AIDS View PDF | Print View by: Guest Total views: 1141 Word Count: 670 The HIV virus poses one of the biggest viral threats to human society today. It is contracted through bodily fluids such as blood and semen, and sometimes even saliva and tears. AIDS kills 100% of its victims and puts them through agony before they die. It has been a threat for about 15 years, and it is not going to stop now. In fact, AIDS is just getting started: It consumes more people each year. There
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muscle responsible for pumping blood throughout blood vessel via continuous rhythmic contractions. It exists in all living things having a circulatory system (Maton, 1993). Function of the Heart The right ventricle The right ventricle is the pumping chamber of the pulmonary circuit. The mechanism of the right ventricle is that, deoxygenated blood flows to the right atrium from veins that are in the body then to the right ventricle via tricuspid valve. Thereafter, blood is transferred to the right
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After reading the passage, I realized a few ethical violations could be recognized. Before a study or research could be conducted, all participants should be informed on the purpose of the research, what procedures are involved, benefits of the research and any risks related to the research. In psychology, one of the professional codes of ethics is that all participants must consent to the research and must be debriefed. In the Guatemala study, female commercial sex workers were injected with diseases
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M1: the role of energy in the body ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) is a source of energy for the body and the only form of usable energy in there body. ATP is what converts the energy found in food to energy our cells can use to allow them to function properly. The chemical energy of ATP can be transferred to other cellular materials or be converted to mechanical energy. The energy needed by the body is stored in the high energy bond, to release this energy and allow muscular movement, an enzyme called
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hyperglycemia has an effect on stroke outcome. This condition is mostly prevalent during various pathophysiological conditions on the cardiovascular regulatory system and vasculature. In this connection, stroke volume was assessed from the non-invasive blood pressure signal by the arterial pulse contour method. Counter-regulation during hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycemia involves selective adrenomedullary sympathetic activation, and does not influence cardiac parasympathetic regulation or bar reflex control
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Autoimmune Diseases Your body's immune system protects you from disease and infection. But if you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake. Autoimmune diseases can affect many parts of the body. These diseases tend to run in families. Women - particularly African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American women - have a higher risk for some autoimmune diseases. The diseases may also have flare-ups, when they get worse, and remissions, when
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I. Intro a. What’s the primary use of diuretics in medicine today? a. Control of high blood pressure. Many patients, especially over the age of 50, need blood pressure control and diuretic agents are usually looked to first by physicians. b. Dr. Pillion looks at the kidney as a river system that flows down to the sea. As in many rivers the tributaries that feed into this gradually become wider and have greater capacity, and as the fluid flows down to the tip of the kidney and into
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infections. How is HIV spread? HIV is found in body fluids. The infection will only occur when body fluids of an infected person mix or enter another person’s blood. Unprotected sex is the main cause of HIV transmission. Other ways are sharing needles and syringes, unsterile body piercing and tattooing, mother to child during birth and blood transfusions. How do I know I have aids? The only way to definitely know if you are infected is to have a test. There are a few symptoms like: rapid weight
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drilling his jacket and drilling his body and washing away the blood that poured from his open wound. He had known excruciating pain when the knife had torn across his body, and then sudden comparative relief when the blade was pulled away. He had heard the voice saying, 'That's for you Royal! " and then the sound of footsteps hurrying into the rain, and then he had fallen to the sidewalk, clutching his stomach, trying to stop the flow of blood. He tried to yell for help, but he had no voice. He did
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moistened air and conduct it into the lungs. The respiratory system contributes to homeostasis (highly complex interactions to maintain balance) (Wiki) by providing for the exchange of gases, - oxygen and carbon dioxide, - between the atmospheric air, blood and tissue cells..It also helps to adjust the Ph of body fluids. Your body cells continually use oxygen (O2) for the metabolic reactions that release energy from nutrient molecules. At the same time these reactions release carbon dioxide (CO2). Because
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