Tuesday, February 28, 2012

should people with HIV/AIDS be allowed to vote

should people with HIV/AIDS be allowed to vote?
Do you think people with HIV/AIDS should be allowed to vote?
Religion & Spirituality - 5 Answers
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yes especially over people stupid enough to think they shouldn't
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Yes.
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Yes. I don't think stupid bigots should be allowed to vote, however.
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As long as they wear the yellow star on their clothes, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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I cannot figure out what could have been going through your mind when you posted this question. Please enlighten me as to why you would even ask this question? What on earth does voting have to do with one's health status?

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Friday, February 24, 2012

WHat song do you think suitable as a theme for HIV & aids

WHat song do you think suitable as a theme for HIV & aids?
Currently i am making a assigment for my college about HIV..I am lost of mind about thinking of which song is suitable for it..I am making music video which mean MTV and the length the song is 6 min. I hope the song will make ppl sense of HIV and the cry for it..
Other - Health - 2 Answers
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Heal the world - Michael Jackson How could you not think of this? -smacks upside head-
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Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia. Director Jonathan Demme used this to open his movie Philadelphia. Starring Tom Hanks, it was about a lawyer dying of AIDS.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

what are the laws regarding doctors telling family members about a relatives hiv aids status

what are the laws regarding doctors telling family members about a relatives hiv aids status?

STDs - 2 Answers
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there are non
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HIPPA is a Federal law that gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information. The Privacy Rule applies to all forms of individuals' protected health information, whether electronic, written, or oral. unless you give your written or oral approval. The only exception may be if you are still a minor or physically or mentally incompetent, in which case someone else is responsible for your care. The law is below. Check it out...

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

How does your body exactly react when you have HIV/AIDS

How does your body exactly react when you have HIV/AIDS?

Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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First, your body reacts to the HIV virus by making antibodies within 2-8 weeks after exposure. People with HIV can usually remain very healthy for many years after they have been infected. The virus slowly attacks the immune system, and at a certain point can develop into AIDS. 30% of people with HIV develop AIDS within 5 years. This means that they get a serious disease, such as cancer or pneumonia, within 5 years. Some people just develop mild symptoms, such as swollen glands, diarrhea, fever, and weight loss within these 5 years. About 50% of people with HIV develop AIDS within 10 years of getting HIV.
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AIDS stands for Aquired immune deficiency syndrome (i think) and it doesn't make you ill itself, but it target the white blood cells of your immune system, so that they cannot react or fight off bacteria/viruses in your body. The AIDS virus continues to attack white blood cell and your immune system (thus immune deficiency) until eventually you cannot fight off the bacteria that enters your body.

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

How many peoples are around the world that have HIV ( Aids)

How many peoples are around the world that have HIV ( Aids)???

Other - Diseases - 3 Answers
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About 40 million.
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at the end of 2004, the cdc estimates that there were about 415,193 people living in the usa with aids of these: 35% were white 43% were black 20% were hispanic 1% were of other races of adults and adolescents, 77% were men of these men: 58% were men who had sex with men 21% were injected drug users 11% were exposed through heterosexual contact 8% were both gay and heterosexual of the 93,556 adult and adolescent women with aids, 64% were exposed through heterosexual contact 34% were exposed through injection drug use An estimated 3,927 children were living with AIDS at the end of 2004, of whom 97% probably acquired the infection from their mothers here are some worldwide numbers number of people living with aids in 2005 about 40.3 million total adults 38 million women 17.5 million children 2.3 million people newly infected with hiv in 2005 4.9 million total adults 4.2 million children .70 million aids deaths in 2005 3.1 million total 2.6 million adults .57 children more than 25 million people have died of aids since 1981 africa has 12 million aids orphans By December 2005 women accounted for 46% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 57% in sub-Saharan Africa. Young people (15-24 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide - more than 6,000 become infected with HIV every day. Of the 6.5 million people in developing and transitional countries who need life-saving AIDS drugs, only 1 million are receiving them
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more then should people know better these days to not get them

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Are there any people in the Hartford CT area diagnosed with HIV/AIDS area willing to be interviewed for a film

Are there any people in the Hartford CT area diagnosed with HIV/AIDS area willing to be interviewed for a film
I am filming an independent documentary on HIV/AIDS in the African American Community and would like an interview with someone diagnosed with the virus.
STDs - 2 Answers
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Your best bet would be to go to your local AIDS Service Organization and introduce yourself, your project etc with a staff member and have them advertise the opportunity with their clients. I work at an ASO and this in not an unusual occurennce
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Gross!

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

how much longer can a person live once they are in the final stage of hiv/aids

how much longer can a person live once they are in the final stage of hiv/aids?
A couple days? weeks? Months? years?
STDs - 3 Answers
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In final stage AIDS the life expectancy is a couple of months. AIDS stands for Aquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. A syndrome is a collection of symptoms. So to be diagnosed with AIDS you need to have had oppurtunistic infections which do not respond well to treatment and constantly relapse. Common oppurtunistic infections include Pneumocystis Carinii, Toxoplasmosis, Cryptosporidium and mycobacteria. Patients with AIDS are also very likely to develop certain rare AIDS specific cancers: Kaposis sarcoma and non-hodgkins lymphoma being the most common.
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In the final stages, weeks to months is the normal expectancy. The HIV cocktails have no effect in the end, and the person becomes susceptible to any number of diseases that the normal immune system could fight off. However in these cases, the diseases are fatal.
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If someone has full-blown AIDS that doesn't necessarily mean that they're destined to die any time soon. As someone who has AIDS I can attest to that. Much depends on whether a person responds to any of the HIV cocktail drugs at all. Even if a person with AIDS has developed resistance to a particular class of drugs there may still be other options available. In the past year and a half there have been a couple of new drugs added that are geared primarily toward those who are highly resistant to previously existing cocktail drugs. So, there is certainly hope. Beyond that, much depends on whether a person is suffering from an opportunistic infection, which is what ultimately costs someone their life. There are a number of these infections that are fairly common among those who have AIDS. It's difficult to know how long a person is going to live once they've been diagnosed with AIDS. There are a number of factors that are involved. The most important thing is to be in treatment and work with your doctor closely, monitoring your condition, and quickly reporting any significant changes to your health.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

About what percentage of people in Africa have HIV/AIDS

About what percentage of people in Africa have HIV/AIDS?
A source to where you got this info would be great as well.
STDs - 5 Answers
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http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm this page is good - note sub-saharan africa is where the problem is.
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Hello, I'm a doctor. Use zerit. I think that you want to get more info about it. Please go to ----> http://webmd5.notlong.com/AATg34x
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i believe it is about 1 in 3 people are infected with HIV or AIDS in Africa
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All of them.
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No bias, but the figures have fallen coz many have already died of it. It no longer on the increase coz many people are becoming more aware of it. Africa has a little problem from the Vatican Pope who does not believe in condoms and many people the are God lovin. The figures are likely to be also high here but because of the diet you will only know when your very critical or partner tel yu to get tested.

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