HIV/AIDS

Have you ever wondered why so many teenage girls wind up pregnant? Why so many are not graduating high school or going to college? If the answer is yes to the questions, it is because many of them are not being educated at home about contraception. This is something that every parent dreads talking about with their teenage daughter, but is something that needs to mentioned if the teenager plans not to practice abstinence. If you are comfortable having this conversation with teenagers about birth…

Dying With Dignity There are about 564,00 people who die yearly from cancer and about 3 million people die from HIV/AIDS these are the most common known terminal illnesses. Most people are even uncomfortable talking about these illnesses let alone how painful they can be to live through and how physicians assisted suicide could help. These illnesses are 2 of the most commonly known illnesses for being impossibly painful and for people having to suffer through them because they have no cure. In…

carriers must be tested for AIDS antibodies. This would include food preparers and servers, doctors and nurses, teachers and others. If their test for AIDS antibodies comes up positive twice, they can no longer be permitted their normal functions. This is a harsh measure and I recognise and regret it. On the other hand, the AIDS virus has no civil rights.’ (Spannaus, 185, p.62) McGrath reduces the people living with AIDs, and the people surrounded by those living AIDs, to only the disease itself…

and “Wall Street,” became known for something else: his positive HIV status. While critics attacked Sheen for what they imagined was a risky sex life rife with unprotected encounters, the actor admitted to only having unprotected sex twice in his life. Though Sheen is a Hollywood celebrity, his announcement is a reminder that anyone who engages in unprotected sex is at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) like HIV, Herpes, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia. According to the CDC, the…

novel Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke aspects of political, economic, and human interactions work together to form the setting and point of view of the novel. A setting that is depressing and morbid due to the novels topic; being the outbreak of AIDS. Economic motivations in the novel change an individual’s reality to allow for unjust and immoral actions to occur. Political aspect of the novel place the needs of the government before its citizens. Human interactions become standardized and…

Breastfeeding is Better Than Formula Feeding Introduction Many parents debate whether to formula feed their child or breastfeed their child. Approximately 1-5% of mothers have to formula feed because they are unable to provide enough breast milk for their baby, and 2% cannot lactate or have other health problems that prevent them from being able to breastfeed (Sediles, 2015). This statistic indicates that approximately 95% of mothers have the ability to exclusively breastfeed their…

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome popularly known as AIDS which is caused by human immunodeficiency virus also known as HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C are some infectious diseases in state prison. The aforementioned diseases are transmitted in the prison through the use of illicit drug, or Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) among…

was fighting the AIDS virus, audaciously addressed the 1992 Democratic Nation Convention about the spread of the AIDS virus and other sexually transmitted disease along with the inequitable treatment that most Americans were getting. Glaser’s was an active member in the fight against the spread of AIDS. She gave a speech in front of a Democratic Convention and was a founder of an organization to stop the spread of AIDS. Glaser gives her personal life story about her fight with AIDS and the…

Quite a lot of times I have heard anecdotes of people avoiding STD tests because they're scared of knowing for sure that they have a sexually transmitted disease. They'd prefer to stay in the dark, but while there may have been a twisted logic to this some years ago when little could be done about sexually transmitted diseases, nowadays it makes no sense at all. Some STDs can be cured, and there are ways of managing the symptoms of others to ensure they're barely a hindrance any longer. In the…

AIDS has become an issue in recent years in India and in this article, Melinda Gates is trying to bring this problem to the forefront of an issue of The Seattle Times. The philanthropist is trying her best to drive her readers to action, helping her cause through the use of logical and emotional appeal. Mrs. Gates presents her argument by means of Aristotle’s proofs of ethos, logos – the providing of credibility towards the author – using inductive and deductive reasoning, along with pathos,…