Medication For Aids And Hiv

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Florida Medical Clinic Owners Indicted for Defrauding Medicare Through HIV/AIDS Treatment, Medical Equipment Bills

Ten Florida medical clinic owners on Tuesday were indicted for allegedly defrauding Medicare by improperly billing the program for HIV/AIDS treatments and medical equipment, the AP/ Gainesville Sun reports (AP/ Gainesville Sun , 4/3). According to... Read more »

AP/Biloxi Sun Herald Examines Medical Care for HIV/AIDS Patients in Mississippi Delta

The AP/Biloxi Sun Herald on Sunday examined HIV/AIDS treatment services in the Mississippi Delta and how many people living with HIV/AIDS in the region "struggle with the bureaucracy of receiving care." According to Alonzo Dukes -- president and... Read more »

Clinton Announces Plan to Provide $250,000, 23 Medical Experts to Tackle HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia

Former President Clinton on Sunday announced that the Clinton Foundation plans to provide $250,000 for an HIV/AIDS program in Ethiopia under which 23 medical experts from Yale University will work in 13 hospitals across the country for one year,... Read more »

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the medical difference between HIV and AIDS

what is the medical difference between HIV and AIDS?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

The term HIV is used to refer to the virus (HIV-1) that causes AIDS. Persons who are infected with the virus may remain healthy for some time after the initial infection. In fact, the average time between the initial infection and developing... Read more »

AIDS with HIV Medication?

I was reading an article posted on the Body website this week and was very surprised. I understand there are resistance and side effect issues, but with current medications how is it that more 1/3 (57,200/151,000) of the HIV positive population in...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.The only reason to me, that this statistic should be discouraging is that so many people are diagnosed late in their disease, with an AIDS-defining illness. This points to the failure of prevention messages, of stigma and... Read more »

Life Insurance medical exam/Similar symptoms to HIV/AIDS

Hello I have 2 questions:1) What happens if an individual has been declined for life insurance due to having the HIV virus or the AIDS virus yet unaware? Does the Life Ins. Co. normally notify the individual (by mail, ph, etc?)and advise...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

Usually when a person is declined coverage, either the insurance company tells him why or advises him how to get more information with respect to why coverage was denied. I do not know what disease has symptoms closest to HIV but it is probably... Read more »

Should those with AIDS/HIV be allowed to work in the medical field???

I am wondering if are those infected with the AIDS/HIV virus are allowed with to work in the medical field. If yes why?? Doesn't this pose a threat to people who are not infected with this virus??? I know that the disease is not spread through...

Response from Lynne Gabriel

WorkPositive, Inc.

This is an answer to a similar question, previously answered:Depending on the state, Health care workers have the same right of confidentiality about their HIV status as anyone living with HIV. Moreover, because all health workers take universal... Read more »

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Director of HIV Medical Services Phila.

Posted by Anonymous

Esperanza Health Center
Director of HIV Services

We are currently recruiting an HIV Specialist Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family practice to provide care and leadership to a Ryan White funded HIV program.
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

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HIV Positive Doctors and Medical Students

Posted by JumptheHorizon, 4 Replies

Hi everyone,
I have good reason to be worried that I have HIV, and am waiting the time to be retested (first was negative, which was about one month after I think I could have been infected, but my lymphocytes were down).

Anyway, what is the story for... Read more »

HIV-Specific Medications AT COST - a new service

Posted by CanDoMeds, 1 Reply

To The Body Forum users,

Please allow me to introduce a new public service that my company is offering to HIV-positive patients. My business partner, Dr. Mark Galea, and I have decided to create a special program for certain medical populations, and... Read more »

HIV Home medication delivery - Free

Posted by Talktome

www.MOMSPHARMACY.COM.

Free HIV home delivery of medications, our pharmacy fills all your medications and the convience of our free home delivery services make it convient and simple to access your medications. for more information email: AAsanchez@m... Read more »

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