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What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? How is HIV transmitted? What are the symptoms of HIV? What are the symptoms for AIDS? How long after a possible exposure should I be tested for HIV? I have heard there are many different types of HIV tests. How do I know which one I should take? What is the difference between an Anonymous and Confidential Test? What do the test results mean? If I test Positive,...

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Pregnant and HIV/AIDS

Do you have any interviews posted that deal with women that are HIV/AIDS positive. I'm a graduate student working on research dealing with women who are HIV/AIDS positive. Thanks...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

There are several areas of this web site that deal with the experiences of HIV positive women -- you might start with the "Quallity of Life" section.... Read more »

about hiv/aids

sir i am frm nepal here the knowledge about hiv/aids is so little expect some city place of nepal in rural and urban area thereis no knowledge about hiv/aids . i want to ask u some ? about hiv/aids i need the briefly knoweldge about hiv/aids why...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post. There is a lot of information about HIV and AIDS here at TheBody.com. Rather than making this a encyclopedic reference, I'll refer you to other parts of the site. Try this for a start from the basics page. <a... Read more »

hiv/aids

what's hiv/aids...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

HIV stands for the human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes immune deficiency, weakening of the immune system, and when this becomes sufficiently severe people start to... Read more »

HIV/AIDS among african american women

I'm doing a research paper on African American women who are or at risk of being infected with HIV/AIDS. I'm looking for any statistics related to the subject. Do you know of any information on this or could you direct me to a good...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

A good start for the statistics would be the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov... Read more »

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Volunteer help needed for women living with HIV/AIDS start-up

Posted by blueagave10, 1 Reply

PowerSourceTucson is an empowerment program for women living with HIV/AIDS in Tucson, AZ. I am 64 yo woman diagnosed with HIV at age 58. No services targeted to women other than support group at local clinic and annual makeover day.

Do you have... Read more »

starting a HIV/AIDS charity

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

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lm an HIV positive African woman living in America.Long before l tested positive ,I wanted to start an orgaization to help people with HIV/Aids in my country of birth and Africa .Now l feel the need everyday as l read about the many hardships... Read more »

New HIV/AIDS Community Website

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Greetings,

We have started a new HIV/AIDS website. We currently have the ability
for users to add blogs, post information that is of use to the
community and hiv dating. We need your assistance in getting this site
off the ground. Please stop by and... Read more »

HIV/AIDS and CAM

Posted by bradford, 1 Reply

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 »

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