Journal Articles About Hiv/aids Among African Americans

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV Among African Americans

Fast Facts African Americans are the racial/ethnic group most affected by HIV. Young African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are especially at risk of HIV infection. New HIV infections among African American women decreased for the first time in 2010. African Americans have the most severe burden of HIV of all racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Compared with other races and ethnicities,...

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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 »

Scientific American Article, virus silver bullet (lj001)

Dr. Bob, could this potentially cure HIV in the future??ThanksBenhur Lee may have discovered a medical silver bulletone that can disable HIV, the exotic Ebola virus, the common flu and possibly every kind of enveloped virus on the planet.Working...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I would agree and stress Dr. Greene's comment that from a treatment perspective this is a "very, very early finding." In other words this research is extremely preliminary. So don't look for this agent on your pharmacy shelves... Read more »

prevelance of OIs in African American women

Is there any OI'S that are more prevalent among African American women with HIV?...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

HIV infected African American women have the same risks for OI's as other s with HIV infections; these risks are determined in large part by the integrity of the immune system as measured by CD 4 T cell numbers; JLS.... Read more »

African Americans and skin discoloration

Greetings, I am a 27 year old African American living with HIV for over 10 years now. I have been on meds for over 2 years, but around December of 2003 I began to notice that my skin was beginning to get darker. Since then I have gone from what some...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I have seen that in both African-American and African patients. Generally I have attributed it to AZT but perhaps other NRTI drugs could cause that. Some other diseases (liver, iron overload-etc) can cause that so your HIV doc and skin doc may... Read more »

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Question for African American Women

Posted by sadiesmom, 2 Replies

Do you feel you have good support from your church? My daughter is living with HIV and although the members of my congregation have been supportive, I have not been satisfied with the spiritual leaders. I just read an article that summarizes my... Read more »

A Wall Street Journal Article about drug holidays.

Posted by Anonymous

I believe that this is something everyone on these drugs should talk to their doctors about.

The Wall Street Journal, Monday, January 25, 1999 Cocktail Break: HIV Patients Who Quit Drug Combo and Thrive Offer Researchers Clues --- Studies Will See... Read more »

New African/African American Meeting Place Online

Posted by Anonymous

Greetings,

We have started a new HIV/AIDS website dedicated to African/African Americans. 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... Read more »

2001 articles, Men and HIV/AIDS

Posted by Anonymous

The Body, 2001: Men, epidemiology fact sheet:

Over 70% of Hiv infections occur through sex between men and women. Yet in most regions of the world 2/3 or more with Hiv are men. 53% of all people with hiv are men.
5% to 10% occur through sex... Read more »

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