Essays Tagged: "CDC"

HIV / AIDS Adequacy Program

killer of African-American males. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of AIDS is six times higher in African-Americans and three times higher among H ...

(9 pages) 214 1 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The World's Fight Against Microbes. Speaks of how the misuse of medicines, and the destruction of the environment are making diseases break out, and become more resistant

kidney problems, and shock. The severity of these diseases can range from a mild illness to death (CDC I).The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA (ribonucleic acid) viruses known as filoviruse ... be carried out in special maximum containment facilities, such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease ...

(9 pages) 110 0 2.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Title: What's the big deal about Aids? This is a critcal essay on AIDS listing treaments, prevention, and facts about AIDS. 5pages, MLA format with Works Cited

had contracted rare forms of cancer and pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the new disease-now known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)- in June 1981 ...

(6 pages) 262 3 3.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"And The Band Played On" - What Went Wrong

sease spreading in the population of homosexual men to the attention of Jim Curran, the head of the CDC, he puts the article on the bottom of his list. Upon further persuasion from the female doctor, ... sources for research, which ultimately caused the disease to spread.Dr. Francis was assigned to the CDC to help identify the disease that seems to be affecting homosexual men, working with virtually n ...

(4 pages) 63 0 3.2 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Aids Epidemic.

st reports of AIDS were in 1981. Since these cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have closely monitored the outbreak in the United States. The cumulative sum in the AIDS cases ... ith AIDS. Of the cases reported 5.5 percent, were reported from non-metropolitan statistical areas (CDC 1996). Rural statistics were not published in the CDC report.The outbreak of aids was first noti ...

(11 pages) 215 1 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

The Eradication of Guinea Worm in Africa

as been around for centuries. It's even been found in 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies." (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol4no3/hopkins.htm)Have you ever heard of the Guinea Worm Disease, or wondered w ... ll size adult. Adult worms are up to 3 feet long and are as wide as a spaghetti noodle. (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/guineaworm/factsht_guineaworm.htm)The juvenile worms migrate through th ...

(6 pages) 21 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This essay is about thte link between type two diabetes and obesity. And how they are linked

ving data from the years 1990 to 1998, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a staggering 70 percent increase in type 2 diabetes among Americans between the ages of 3 ... iabetes cases in the United StatesUnderscoring the severity of the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, a CDC study last year revealed a startling 33 percent increase in the overall incidence of type 2 diab ...

(5 pages) 153 1 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Rape Culture

tal response. The national Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently funded the center for Policy Research to conduct the Violence Against Women Survey (Tj ...

(13 pages) 127 4 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The CDC and USAMRIID also summary of The Demon In The Freezer

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is a government agency for protecting people from diseases or viruses such as Anthrax or Smallp ... ause the viruses they handle are extremely dangerous and/ or lethal. They are much smaller than the CDC because they only have about 450 staff. Their staff includes physicians, veterinarians, microbio ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Paper called, The Human Embryo. Talks about all of the stages of pregnancy. Uses several sources to explain the changes that the baby goes through.

he United States alone there is an average of about four million people born every year (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/02news/womenbirths.html). In a normal pregnancy the human embryo goes through ...

(7 pages) 63 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Bacterial Pathogens in FoodWaterborne Disease The Pediatric Bulletin Myrna R. Nieves, MD FAAP

LLAShigella spp. were the second most common cause of bacterial foodborne illnesses reported by the CDC from 1983 to 1987 and the leading cause in bacterial waterborne outbreaks during 1986 to 1992 in ... ing, contact your local health department and/or your local police or other law enforcement agency. CDC Emergency Response Hotline (24 hours) 770-488-7100 (CDC. What to Do in an Emergency; CDC. Inform ...

(19 pages) 129 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Microbiology

The History of AIDS

rt reported in the summer of 1981 that there were unusual findings in Center's for Disease Control (CDC). The reports came from an immunologist in Los Angles and a dermatologist in New York. The patie ...

(6 pages) 105 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Brain Trauma

ment or death for adolescents and young adults, ages 15 to 24, and the elderly, 65 years and older (CDC, 2003). Approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually in t ...

(4 pages) 61 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Cigarette Smoking: The Slow Killer

asthma. So why, with the knowledge of these things do over 46,000,000 Americans continue to smoke (CDC 1)? Some say it's the addiction to nicotine, others testify that it relieves stress. Whatever th ... t of people with GED's smoke where as only 7.2 percent of adults with graduate degrees are smokers (CDC 1). Individuals with the fewest years of education typically have the lowest income, which is al ...

(4 pages) 47 1 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Why Do Kids Smoke? Analyzed using Sutherland's Differential Association Theory tool.

e the difficult transition from childhood to adulthood.According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than 3,000 young people become regular smokers every day, that totals more than one milli ... ople become regular smokers every day, that totals more than one million new young smokers a year. (CDC, 2003) Many of these teens will continue to smoke regularly as adults, increasing their risk of ...

(9 pages) 187 2 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Traumatic Brain Injuries

ment or death for adolescents and young adults, ages 15 to 24, and the elderly, 65 years and older (CDC, 2003). Approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually in t ... atic brain injury in the united states - Other TBIissues. Retrieved on June 17, 2003 fromhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi_report/07_Other_TBI_Issuess.htmCopstead, L. E. & Banasik, J. (2000). Pathophys ...

(5 pages) 82 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Ticket with No Return, AIDS.

ed States 816, 149 cases of AIDS had been reported to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) though December 2001. One of those was Mr. and Mrs. S. Mr. and Mrs. S. have only been married f ... year in the United States, about 70% among men and 30% among women, that statement was according to CDC.The centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimate that 850,000 to 950,000 U.S. resi ...

(4 pages) 24 0 1.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Is Cigarette Smoking In Teenagers A Serious Health Risk?

smoking, Of these, almost two-thousand will become regular smokers. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released figures showing that:an estimated four and a half million teenagers are cigarettes ... engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors, and using alcohol and other drugs. Studies released by the CDC show that more than a quarter Denise Witmer (2005) reports that more than a quarter (28.4 percen ...

(4 pages) 118 1 4.5 Jun/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Antibiotics in Animal Feed.

verted into meat. This has been going on since 1946 on the ranches around the world. In the US, the CDC has estimated that 50 million pounds of antibiotics are produced every year. About 40% of that i ... otics on farm animals. Increasing evidence is starting to prove them to be more and more right. The CDC also says that we need to take action now to decrease the use of antibiotics especially as growt ...

(2 pages) 41 0 4.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

Fighting Obesity in Kids

1. I think that the campaign should focus primarily on kids because that is whom the CDC is targeting. The parents are not the demographic in this study. The kids are part of an age coh ...

(2 pages) 27 1 2.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine