Monday, December 28, 2009

What would be some good questions to research about HIV/AIDS

What would be some good questions to research about HIV/AIDS?
They have to be who what, when where, why, and how question.I need to research them to raise awareness of the issue.
STDs - 5 Answers
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The easiest thing would be the demographics of who gets AIDS. The cdc.gov website should be very helpful with this. Break it down by race, sex, age, sexual preference etc.
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Here are some things you can search for: Viral Load CD4 count Elissa Western Blot Cryptosporidum PCP Pneumonia Thrush The life cycle of HIV This website is a good place to start: www.thebody.com
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How does needle sharing put someone at risk for HIV infection? Don’t you have to have an open cut or wound for HIV transmission to occur? If I have sex with a male and he "pulls out" before he ejaculates, have I put myself at risk for HIV? How does the "AIDS test" work? What is the window period? What is the OraSure® test? Hope this helps!
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http://health.discovery.com/centers/womens/aids/foa_qa.html http://www.thebody.com/content/whatis/art5966.html
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why do some people still fool around knowing that they are putting themselves at risk? If someone tests HIV + after sharing needles or being promiscuous, why should we (the general public )feel sorry for them seeing as it could've been prevented by abstaining (NO ONE has ever gotten an STD, HPV, or AIDS via respecting themselves and their body and by saying NO) and by not doing drugs. Why are so many people against abstinence only programs b/c it promotes a healthy life style whereas promoting safe sex (condoms for ex) only encourages folks that it's ok to fool around and if you test +, that's ok, the gov't/ general public will support your cause.



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Thursday, December 24, 2009

How much do STD and Hiv/aids test cost

How much do STD and Hiv/aids test cost?
I need to take soon an STD and HIV/AIDS test and would like to know around the approximate cost for each.
STDs - 4 Answers
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0........................ since when did u have to pay to get an STD test?
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Many clinics do free HIV/Aids testing, look in your local yellow pages under HIV/Aids. Also in every county are free clinics for STD testing, also look in your phone book for your local county hospital...they can direct you.
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I've heard that an STD test which covers herpes, gonorrhea, and chlamydia is about $100 with Planned Parenthood.
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You can check the website hivtest.org to find free HIV and STD testing sites in your area. Just enter your ZIP code.



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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Why is HIV/AIDS so prevalent among gay people

Why is HIV/AIDS so prevalent among gay people?
This is not a loaded question. I really want to know. I know that straight people have unprotected sex too. Why is it so prevalent among gay men? There are so many ads in gay magazines for HIV/AIDS medications but I've never seen any in "straight" magazines. The New York Times has written articles on this. What is going on? Why is it so prevalent among people with this lifestyle?
STDs - 10 Answers
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tearing in the entry point of copulation (their rear end holes get tore up when the do it in the bum = fluids entering the bloodstream easily, k?) plus they tend to be promiscuous
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lots of unprotected sex. I had a gay roommate and alot of his friends were positive from having lots of casual sex without protection.
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because gaymen can't stop putting there package where it does not belong!!
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because gay people don't have to worry about pregnancy so they usually don't wear protection more often then straight people do
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Well they are mostly sluts, i dont know how else to put it..... Most gay men will find a partner off the web or myspace, they meet up and have sex... most of them has unprotected sex....
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Actually, the reality of this is that IT'S NOT. It's NOT more prevalent among gays than straight people, it's only about 40% gays and 60% heterosexuals. The reason gays get more attention over this topic is because in the 60's they were blamed because they reported it more and were more openly tested. Don't believe this nonsense! Anyone can get HIV/AIDS. However, anal sex can lead to more tearing, and since homosexual couples cannot have vaginal intercourse, there is a higher risk if they are having sex with an infected person. Then again, so is anyone when they have anal sex with an infected person.
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Sorry this will be graphic. The skin of the anus is so much weaker and susceptible to tears than the vagina is. Sorry, it's true. A vagina is meant to take it, not an anus. Therefore HIV can get into the bloodstream easier if the skin is weaker. So it's not being gay that makes you more susceptible to getting AIDS, it's having anal sex with someone infected! But I guess that leads back to since the only sex gays can have is anal, they are more likely to get AIDS than a person with the option of doing it vaginally.
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You are misinformed, it is actually higher among heterosexuals.
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The main reason it is so prevalent among gay men (and it was first identified in gay men more than 20 years ago), is that risk of transmission of HIV through anal sex is the highest among all sexual activities, due to the high risk of bleeding, as someone explained above. That said, over the past several years, HIV has actually become much more prevalent in heterosexual women than in gay men.
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Gay men were the first to rally around HIV and issues to help friends that were infected, this was over 25 years ago. If the gay population had not been so proactive we would not have gotten as far as we have in education and medical interventions. Yes there is a new mind set among younger gay men, with the advancement of medications they are not worried about dying as they use to be. There is also a mind set that "I'm gonna get it so I might as well get it and get it over". Yet the gay population is not on the highest risk right now- it's the heterosexual population. A lot do not think they are at risk and do not bother to test. People can be HIV+ for 10-12 years and not bother testing, because they do not feel they were at risk. WHere the gay population is great about testing and testing often.


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Why do men get raped in prison sometimes? I mean cant they get aids/hiv from unprotected sex

Why do men get raped in prison sometimes? I mean cant they get aids/hiv from unprotected sex?
Why is prison rape allowed in the united states? If a man raped in prison comes back out in to society and contracted aid/hiv from prison and then has a wife and gives it to her etc. Is that not gross? Prison rape is not funny nor is it alright, contracting Hiv/aids is a death sentence. Rape is rape, whether it is a man raping a woman, another man, or child. Rape is rape and it should be condemned in prison and abroad. What does the yahoo community think about this issue?
STDs - 4 Answers
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I think rape in prison is wrong to because the person getting raped can be very traumatized and men get raped in prison because the other men perfurably the ones that are going to be thier for 20 to life and the hardened criminals arent going to see women for a long time so they feel they must get thier needs taken care of
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prisoners can do prity much anything they want in the UN well with n reason lol, it keeps the prisoners from givn the guards a hard time. i had 2 redo my answer i miss read ur question lol.
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I doubt a woman would have unprotected sex with a man who was released from prison without him getting tested and if he has unprotected sex while infected and passes it on he'll go right back to jail. 20% of inmates get raped. That's just how it goes. No different than 40% of women getting raped at some point in their lives outside of prison. Men are basically evil for the most part.
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Rape is not allowed in prison, the guards are supposed to condem the peoplel that are responsilbe for raping the people. It is gross and wrong but the prison system is are not responsible for what goes on when the lights go out.



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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Why are there so many black people and gay people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS

