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When to Start Anti-HIV Medications

Terms Used in This Fact Sheet Antiretroviral: A medication that prevents a retrovirus, such as HIV, from making copies of itself. Anti-HIV medicationsare also called antiretrovirals. Antiretroviral therapy (ART): The recommended treatmentfor HIV. ART involves taking a combination of three or more anti-HIV medications from at least two different drug classes every day to control the virus. CD4 count: The number of CD4 cells in a sample of...

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Dr. Bob,I am an HIV- man who just ended a relationship with an HIV+ woman. I got tested and was told some interesting things at the government test site. I was told that unless there are herpes or a significant cut or sore it is impossible to get...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The government test site told you what????????It's "impossible to get HIV from vaginal sex" if you don't have herpes or a significant cut?????? What????"The only woman to test positive had anal sex"?????... Read more »

Interstate Relocation and Insurance

I am hoping that you can help me with this issue. I am currently covered under an excellent employer sponsored health/prescription plan in Florida and have been covered under this plan for 9 years. I am contemplating a move back to NY pending a job...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

You are correct that when you leave your current employer, you will be eligible for COBRA coverage for 18 months or until you have coverage under another employer's plan, if earlier. However, please be aware that if your current employer... Read more »

HIV Fact or Myth?

I was told today that you can prevent HIV infection by bathing right after sex. I always thought this to be false. Is it fact or myth that good hygiene can prevent stds such as HIV???...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

HIV transmission cannot be prevented by bathing after sex. The best method to reduce the risk of transmission during sex is to use condoms. See <a href=http://www.thebody.com/whatis/basics.html#myths target=_new>Myths About HIV and... Read more »

Response to Facts about HIV

HiI have been researching HIV/AIDS recently and the information I have found contradicts the medical consensus of this disease. What argument can you put forward in the face of overwhelming evidence of the non-existence of any scientific foundings...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

This is an outdated debate that we address here from time to time. I wish this were the last; but to answer yours, here goes.There are tens of thousands of peer-reviewed, published scientific articles that provide the evidence that HIV causes... Read more »

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"Elite" HIV wife may hold secret to AIDS vaccine
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WASHINGTON (Aug. 11) - A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the... Read more »

Looking for love interst

Posted by m4mluvlife

I am looking for healthy HIV+ or HIV- gay men interested in dating for the purpose of pursuing a serious relationship... I am open to type of relationship, but definitely want more than just sex, I am open to relocation, but would really like to... Read more »

I'm trying not to scare anyone, but facts are fact

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

In fact I'm not trying to scare anyone, and I don't want to make a kid's game out of the Bulletin Board. I'm just trying to make everyone realize that 99,9% of people doesn't cover all individuals, when talking about tests... I'm sure that 999 of... Read more »

Key facts about HIV/AIDS - Note Last Item

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Key facts about HIV/AIDS
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The world's largest international AIDS conference opens in Toronto, on Sunday, 25 years after the epidemic... Read more »

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