ENG126-1202B-09 LaKeshia Howard Phase 3 Individual Project: Homosexuality June 11, 2012 Homosexuality/Lesbianism; is being gay a personality trait that has been created by society or is it a deformity in the human genetics that is being studied by physicians? There are those that believe that society has created homosexuality/lesbianism by allowing the attraction to the same sex to live their lives as heterosexuals; then there are those that believe that being gay is something that a person is born with and passed down throughout generations. Is sexual orientation determined at birth? There are some scientist and doctors that believe that the sexual orientation of an individual is determined at the time of conception. They believe
Users pick up used needles off of the ground, which may have been contaminated by a person with HIV, Hepatitis C or other blood born viruses. Addicts also use dirty puddle water from the streets which could contain endless amounts of harmful bacteria. A study done by The University of British Columbia has found that drug users who regularly use Vancouver's safe injection site in the city's upper eastside are 70 % less likely to share needles than those that do not take advantage of this opportunity ("Safe Drug-Injection Sites Reduce Needle-sharing, HIV Spread: Study." Leader Post. 18 Mar.
2. t = -3.15 describes the difference between women and men for what variable in this study? Is this value significant? Provide a rationale for your answer. In this study t= -3.15 describes the mental health variable and it is significant because they are the variable being tested. Since the p=0.002 value is smaller than alpha (a) that was set at 0.05 for this study.
After adjustment for the effects of age, sex, underlying illness and number of consultations with the GP, the analysis showed that vaccination was significantly associated with a reduction in mortality. The best estimate of protection against death of influenza vaccination is thus 75 % (95 % confidence intervals: 21 to 92 %) for vaccination in the epidemic year and 22 % (95 % confidence intervals: -37 to 56 %) for vaccination in the previous year. Protection was also suggested when the definition of the outcome of interest was expanded to include respiratory illness in the epidemic period, but this was not statistically significant. Some of the deaths occurring in both the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups were likely to be due to causes unrelated to influenza and such mis-classification will bias estimates of efficacy against influenza related deaths. However this bias would tend to produce an under-estimate of protection and, despite this, the results suggest an overall protective effect of influenza vaccination, in those over 55 years of age in this population, against death.
Risk assessment for by the USPSTF breaks the use of aspirin down by age and by gender. For men, risk factors for coronary heart disease include age, diabetes, total cholesterol level, HDL level, blood pressure and smoking, for women, they include, age high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, history of cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy ("U.S. Preventive Services Task Force," n.d.). Nearly one fourth of all cardiovascular deaths are preventable according to the CDC. Strategies to improve the survival rates are aimed at education, and promoting the use of aspirin when appropriate, blood pressure and cholesterol management and smoking cessation. With this information available to both the consumer and the provider, this aids in helping both make informed decisions ("Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,"
We all know of someone who has it or heard about it on TV. But I don’t think everyone realizes how dangerous these diseases can be. Indeed, it is shocking how many lives have been cut short, AIDS is one of the most dangerous because you can only control it but not cure it, AIDS patients will have to take medication for life and any interruption would give the virus a chance of coming back. Even though the disease affects African American males mostly, it does not discriminate on races, ages, or gender. The spread of HIV could be done by: sharing used drug needles or other equipment with any infected person, having unprotected sex, or any kind of drug use that would affect your
This research paper will summarize the book, And The Band Plays On: A synopsis about the disease, Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author, Randy Shilts, not only deals with the human devastation of AIDS, but, also the social and political implication as well. In addition, he expounds on the various stereotypes and stigmas attached to AIDS and how those stereotypes and stigmas helped to limit resources and funding for research and treatment. Shilts reveals the obstacles that gay rights advocates and community leaders confronted in their quest to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic. Paradoxically, some gay advocates, community leaders, and government officials were skeptical about exposing the intricacies of a disease that
Hemp varieties typically contain around a 1:20 THC to CBD ratio, where as marijuana has been bred to lower percentages of CBD and may contain a 20:1 or even higher THC to CBD content ratio. (Hemp Facts, 1997) Not only are there not high enough levels of THC to cause the psychoactive affects that “users” are looking for, but the elevated CBD content of hemp would prevent the “user” from ever achieving a “high” no matter the amount of hemp they consumed. Countries which allow industrial hemp farming have not noted problems with hemp being used as a drug. However, the United States government appears to be unwilling to face the actual facts regarding the differences between industrial hemp and
Meaning, the more culturally competent the provider the more the provider will be able to communicate with individuals from different heritages (Norton, 2014). Health care is defined as the diagnosing, treating, preventing illness, injury, and other physical, mental impairment in human beings. Each human being in America should be granted equal access to health care regardless of sexual orientation, race, cultural or religious beliefs. But the CDC (2011) reports that there are disparities in equal access to healthcare among African American men who have sex with men (MSM) compared to other ethnic groups. Therefore, one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives is to reduce health care disparities for newly diagnosed HIV patients and address underlying factors that might increase the risk of contracting HIV; for example: to address the issue of increased rates of HIV infection within the African American (MSM) community and
For example, a longitudinal study, which compared the semen samples of men with varying exposures to organophosphorus pesticides found that men with the highest exposure to these pesticides had the poorest sperm quality. Another study of men attending an Argentinean infertility clinic found a link between pesticide exposure and sperm concentration, output and motility less than would be expected. The greater an individual’s exposure to pesticides, the more likely their sperm concentration, output, motility and proportion of morphologically normal sperm would be reduced. Exposure to glycol ether has also been shown to increase the risk of suboptimal sperm production. There are numerous pesticides which have not been studied in relation to male fertility and further research regarding these is necessary.