The Pill has also been linked to heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and cervical cancer. ... Like the Pill, it has also been linked the breast cancer. ... Some women have menstrual irregularities and weight gain, and it may also increase the risk of breast cancer in younger women. ... The diaphragm, one of the oldest forms of birth control, is a disk shaped shallow cup that is filled with spermicidal cream or jelly and is inserted into the vaginal cavity prior to having sex. ... Another way to get the virus is by oral sex. ...

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HIV can also be transmitted from an HIV infected mother to newborn, through child birth and breast milk. ... "Bisexual, gay, and other men who have sex with men, particularly young African American men, are most seriously affected by HIV.... HIV can be transmitted directly by sexual contact with infected person, infected breast milk, and from infected mother to newborn during child birth. ... Primary prevention would be identifying at risks individuals, and providing education and handing out condoms for safe sex practices, before HIV is contracted. ... HIV can be prevented by providing e...

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People who have unprotected sex are most likely to contract a STD, those who have multiple partners, and whose sex partners include drug users who share needles. ... Most STDs are spread while having sex, but other forms of sexual contact, such as oral sex, can also spread disease. ... The disease enters the baby's bloodstream during childbirth as the baby passes through the birth canal, or after birth if the mother nurses the baby and her breast milk is infected. ... Women who are infected with HIV can pass the virus to their infants during childbirth or, less likely in breast milk. ... ...

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Another way to transmit an STI is mother to infant at birth or during breast feeding (Mayo, "Risk"). ... The organisms that cause sexually transmitted infections may pass person to person in the blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk; despite belief a person cannot contract an STI from saliva. ... The most effective way to avoid STIs is to abstain from sex completely. ... HPV can also be transmitted during oral sex. ... Following steps of prevention each and every time someone has sex, can help just the tiniest bit. ...

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Testosterone is responsible for the development of secondary male sex characteristics, the promotion of muscle increase, stimulation of the metabolism, and puberty ("A Steroids" 1). ... There are many physical side effects in men even though anabolic steroids are derived from a male sex hormone. Several of these side effects include reduced sperm count, impotence, breast development, shrinking of the testicles and difficulty while urinating. ... These side effects include facial hair growth, deepened voice, breast reduction, and menstrual cycle changes (Anabolic Steroids, Drugs" 3). ...

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An increasing number of researchers, scientists and practitioners are questioning the use of animals in research on ethical, moral, socio-political and scientific grounds. Use of animal research data to affect change in their patients is rarely used by clinical psychologists. This is certainly a pub...

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War is raging in Africa, and thousands are killed each day. The ammunition is a silent, yet deadly disease. The war is AIDS. According to South African President Nelson Mandella in l997, AIDS "is a threat that puts on the balance the future of nations." In l998, 200,00 Sub Saharan Africans died in...

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