Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Disease

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Alpha Tumor Blocker

I was being tested for Hepatitis and they found my llevel was 16131,0 In your oppinion what could this mean? All other test were normal...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

This means you have virus in your blood and you will need follow-up to tell if this is new infection which will resolve or old infection which may be chronic. You will need more testing every three months for at least 6 months.... Read more »

Alpha Feto Protiens Test

The test result of Alpha Feto Protiens, (Tumor MArker) of the Serum specimen has shown results of... Read more »

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

Merits of low versus high TNF Alpha levels

Dear Dr. Boyle,Greetings from a former attorney to a former attorney!I am treatment naive, CD4... Read more »

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D. »

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NIAID Awards $16.8 Million Grant to AlphaVax for HIV Vaccine Development

Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based biotechnology company AlphaVax on Monday announced that it will receive an additional $16.8 million in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant funds to advance the development of the firm's... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kentucky: Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters Educate Boys About Choices, Sexual Responsibility

The differences between a man, a boy and a father, and how you know when you are ready for sex were just some of the questions that 43 young African-American males explored recently in Project Alpha, a program sponsored locally by the University of... Read more »

Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center Ends Services Outside San Francisco, Calif.

On Jan. 15, the API Wellness Center (AWC) stopped offering services in Oakland and Daly City, a consequence of long-term funding cuts. For the past three years, public and private support for the services the San Francisco-based nonprofit provides... Read more »

AIDS-Related Deaths in Botswana Decreasing Because of Country's Efforts to Increase Treatment Access, AFP/Google.com Reports

AFP/Google.com on Saturday examined how Botswana is "living proof to other African countries" that HIV/AIDS "should not be regarded as a death sentence." Botswana President Festus Mogae in 2001 said that the country was "threatened with... Read more »

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Alpha-Liponic Acid

Posted by Bear60, 2 Replies

My partner is interested in trying this for neuropathy. Does anyone know of or has anyone taken Alpha- Liponic Acid. Seems to be precscribed in Europe but not here ( mostly for neuropathy asscoiated with diabetes). Recommended dose: 1800... Read more »

Infectious or Intoxication Diseases?

Posted by Anonymous

AIDS, Hepatitis C, BSE:
Infectious or Intoxication Diseases?

Claus Khnlein, Germany

English translation and English edit by Jrgen Faas, Kathy McMahon and Fintan Dunne. With kind permission by the
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Questions about vaccine/crohns disease

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My son is concerned that HIV funding is going towards the prevention but not the cure. wHATS GOING ON WITH THAT?

He has Crohns disease and I dont understand yet how that interacts with his HIV.

Any info would be helpful or an online sourse to give me... Read more »

The treatment information of Liver diseases

Posted by wang

I am the administrator of the forum which provides discussion to patients with liver diseases (hepatitis c, fatty liver, liver cancer, liver cirrhosis, and NASH liver). You can get much useful information about liver health and let others share your... Read more »

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