What Are Some Ways In Which People Diagnosed With HIV Or AIDS Have Suffered From Prejudice As A Result Of Lack Of Knowledge Or Fear

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among Women

Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women and female adolescents (although we know now that many women were infected with HIV through injection drug use but that their infections were not diagnosed). 1 Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially affected by HIV infection and AIDS. In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are...

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a disgraceful lack of knowledge (and with no excuse)

how could you know so little about anabolics - clearly the only known medicine for wasting? you prescribe rhGH as if it builds skeletal muscle. BUT IT DOES NOT. the bodybuilding world knows a great deal about rhGH and knows that it is useless as...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

I am not sure what statement of mine you are referring to regarding HIV-associated wasting. For wasting syndrome associated with HIV itself, in which both fat and muscle are lost, a number of therapeutic approaches have been studied and applied.... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Conference in Toronto & Irrational Fears

Hi Dr. Bob:I just love you and appreciate the work you do! Your humor and candor are just what people need sometimes-I am one of those people!I just donated to your foundation and I wish I could give everything I had to fight this war against...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Too bad that ferry isn't still running between Toronto and Rochester. You could have hopped on, floated over to my hometown, gotten an HIV rapid test with results available in just 20 minutes, found out you are indeed HIV negative, yelled... Read more »

burn out at old hiv-pioneers (OLDER PEOPLE AND HIV/AIDS)

Hi Dr. Bob.Mikel again from Germanys online-support hotline :-)on world aids day i will be interviewed by a radiochannel to the subject of "getting old with hiv"gee, I am just 48 and within the hiv-community i am rated as "older"...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mikel,Hopefully the information below will help with your interview. By the way, HIV "daddies" can still be hot! Stay well.Dr. Bobdata & longevityJun 22, 2007 Hi: thank you for all the insightfull information. I am compelled to... Read more »

Dealing with Sex...I mean lack thereof (DISCLOSURE)

Hi Dr. Bob,I have been dealing with my poz status since December. I could tell you my story but that's not why I am writing.At this point I feel I may be ready (actually, I really need to be ready) to get over someone and many people are...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello J,Sorry to hear bout your recent diagnosis. A period of adjustment to your new reality as a "virally enhanced" individual is entirely normal and to be expected.Regarding the disclosure issue, it's one of the more uncomfortable... Read more »

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Diagnosed with HIV and AIDS at the same time!!!!

Posted by icantbelieve, 9 Replies

Last April, viral load over 500.000 and cd4 count 191. Overwhelming. I've been sad, lonely, on meds, always tired, lost weight, appetite, no one knows, live away from my family, no partner, with an infection on my skin since April that impairs my... Read more »

Dying from AIDS for lack of medicine

Posted by BabyPeanut, 2 Replies

Dying from AIDS for lack of medicine

More than 36 million people are living with HIV or AIDS. Ninety percent are living in developing countries where the high prices of medications are effectively condemning them to death. Without drastic changes to... Read more »

husband diagnosed with AIDS

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

This must have been the hardest week of my life. I just returned from a trip back to America (I live in Thailand), and wasn't home but only two days when my husband went into a siezure. We got him to the hospital, and first they thought he was a... Read more »

Support for professional women diagnosed with HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 10 Replies

I know that this disease doesn't discriminate. But I feel so alone as a black woman living with this disease. I'm the person in the family that everyone looks up to. I attended the best Universities, have a great career, beautiful home and car... Read more »

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