aids

“It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.” -Elizabeth Taylor.


AIDS (short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a global tragedy. When this disease was first discovered, being diagnosed meant a certain death sentence. But, thanks to advancements and breakthroughs in medical science, this is no longer the case.

Today many people infected with AIDS never cross from being HIV positive to having the full blown disease.


AIDS has been called the ”dread disease”, because of the symptoms and high risk of death associated with it. But AIDS patients today have a much better chance of never developing symptoms, and pregnant women who are infected can lower the risk of passing it on to their child. Antiviral medications are much more effective today, and can keep the HIV virus from multiplying in the body.

Thanks to advances in medical technology, there is hope today for people living with AIDS.

You’ll find bloggers and survivors talking about AIDS on sites like aids.gov and HIV Hope Is Vital.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “aids”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “aids”

 

• Irina Shayk, Isabeli Fontana, Ana Beatriz Barros among celebrities at AmFAR Cinema Against Aids ball

  
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  The latest celebrities to be snapped at the Festival de Cannes at the AmFAR Cinema Against Aids annual ball at the Hôtel du Cap included Irina Shayk, Isabeli Fontana, Dite Anata, Hanaa ben Abdelssem, Ana Beatriz Barros, Elsa Zylberstein, Michelle Rodriguez, and Kelly Rutherford, whose photographs here are courtesy of ...
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• Call for stronger AIDS prevention law

  
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  Two lawmakers are calling on their colleagues in Congress to support an amendment to a law that will strengthen mechanisms currently being employed to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide care for those already infected. “The epidemic profile has changed over the years,” Representative Janette Garin said ...
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• Cases Of HIV Amongst Young People In Costa Rica On The Rise

  
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  This was announced by the Integral Attention Clinic  for HIV patients at the Hospital San Juan de Dios which has 1188 active patients. According to data provided by health authorities in Costa Rica, in 2011 increased HIV cases rose from 132 in 2010 to 170. 128 are men and 42 women, of whom 23 patients [...]
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• Kim Kardashian, Kylie Minogue & Diane Kruger Heat Up Cannes amfAR Gala 2012

  
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    Stars of both music and film attended the   amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS Gala 2012   at  Cannes   last night, including  Jessie J, Kim Kardashian   and  Diane Kruger. Diane Kruger looked ultra feminine in a Chanel Resort 2013 dress. With a classic Hollywood hair do and silver glitter ...
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• Among HIV Patients In ICU, Mortality Rates Have Decreased, Chronic Disease Rates Have Increased

  
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  The expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive(HIV+) patients nationwide, primarily due to a decrease in opportunistic infections, ...
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• Diane Kruger: amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS Outing With Joshua Jackson

  
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  Continuing her promotional duties, Diane Kruger arrived hand-in-hand with Joshua Jackson at the 2012 amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS event during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on Thursday (May 24) held at Hotel Du Cap in Cap D’Antibes, France. The 35-year-old actress who has been a style hit on the red ...
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• Antibodies in breast milk may fight HIV

  
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  Newly discovered antibodies in breast milk help to stop the HIV virus, according to a study of mothers in Malawi.“We are asking if there is an immune response that protects 90 percent of infants, and could we harness that response to develop immune system prophylaxis (protection) during breastfeeding for mothers ...
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• Why some drugs turn on body’s allergy attack...

  
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  Scientists have discovered why some people develop life-threatening allergies after being treated for conditions like AIDS and epilepsy.A new study from the University of Melbourne shows the biological mechanisms by which a person’s exact tissue type determines whether they will develop the drug allergy or not.Full ...
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• Newly discovered breast milk antibodies help neutralize HIV

  
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  Antibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi, and showed that the B cells in breast milk can generate neutralizing antibodies that ...
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• US Panel Recommends Approval of Drug to avoid HIV

  
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  US Panel Recommends Approval of Drug to avoid HIVReviewed by Adminnews on May 24.Rating: The.......
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• Puttin on the Ritz: The Stylish Cannes Crowd Pulls Out All the Stops at amfARs Cinema Against AIDS Gala

  
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  Its that time again: amfARs annual Cinema Against AIDS gala is in full swing, and were on the receiving end of some seriously gorgeous red-carpet ensembles. So far, weve spotted Diane Kruger in a fit-and-flare silhouette, fresh from Chanels Resort 2013 show, Kylie Minogue channeling sexy siren red in an Emilio ...
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• Google to bring Raspberry Pi to Bash Street

  
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  Google is to indirectly equip 102 UK schools with Raspberry Pi devices. The ZX81 de nos jours – though Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who announced the scheme last night, likened the Pi to the more education-centric, posher BBC Micro – will come to schools through UK charity Teach First. Google and Teach ...
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• Drugs saved my Life: Charity-Raving versus AIDS

  
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  Christian von der Wiener Galerie 4e7-Artforum schreibt mir: “Hi René, wir zeigen grad Fotos vom Life Ball in der aktuellen Ausstellung.” Der Fotograf Markus Morianz, 1965 in Hall in Tirol geboren, begleitet seit mehr als sieben Jahren den Life Ball mit der Kamera und fängt die Stimmung dieses einzigartigen ...
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• Porn Panic 2012: AHF Gets Their Sigs For Their LA County Condom Mandate Initiative; And LA City Council Punts City Mandate To Another Committee

  
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  Two developments today in The Great Condom Mandate War, and both of them not so good for the good guys. First off: Michael Fattorosi has just tweeted at his @Pornlaw Twitter stream that AHF has now announced that they now has achieved enough signatures to have their condom mandate initiative sent to the voters of ...
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• Elton John Hospitalized For Serious Respiratory Infection

  
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  The music icon was forced to cancel his “Million Dollar Piano” concerts in Las Vegas after being admitted to a hospital to treat a very serious respiratory infection.
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• Beginning to End the AIDS Epidemic: What’s the Research Agenda?

  
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  Capitol Hill briefing highlights research agenda to end AIDS The following is a guest blog post by Chris Collins, vice president and director of Public Policy at the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC. Looking back over three decades of AIDS, it’s hard to point ...
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• Axon hearing aids ? Rejuvenate your Ears!

  
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  Hearing aids have been of great use for people who loose some of their listening power. The range of axon hearing aids offers some of the best hearing devices that make the sound crystal clear to hear. The K-82 hearing aid by Axon is among the very best for the hearing purpose. It is compact in size and fits into the ...
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• The AIDS Memorial Quilt in DC during AIDS 2012

  
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  By Lauren Broussard , LGSW, MPH, Public Health Analyst, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Photo from aidsquilt.org This summer, as the global HIV and AIDS community gathers in Washington, DC for AIDS 2012 , The AIDS Memorial Quilt will ...
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• Keep fighting the good fight: A report from an ARV clinic in Uganda

  
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  Sam Sanden , a congressional district leader for ONE and a pastor in Washington state, makes an eye-opening pit stop at a district hospital in Uganda. The hospital receives US foreign aid, which is put to good use, but still faces many challenges… Last month, I had the privilege of traveling to Uganda. I was ...
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• Band-Aid Magic Vision: Ga Ga or Gag?

  
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  Like most tots, my lil ones have a bit of an obsession with bandages - one slight scrape and theyre begging me to fix it up. Some of that is probably the fun characters they get to place on the boo-boo, but I have a feeling more of it has to do with the attention they receive. Imagine how they would react if it was ...
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