aids

See MSNBC article here "The study was conducted on more than 3,000 HIV-negative South African men, ages 18 to 24. Half of the men were randomly selected to be circumcised while the other half remained uncircumcised. After following the men for a year, the researchers found that for every 10...

Please note that several of the researchers came from pro-acupuncture organizations, so let's have none of this "Oh, it was biased against acupuncture" manure.

Scientists have apparently cracked a 20-year-old mystery surrounding the complex relationship between the AIDS virus and the immune system. In a paper in the online edition of the British journal Nature, the researchers have explained how certain blood cells are able to fend off the AIDS virus...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6988662/

from Voice of America today:

First, it was God's punishment for gays. Now, it's a black genocide, concocted by the gubmint. And false beliefs are supposed to be harmless?

LONDON: A single change in a human gene may hold the key to preventing people living with HIV from progressing to full-blown AIDS, researchers said on Monday. They found a crucial difference between a gene in humans and one in rhesus monkeys that blocks infection of the virus in the animals - a...

On Wednesday, Bush appointed Claude Allen as his new domestic policy advisor. This man's track record speaks volumes. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=101&e=1&u=/po/20050108/co_po/bushappointmentangersgayhivgroups...

http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=19521 This is the AIDS related excerpt from the article at the above website url. Uncertainties after Arafat loom over hopes for Mideast peace Nov 11, 2004 By Art Toalston WASHINGTON (BP)—BP NEWS postScript: NY Post ("A Grave Case of Coverup"-Page 9)...

Good news: Bad news: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3286572 CBL

What are the latest opinions about the diameter of pores in condoms vs the diameter of the HIV ? I've read various arguments and counter arguments but I think there's no consensus. And just saying that a condom merely "reduces the danger" isn't exactly reassuring.

Found this on www.overpopulation.org. To be fair, the honourable kumar found the site as part of another thread. (My emphasis) Anyone heard this gem before?

Apparently.. Am sure there is a woo just ready to jump on this band wagon.. If it's true, then there are far reaching implications, but without seeing the research, who can tell.. http://www.healthtalk.ca/aids_vitamin_06012004_3493.php edited to add paper's URL...

L.A. Times article She goes on from there on that topic.

Brazil's success in getting lower prices for AIDS drugs is a model for other developing countries. It's sad that in order to get cheaper drugs, they had to threaten pharmaceutical companies. But it worked! Hopefully more countries will follow in being able to get expensive drugs for cheaper...

How about putting a hiv-killing substance inside a gp120 envolope. In other words, recreate the HIV virus, but take out the RNA and replace it with the hiv-killing substance (i.e. vinegar, bleach, alcohol). Then use it as a cure? (theory being the gp120 will attach to the already infected...

From 'The Guardian' : The Catholic Church's oppositions to barrier protection methods is well known - and widely ignored, at least in the developed world. Now it seems that they are stepping up thier attack with a pseudoscientific attack on the effectiveness of the humble condom. It really...

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I saw Bush the great compromiser talking about millions of dollars for AIDS today. I couldn't help thinking what in the hell can governments do to stop the spread of AIDS. Are we going to send military forces armed with rubbers and night vision goggles to peek inside people's homes to see if...

OK.. this is going to sound like a conspiracy theory, but it's just a thought... Here are some facts about AIDS that I got from www.aids.com . 3.1 million men, women and children died from AIDS in 2002; . 5 million men, women and children were newly infected with HIV in 2002; . 25 million...

http://www.q.co.za/2001/2003/04/05-aids.html This sounds bad. Something this unlikely and unproven would not likely be approved for human trials in the U.S.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=2&u=/nm/20030315/sc_nm/aids_fuzeon_dc Fuzeon, also known as T-20, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of AIDS. It works by a completely different mode of action than previous AIDS drugs, so should be useful to those whose...

New research is claiming that the spread of AIDS in Africa may have been primarily caused by dirty needles. BBC reports that the UN disagrees. The researchers claim that evidence that dirty needles are the primary cause was (is) covered up by people in the west with a political agenda that...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30410-2003Jan22.html Yes, but fortunately he didn't opine that the nation would have been better off had Strom Thurman beem president in 1948 or he'd of been "otta-there"!....