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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Learning Center

AIDS can be transmitted in several ways. The risk factors for HIV transmission vary according to category: Sexual contact. Persons at greatest risk are those who do not practice safe sex, those who are not monogamous, those who participate in anal...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
HIV/AIDS can be transmitted in several ways. The various routes of transmission (and associated risk factors) include: Sexual contact. Persons at greatest risk are those who do not practice safe sex (sex with a condom), those who are not monogamou...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
AIDS can be transmitted in several ways. The risk factors for HIV transmission vary according to category: Sexual contact. Persons at greatest risk are those who do not practice safe sex, are not monogamous, participate in anal intercourse, and ha...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Transfusion therapy refers to the process of administering whole blood or blood components to a patient through an intravenous (IV) needle or catheter placed in a patient's vein. Blood and blood products may be autologous (comprised of the patient...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Transfusion is the process of transferring whole blood or blood components from a donor to a recipient.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Safe sex means taking precautions during sex that can keep you from getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or from giving an STD to your partner. These diseases include genital herpes, genital warts, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hep...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs, or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs. See also: Drug abuse and dependence; Drug abuse first aid.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 15, 2009
Viral and bacterial infections passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood when profound changes occur. This period of tremendous change fulfills important developme...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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