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  • Aids And Women  By : Tong Bee
    Today AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among all adults aged 25 to 44 in the United States. Among African-Americans in the 25 to 44 age group, AIDS is the leading cause of death for men and the second leading cause of death for women. Our society needs to become aware that by not protecting ourselves we are killing ourselves and that this has to stop.

    Although most of the signs and symptoms of HIV infection are similar in men and women, some are more specific to fe...
  • What You Need To Know About Aids  By : Tom Norman
    AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among persons between ages 25 to 44 in the United States. About 60 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. The virus attacks the immune system and leaves the body vulnerable to a variety of life-threatening infections and cancers.

    The growing impact of AIDS in Africa, Asia and Latin America has prompted the United Nations World Food Program...
  • Malnutrition And Hiv Interact  By : Paul Kanute
    Today, infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) provides a dramatic demonstration of the interaction between malnutrition and infection. Transmission of the virus from mother to fetus is greater when the mother is deficient in vitamin A. The infection progresses fastest in people who are poorly nourished. And severe loss weight and muscle are hallmarks of the advanced disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

    Like other infections, HIV interacts wit...
  • AIDS - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment  By :
    AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome It is transmitted by exposure to contaminated body fluids, especially blood and semen.
  • New Treatments Available For Those With Aids  By : Kerri Stalton
    AIDS is a fatal illness that affects the immune system. It accounts for millions of deaths each year and is a serious worldwide epidemic. Over forty million people in the world are infected with AIDS. The immune system degenerates, making those infected susceptible to infection and disease. Over three million people died of this disease in 2005. There is no cure for AIDS but there are treatments available to help slow the progression. AIDS is researched throughout the world i...
  • Drugs For Treating Aids May Prevent People From Catching Aids  By : Rick Hendershot
    In one of the most promising developments in more than 20 years, scientists claim that drugs used to control HIV/AIDS in patients may also be effective in preventing the disease in the first place.

    The drugs in question are tenofovir (Viread) and emtricitabine, or FTC (Emtriva), sold in combination as Truvada by Gilead Sciences Inc. Gilead is the California company best known for inventing Tamiflu.

    Previous research has been aimed at finding a vaccine against HIV/AIDS, ...

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