate both soft and loud noises. For example, a person with normal hearing can ...
- 123: Abstinence And STD Prevention
- ... and 1990, teen childbearing increased by 16 percent. Whats worse, pregnant teenagers often dont see a doctor until the time of delivery. Another serious problem surrounding teen sexual intercourse is the probability of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Each year, three million teens are infected with STDs. Among 14- to 20-year-olds, chlamydia is the most common. It has no obvious symptoms, and can cause infertility if ... leave its victims sterile. Perhaps even more serious is the disease Syphilis, which killed famous mobster Al Capone. It causes sores, rashes, brain and organ damage, and death. It can also harm an unborn child. AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a growing danger, and is by far the most serious sexually transmitted disease. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds. Cases among teens have grown 62 percent in the past two years, and the number of teens with AIDS doubles every ...
- 124: Revolutionary QM212
- ... sight for the nerve gas molecules. Then, the soldier would inject himself with the antibodies when h e is nerve gased. Another application of this process could be used by bioΔ chemists in fighting the AIDS epidemic. If an antibody was engineered to conform to the AIDS virus, it could break it in half and dispose of it. Finally, using E. coli., synthetic antibodies replacing current vaccines could be mass produced. Instead of growing cultures of a disease then killing them for ... n reproduce this with E. Coli. Impacts: The impact of these applications could benefit people around the world. Soldiers would not die (and continue killing like blind mice) because of the nerve gas serum. The AIDS epidemic would halt as announcements of a new product which would desist the AIDS virus fill the radio waves. AIDS is increasing exponentially and this would halt its fatal expansion. Also, biologists would no ...
- 125: Why Drugs Should Be Legalized!!!!
- ... country is closely connected with this." The next issue becomes one of safety. A major danger of drug use in today's society is the potentially harmful effects. Such problems as the spread of HIV/AIDS, overdoses, and physical withdrawal could be curbed if drugs were kept under the watchful eye of law. Take for example the issue of HIV/AIDS. This arises mainly from the circulation of dirty hypodermic needles. By legalizing the sale of injection drugs, clean, unused hypodermic needles could be supplied. This would greatly reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. In parts of the Netherlands and France, safe houses are provided that give addicts a safe environment to shoot up their drugs. While sounding absurd, it provides a clean, safe area for the addict ...
- 126: Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. These two factions have been fighting on this issue on the halls of justice for years. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for whom it ... City council women Christine kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana.; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized. These agencies believe that marijuana shouldn't be ...
- 127: Teenage Parenthood
- ... states have no impact on marijuana s status as an illegal Schedule I drug). Supporters of the California and Arizona initiatives maintain that marijuana is effective in alleviating the symptoms of medical conditions such as AIDS, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis. Anecdotal evidence of marijuana s efficacy, advocates claim, comes from AIDS patients who have used marijuana to restore a appetite and cancer patients who have smoked it to combat nausea caused by chemotherapy treatments-often as a last resort when legally prescribed medicines failed. Those who ... many years. Under this new law, patients or their primary caregivers that possess or cultivate marijuana for medical treatment recommended by a physician are exempted from criminal prosecution. The treatment may be for cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. Physicians may not be penalized in any way for recommendation, which may be either written or oral. The passage ...
- 128: Legalization of Drugs
- ... country is closely connected with this." The next issue becomes one of safety. A major danger of drug use in today's society is the potentially harmful effects. Such problems as the spread of HIV/AIDS, overdoses, and physical withdrawal could be curbed if drugs were kept under the watchful eye of law. Take for example the issue of HIV/AIDS. This arises mainly from the circulation of dirty hypodermic needles. By legalizing the sale of injection drugs, clean, unused hypodermic needles could be supplied. This would greatly reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. In parts of the Netherlands and France, safe houses are provided that give addicts a safe environment to shoot up their drugs. While sounding absurd, it provides a clean, safe area for the addict ...
- 129: Prevention of HIV Transmittance to Babies
- ... care, reported to child protective agencies, or discriminated against in any way. The center for Disease control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. reports that as of December 31, 1994, there were 58,448 women with AIDS in the United States. Nearly one fourth of the total were reported in 1994 alone. AIDS is now the fourth leading cause of death in US women ages 25 to 44 and in 15 major United States cities. In 1993, the CDC estimated that 7,000 HIV infected women gave birth ... child transmission rate ranged from 15% to 30%, which is estimated that there were as many as 2,000 HIV infected infants born in the United States in 1993. Much of the controversy centers on AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) protocol 076. In the 2 year study, 239 of the 477 HIV infected women enrolled received AZT during pregnancy and delivery. Their infants received the drug for six weeks. At ...
- 130: Legalization of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
- ... because marijuana can not induce overdoses like other, more harmful drugs. Harvard psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon describes several possible benefits of marijuana which include, easing nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, improving appetite of people with AIDS and lowering pressure inside the eye for those who suffer from glaucoma (qt. In Rodgers 60). J. Bainard states that a chemical in the cannabis plant could prevent strokes and heart attacks (20). Despite these ... marijuana, when in fact, these two organizations have not done the research necessary to make these claims. How can the government or any organization make a claim without the evidence to back it up? Some AIDS patients have AIDS wasting syndrome, a mysterious and often fatal effect of HIV that causes drastic weight loss. Most patients can not keep their food down. AZT is a highly toxic drug that aids patients take, you ...
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