Monday, June 28, 2010

How has HIV/AIDS impacted society today

How has HIV/AIDS impacted society today?
Tell me why and how. You know all the details.
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HIV has impacted obviously society a lot. however, hiv+ people are using net to make friends. i know a site called pozcupid. they will not feel alone there.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

How does HIV(AIDS) affect a woman who is nursing a baby

How does HIV(AIDS) affect a woman who is nursing a baby?

Women's Health - 5 Answers
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If the woman has it, she can transmit it to the baby via the breast milk, dont do it!
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the HIV(AIDS) will transmit to baby through the milk,it is considered a body fluid.so will the meds that the mom takes for treatment,robin
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the baby can get HIV.
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she shouldn't feed the baby with her breast milk because she can pass it thru the milk!!!
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breast feeding in the hiv positive mother is a contraversial issue.so also the risk of feeding the baby with infant formulas artificially.artificial formulas do not carry adequate nutrients and there is 6 fold increase inthe risk of diarrhea and death in infants.in hiv positive mother ther is 14 % increase risk of transsmission to the child the hiv virus.but there are reports that giving the mother antiretroviral treatment in the last months of pregnancy and during feedin reduce the risk of transmission.other method considered is expressing the human milk and the feeding it to the baby after boiling it.it is better than the artificial formula but still not natural equivalent.

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

What are some good movies about HIV/AIDS

What are some good movies about HIV/AIDS?
I'm doing a research paper on how HIV/AIDS infected people are portrayed in film and want to watch as many movies as possible. So far I have: - 3 Needles - Rent - Kids - Philadelphia - My Brother... Nikhil - Behind The Red Door I'm wondering if A Home At The End Of The World would be relevant.. any other suggestions?
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Add "An Early Frost" to your list and "Cover" is good as well.
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Another good movie would be "And the Band Played On". It discusses the early days of the HIV/AIDS outbreak, from the societial as well as scientific point of view.
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Kids and Philadelphia are both great movies.
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And The Band Played On is the best movie I have seen on the subject of AIDs.
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Life Support and it is fairly new awesome movie

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