... have lost their parents to AIDS. And within four years, there will be more than 2 million AIDS orphans in the following seven countries combined: Dominican Republic, Kenya, Rwanda, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia. Illness and death among young adults due to HIV have reached such proportions in some countries that overall national economics and productivity are affected. In Uganda, for example, 44 percent of all premature deaths are attributable to AIDS. In terms of years of labor productivity, AIDS is responsible for more than 66 percent of Uganda's economically significant losses. The virus ...

... the disease are normal people just like you and I. This disease does not favor any race or sexual preference. Many more people than you might believe have this disease, and the thing is many of these people, don't even know that they have the virus. Although many people may consider A.I.D.S research as costly and ineffective it is extremely important as a cure is found. Research requires a lot of funding whether it be private or government funding. This money is exceptionally important, as it provides the equipment, and the peoples salary who are doing the research. The amount of money needed for the resea ...

... come in changes of mood and diseases that are due to aging. is the cessation of menstruation cycles, it begins sometime in the middle forties, for most women it serves as a biological age marker in many societies for the start of advancing age. The direct cause of is a steady and continuing decline in the production of estrogen by aging ovaries. This decrease along with other hormonal changes has some side affects. One major consequence is vasomotor instability. Other wise known as hot flashes, these may occur when sort burst of capillary expansion that cause a warm flushed feeling around the neck or head these ...

... sent to . The cerebrum makes up about 85 percent of the weight of the human brain. It controls all of the movements that you have to think about, thought and memory. The cerebrum is split in two different sections, the right half and the left half. These half's are also known as hemispheres. These hemispheres are connected by bundles of nerve fibres. Each of theses hemispheres are divided into 4 regions names as the bone of the skull that lies above it. The outer layer of the cerebrum is called the cortex. The cortex is mainly made up of nerve cell fibres. The cerebrum cortex is folded into a surface with ma ...

... in a family has ADHD, there is a good chance that someone else in the family had or has it too.� (Beal 10) It is best to get evaluated for ADHD as early as possible. In most cases, someone at school, a teacher, counselor, or principal suggest a student be tested for ADHD. The evaluations usually take time and are done in two parts. First a student takes one or more of the following tests: Intelligence – to help evaluate the students IQ and reasoning abilities. Achievement – to find the actual grade level the student is working at. Fine motor skills – to see if there are problems with the student†...

... is a safe choice in preventing the possibility of pregnancy. One-tenth of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant every year, 83 percent of these pregnancies are unwanted or unplanned. Half of the unmarried teens who get pregnant do so within six months of their first sexual experience. In fact, between 1986 and 1990, teen childbearing increased by 16 percent. What’s worse, pregnant teenagers often don’t see a doctor until the time of delivery. Another serious problem surrounding teen sexual intercourse is the probability of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Each year, three mi ...

... in fact 32 million unborn babies have been killed in the 21 years since was legalized. This slaughter of innocent human beings must stop. Using as a means of birth control should be illegal. These babies that are being killed are not just worthless fetuses. They are tiny little humans beings. A tiny six week old unborn baby has forty six chromosomes in every cell which is the scientifically verifiable human genetic code and he has brain waves that can be measured. The end of human life can be defined as the moment when brain waves cease but many ignore the scientific evidence of brain waves in unborn babies. A ...

... needed a physical place to occupy or it would disappear. Most of the important men of Egypt paid to have their body carved out of stone. That was were the spirit would live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very important. The bodies are always idealized and clothed. Figures are very rigid, close-fisted, and are built on a vertical axis to show that the person is grand or intimidating. Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of ...

... They contained detailed descriptions, and offered the very first attempt to explain . Eighty percent of autistic people are seen as mentally retarded. Autistic people seem isolated, and detached from the world, sort of like they are in their own dream world, which is what separates them from mentally retarded people. They don't seem aware that people are around them, including family members. Another thing that separates them from the mentally retarded is their display of strange postures, manners, habits, and compulsions. They might display rocking, hand flapping, strange food preferences, no eye contact, ...

... as occupational exposure. But, the most common risk factor to COPD, is smoking. Statistics show that 90 percent of COPD is due to smoking. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is a disease, that obstructs the lungs. Your lungs work by taking a breath of air, which travels down your windpipe or trachea, into the bronchial tubes. The bronchial tubes or passages, look like trees, and branch out into smaller and smaller airways the further they go further into the lungs. All along the breathing passages, tiny protective hairs called cilia help keep the dust and other pollutants from entering your lungs. These airways ...