HIV/AIDS

America seems like it has been susceptible to many curious and deadly diseases throughout the years. GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency, was first introduced in 1982 when doctors saw immune systems of gay males falter. This is better known as AIDS now. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) caused pandemonium across the globe in 1986. Causing fatal brain damage was scary to most, but the United States did not record a case until the early 2000s (“Mad Cow,” 2015). Next came the swine flu, or H1N1. This…

Movie Critique Submitted to Dr. Ashley Newell Submitted by Anuradha Adhikari Submitted on October 19, 2015 Philadelphia is a high-profile Hollywood movie which took AIDS plague seriously and was able to create a wave. The dread-disease drama seems difficult to deal within a company and the disease tends to scare even white collars. Basically the movie describes the downfall of an outstanding corporate lawyer because of his disease. (Demme, 1993) Andy Beckett, a senior associate…

PBS states on July 3, 1981, New York Times published a story about a rare disease that was found to be in only gay men. This was called GRID, which stood for Gay Related Immune Deficiency Disorder, or its current name AIDS. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and GRID was changed to this due to the discovery that it wasn 't only gay men to obtain it. Which makes it even more important that all students from Junior high and up are aware of the risk. This…

Who would actually want to legalize prostitution? It’s an invitation of sexually transmitted diseases, illegal drugs, and violence all at your door step! Now imagine your family waking up at any hour in the day and seeing an individual leaned over a car and shortly afterwards get in just to return and complete the cycle repetitiously. Or perhaps someone approaching you seeking money for drugs. Wild enough yet? How about your spouse infecting you with a sexually transmitted disease that you know…

In recent surveys that abstinence programs doesn 't work in high school and more teens are getting pregnant and having STDS. Especially in the USA we have the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the America than any 1st world country.Because they 're not teaching this much in the USA and most of the teenagers are learning this the hard way. So the truth about abstinence programs. Abstinence programs can help prevent STDS and teen pregnancy by showing them the right way to have sex but teens don…

of 3 or 4, but Liberace got it in 1986. It can cause a certain type of pneumonia, and it can control the A healthy immune system can easily control it. But it causes a type of pneumonia in people with weakened immune systems, such as those with HIV/AIDS. This is why it's called an opportunistic infection. Although it's rare, PCP can affect other parts of the body, including the lymph nodes, liver, and bone marrow. He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on January 7…

Have you ever wondered what you should tell your children about their sexuality and when would be the right time to tell them? Robie Harris, the child development specialist, presents the answers to many questions asked by children, but in her own style. Harris started her journey of Children’s books with It’s Perfectly Normal, in which she explains the physical, psychological and emotional changes that occur during puberty. She carefully passes all the borders that have been put by society on…

Parents who communicate with their children tend to have a more open relationship with their child. Many teenagers wish their parents would have talked to them about sex before making the decision to lose virginity. Researchers have found kids who have been educated about sex from their parents have had healthier relationships than kids who were not. Also, researchers have found that kids feel like they are more self-assured. In the article, "Talking to your kids about sex" it stated, "Parents…

Wellness is a part of everyone’s day-to-day lifestyle whether they realize it or not, and should be taken into consideration each day. Wellness is not only the absence of disease but it is a proactive, preventive approach intended to achieve maximum levels of physical, emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, social, and spiritual well-being. Having a good balance of each of the eight wellness dimensions can help ensure that one is living a healthy lifestyle. Wellness…

and girls vaccinated between the ages of eleven and twelve years old. It is also suggested that men aged up to 21 and women up to 26 to get the vaccine if it was not received when they were younger. Bisexual/ gay men as well as anyone living with HIV and AIDs are recommended to be vaccinated as well if hadn’t…