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New HIV Vaccine Important for Health Care Debate

As the health care “debate” continues, I still find it necessary to ask why the public option should cause such a stir, when it is hardly the kind of health care reform that people like myself would like to see. And as diseases like HIV, HPV, TB, and Swine Flu continue to change, and potentially become more dangerous, I worry that new vaccinations and medications such as the one recently tested for HIV, will be too expensive for people to afford.

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Government Catches Up with The Church

Death to Malaria.

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The Disease: Sickle Cell, in Africa and What to Do

The abnormality which causes sickle cell disease is contained in the genes a person inherits from his or her parents.

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Albinism: What It is

Albinism is another condition common in Africa that children inherit from their parents. It cannot be caught or “transmitted” from person to person.

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Root Causes of Poor Health in Women

Social and economic conditions can contribute to the health problems of girls and women especially during and after pregnancy.

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A Universal Solution to Globesity

Obesity is now a global problem. This new term recognises that obesity is now a global problem. Obesity now needs a global solution. Here is a solution which is easily understood, does not cost a pretty penny and can be understood by the deaf, dumb and blind. Above all it is free, really free! No diets, no books, no gym equipment to buy. I know that many readers will find it hard to belief this. I hope you are skeptical enough to read this article and circulate to the rest of the world, It is really, honestly free. There are no hidden royalties.

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Beauty, Self Esteem and Body Image

The ideals of beauty that are being foddered by an increasing plastic surgery culture is eroding the self esteem and self concept of women whose body do not meet the critera of modern standards of beauty.

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Africa in Peril: Guinea Worm Disease

HIV is not the only disease destroying this beautiful land.

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Good Riddance to Another Obnoxious Little Fellow

Yes, diseases can be eradicated.

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Public Health Importance of Premarital HIV Screening

One of the problems faced by new couples is the discovery sometime along the line that one or both of them had been afflicted with one disease or the other irrespective of its origin. Then, one disease no one wishes to ever suffer is the dreadful Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).