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Vermont House Approves Bill Informing Medical Personnel of Patient HIV/Hep Status

The state House on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow medical personnel and first responders who come in contact with patients blood or other bodily fluids to be informed if the patient had hepatitis or HIV. However, the... Read more »

HHS Should Enforce Federal Law That Abstinence Education Programs Teach "Medically Accurate" Information, ACLU Letter Says

The American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States and Advocates for Youth on Thursday sent a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt saying that the agency should enforce a federal... Read more »

Getting Informed About HIV

What Is HIV Disease? Simply put, HIV disease is a disease of the immune system, although it can affect other parts of the body like the brain or kidneys. HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) causes disease because it gets into immune cells --... Read more »

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Can department of health & human services harrass me for medical information?

My bf was tested HIV positive, I was HIV negative and one day I got several calls from someone from the Department of Health & Human services and they threatened to go to my workplace and home for a visit. Can they do that and do i have to tell...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

You don't mention what state you live in. Some states (such as New York) do follow up with the partners of anyone who tests positive. Their visit does not represent a threat; they're trying to make sure that you protect yourself and that... Read more »

what are the ethical rules concerning the amount of time a dr. can wait before sharing my medical information with me?

Dear Dr. Bob:I've been hiv positive since 1994. i'm doing well with cd4s in the 4-500 range and am non-detectable. two weeks ago i came down with night sweats, fever, and chills so bad i did not sleep for a week. a week ago they found...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Are you wrong to assume you are entitled to your test results sooner than what you've been experiencing? No, absolutely not. I'm amazed Dr. Slowpoke is still in business. You can complain to your state medical board's division of... Read more »

Handling Emergency Medical Information

I am a social worker, and work with individuals with mental retardation / developmental disabilities. I have an HIV+ client that attends our sheltered workshop. For all attendees, we keep an emergency medical form, which lists diagnoses and...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Excellent question. And you do not need to list any of your client's HIV information, because the answer to the question, "What should people do differently if they knew?" is "Nothing." If your client is bleeding, that blood... Read more »

Consent for Release of Medical Information

Our company was just sold, and the new company is requiring all existingemployees to sign the following release document: "I hereby agree that the*NEW COMPANY*, or any insurance company, agent, bureau, service orparty acting in its behalf has...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

No, the Company's request on its face does not appear to be illegal. Theemployer is requesting that you sign a release of information for medicalrecords that are "for a work related injury occurring during your time ofemployment with the... Read more »

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Manager, Center for HIV Information SF

Posted by Anonymous

Manager, Center for HIV Information

Position Description
The UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI) is a faculty-directed program of the Department of Medicine with a remarkably successful track record for developing key information resources on... Read more »

Medication affecting HIV test

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.

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HIV Home medication delivery - Free

Posted by Talktome

www.MOMSPHARMACY.COM.

Free HIV home delivery of medications, our pharmacy fills all your medications and the convience of our free home delivery services make it convient and simple to access your medications. for more information email: AAsanchez@m... Read more »

Medical Text on HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was reading at the medical school's bookstore the textbook they use on HIV infection. In the chapter on the window period, they said it is basically reduced to 5 weeks. They said that an Elisa test @ 6 weeks is most likely to be positive.

Now, we... Read more »

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