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Asian Tsunami Has Raised AIDS Risk -- United Nations

The Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami has increased the risk of HIV/AIDS in an area already vulnerable to the disease, UNAIDS officials said Monday at the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe, Japan. One in four new HIV... Read more »

AIDS Risk for Latinas Climbs Still

While the number of new US AIDS cases has been declining since the mid-1990s, the proportion of new cases that occur among Latino women is rising. Their risk is significantly higher than that of white women, though much lower than that of... Read more »

Study Shows Circumcision May Reduce AIDS Risk

On Tuesday at the 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, researchers reported that circumcising men can help protect them from contracting HIV. The study is the first that used the procedure specifically to... Read more »

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Aids risk when working with a CBI

irrigation bag and a drop of the bloody fluid contents flew in my eye. Should I be worried about Aids transmission by this route. Aids risk when working with a CBI Bloody fluid in direct contact with the eye is worth following up. Please contact the...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Bloody fluid in direct contact with the eye is worth following up. Please contact the infection control person at your hospital immediately and get advice about follow-up. I am not qualified to do a post-exposure analysis, but that person is. ... Read more »

Aids risks

contaminated the faucet. How much risk is there for the next person who touches the contaminated faucet or door handle???? Aids risks HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as touching a faucet, door handle or sharing a bathroom. It...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as touching a faucet, door handle or sharing a bathroom. It requires intimate contact like sex or sharing a used needle with someone who has HIV.... Read more »

do people with hiv or aids have a higher risk of contacting fungal diseases?

do people with hiv or aids have a higher rate of contacting fungal diseases? do people with hiv or aids have a higher risk of contacting fungal diseases? Yes....

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

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Does being a homosexual increase one's risks of contracting AIDS?

I asked such a similar question before, but I do not know if it was ever answered, so I'm asking again, forgive me. I'm doing a project on AIDS for my high school anatomy class, and I've been getting mixed messages about the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,There is a common myth that HIV/AIDS is a gay disease. However, the reality is that anyone, gay or straight, black or white, male or female, intelligent or Republican, can acquire HIV/AIDS. The AIDS virus is transmitted through unsafe sex,... Read more »

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Calculator for risk of HIV related Aids or Death

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LowRisk Sex with the HighRisk and salivary glands

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have had a swollen gland in the right side of my neck, under my jaw for about FIVE months. It is not tender, and flucuates in size. The GP thought it was a submandibular lymph node; however, the ENT believes it to be my submandibular salivary... Read more »

World AIDS Day 2006: raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

Posted by Anonymous

World AIDS Day 2006: Raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

We urgently need to raise 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness to stop the epidemic spread of AIDS-related Myths, HIV-related Lies and Pharmogenocide: Iatrogenic 'AIDS' ('AIDS' caused by anti-retroviral' drugs).

World... Read more »

Question about "high risk groups"

Posted by Anonymous

I have a question for all of you. i've been doing some studying on HIV/AIDS and almost all the literature talks about the risks associated with certain practices, and they almost always say things like "the chances of acquiring hiv are higher if you... Read more »

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