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Bone Health and HIV/AIDS

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HIV AND HEALTH INSURANCE !!

Dear Sir/Madam,Hope you find this mail in your good health!!!!!!! I am a hiv patient. I have been married for several years now. My wife is not hiv patient. After manyyears of our marriage we thought of having baby.We have seen Dr. R. Gargiulo at...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I am not a benefits counselor and do not know the specifics of your HMO insurance coverage. I'd suggest you enlist the help of your HIV specialist and the obstetrician you saw for the preliminary IVF assessment. Sometimes physicians can... Read more »

Is it true people with HIV can get Health Insurance?

I don't have health insurance. I heard that HIV is now considered amanagable disease and thus applying for insurance andpaying for it is possible? Is this true?...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

Yes. Some insurance carriers are extending coverage to HIV positiveindividuals. I know that Blue Cross in California will cover HIV positiveindividuals in their Level III plan. - Lynn Franzoi... Read more »

HIV+ Health Insurance

Recently relocated from CA to FL., I am self employed, healthy and HIV+.I do not require meds. I have coverage in California which needs to be changed to Florida.The Ins. Co. in CA is unaware of my HIV status (I was lucky enough to receive early...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

Usually an insurance company requires an applicant to apply for coverage in the new state and complete a medical questionnaire, even if it is the same insurance company. Whether or not you are approved for coverage is up to the insurance... Read more »

VRE and MRSA and the HIV+ health proffesional what are my risks?

I am a nurse who has been + for 4 years, we have residents in the nursing home who have tested + for VRE or MRSA. My doctor tells me I am no more suseptible than anyone else, however I am still concerned. MY VL is 24,000 while my CD4 is 400, if I...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

I think your doctor is right. VRE and MRSA are acquired in hospitals and nursing homes by patients who are already seriously ill, are given long courses of multiple antibiotics, and then become infected with these resistant organisms that are... Read more »

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HIV Health care in UK

Posted by Eje, 2 Replies

I will be going to the UK in september for my masters and would like to get some to get my drugs from,any body know where? Read more »

HIV Health Promotion Coordinator Position

Posted by Terri1

The HIV/AIDS Care, Treatment, and Housing Program within the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene has a vacancy for an Administrative Staff Analyst (Non-Managerial), HIV Health... Read more »

Asst. HIV Health Promotion Coordinator in NYC

Posted by Terri1

Please apply at the NYC DOHMH website:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/hr/index.html

Civil Service Title: City Research Scientist
Office Title: Assistant HIV Health Promotion Coordinator (CRS, I)
Bureau: (DIS.2) Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and... Read more »

How to fight HIV - Public Health Reform

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

http://www.monthlyreview.org/nfte0904.htm
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~josephwd/Cuba/delaVega.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2014854&dopt=Abstract

Many won't like this but I think... Read more »

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