Among Black South Africans, a fifth of the population believed that one could tell by a person's appearance whether they had the disease. ... Introduction The old adage, "what you don't know won't hurt you- has never been more false than in this climate of healthcare crisis. ... What you do not know can kill you as evidence by the disproportionate reporting of infected persons with HIV/AIDS among the Black community. ... Astonishingly, the numbers show that 54 percent of African Americans believed that the disease is a form of genocide aimed particularly at African Ame...

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Then there are some that have no place in society at all but are still here kind of like a disease. One problem in today's society that falls under the "disease" category is police brutality. ... Either that or being an officer today means freedom to do what ever you wish including beating people to death. Knowing this you start to realize that you can't even trust police officers these days. ... And the complaint probably won't do much justice if the Police Department decides to try to keep what happened quiet. ...

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- These words, spoken by George Bernard Shaw, provide only a brief glimpse into what is happening in our country today. ... You deserve to be given the proper knowledge necessary for making the best possible decisions for yourselves. ... Is it any wonder, then, that dairy products have been found to contribute so strongly to obesity and heart disease? ... I would also like to tell you what really happens to the animals that are eaten day after day, meal after meal, by Americans and increasingly, by people around the globe. ... Life on "Old MacDonald's Farm- isn't what it used...

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Nearly 430 000 Americans die each year from smoking related diseases. ... Smokers have almost twice the risk of having coronary heart disease as nonsmokers. ... As you can see tobacco products and advertisements do virtually no good among our society. ... For example " Do not smoke while you are pregnant" that statement is a little broad don't you think Statistics and pictures or the health problems that are caused by smoking should be advertised on their boxes to show what really happens to those who smoke. ... It is one thing to tell somebody all the side affects of your product and s...

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This is a question asked by teenagers all across America to their parents and usually answered with a no and its understandable why parents don't like any of it but their reasons are usually, it looks stupid, why would you want something like that done, and for what? ... The tattoo artist usually asks for a picture of whatever you want done so he can copy it on your body. ... Those are not very good odds and there are other diseases too. "Tattooing has been shown to transmit other infectious diseases as well, including hepatitis B, syphilis, Leprosy, and tuberculosis."... If yo...

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They also went on to explain that it is each individual states job to decide what policy it would care to have regarding this issue. ... For example if a women is taken off of feeding tubes the disease does not kill her but rather she starves. ... It is also a very used practice to give terminally ill patients medication that will ease pain while hastening death it seems that you are assisting in suicide of that patient and some people would say you are killing them. ... Brock is confusing causality and culpability if someone refuses life-sustaining treatment it is the disease that kills, b...

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All you have to do is love your child and everything else in life will be just fine. ... I wasn't going to do what my mother had done, and live my life struggling. ... Currently 65 million people have an incurable sexually transmitted disease; that correlates to 22% of people in the United States or more than 2 of us in this room that have a disease we acquired during sexual activity that is with us for the rest of our lives, now that is what you call a lasting memory! ... Practice the same ideas you are trying to show your children. ... As both a mother and a person that received ...

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Would you be impregnated for nine months and then watch your child die a few days later? ... I say experiment because in actuality that's what it is and going to be an "experiment". ... This is what I believe would be a routine for parents wanting to clone their child. ... It's almost like a disease just waiting for it to take your life. ... After all you clone a child from Mother Teresa and have given birth to a serial killer....

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You don't really want to do it, but you don't want to look like a prude. You ask for a condom and your boyfriend said he thought you had it. ... What's next for you Preview: Unfortunately, situations like this happen everyday amongst our youth. ... Do condoms reduce the risk of pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? ... Imagine a serious decline in Sexually Transmitted Diseases. ...

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In the first wave of colonists to arrive in America, populations that started off in the thousands were whittled down to hundreds, by harsh winters, disease, and starvation. ... The areas were also split up by different groups, and religions, so if you weren't a Puritan you couldn't live in that area, or if you weren't Dutch you couldn't live there. ... America was a land that held many opportunities, if you were able to find land to farm in, then with the help of indentured servants, and slaves you could earn a profit in the years to come. ... In America many people starve...

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You would probably want to get better as soon as you can. When you are sick, your family members, or friends take care of you, and you are thankful to them, but sorry at the same time. What if you get a terminal disease that cannot be cured, and diagnosed by doctors that you have only few months? You may feel excruciating pain every minute, and your family members take care of you all day. ... Through the pain and diseases, they have lost too many things. ...

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"Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime, in your prime, didn't you? You used to talk about everybody that was hanging out. But now you don't talk so loud, and now you don't look so proud about having to be scrounging for your next meal...How does it feel, to be without a home, a complete unknown? ... Dylan's lyrics expressed his personal thoughts to what was happening to him and what was happening around him. His simple but meaningful lyrics are what made him so popular and successful. ...

