Doctors Opinions About Hiv Infection

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doctors opinions about HIV and breastfeeding

Are most doctors for or against an HIV positive mother breastfeeding her baby?...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

In the United States doctors advise HIV infected women not to breastfeed their baby because clean water and formula is readily affordable and available. In developing countries this is not the case where infant death rates are high if a mother does... Read more »

HIV WORRIED..... DOCTOR PLEASE GIVE ME AN OPINION!

Ok, First Of All, I am a 15 year old hispanic, back On JANUARY 15 2011, i got a homemade tattoo and... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

Your Opinion re: Treatment during Acute Infection

I would like your opinion regarding starting treatment during acute infection as well as the pros... Read more »

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

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Lancet Publishes Opinion Pieces Responding to Studies Finding That Male Circumcision Reduces Men's HIV Infection Risk

The Lancet in its May 12 issue published several opinion pieces responding to studies conducted in Kenya and Uganda and published in the Feb. 23 issue of the journal that found routine male circumcision could reduce a man's risk of HIV infection... Read more »

Women Worldwide Need Effective Microbicide to Prevent HIV Infection, Opinion Piece Says

Women worldwide need a "prevention tool they can control," such as an effective microbicide, to prevent HIV infection, Ilene Wong, a physician at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and former HIV/AIDS prevention worker in Africa, writes in a ... Read more »

Opinion Columns Urge HIV Testing

"To have the greatest impact on HIV infection, let persons who are frequently exposed to HIV have an easy way to protect others, by finding out quickly that they are infected," from rapid self-administered HIV tests, Mary Jane Rotheram, Arleen... Read more »

Domestic Strategy for Combating HIV/AIDS in U.S. Should Mirror PEPFAR, Opinion Piece Says

President Bush's "efforts to reduce HIV infection and mortality rates through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have made the first real dent in Africa's HIV/AIDS plight," and the program's success "should illustrate for the next... Read more »

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HIV and varying opinions/countries

Posted by Cris, 2 Replies

I know 3 months will be the long awaited milestone, and maybe not, maybe I'll to wait 6 months. But what is really troubling me is how different opinions can be on testing.
If i talk to HIV help people here in Paris, they tell me that an ELISA test... Read more »

PLEASE HELP!!! Your opinion: Am I infected?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi, I am a white, 21 year old heterosexual male from rural Pennsylvania. Currently I have never had any high risk behaviors. Never had homosexual contact, multiple partners, one night stands, IV drug use, etc. I have had sex with 3 girls in my... Read more »

I need an expert opinion

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello, I am a woman and just went for a physical. My doctor alarmingly called me saying my potassium level was abnormally high. Is that a sign of HIV infection?
Thank you in advance Read more »

Acute HIV Infection - Help!!

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I got fever 4 weeks after a sex worker gave me unprotected oral sex. The fever was 99F with headache, weakness, night sweats, funny sensations in my body, tingling in my hands and feet. This fever has lasted 6 weeks and aint going. In the 2nd and... Read more »

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