Should Patient Be Told That Doctor Has Hiv

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HIV infection cure? Was told on CNN. What do you think? Mommy of three. (BERLIN PATIENT, 2010) (TIMOTHY BROWN, THE BERLIN PATIENT, 2010)

Hello my beloved Dr. Bob. I hope you are feeling wonderfully. I am writing because I came upon this article today on CNN's news page. I think I know you enough to figure out what you think about it, but truly want to hear all you have to say...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,See below!Happy Healthy Holidays to you and yours.Dr. BobDoctors in Berlin claim to have found a "cure" for HIV (BERLIN PATIENT, 2010) (TIMOTHY BROWN, THE BERLIN PATIENT, 2010) Dec 18, 2010Hi Dr. Bob. I was on the internet and ran... Read more »

I'm i aids or hiv patient, help doctor.

Hi! doc. I was tested positive for hiv last year september with the VL of 3235, & CD4 of 80.... Read more »

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

I'm a 23 year old guy who just was told I'm HIV + I go to my doctor next week what are something that keep me from thinking about this ?

What are some things I can do to not think of this sickness ?... Read more »

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

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Articles

N.Y. State Health Officials Inform 628 Patients About Doctor's Misuse of Needles, Potential Infections, From 2000 to 2005

New York state health officials this week notified 628 people that they should seek testing for HIV, hepatitis and other bloodborne diseases because between 2000 and 2005 they were treated by a Nassau County, N.Y., anesthesiologist who reused... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mali's Children With HIV Are Told They Have Virus

As part of a program begun last December at the Gabriel Toure hospital in Bamako, children who have HIV are told of their status at a very young age. Children and their relatives participate in question-and-answer sessions conducted by doctors using... Read more »

HIV Frontlines: The Doctor Who Cured HIV

Gero Hütter, M.D. This isn't another story about the "Berlin patient" -- a.k.a. Timothy Brown, the first, and to date the only, man who's ever been considered "cured" of his HIV infection. His story has been told many times, in many ways, and... Read more »

California: AIDS Doctor Admits to Health Care and Insurance Fraud

A physician who saw HIV/AIDS patients in Los Angeles and Orange counties admitted in federal court Thursday to diluting medications and falsely billing patients' health insurers. In exchange for pleading guilty to four counts of billing fraud and... Read more »

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Doctor told me to come back

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I have tested for HIV about a year ago and it turned out be negative. About the same time I tested for HIV, I found out I have HPV. I haven't had any other HIV tests since then due to the excessive fear. I went to see my doctor last tuesday for Pap... Read more »

my doctor told me a story

Posted by BabyPeanut, 1 Reply

At my last appointment my doctor told me the newest thing is that
people in Africa find the phone numbers and E-mail addresses of
doctors over the web and beg for medications as they or relatives are
dying of AIDS. He said that he was negotiating with... Read more »

I was told I am HIV+ by phone A Research Study

Posted by Dolbylife

A few years ago, when I was 24 yrs old, I sent out a mail-in HIV test kit that I had purchased from my local drugstore. About a week later, I called the phone number and was given the diagnosis that would change the course of my life forever...over... Read more »

I was told I am HIV+ by phone A Research Study

Posted by Dolbylife

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