Why are there so many black people and gay people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS?
It seems like rates of AIDS are extremely high in Africa and the gay community. Is there a connection gay and black people have with AIDS that just makes them so attached to that disease?
Religion & Spirituality - 19 Answers
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I'm pretty sure it originated in Africa? & The disease spread quickly among the gay men because most are promiscuous.
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Perhaps lack of sexual education? I.e. access to condoms as well?
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Because the Catholic church told people in Africa not to use condoms, and anal sex carries a higher risk of passing on STDs. Pretty straight forward, if you think about it, which bigots generally don't.
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In Africa there isn't as much knowledge about condoms and contraception, and many women there are promiscuous, so combine these two things and you get a boatload of AIDS. As for the gay community, I'm not sure. It could be the same with condoms and promiscuity but then again hetero's can be pretty slutty also.
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Well aren't you just a lovely individual. People in Africa don't have access to the types of medical care that you take for granted in the industrialized world. And there are cultural issues which prevent African men from utlizing condoms *if* they're available at all. The gay community has similar issues, what with the lack of education and access to good LGBT-friendly medical services. A lot of gay and bisexual men also just take it for granted that they'll eventually contract HIV anyway, so they don't take the necessary precautions to avoid it. Then there's the fact that contracting HIV is no longer a death sentence, so gay men don't necessarily feel too worried about it.
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AIDS is rampant in Africa because people have countless children simply because there is nothing better to do. These children are born with HIV and can develop AIDS. The gay community just has lots of unprotected sex and it spreads fairly quick
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A) The virus is bloodborne, and thus transmits more easily through tears to the anal wall than through the vagina (which is both more structurally sound for intercourse without injury and is protected by a layer of secretions), so it's transmitted much more readily by anal sex. B) It originated on the border of Uganda, so it spread through Africa first.
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Gay sex does have a higher transmission rate of disease because of the exposure from blood vessels being greatly increased. It just means that anal sex is more likely to spread HIV than other forms of sex. The race issue is mostly about the country, and the poor quality of access to proper education about what cases such things, and how to prevent them. As well as poor access to contraceptives, such as condoms. Though in some countries, syringes are equally as dangerous, and people pick them out of the garbage to clean them and sell them again, which isn't sterilizing them either.
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lack of education and lack of contraceptives in Africa. Gays who knows ask one.
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Ask the black dudes who have sex with your mom. At least you'll get half an answer.
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In Africa far too little people use contraception /protection that protects them against the disease There is a lot of rape in some wartorn areas as well, which spreads the disease Also people are often uninformed about sexual knowledge/family planning If you're talking about African Americans? it's because there is a lot of promiscuity in many African American neighborhoods and often times people do not use protection Gay people often practice anal sex which is very risky--AIDS is easier spread through anal sex than vaginal because of the blood that's transmiitted In some gay communities people are very promiscuos not all but many And that may sound wrong, but I'm just saying what I've witnessed with some people.
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Firstly, the AIDS epidemic in Africa stems from total lack of education amongst the population as to what safe sex is, coupled with inaccessibility to disease prevention devices such as condoms. As for the gay community, many of them (not all) have had many partners over time and this increases their exposure to the disease. However, failing to show and back up this question with appropriate medical statistics and more than likely a poor knowledge of the issue shows a blind ignorance. Any xian who claims that AIDS is part of god's wrath to Gay people only needs to look at the countless children born with it inherited and those who catch it unknowingly from sly partners that it is merely a disease that requires research and treatment, much like the common flu virus.
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Well, STD's are usually more common among gays because they think they don't have to wear a condom. I don't know about Black people, though...
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No connection at all. Gay people are receiving there just reward for their chosen lifestyle. So that they will know that there is a consequence for going against Gods will, God gives them up, and they receive what they asked for. It has been long known that the 3rd world populations are, and have been used as experimental humans by those that think humans are expendable, such as syphlis was injected in to black men, as an experiment years ago, and is only now being made known as fact.
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HIV rates are extremely high in Africa due to a number of things: Poor education Poor health resources Lack of access to contraception Cultural and socioeconomic reasons AIDS rates are high due predominantly to the lack of availability of modern medicine. HIV/AIDS rates are higher in heterosexuals than in homosexuals - it's an old sterotype that its a "gay disease".
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There isn't as much present knowledge,funding or information available to the uneducated in Africa.Gays have less of a reason to use condoms as they can't actually reproduce with each other.Obviously, you don't just have sex with someone if you suspect they are infected either.Straight couples just have more at stake, so they use protection more often.
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Because HIV/AIDs was created by a right wing cabal for the express purpose of decimating the Black population of the world, that it entered the general population through a Gay vector was pure chance but in accord with their agenda
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Well, everyone seemed to have answered the reason for the spread of HIV/AIDS: lack of education and medical resources, plus unprotected and often high-risk sex. The first recognized cases started in the US, NOT in Africa. The first patients were gay men.
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The main cause of rising AIDS cases in the gay community, no matter where the gay community is located, is UNPROTECTED SEX. The same is true of ANY GROUP of individuals in ANY part of the World that have contracted the HIV. High and or rising reports of AIDS cases in Africa have a bunch of reasons why; SUPERSTITION being one of the main reasons. Many African men believe that having unprotected sex with pre-teen girls can cure them of AIDS so they rape young girls in an attempt to either not get the HIV or to attempt to cure themselves of AIDS. One responder accused African women of being promiscuous. One could very easily say that of CAUCASIAN WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD…and YES; that includes Caucasian women in the United States as well. The incidence of rape in African countries is high and that is also one of the main contributing factors of AIDS cases in Africa. AIDS isn’t bigoted or superstitious. HIV is affecting ALL of mankind; NO ONE is immune. HIV spreads from heterosexual to heterosexual; from heterosexual to gay and from gay to heterosexual; from Caucasian to people of color and from people of color to Caucasian. Until there is a cure EVERYONE MUST either practice safe sex, i.e. for males AND females to USE CONDOMS or be celibate. Spread the word.



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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

How did the HIV/AIDS virus really start

How did the HIV/AIDS virus really start?

