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UN Leaders, HIV/AIDS Advocates Laud Official End to HIV Travel Ban

A travel ban in place since 1987 that prevented non-U.S. citizens with HIV/AIDS from entering the country officially ended Monday, The Hill's "Blog Briefing Room " reports (Romm, 1/4). According to CNN , "the statutory requirement that mandated the... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

California: Hanford Clinic May End HIV Treatment

The HIV treatment program at the Hanford public health clinic is expected to shut down by the end of October. Kings County Department of Public Health Director Keith Winkler said the program's closure is not certain, but he acknowledged that its... Read more »

Arizona Hispanic Group Decides to End HIV/AIDS Services Through Ryan White Program

Arizona-based Chicanos Por La Causa has decided to stop providing HIV/AIDS services to Hispanics through the Ryan White Program , leaving local officials "scrambling" to find another Hispanic group to take over the services, the Arizona Republic ... Read more »

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Is cancer the end for most HIV/AIDS patients?

I recently was informed by a nurse who has had many years of experience in the AIDS field that cancer is now the end for most HIV/AIDS patients. Can you tell me your findings ? ...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Although your nurse is not entirely wrong, her comments do not tell the whole picture. It is true that as AIDS patients are living longer, this increased time gives certain cancers such as anal cancer more time to develop. Many AIDS patients also... Read more »

Good ending with HIV

Hello,No Question here just a possifive feed back.I'm 39 positive for 4 years Viro below 50 - CD4 over 800 - %=48% Talking about good ending I dont have to take medicine anymore HEE-YA! My doctor (Dr. Spech) told me I was making a good...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,". . . possifive feed back . . . ?????"Without knowing much more about your case for instance, what your counts were when you began HAART, what your CD4 nadir has been, problems you've had tolerating your medications, etc. I... Read more »

end stage hiv symptoms

Is it possible to progress to late stage hiv symptom stage within a yr of infection. ie: thrush, parathesia, sinus infections......

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.Let's be clear here. Neither thrush nor sinusitis are end-stage HIV/AIDS symptoms. They can occur in persons who don't have HIV, persons with recent or late-stage HIV.That said, a small proportion of... Read more »

what is end stage hiv

last doctors visit, viral load is 150 cd4 is 170. I have full blown aids. My doctor say end stage. I am not sure what that means. (I have an idea).. My cd4 count has never gone above 170 since I was told that I have full blown aids. I dont know...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I don't understand what your doctor is talking about. This is not end stage by any means. You don't indicate whether you are on antibiotics to protect you from infections or whether you are receiving HIV treatment. If the answer is no to... Read more »

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End HIV Forever!! YOU ARE OK & WILL LIVE

Posted by sbev1981, 2 Replies

Hello All-
I am sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. The one thing that you need to remember is that you are going to be ok!! When I first got the shocking news from my doctor in January the first thing that went through my mind is "OMG my... Read more »

Life after coming out/ending a marriage/hiv+

Posted by njpozdad

For those body.com users who are married (to a woman)/separated, came out/ disclosed hiv status to loved ones......Would love to share experiences about struggling with being gay/coming out to wife and family and disclosing hiv status and starting... Read more »

it was discovered that i was hiv+ at the end of 93

Posted by Anonymous

It was discovered that I was HIV positive at the end of 93. I
have been with the same partner since 83. We (both) have never
played out side of our relationship. My partner is HIV negitive.
His last check up was the end of 96. The last time we had... Read more »

Let Us Come Together To End AIDS

Posted by Ronnie, 2 Replies

We don't have a cure for AIDS, but after returning home from the Campaign to End AIDS, Youth Action Institute, I have learned the we do know how to end AIDS.

The campaign is going to have 10 caravans traveling all across the United States to... Read more »

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