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Most college degrees can't promise that kind of money, so even if you graduate college there is no guarantee that you could completely support yourself. ... The better technology gets, the easier it gets to fight disease such as cancer and AIDS. With the progression of time and technology I feel that most diseases will be treatable, and curable. ... I"m not sure how to cope with this threat, I feel the most I can do is to be aware of what's going on, and to put my faith in the leaders of this country in hopes that they will ultimately protect us as a nation. ...

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Heart Disease, Diabetes, Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis and Acid Reflux Disease are among the many obstacles that an overweight person may have to deal with. ... On the Vascular Disease Institute and Obesity Surgery Center website, it is stated, "Severely obese persons are approximately six times as likely to develop heart disease as those who are normal-weighted." ... Goober quotes a T.V. casting agent as saying, "If you have someone who is a size six and she can get down to a two, there will be more roles for her. ... One of the respondents, Kirsten a nineteen-year-old so...

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You might ask, why is it so important to make sure that children live healthier? Why can't they do what they want? ... And that is very true considering being overweight or obese can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and so many other diseases. ... Those are only some of the ways that physical activity can help you mentally. ... Teammates and coaches are so supportive and push you when you're about to give up. ...

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Because, what type of place has no bad characteristics, no faults? ... Bradford, in "Of Plymouth Plantation", tells of the disease, the death, and all the hardships that the Puritans go through on their trip to this "New World". ... You don't live forever and you"re not eternally happy. ... You have to learn to survive in a completely new environment; you have to learn to communicate with a people whose language you've never even heard of. ... People whom you've known for a long time may be out of your life forever, and for what good reason? ...

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Those words don't even mean what we think they do. A "faggot" is a pile of sticks, and to be "gay" means you"re happy. ... America is supposed to be the land of the free no matter what race, religion, or gender you are. ... It's not a disease that will infect the population; it's just an alternative way of living. ...

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Many lived in tenements in crowded cities filled with crime and disease . ... It made no difference if you were from a different continent- everyone had to work to survive. ... Many Americans believed the Irish immigrants to be dirty and disease ridden. ... Persecution followed many people throughout their lives no matter what continent they were on. If you look at the big picture America was the "melting pot" for all immigrants wanting to refresh their lives. ...

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Imagine working 14-16 hour days in a dark factory where you were tightly packed together with your fellow co workers and factory machinery. ... People would eventually get diseases if they weren't already injured from the dangerous equipment they worked with. ... This tightly packed arrangement also made it easy for diseases to spread and back then there was a lack of medical care. ... Factories would hire children to work in their factories as long as 12-16 hours for a third of what everyone else would get paid. ...

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The disease was also known as the "Potato blight.... People where migrating before the potato blight too however the disease which occurred in 1845 worked as a breaking point causing millions to migrate to America as you can see on the graph on the right. ... An example of the cramped housings the Irish immigrants would live in you can see in picture 1. ... There was also often lack of basic necessities like sewage and running water and the hygienic problems caused many diseases. ... On the graph on the right you can see the population decrease between 1841 and 1851 which were the years w...

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Europeans unknowingly brought with them many diseases that eventually plague the Native Americans. Small pox, yellow fever, and malaria were some of the devastating diseases carried into the New World. ... You could not have an extended family that included servants, apprentices, and other non-kinfolk in a house that measured twenty feet by twenty feet and raised only a story and a half. Even if you added another room, you would only have enough livable space for a nuclear family, which consisted of parents and children. ... Food and its preparation in colonial times were extremely different f...

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How many of you guys married what you thought to be a beautiful woman with a great body? ... When you first got married you would work a hard days work but at least you could come home to a pretty little thing to go to bed with. ... All prostitutes applying for the job would be screened for sexually transmitted diseases and drug tested. ... You could buy singular favors or you could buy a combination package,like getting your car washed. ... Ending my thesis, I would like to sum up why prostitution should be legalized: It will be supervised, it will be taxed ,it will be monitored for dis...

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What is war? ... What is war defined as? ... Terrorists do things to intimidate, to scare, to kill, to show what they believe in. Terrorists do not discuss or want to discuss their position with you - they believe that there is nothing more that can be said on the subject with you. ... If that reality doesn't scare you perhaps this will. ...

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People who fall towards anorexia often feel they have a lack of control in their lives and the only thing they can control is what they eat. They have control over their body and eat exactly what they want or nothing at all. Deep emotional conflicts can also contribute to the disease. ... This disease takes ordinary often very beautiful people and drives them to starvation for no apparent reason. ... In America, girls are given the message at a very young age that in order to be happy and successful you must be thin. ...

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What is there that I could possibly change about our great country? ... Someone has to stand up and say I don't give a damn what you say, I am the way I am, and there is nothing you can do to make me feel bad about that!? ... ll tell you why, home is where the heart is, and my heart is at home with you.? ... Drug addiction is a disease that is running rampant in our schools, our neighborhoods, and even right in our own homes. ... This is what alcoholism is. ...

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