Infectious Diseases - 10 Answers
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America had discoverable AIDS cases as far back as the 1950's, but it didn't reach total epidemic status until the late 1970's early 1980's. This film brings that information out. It also brings out the information that this disease, although concentrated in the gay community, had no specific target, anyone could/would get it. The people in my life were not all homosexual who contracted the disease but a few were just receivers of blood transfusions. At the time they received the blood, the test was not developed for screening. Just like the film points out, they too (family, friends, associates) suffered.
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That's a million dollar question. No-one knows. There's speculation about it being a man made virus, originating from apes in Africa, a mutation of another virus but that's all it is - speculation. Scientists have been trying to trace it's origins for decades but without success.
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it was either in Africa or in India and i think aids started because they would eat i think green monkeys ( that's the breed ) without draining the blood but go to answers.com they have a lot of information about almost anything you could think of
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This one guy in Africa started it. He had sex with a monkey THIS IS NOT A JOKE so after that he must of spread it to different girls and they gave it to other people.
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When you don't know a people and have unsafe sex with him or her, if he is a AIDS carrier than you are bound to have AIDS. Carrier means a person already infected with AIDS virus. Unsafe sex means sex without condom.
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From what I read....it is found in certain species of monkey but does cause them any harm. There is a lot of speculations, how it jumped from the monkey to the human species?
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someone fucked a monkey in africa with aids and then fucked a person and whammy everyone is dying. who fucks monkeys anyway?
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There is a virus related to HIV that is called SIV, that is simian immunodeficiency virus. SIV appears to be the precursor to HIV, and SIV is endemic to the Congo. Like Ebola, it was hidden in the jungle for many years. The first known cases ("slim sickness") are in the 1930s in Africa; there were cases identified later as AIDS in the 1950s and it was soon afterward that the virus arrived in Haiti. While "And The Band Played On" is a good read, there are some doubts as to its strict accuracy. Gaetan Dugas, for example, only seems to exist in documents that cite the book.
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Scientists have found HIV's ancestor viruses in some monkeys in Africa. It was probably transferred to humans when they ate the meat of chimpanzees. This is pretty certain because genetic analysis of the virus has discovered that its closest relative was in chimps. It got into humans in the early 1930's, but didn't become a "mainstream" virus until the early 80's.
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One theory is that one strain of AIDS comes from the Green Monkey found in Africa. Scientists are not quiet sure how the virus was transported to humans though. HIV/AIDS was not heard of until it was discovered in homosexual men in America.


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Friday, December 4, 2009

Why is HIV/AIDS so prevalent among gay people

Why is HIV/AIDS so prevalent among gay people?
This is not a loaded question. I really want to know. I know that straight people have unprotected sex too. Why is it so prevalent among gay men? There are so many ads in gay magazines for HIV/AIDS medications but I've never seen any in "straight" magazines. The New York Times has written articles on this. What is going on? Why is it so prevalent among people with this lifestyle?
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered - 8 Answers
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B/c unprotected sex is a lot more common with gays, since there is no risk of pregnancy. There is probably more partners too, since society does not exactly encourage long-term committed relationship between gays. Finally, chance of getting AIDS is lot higher during anal sex than during vaginal or oral one. I won't get into technical details since there are 13 year old on this site; I'll just say that AIDS is transmitted through blood.
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Actually, if you bothered to research, you'd see you are wrong!! :@)
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Because back in the eighties when HIV first became a major issue not many gay men used condoms, now obviously everyone does but also its because anal sex is a particularly dangerous form when it comes to transmitting STDs as the lining of the colon and that area is a particularly thin skin that tears easily, so during the act of anal sex some tearing can occur very easily leading to tiny openings for and std's to get into the blood stream, leading to a higher prevalence of HIV and other STDs... but now days everyone wears a rubber (not that i have experience) but thats the general response on here it seems...and i don't know if teh prevalence is as high anymore because of the increase in use of condoms.
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Becuse they involve in more risky sexual behavors(as well as sex in volume) than other people do. Gay men can keep it in thier pants they just dont becuse people wont let us get married.
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Well lesbians are at a lower risk to get STD's than hetero or gay couples. Mostly because STD's are harder to infect through the fingers or mouth, but don't get me wrong--accidents can still occur! On the other hand, Gay men are at the higher risk zone due to anal intercourse. Infected semen is more easily transmitted into the recipients bloodstream through the anus than it is throught the vagina. There's more cappilaries and veins surrounding the anus, and it's easier to infect someone if semen goes into direct contact in the bloodstream. It's not "promiscuity" of gay men or women, this is an ignorant legend.
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HIV is actually decreasing among gay men, the fastest spread is among heterosexual women. The reason that you don't see ads in "heterosexual" magazines is the same that you don't see ads addressing any other STDs, they believe, as do you, that it's purely a gay problem and refuse to entertain any other possibility, so they take no precautions against it.
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Read up on the statistics of AIDS/HIV, then come in here and ask your "not" loaded question. Gay people are NOT the ones most commonly diagnosed with AIDS/HIV. How about you go ask this question to the correct demographic?
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Actually in the lesbian community we have the lowest prevalence of HIV/AIDS! Its a problem in the gay male community because schools and other institutions fail to teach safe sex practices for homosexuals. Its ridiculous. However we are active in trying to stop this and if you come to any pride event you will see we are doing our part. The real question is why isn't the government and school systems doing theirs!



