HIV/AIDS Wasting

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The Basics

Wasting Syndrome (April 12, 2007)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Anabolic Steroids for Wasting (August 15, 2006)
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
Steroid Restores Muscle and Fat Lost to AIDS Wasting (March 9, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Lipoatrophy Q & A With Dr. Joel Gallant (November 1, 2005)
Read the transcript of The Body's online chat with prominent HIV specialist Dr. Gallant, in which Dr. Gallant answers questions about the causes of, and solutions for, body fat changes in HIVers.
From The Body
HIV-Associated Wasting (November 2003)
A comprehensive look at the diagnosis and treatment of this illness.
From HIV InSite

Diagnosis

BMI -- Body Mass Index: About BMI for Adults (July 27, 2009)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
BMI -- Body Mass Index: BMI Calculator (January 27, 2009)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Complementary Treatments

Warning on Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances (July 28, 2009)
The FDA has warned the U.S. public to stop using any body building products that claim to contain steroids or steroid-like substances after it received reports of serious liver injury, stroke, kidney failure and pulmonary embolism (blockage of an artery in the lung) among people who took these supplements.
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Muscle-Wasting Effects of Low-Carb Diets on People With HIV (May 4, 2004)
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project

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