Today Im going to tell you what herpes is, signs of the disease, what happens if untreated and how to protect your self against it. (Before you can protect yourself against this disease you must first know what it is.) ... (www.Herpes.com) (Now that you know what the symptoms are?) ... (Finally you need to know how to protect your self and prevent this disease from your body.) ... Just keep in mind you what herpes is, signs of the disease, what happens if untreated and how to protect your self against it. ...

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All schools should provide sex education to teach children to understand what sex truly means. ... If a condom is not used correctly then there is a possibility that you will become pregnant. ... You insert the diaphragm into the vagina and it covers the cervix. ... They need to be taught properly about their body parts and what they are called. Both genders need to know what each other's bodies are capable of. ...

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SEX IS STUDENTS" FIRST PRIORITY College is the best four years of your life; at least that's what everyone says. ... What people fail to realize is, these acts are harming our university's campuses in ways that you may not even know. ... Once you become a part of the statistics; you start to realize how much of an affect this will have on your life. Being a college student you don't need any extra stress put on you because trying to deal with classes, jobs, roommates, and thoughts about the future is enough. ... Today, sexually transmitt...

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Treatment for the disease was futile. ... It's a disease that is caused by infection of HIV. ... I also think people should have to donate money to find a cure for a worldwide disease. We should all do what we can to help find cures to disease like aids. ... By that I mean we won't have to worry and aids will be one less disease to worry about. ...

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But, something teens fail to realize is that once you become sexually active you can never take it back. If that very first time you become pregnant or receive a STD, you can't go back and redo your mistake. ... You must have yourself and your partner tested for any diseases, and the most important, use protection, birth control, and condoms. ... Diseases can still be transmitted and condoms will break. ... They need to send the message and tell youth what they are in store for. ...

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Opportunistic Diseases The disease HIV also has other diseases involved. HIV can either lead to these diseases or can have these diseases attached. These diseases come in four different categories. ... If you categorize the statistics by race, 47% were white, 43% were African Americans, 18% were Hispanics, 1.0% were Asian and American Indians, and 1.0% were Alaskan natives and Pacific Islanders. ... Morbidity People with this disease feel like they have no control over what is going to happen to the rest of their life. ...

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This is a question asked by teenagers all across America to their parents and usually answered with a no and its understandable why parents don't like any of it but their reasons are usually, it looks stupid, why would you want something like that done, and for what? ... The tattoo artist usually asks for a picture of whatever you want done so he can copy it on your body. ... Those are not very good odds and there are other diseases too. "Tattooing has been shown to transmit other infectious diseases as well, including hepatitis B, syphilis, Leprosy, and tuberculosis."... If yo...

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HIV/AIDS What is HIV? ... What is AIDS? ... The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) lists numerous infections that, in the presence of HIV infection constitute an AIDS diagnosis. ... How can you contract the HIV virus? ... Other conditions and complications: depression, diarrhea, wasting syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease. ...

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You don't really want to do it, but you don't want to look like a prude. You ask for a condom and your boyfriend said he thought you had it. ... What's next for you Preview: Unfortunately, situations like this happen everyday amongst our youth. ... Do condoms reduce the risk of pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? ... Imagine a serious decline in Sexually Transmitted Diseases. ...

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"Mary Fisher, the HIV-positive daughter of the wealthy and powerful republican fundraiser Max Fisher, stood in front of the crowd to tell the audience: 'If you believe you are safe, you are in danger'" (McGee). ... Fisher opened people's eyes and showed them that no one is safe, "the fact of AIDS has changed from being primarily a disease of white men, to a disease of people of all colors and both genders" (Oprah). ... The point that is trying to be made here is that the HIV/AIDS disease has no specific target, if you have flesh and blood you can get infecte...

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So what is AIDS and HIV? ... You have heard it said that someone "died of AIDS-. ... So what is HIV? ... HIV mostly infects white blood cells, also known as T-cells, which turns on the immune system to fight the disease. ... An estimated six million South Africans are expected to die from AIDS-related diseases over the next 10 years. - let me just repeat this ! ...

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What many don't realize is that these guys have probably had sex before and left their girlfriends after they had sex with. ... What many of these "innocent- teen girls also don't take into consideration, when their hormones are pumping at full blast, is that this pleasure at the time could cause much pain in the future because of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or even pregnancy. ... These women had no choice and had no control of what happened to them. ... That means that even though you are wearing a condom you can still get STD's. These diseases can also make it impos...

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What kind of contaminated thinking is this?... Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they're doing. ... He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them" (749). ... Kids are going to get guns and shoot them, you can't stop them, so let's make sure that teachers have bullet proof vests" (749). ... Finally, Limbaugh implies that giving out condoms will lead to a teen population rampant with pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ...

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They notice their disease is lethal. ... In these conditions, what are they supposed to do, give up? ... It might be terrible to realize that the time you have to save your own life is running out, but you cannot do anything at all. This struggle is even harder when your own loved ones turn their backs on you and "let you die". ... What this Haitian journalist says is certainly what the Haitian establishment is really caring about. ...

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What about the heartbreaking struggles of gay generations past and present who have dealt with the war on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the threat of getting Human Immune Virus (HIV), and the "dishonor" of dying from an unknown disease? ... The same catch-as-catch-can attitude of the soldiers of Vietnam, depending on what the mission is or was for that given time. ... At the conclusion of Vietnam, the death toll was approximately over 171,000 men and women killed, perhaps more if you count innocent men, women and children. ... Vietnam veterans and PWA's are trying to find...

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She is only thirty-six years old and tells you that she feels her time is up and now all she wants is to say her goodbyes and she wants help ending her life. What do you do? Is the answer euthanasia, or do you let her live out the rest of her short life in pain and misery? ... In a typical situation, a person has some terrible, deadly disease. ... In addition, one should have the right to end his life by euthanasia because of the unsolicited pain, suffering, and misery he feels due to the disease he has or the condition he is in. ...

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Does anyone know what an STI is? ... Everyone's heard of STDs, so what does it mean to you?? ... AIDS was first recognised in 1981, it is a name used to describe a lot of different diseases acquired when the body's natural defences are destroyed from HIV. ... Only you can decide with kind of sex is right for you and what risks you"ll take. ... Now I"ll pass you over to . ...

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Has anyone of you ever thought about AIDS before having sex without protection? ... The time between infection to becoming symptomatic with a disease is called incubation period. ... If HIV were being transmitted through other routes, for example, through air or insects, the pattern of reported AIDS cases would be much different from what has been observed. ... If you think, that you might be infected you can take the test in the Microbiological Institute in Ljubljana on Zaloska cesta 4 (the building of Medical University). You can take anonymous or confidential testing. ...

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A recent article written by Helen Pearson highlights what seems to be a significant step towards finding a vaccine. ... What researchers know so far is that most of the more infectious strains contain a coating of protein called gp120. This protein is what allows the virus to attach to and enter human immune cells. ... Obviously HIV research is important because in order to defend against a disease, or anything for that matter, you must understand it. ... The nature of the virus is what makes it so deadly. ...

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This is because of drug injections and because homosexuality is of a very high rate in these parts of these countries; when men have sex with other men, the disease is much easier to contract. ... So as you can see, the infection is of much higher risk in Africa then any other country across the world. ... It just don't think that it is fair how tradition and cultural views have to affect the lives of so many young individuals who don't have any say in what they want. It's what they live by, and it's how they go on with every day-to-day routine. ...

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People who have certain diseases associated with HIV infection due to a depressed immune system are said to have AIDS. Being HIV positive does not mean that you have AIDS. ... What is the outcome of having AIDS we say? ...

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