History of AIDS 3 AIDS: A growing epidemic What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word AIDS? ... "Acquired meaning you catch it, immune deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases, and syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease" (What is AIDS, 1997). ... When a person doesn't have as many as they should, they aren't able to fight off these viruses, so the patient becomes susceptible to many different diseases (What is AIDS, 1997). ... The most common diseases patient contracts when he or she has AIDS are PC...

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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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You don't actually die from the HIV virus, but you die from what it does to your immune system. ... When enough T4 cells have been destroyed and you are left with less that 200 per ul, then you are diagnosed with AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), and it is this condition that you actually die from. What's even worse is that new evidence in various publications indicate that if you already have an Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), then you are more susceptible to attracting the HIV virus. ... What the study found was that 20 percent of the adult population was HIV posi...

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If you study animals you can cut back on a lot of time (Hoagland 111). ... For example, if you test on the life of a mouse it would take about five months. ... The researcher decides what the animal eats and where the lives. ... Many animal diseases are closely related or identical to their human counterparts. ... If you think about the concept of animal testing you will realize that everything learned for the benefit of man through animal experimentation is of the same benefit to animals. ...

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Most of the people in Egypt do not even know what the AIDS virus is. There is a very small amount of people who are aware of what AIDS is. The group that does know what AIDS is, do not know how to treat AIDS patients. ... Sometimes people don't get tested for AIDS because they are unaware of what AIDS is. ... They ask about all types of things including, how you acquire HIV/AIDS. ...

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If all a person sees from a child to adolescent, and adolescent to young adult that sex is just something you do with whoever and however many people you like. ... This means they will be exposed to and spread sexually transmitted diseases. ... I know this because it's only logical to give the public what it wants if it's going to make you money. ... Do you want to see this guy and this girl have sex and then cut to an action sequence or do you want to hear about what can happen to you if you don't be careful with how you treat sex? ... Anytime you"re made aware of what can e...

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Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, there is always someone less fortunate than you, some places more than others. ... This disease causes people to become physically incompetent to support themselves when the disease becomes severe. ... She replied, "You might be thinking, well, what about homeless shelters? ... When we asked him to answer a few questions, his first response was "Leave me alone," but them added, "What the hell do you want from me. ... As he began to smoke, we replied nicely, "It is fine you so not have to answer us if you so no want to. ...

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The teaching of sexual education is a lifelong process of gaining information and developing attitudes, beliefs and values about the identity, relationships and intimacy of you as an individual and those you have relations with. ... Sexually transmitted diseases are often the result of sexual promiscuity. ... Opponents of these programmes claim that providing access to condoms and even discussing the benefits of birth control and disease prevention methods other than abstinence encourages teenagers to engage in sexual activity that might otherwise refrain from. ... When used consistently and c...

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