... of resurfaced again in sudan in 1979. Then Came Reston. This virus was brought by African monkeys that were imported to the United States in 1989. It was identified by Dr. Peter Jahling This type of is not believed to cause health poblems in humans. The most recent strain discovered is the Tai. It was identified by Dr. Bernard Le Guenno in 1995. It was discovered in the Ivory Coast of west Africa in the Tai Forest. A Swiss researcher was the first to contract this strain he survived the infection. There are many differences betweent these strains. Reston does not cause illness in humans but does in monkeys it is also suspected to be airborn whe ...
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... knew that I would never be able to hear you say how much you love me, and I would never see your face. Although I was in complete utter pain, I wanted more than anything to be your little girl. No use now, for I was dying a painful death.” Maybe this isn’t what the baby feels, maybe it doesn’t feel anything at all, but its one very good perspective of it. I also believe that the pregnant woman should decided for herself whether or not she wants to abort her child. If the circumstances were on me, and it was not my fault that I got pregnant because I was raped, and I felt that I wasn’t ready for a baby, then I would most likely abort it. Only if it was still an egg ...
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... On April 6, it was officially over after Iraq agreed to a permanent cease-fire. Allied troops started heading home, including Mark. There were tears and laughs along with parades and other festivities to celebrate the war's end when troops returned home to their loving countries. As for Mark, he had done his job, he defeated the enemy and kept himself alive. His own personal joy and relief overwhelmed him to the extent of asking his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. She immediately said yes. Within a year and a half upon the year's end, Mark and his wife had their first child. Their child was not born as healthy as they had hoped. Mark was devastated ...
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... practiced are mind-body interventions, alternative systems of medical practice and herbal medicine. I became interested in alternative medicine after show on a news program like 20/20 or Dateline. I thought it would be interesting to find our what other sources there are for help when I am ill. Alternative medicine twenty years ago was an obscure term. Only 5 to 10 years ago, most physicians would have dismissed alternative medicine as a fad that was perhaps a remnant of the 60's pop culture. An article in American Family Physician, stated that a survey in 1990 which was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993 revealed that 34% of American ...
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... they have been living under a rock, the general public should have been exposed to enough information by this time when it comes to and addiction. Nicotine information is but a click away. Tobacco companies should no longer have the obligation to warn their customers, except if a new ingredient is added, in which case they should be notified. No one is saying get rid of the Surgeon General warnings, but enough is enough! If a person wants to smoke 3 packs of a day, then that is their choice; tobacco companies should not be held responsible. Let us examine the hype surrounding the supposed danger and addition of nicotine. The Food and Drug Administration tell ...
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... at Berkeley and a member of the American National Academy of Sciences, goes further. HIV is not a new virus, he says. It is perhaps "as old as America". It is carried by a small, fairly constant proportion of the population and is harmless. It is present in many AIDS patients because most of them have risk factors in their lives such as drug abuse, sexual behavior or other shocks to the system that expose them to many microbes. AIDS is therefore not infectious, Duesberg argues. He thinks the epidemic is the result of an explosion in the use of "recreational" drugs such as cocaine, which badly damage the immune system. He also claims the epidemic is being f ...
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... in the end it is the best thing ever. Having to lug around this baby causes a lot of back pain and a lot of stress on the body itself. The stomach gets really big and stretch marks do appear and it just gets heavy at times. The pregnancy keeps on going for 2 more trimesters the 2nd trimester is based on shopping for maternity cloths, checking for blood sugar, avoid strenuous physical labor, and plan for maternity leave. the third trimester is a little more complicated your must see your practitioner once a month through week 28 and every two weeks until the 34 and once a week there after. Parents should be buying baby clothing, diapers, purchase outing equipmen ...
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... with this disorder have uncorrectable heart defects at birth. The average life expectancy for all others is now beyond age 55 years. *Today less than 5% of persons with Down syndrome have severe-to- profound mental retardation. The majority are on the border of mild-to-moderate mental retardation, and some are exhibiting normal IQ scores today. *The average reading level for persons with Down syndrome is 3rd grade, with many reading at 6th-12th grade levels today. *The vast majority of adults with Down syndrome today can be expected to live semi- or totally independently and many enter the work force with today's supported employment programs and some are ...
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... As an alternative to using actual marijuana, modern science has developed a synthetic form of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol, is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's so out of it.” (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, which makes it useless for patients taking it for nausea. Marijuana has neither of those drawba ...
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... FAS, "A child hurt in utero is not just a damaged baby, but a damaged human for the rest of their lives." Black, Susan. 1993. "Born At Risk". Executive Educator. pp 30-31. This article contained shocking descriptions from delivery room doctors and nurses concerning babies born with FAS. Because alcohol drunk by a pregnant mother passes through her bloodstream to the placenta and into the baby's bloodstream, and the fetal metabolism is fifty percent slower than the mother's, the effects of the alcohol stay with the baby long after it does with the mother. Doctors and nurses said that some babies are born smelling of cheap wine, since they soaked in it in the mot ...
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