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children aren't supposed todie

Posted by Anonymous

CHILDREN AREN"T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

It's hard enough to here those words being spoken,imagine them
coming from a four old girl who was just diagnosed with aids. Now
imagine it's your child. My name is Jaden Starbuck and in June of
1998 I will give up... Read more »

Recently Diagnosed. How Am I Supposed to Feel?

Posted by Letschangethis, 4 Replies

Hi everyone, I'm Matt and on 1/4/11 tested poz. I like to think I'm doing well, but sometimes just unsure. My dr thinks I worry to much, which I probally do. Yet I feel alone in the idea of how I'm supposed to feel. My family is great, but yet... Read more »

What the hell are we supposed to believe?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I have had every symptom in the book tested and have tried to put this behind me and then I read this shit.

Ask the expert (Dr. Horworth)
Dated May 4th
Partner and I just tested positive

I'm scared as hell and just don't know what to believe. What the... Read more »

Supposed Cure

Posted by RevAnn, 3 Replies

Hello,

To all you that have recently tested poz. First let me say I am sorry that it has happened to you, but you can have a very full life. I am living proof of that. I have been poz since 1980, I still work full time and live a very active life.

T... Read more »

HIV Causes AIDS -- And Knowing It Could Save Your

Posted by Anonymous

HIV Causes AIDS -- And Knowing It Could Save Your Life
By San Francisco AIDS Foundation

While the global HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to rage, a small number of fringe groups have been aggressively promoting misinformation about AIDS. Some claim that... Read more »

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Follow up ( I know i have HIV!) (I KNOW I HAVE IT, 2010)

Hello doc, just updating u on my test results as u requested. I went to see the HIV specialist and was told that both the HIV RNA viral load n the antibody test was negative @ 12wks. So she said that I can forget about HIV. However something that...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,WOO-HOO! See, I told you that if you wrote back when you've had a definitive HIV test, we would WOO-HOO together. And here we are! WOO-HOO!!!! I think I'll start collecting stories like yours, "I know I have it" stories, so that as new... Read more »

supposed low risk but symptoms apparent and worried sick!

Hi Dr. Bob-Have been looking over your forum but didn't find the exact match I was looking for. Help. In mid Dec.'07, took part in bad judgment at a strip bar. A stripper with unknown hiv status (although a competing stripper claimed she...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent. You can't get prostatitis from licking a finger that had previously been exploring Badda Bing Betty's Bermuda Triangle. No way. No how. Likewise the chance of contracting HIV from this... Read more »

supposedly low risk exposure but frightening symptoms

Hi Bob,Let me start by saying I greatly admire your work and will be sending a donation. This stressful episode has really increased my awareness of this illness (hopefully not too late).6 weeks ago I performed oral sex (cunnilingus) on a girl I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I agree cunnilingus carries a very low HIV-transmission risk. I also agree three days would be very early for HIV ARS symptoms to manifest. I further agree it's a mistake to search the Internet for symptoms and then self diagnose! 1. Nope.... Read more »

supposedly safe - please help

Hello,I was given your mail address by a friend and am in desperate need of advice.I have been with a girl for 2 months now and although i know her history is limited it is not risk free.Anyway, one night recently we spent the night together and we...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The most that I'm going to say about this is that HIV is not known to be transmitted through kissing. HIV is only known to be transmitted sexually during anal, vaginal, and oral sex.RMK... Read more »

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China AIDS Chief Knows Nothing of Missing Activist

Today on the sidelines of a World Health Organization meeting, Chinese Vice Health Minister Wang Longde said he had no knowledge of where missing activist Hu Jia is. Hu, who has been highly critical of the government's AIDS strategy, went missing... Read more »

Articles on HIV Prevention in U.S.; KNOW HIV/AIDS Launches "The Know is Spreading" Campaign; Fact Sheet on Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Hurricane-Affected Areas

"Families Living With HIV ," AIDS Care : M.J. Rotheram-Borus and colleagues from the University of California-Los Angeles write that the HIV/AIDS epidemic's early focus on individuals has become "inadequate" and that family-based models of... Read more »

"Supposed to Make You Better but It Doesn't Really": HIV-Positive Youths' Perceptions of HIV Treatment

Worldwide, half of all new HIV infections occur among young people. In the current study, the authors investigated HIV-positive youths' perceptions of and experiences with antiretroviral treatment. The researchers employed a community-based,... Read more »

We'll Know By the Next International AIDS Conference Whether We Can Deliver AIDS Care Globally

The "time to deliver" theme of the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto "suggested both ongoing urgency and frustration at the pace of the response" to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, writes Robert Steinbrook , a correspondent for NEJM , in an ... Read more »

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