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Health & Fitness > HIV / AIDS Tips for traveling with HIV medication needs: 1 of 6
Believe it or not, it's that time of year already! As youare busy preparing for the holiday season and making plansto visit with family and friends, you will need to add onemore thing to your already long list of things to do. Anyonewith a chronic disease has to consider their health whentraveling, and HIV is no exception. Yo... More..
Sciences > Disease & Illness Ideas on eradicating AIDS: 2 of 10
Education and Prevention Initiatives which are culturally specific and sensitive are the best chance of controlling the spread of HIV and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. Sexual transmission, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual, remains the #1 route of transmission worldwide. The blood supply is now extremely safe, d... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Hoodia for weight loss: 1 of 5
There are many known species of Hoodia, but the Gordonii species is the only one that contains the powerful all-natural appetite suppressant properties. A molecule named P57 is the active ingredient in Hoodia; it acts on the hypothalamus (the area of the brain that controls appetite and hunger) to "trick" the brain into think... More..
Health & Fitness > HIV / AIDS How to keep HIV at bay: 1 of 5
Intensive prevention and education initiatives are the best way to keep HIV/AIDS "at bay". The problem with global efforts to prevent new HIV infections is that the education initiatives must be adaptable to the beliefs and customs of each individual culture and group of people; what works in one part of the world will be use... More..
Health & Fitness > HIV / AIDS What we have ahead of us in the fight against HIV and AIDS: 1 of 5
There is no way to predict how the HIV/AIDS pandemic will turn out. Many feel that entire developing nations will literally "disappear" as more and more of their people become infected with HIV and do not have access to care. I think that this is an unrealistic and improbable prediction. The international community has recogn... More..
Education > Secondary School Issues AIDS/HIV in high school: 1 of 4
HIV and AIDS are very frightening to most people; public education is the key to ending most of the fear and stigma surrounding the disease. Once people understand how the disease is and is not spread, there will be less fear of those who are infected. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted from one person to another... More..
Health & Fitness > HIV / AIDS Cigarette smoking in HIV-positive populations: 1 of 3
We all know that smoking is an unhealthy habit for anyone.Tobacco is an addictive and lethal drug, and there is nodoubt that it causes many serious health conditions and evenearly death. Despite all that we know about the dangers ofsmoking and all of the warnings that are constantly in themedia, tobacco is still a widely used... More..
Health & Fitness > Sexual Health Weighing the risks of unprotected sex: 1 of 3
When it comes down to making choices about using a condom or not, it is very simple:unless a couple is in a serious, committed, monogamous relationship and the HIV and health status of each partner is known (through recent medical testing), condoms should be used for each and every intimate sexual encounter. Condoms need to b... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Setting realistic weight loss goals: 1 of 3
Who wouldn't like to wake up tomorrow at an ideal body weight? We've tried the fad diets, crash diets, and all of the miracle weight loss products on the market, and we are heavier than ever- and very frustrated. We've tried medications that claim to speed up the metabolism, increase body temperature to burn fat, decrease the... More..
Sciences > Disease & Illness The possibility of a cure for AIDS within the next ten years: 5 of 14
The possibility of scientists finding a cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) or a vaccine to prevent the transmission of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS) in the foreseeable future is very improbable, if not impossible. This is definitely not due to a lack of effort on the part of science. T... More..