Living As An Hiv Patient

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A Thought that can change lives of Many HIV Patients

Can you guide me if following can be tried out on HIV patients, I have read a lot about mature T4 cells being replicated and grown outside the body.. Also I have read lot about defective co-receptors surface areas of T4 cells which do not allow HIV...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Some aspects of your thesis are plausible and others await better technology. First, there are no artificial CD4 cells, and would require the production and expansion of cells from some donor source, which is currently not feasible and recurrent... Read more »

A Thought that can change lives of Many HIV Patients

Dear Doc,First of all you guys are doing a great job. I have been doing lot of research on HIV as... Read more »

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Assisted Living Homes for HIV Patient

How do I find a LTAL Home for my brother who is in the last stages of aids. He is almost blind... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

South Africa: A "Living Legend" Gives HIV Patients Reason to Celebrate

Johannesburg's Themba Lethu Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital recently celebrated its first anniversary. Since the clinic opened, more than 7,000 HIV patients have been treated, 3,579 of them with antiretroviral therapy, the most at any health... Read more »

MSF Warns of Consequences Patients Living With HIV/AIDS Will Face Without Maintained Global Fund Support

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) recently warned of the "dire consequences" patients living with HIV/AIDS could face after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria after several applications for new funds by several countries were... Read more »

Daily Nation Examines Fundraising Efforts in Kenya to Support Patients Living With HIV/AIDS

The Daily Nation examines efforts underway in Kenya to raise money for patients living with HIV/AIDS who are in need antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. According to the newspaper, a team of experts is examining alternative sources to pay for... Read more »

Article Examines Infectiousness of TB Patients Living With HIV

"The Infectiousness of Tuberculosis Patients Coinfected With HIV ," PLoS Medicine : Roderick Escombe of Imperial College London and colleagues conducted the study to examine infectiousness and airborne transmission of TB by exposing guinea pigs... Read more »

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AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer

Posted by ScotCharles

From the Sunday January 6, 2008 New York Times Front Section

CHICAGO John Holloway received a diagnosis of AIDS nearly two decades ago, when the disease was a speedy death sentence and treatment a distant dream.

Yet at 59 he is alive, thanks to a... Read more »

Seeking insight into living w/ HIV; not HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello. I'm not HIV+, but am a nursing student in Portland, OR who hopes to gain insight from anyone who would be open and/or comfortable about sharing his/her experiences with me. I am currently enrolled in a course entitled: chronic illness and... Read more »

Living with HIV

Posted by Anonymous

I have been positive since 1995 but have dealt with friends and patients since 1982 and find the internal fear and the rejection of some family memebers to be the most confusing thing to try to understand. Yeah the meds and the regimes are a... Read more »

Article on living with HIV

Posted by Ryan_Handy

Hello,

My name is Ryan Handy and I am journalist from Columbia University. I am writing an article that focuses on the lives of HIV patients, and discusses everything from dealing with side effects of HIV medications, to adjusting one's life style... Read more »

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