Terminal Cancers In Aids Patients

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Doctor looking after terminal AIDS patient

Dear Dr. Bob I am sure you have answer these kind of question many a times, but I think an answer from you will be extremely reassuring!I am a doctor currently working with patients with cancer; I have a patient with AIDS related lymphoma whom we...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Fellow Medic/Pianist,1.I agree with the occupational health consultant's assessment that your chances of acquiring HIV are essentially nonexistent. The follow-up routine HIV screening is merely precautionary.2.I think you can relax now;... Read more »

My doctors want to terminate my care! What are my rights?

Dr Dezube,I started 4 weeks of Radiation to my neck.Last week my hematocrit was 14 and I was... Read more »

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lesions in AIDS patients; are they cancer

Are all lesions in AIDS patients cancer? ... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Gives $3 Million to Care for Terminally Ill Ugandan AIDS Patients

On Wednesday, the U.S. Agency for International Development pledged $3 million for a program to care for Ugandans terminally ill with AIDS. The money will help patients receive care at Uganda's largest AIDS hospice, Hospice Africa, or through... Read more »

Florida Grand Jury Indicts 19 People on Charges of Selling Fraudulent Drugs Often Used by AIDS, Cancer Patients

A Florida grand jury yesterday indicted 19 people for allegedly selling counterfeit or diluted drugs often prescribed for people with cancer or HIV/AIDS, the AP/Tallahassee Democrat reports (Thomas, AP/Tallahassee Democrat , 7/22). Each person... Read more »

AIDS Patients at Increased Risk for HPV-Related Cancers

People with AIDS have a statistically significant higher risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers, with risks increasing along with immunosuppression, according to a new study. Dr. Anil K. Chaturvedi of the National Cancer Institute... Read more »

The Changing Face of Cancer in HIV/AIDS Patients

Certain cancers -- Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and invasive cervical cancer -- strike the HIV-positive population at much higher rates than the general population, and, with the exception of cervical cancer, are associated with reduced... Read more »

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First HIV+ Runner With Terminal Brain Cancer Has C

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First HIV+ Runner With Terminal Brain Cancer Has Completed the NYC Marathon

My name is Richard M. Brodsky. I am HIV-positive and have terminal brain cancer, and I completed the November 2, 2003, NYC Marathon in 04:52. My purpose for running the... Read more »

Was terminated from Job/Reason?/because of HIV

Posted by MyDesire, 3 Replies

Someone out there, please read this mess, and get back to me with what i am to do, please.
I live outside detroit, in Michigan. I have been married to my husband for almost 18 years, we have two teenagers. My husband was diagnosed with HIV in June... Read more »

Boon for HIV & AIDS patients - Yoga Pranayama ....

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Boon for HIV & AIDS patients - Yoga & Pranayama - Swami Ramdev
From: akumar

My dear Brothers & Sisters,

Re: Great ancient Indian science "Yoga & Pranayama" is a boon for HIV & AIDS patients.

I am impressed by the Great job, being... Read more »

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 »

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