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New HIV Estimates Confirm That HIV/AIDS Is Still a Leading Cause of Death Worldwide

Geneva -- New global HIV estimates, released this week by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), underscore the continued severity of the HIV pandemic. An estimated 33.2 million adults and... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Leading Cause of Death Among Women Ages 15-44, WHO Study Shows

In follow-up coverage to the WHO's report on women's health , several news outlets examine the impact HIV/AIDS is having on women around the world. "In its first study of women's health, the World Health Organization said yesterday that the AIDS... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Caribbean Leaders Discuss Ways to Stop Spread of HIV/AIDS, Leading Cause of Death Among Young People

Caribbean health officials are conducting a study to determine the economic impact of HIV/AIDS in the region, which has the world's highest infection rate after sub-Saharan Africa, St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas said on Saturday,... Read more »

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Does AZT cause death to hiv positive

Hi dr im very shocked and confused about the use of AZT as a treatment for hiv positive patient my question is it possible for this drug to cause death of an individual after along use of the drug....

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

I am not exactly sure what your question pertains to.Let me comment-- zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir) was the first drug approved by the US FDA for the treatment of persons with HIV infection. In the early days of treatment (before we had treatment... Read more »

bad death, horrible death, terrible death etc...

Hey Doctor Bob,I know this isn't really a question for this particular forum but how bad of a death is it to die from aids? I know I am not suppose to focus on it and I should be living every lovely moment to the fullest. However, I am always...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello, Sammy.Technically people don't die from AIDS per se. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which, if untreated, slowly destroys the immune system. Once the immune system is... Read more »

CAUSE OF DEATH

WHAT IS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF DEATH IN AIDS CASES...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

It varies...increasingly it's things other than HIV...liver disease, heart disease, old age....sometimes its overwhelmin infctions or untreatable cancers. There is no one cause but one thisng is certain...premature death is becoming less common... Read more »

Did side effects cause death

My son was diagnosed with AIDS in 2002 and began treatment. Within a short time his viral load was undetectable and remained so until 2006. He was incarcerated for 30 days and was not given his meds for HIV or Depression during that time period. He...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Stopping HIV medications can lead to a period of increased risk for death (as shown in recent SMART study published in the New England Journal of Medicine) including heart problems. Standard doses of Elavil rarely would trigger a heart event. KH... Read more »

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AIDS- 3rd leading cause of death

Posted by Anonymous

AIDS to Be 3rd Leading Cause of Death

The Associated Press

By MARIA CHENG

November 27, 2006

You can't put all your eggs in the abstinence basket

Within the next 25 years, AIDS is set to join heart disease and stroke as the top three causes of death... Read more »

Number ONE cause of Death

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hey, isn't it sad in the terror days of anti-retroviral therapy and Junk Science brought to you by the members of AIDS Inc., that the number one cause of death in AIDS patients today is LIVER FAILURE!!!!!!!!!!

Boy isn't that a surprise? I really... Read more »

Scared To Death Of Death

Posted by DaveyBoy, 6 Replies

Being HIV positive has its woes for sure. When I first found out I had HIV (early 90s), all I could think was poor me, I cannot deal with this, what can I do, what do I care to do? I got so depressed and confused. Things got worse and I wound up... Read more »

HIV -Scared to death

Posted by JVJ, 2 Replies

Dear Doc,
I had sex with an escort last night and I am scared to death. I wore condoms that she provided. She did an oral on me with condoms and we had protected sex. When she was on top of me I am scared that her fluid might be on my genitals where... Read more »

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