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Did you know that one out of every three girls and one of every eight boys will be sexualy abused by the age of eighteen ? Most of the time the victim knows their attacker. How do you feel knowing that eightyfive percent of the abuse takes place within a family member or close friend? Unwanted touching, being forced to have sex with others besides your partner, and videotaping or photographing sexual acts and posting it without your permission are just a few of the many different types of…

reflex titer, Rubella, Varicella, A1C and TSH. During this clinical rotation, the preventative health care practiced on a regular basis to a patient, was to provide breastfeeding support, folic acid prescriptions, gestational diabetes screening, gonorrhea screening, chlamydia screening, urinary infection or other infection in the urine tract and group B cluster. Most of this preventative health care are done though the urine and are sent off for further testing. This location also offers…

protozoa, and ectoparasites that may contribute to the cause of a sexually transmitted infection. The knowledge of these microorganisms contributing to the infection resulted in changing the term from venereal disease, which primarily referred to gonorrhea and syphilis. Schuiling and Likis (2013) state that preventing, identifying, and managing STIs are essential components of women’s health care. Women are more susceptible to acquire a STI than men. The vagina has a larger amount of genital…

each year occur among adolescents and young adults(Caplan). All STDs spread through both a sexual contact which includes sexual intercourse and an anal or oral contact. Common STDs that most teengers acquire include, chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, and sometimes HIV (Caplan). One of the most common STDs most teens get in contact with is herpes (“STDs and Teens”). Herpes can be transmitted through a sexual intercourse and through touch to other parts of the body. Therefore, contraceptives…

introduction of old world disease and the power of the Iberian military weapons and literacy over the new world. Old World Diseases such as Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Influenza and Measles, as well as potentially Tuberculosis, Syphilis, Malaria and Gonorrhea, spread throughout the Americas with a deadly…

Immortality is a concept that invokes thoughts of gods or energy, but can this concept apply to humans as well? In 1986 Freddie Mercury’s song, “Who wants to live forever,” has an underlying theme of one living forever against their will. 35 years before this song, cells taken from Henrietta Lacks became immortal and left her family to face a similar unimaginable quandary. The ethical research issues that have derived from the procurement and cultivation of her cells, and her family’s current…

While gay marriage is becoming more acceptable in this country as evidenced by the numerous articles, news reports, political views, and endorsements from high profile people, it is still a subject that will have negative influence on the country in general. The recent explosion of the topic in social media constantly appears to push the idea that gay marriage is normal and perfectly acceptable; however, the cons of adopting it as normal and acceptable in a progressive society are not…

We have been fighting to find a cure for HIV for a long time. HIV is a retrovirus that attacks cells of the immune system. Leading to a loss of immune function and the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome also know as (AIDS). The reason we are coming to you is because we need your help to better lives and the future. We want you to donate money to this to make history and saves lives, but before you make your decision lets get a clear understanding of what HIV really is. HIV has…

There comes a time in most People’s lives where they want to settle down and start a family. With dreams of the perfect partner lying next to you in bed and the sound of little feet running down the hallway waking you up in the morning. The vision becomes a reality for many couples who want to start families, but what about the couples who try and try but to no avail have no luck in conceiving. Imagine this, here you are with the person you are going to spend the rest of your life with, and…

The Healthier Cure to Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a very secretive business and it often goes unnoticed. Human trafficking is the buying and reselling of people for a multitude of reasons, the largest of which is sex slavery. In many third world countries prostitution is legal, and although human trafficking is not, many countries have low regulation rates and laws. In third world countries such as Bangladesh the number of men, women, and children involved in human trafficking is…