Is Hiv A Pandemic Or Epidemic

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The Feminization of an Epidemic

Women and HIV in the United States Women represent the fastest growing demographic of HIV infections worldwide. In order to work on reversing this trend, we must have a thorough understanding of the unique issues that affect women living with HIV infection. To date, the medical community has focused a large amount of its research efforts on HIV/AIDS in men. 1 ,2 However, both clinical experience and the observational data that we do have...

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resubmitted form the Fatigue and Anemia Forum: Discordant couple - Risk of HCV transmission (Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Expanding Epidemic, 2010 )

I have been HIV+ about 5 years now and take Atripla as treatment. My CD4 is 650, viral load below detection. Very recently I have also been found HCV positive. My boyfriend is HIV and HCV negative. We are very much into fisting. He is top only and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Recent epidemiological studies have found increasing rates of hepatitis C in MSM (men who have sex with men). See below. Associated risk factors include HIV infection, intravenous drug use, fisting and use of GHB (gamma hydroxyl butyrate).... Read more »

Aids Pandemic?

I realize the ad banners on the home page prevent logical explanations but I was wondering why AIDS hasnt run rampant in the straight community as it has been promised in the 25 some-odd years of the crisis. Without taking IV users into...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,". . . the infected cases would suggest homosexuals are more sexually deviant and/or practice less safe sex than heterosexuals . . . ." What????? Please note there are over 40 million people worldwide currently infected with HIV. The... Read more »

How the government effects HIV epidemic

How does the government in struggling countries affect the HIV epidemic?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

This is a great question with many different answers. Various countries have responded to the HIV epidemic in different ways. Some have been highly successful, like Brazil, but others have been slow to respond.A great source of information on this... Read more »

HIV 2 a silent epidemic?

Dr. Bob- you are too funny but very honest- I wish you the best! Well, I need some help-please I have had to go to a crisis center for contemplating suicide due to my recent stress. Depression, stress, guilt are a great team in kicking someones...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1. False positive tests occur for a variety of reasons, which are beyond the scope of this forum. It's boring technical stuff. The important thing is that they are false. That shows up when we do the more sophisticated confirmatory tests... Read more »

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Safer sex hasn't worked to stem the epidemic.

Posted by don

Department of Sexual Research
Why gay men don't practice safe sex

Recent statistics show that HIV is again on the rise among gay men. So this ... Read more »

HIV-1? HIV-2? HIV-O?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

We didn't even know about HIV until the 1980's. So, we invented a HIV1 test, only to find there is a HIV2. So, we invented a HIV2 only to find out there is a HIV-O. Why are we so ignorant to think there couldn't be another strain...for which we... Read more »

National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the U.S. (Finally!)

Posted by TheBody

Thirty years into the epidemic, U.S. government officials have formally unveiled the country's first national strategy for fighting HIV/AIDS within its borders. The strategy aims to establish a coordinated, nationwide effort to reduce new HIV... Read more »

HIV or West Nile or HIV or

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

This site provides critical reviews of data related to the phenomena called "The West Nile Virus Epidemics", and provides an environmental base for understanding. When you are finished looking at this site, you may very well conclude that the West... Read more »

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