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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS as it is generally called, is the result of this virus. When a person has AIDS, the immune system gradually break downs. The patient then becomes highly susceptible to infections and illnesses, which could even, be fatal. History dates its origin to June 5th 1981 in Los Angeles where the virus was found in five homosexual men. It was then called GRID or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency because people thought it only affected homosexual people. This theory was soon blown to pieces when cases were reported from all over. It has plagued most countries around the world and is considered a highly dangerous disease. To gain a better understanding of HIV, we must first explore how it is transmitted. a. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. What does this mean. The mucous membrane lines different parts of the body such as the lips, genital areas, nostrils etc. When the mucous membrane comes in contact with sexual secretions of an infected HIV patient, the virus transfers from one to another. This is why the main cause for the spread of AIDS is unprotected sexual intercourse. b. HIV is...

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Most everyone shares a basic plan for their life--graduate from school, land a job, meet that special someone and start a family. More and more young women are choosing to hold off on having a baby until they ve established themselves and their careers. But experts say women should be doing more than just saving money to get ready for a family in the future. Women typically don t even think about their fertility until they re ready to conceive, often at some point in their early 30s. It s then that some discover that one in six healthy couples of reproductive age is affected by infertility. In fact, the biggest factor that contributes to problems conceiving is age. A woman s fertility peaks in her early 20s, begins declining around 27 and drops dramatically at age 35. After age 40, women who do become pregnant face a 50 percent chance of miscarriage. Men are also affected by age--a man s fertility starts to decline after the age of 35. It s not difficult to understand why women who postpone trying to conceive a child often say they are astounded to learn they cannot easily get pregnant in their late 30s or early 40s...

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In the middle of every night, do you suddenly wake up choking and gasping for air. It can not be due to a nightmare every night. You definitely need to look into the matter as you might be suffering from a sleep disorder known as Sleep Apnea. In the night, does your snoring often make your partner wake up. And in the mornings, are headaches and a dry mouth regular occurrences. As soon as you experience these symptoms, its time to see a doctor, you may be suffering from Sleep Apnea. Sleep Apnea is a type of sleeping disorder. The word apnea is a Greek word, it s meaning, want of breath . Sleep Apnea is a disorder that causes disruption of breathing during sleep. Your breathing either becomes slow or stops completely during sleep. The frequency of disruption can range up to 20 times in an hour. The duration of disruption can last up to 20 seconds, bringing you close to death. Sleep Apnea devastates your sleeping routine. It also affects your body. There are three categories of sleep apnea. All three are equally lethal. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a widely prevalent type of sleep apnea. It s...

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When you start your own business, you commit to investing your time, talent and resources in the business to make it succeed. You authorize a spending plan; you ask the bank, your credit card company, friends, family, employees, to endow the business to follow your business plan and implement your marketing plan. There s more to it. You need to determine where you can differentiate your company from the competition, so where should you invest the most resources. To garner the most flexibility, I suggest your investment priorities should be: Brand Capital, then Human Capital, followed by Working Capital with Physical Capital at the bottom of the list. Brand Capital: Invest the most in your market and marketing to them. Up front this could simply be focusing on a small group of prospects. Do the economics to make them well satisfied customers. So much so, that they provide the testimonials or become the spokespersons for your future sales. Remember, the high value transfer of using relationships. Human Capital: This is your team and their track record coming on board. Only hire stars, no matter what. Only employ...

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The first tobacco plants are thought to have grown sometime around 6000BC. It was five thousands years later that men first started smoking and chewing the tobacco plant. This happened in the Central America, and the first people to smoke are thought to be the Mayans. More than 2500 years later, in 1595, appears the first book about tobacco, called Tobacco . In 1600, the Pope himself forbade tobacco and smoking in any holy place. The recent history of smoking is marked by the firs lawsuit against a cigarette manufacturer, in 1983, by Rose Cipollone. He was dying from lung cancer at that time, but before his death he won 400,000. The latest major act against smoking, and smokers, of course, was in 2003, when the state of New York banned smoking in any public place. If you don t know already, let me enlighten you: you are slowly dying, because smoking kills. The drug called nicotine is can be found in any cigarette you want and this drug is a very powerful one. It is very addictive and quitting it can be done only by will. It is hard, but it isn t impossible. Here is a fact: around 400,000 dye each year from smoking...

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