Essays Tagged: "Human papillomavirus"

Safe v.s unsafe sex

an tempt you.Some other very serious STD's besides aids are: Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Genital Warts and Human Papilloma Virus, Genital Herpes, HSV, Crabs, Pubic Lice, Nonspecific Urethritis (NSU) or Nongo ...

(4 pages) 92 0 2.6 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

We were to solve a problem in American society with unreasonalbe terms, much like the essay "A Modest Proposal" by Swift. Title: Sanitation and Health Security of the Homeland

s is the duty of the government. Carriers of currently incurable viruses should be quarantined from humanity, and citizens who are diagnosed and curable need to be treated.There are many many curable ... ending register including for example AIDS, Chancroid, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis, Herpes, and Human Papillomavirus exists. How can we control this epidemic upon our society? How can we make the ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

a condom, or pure abstinence is the best ways of preventing yourself from contracting the virus.The Human papillomavirus or (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world ...

(5 pages) 103 0 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Human Papilloma Virus Symptoms Treatments Who's at risk?

cancer, are life-threatening; others, such as the common cold, are primarily more an inconvenience. Human Papilloma Virus, HPV for short, is one such of the latter. However, for some people this can b ... the definition of HPV. Understanding a disease starts with definition of its properties and causes. Human papillomavirus causes warts. Warts are non-cancerous skin growths whose appearance depends on ...

(6 pages) 66 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Cervical Cancer

op cancer. CIN may also be referred to as dysplasia. CIN is usually the result of a virus infection human papillomavirus (HPV) they are a group of small DNA viruses that cause warts, cervical cancer a ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

A Report on "Belief Matters: Cultural Beliefs and the use of Cervical Cancer-Screening Tests."

low. They also found that Latina(s) (immigrants) lack the knowledge about cervical cancer and HPV (human papilloma virus) or genital warts, which is a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervica ...

(3 pages) 37 0 4.2 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Cervical Cancer

nd is sometimes diagnosed in younger women.Risk factors for cervical cancer are; infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) which increases a womans risk of developing abnormal cell changes, and t ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.7 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Human Papilloma Virus

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease that is highly prevalent, yet often mis ...

(2 pages) 56 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Persuasive analysis: An interpretation of an article on the HPV vaccine 'gardasil'

rticle ensures that the chief contention, that Gardasil protects against the most common strains of human papilloma virus which cause approximately 70% of cervical cancers, is implicit and that the un ... s the first prophylactic vaccine generated to effectively prevent 70% of cervical cancers caused by human papilloma virus types 16 and 18. It emphasised that the vaccine was shown to be '100 percent e ...

(9 pages) 128 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Awareness And Knowledge

chronic is poor. Only half of teens know that herpes is incurable and only 30 percent know HPV, or human papillomavirus, is chronic. Even fewer teens know that gonorrhea and chlamydia are actually cu ...

(2 pages) 18 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

No Skin of My Nose

, the inner layer referred to earlier has a direct link to cervical cancer. The transmission of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) can occur from an infected female to her uncircumcised partner. The viru ... ages. Shane's story raises ethical issues. Shane describes it as "an act of assault and a breach of human rights" (Knox 2007:105). Dr George Williams, a Sydney paediatrician, anti-circumcision activis ...

(6 pages) 25 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Persuasive Essay

The HPV Vaccination Should Be The Parent's Decision"Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is a vaccine that targets certain sexually transmitted strains of ... f time"(Gold 2007).According to Diane M. Harper (2007), a lead researcher in the development of the humanpapilloma virus vaccine "So far there more that 40 cases of Gullian-Barre syndrome, a dangerous ...

(3 pages) 107 2 4.2 Oct/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Ethics

vaccine therapy hold the promise of eradicating debilitating and life threatening diseases. The new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is just one such example. This vaccine specifically targets the m ... mmunity requires that sufficient numbers of people be inoculated in order to deprive the disease of human hosts. Without the cooperation of most people, diseases long under control would resurge, and ...

(10 pages) 209 1 4.4 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Nobel Prize

us national and international awards.When Harald Zur Hausen became a doctor, the role of viruses in human cancers was unknown. The first human induced virus was discovered in 1911. He first studied th ... phoma cells contained Epstein Barr DNA. "We showed for the first time that viruses could persist in human tumor cells as genomes, and probably modify via the genomes these cells into tumor growth."(Ha ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Should The Gardasil Vaccine Be Required Before Girls Start High School?

the definition of HPV. Understanding a disease starts with definition of its properties and causes. Human papillomavirus causes warts. Warts are skin growths which are non-cancerous in nature; their a ... s the first prophylactic vaccine generated to effectively prevent 70% of cervical cancers caused by human papilloma virus types 16 and 18.The vaccine was shown to be '100 percent effective'. As mentio ...

(9 pages) 25 1 4.3 Jun/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Public Health and Teenage STD's

04, show that nearly one out of five girls between the ages of 14 and 19 years old is infected with human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. About one in twenty- ...

(2 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Oral Cancer

Tiffany ZuttenDr. CardleDEP 2004 - HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT18 October 2011Oral Cancer"Cancer is defined as the uncontrollable growt ... ons that weaken the immune system and poor dental or oral hygiene can also lead to oral cancer. The Human Papilloma virus (HPV) infection is another cause of this cancer. (Oral Cancer - PubMed Health) ...

(12 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2011

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders