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UNAIDS Launches Plan to Address Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS on Tuesday launched a five-year initiative to help tackle gender inequalities and human rights violations that increase the vulnerability of women worldwide to HIV/AIDS, BBC reports (3/3). "Nearly 30 years into the HIV epidemic, [UNAIDS... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada Doesn't Treat All HIV/AIDS Patients Equally: Activists

Activists at the 16th International AIDS Conference said Wednesday that access to drugs and treatment is so uneven across Canada that people with HIV/AIDS are sometimes forced to change provinces to get the care they need. "It is a total myth that... Read more »

Equality to End AIDS: HIV/AIDS Rally and Vigil This Saturday Answers White House Call to Action

As tens of thousands of LGBT Americans and their allies converge on Washington next month to march for equal rights, they also will remind the nation and the LGBT community that the AIDS epidemic is not over as well as remember the more than half a... Read more »

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Prevention equals condoms. Period. Right? (HIV PREVENTION SPECTRUM 2009)

Dr. B,HIV prevention isn't all that complicated. Just use condoms. End of story. Right?Zeb ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Zeb,Well, I agree condoms may be the most effective HIV-prevention tool we have to date. However, it is far from the only tool or intervention in the prevention armamentarium! Effective HIV prevention is far more complicated than you might... Read more »

Plz Do Not Disregard: SYMPTOMS DO EQUAL HIV - YOU LIED

Hi,I emailed you for the past 6 months and i never got an answer. Now I know why. It's because you didn't want to hurt me and tell me that I was indeed infected. I bet you will not even post my email. I do not blame you but I feel very...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Mark,I lied????? Really? How so? Because you can tell your immune system is weak from the soles of your feet???? Hmmm . . . . Mark, I'll be brief:1.Your HIV risk is essentially nonexistent.2.Your symptoms are not suggestive of or... Read more »

Do four "undoubtedly negatives" still equal an "undoubtedly negative"?

Hi Doc,Well, it's that time. After my last relationship ended about a year and a half ago, I got an HIV test and it was negative. After that test, my depression from the relationship along with having some co-workers who enjoyed strip clubs...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Sleepless in Portland/Worried,What makes you think your "slew of experiences . . . made (you) different" from others on this site? I would say quite the contrary. Your activities and worries are identical to gazillions of others. A... Read more »

are condoms that cover only the head of the penis equally as effective as regular condoms?

i read in one of your posts that HIV cannot penetrate intact skin but that it can penetrate the linings of the urethra. so my question is, since the condoms that just cover the head of the penis prevents access to the urethra are they as effective...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Condoms that only cover the head of the penis are not as effective, because they tend to slip off easily. In addition by leaving the skin on the shaft of the penis uncovered, you increase the risk of other types of skin-to-skin STDs, such as... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS and CAM

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HIV/AIDS and CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) by Bradford McIntyre

Initially, there were no drugs available to treat HIV/AIDS, but substantial numbers of infected individuals collaborated, shared experiences and found an alternative way.... Read more »

HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

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HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

From the time I was told I had six months to live by an AIDS specialist in 1985, I learned from other people infected with HIV and included supplements and complementary therapies. These kept me healthy and were... Read more »

HIV and AIDS- NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS

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HIV and AIDS- NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS

In many countries throughout the world, people are going to naturopathic physicians when faced with a health issue.

It is naturopathic physicians, not medical doctors, who are specifically educated as physicians... Read more »

HIV / AIDS DOCS

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What do HIV/AIDS Doc's do, when they are not seeing you?

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Ben Young, M.D.
In Ukraine, Clinicians From East and West Battle HIV's Onslaught
An Interview With Providers at the Lavra Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine

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