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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

What are your ideas of curing / eradicating HIV/AIDS

What are your ideas of curing / eradicating HIV/AIDS?
OK, SO UP TO DATE THERE IS NO CURE. But sometimes we often meditate and think of craziest or sensible ways that we can cure sicknesses, including HIV/AIDS. What concept would you come up with that you think can work? Otherwise, how can it be eradicated? (No hate answers or responses of profanity will be tolerated, as that willmay be reported to the administration of Yahoo! Answers.)
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Well, some people has HIV/AIDS and are not affected, they are totally immune to it. Maybe we can use them to make some kind of cure or something.
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We just need to come up with an HIV-equivilent virues for all the infectious diseases in the world so they'll be weaker too.
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Handing out free condoms (that don't have the intructions stapled to them) and having an aggressive campaign in schools, and in the media. It would also help if big name celebrities were to join that campaign to raise awareness.
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Provide hospitals in developing countries with sterile syringes, and train them in proper use and disposal. Dirty (re-used) syringes are a majour cause of the spread of HIV.
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Nanobots. Inject nanobots into the bloodstream that change the protein matrix surrounding the virus. White blood cells would no longer recognize the protein matrix and wouldn't 'consume' the virus. Problem solved. Okay... so it's horribly improbable... but it would work. I think our best bet is with vaccine, they're making some pretty exciting progress with some strains.
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Ideas? Yes I do: Stop having unprotected sex: this is one of the fastest ways that the disease is spread. The community has been educated, but they just aren't taking action. Some of them claim they couldn't help it because they were drunk or stoned, so there's another thing that needs to go. Stop sharing dirty needles: drug habits are the second fastest way to spread this disease. If people would take control of themselves and put a stop to foolish behaviors like these, you would see a drastic drop in the number of people with HIV. But it seems like such a dream doesn't it?
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this is such a hard question, but if i could change one thing, it would be to stop the war in iraq and spending soooo much money on the military and take all those millions of dollars being WASTED and put it towards research for a cure, vaccine, education, and medication for the needy. what the hiv/aids problem needs is MORE MONEY and more focus, sometimes it really seems like it is not a priority at ALL to our government or people to help this epidemic here, and worldwide, when i personally believe it is a huge and tragic problem that needs much more attention and funding than it currently recieves.
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Quite unfortunately, there's no modern cure for any strong diseases and health problems / complications like: Systemic Sclerosis (no strong cure yet, but there are ways to live with it "in harmony"), AIDS/HIV and Cancer (just to name the few). However, there is a way of making the patient feel better and ease their pain. Doctors are at loss as to what to do in any severe case of suffering. They gave a vow to serve and heal all without any resentment or double-guessing. All of them keep that vow even though it is hard for them, especially when they might / do loose a Patient knowing that they haven't done everything to help him/her in this case. I believe, due to the increase in the of population and high demand on this-and-that, modern technology and medicine are over-looking the other side of the curing / healing / improving someone's lifestyle: Alternative Medicines and Therapies. Alternative Medicines and Therapies include the following: Yoga, Acupuncture, Fasting, Herbal Therapies and Medicines, Aroma Therapies and many other ones that'll take days to describe. Chinese Herbalogists / Acupuncturists / Therapists -- they all have highest Medical Degrees in this field and can serve as the powerful source of information. If to look into how the body functions and behaves when certain problems arrise and how they affect the health and well-being of the person, you'll be able to find the answer practically for everything. The only requirements are: - Open-minded and positive outlook from the Patient, his/her family members, and the caring Professional who'll be helping the Patient. - Being able to look over everything that's present at the moment and look TOGETHER for the solutions. - Do not give up ahead of time and no matter what don't put it into the Patient's head "It can't be done" or "It's holpeless, there's no cure." Otherwise, once in his/her head, you'll see a negative reaction to the overall health and in worst case scenario, it'll deteriorate even worse and a lot faster. Think of it this way: Right before you'll drink a glass of water say out loud "It's the sweetest water I've ever tasted" and mean it when you say it. What do you think will happen? The result will be surprising: the water in the glass WILL taste as sweet as you never expected before. If THAT can do to the water, what do you will happen to an ill person's body when we consist of about 90% of H2O? I strongly believe that if the Modern Doctors / Health Professionals and Alternative Medicines and Therapies Professional would work as one and/or side-by-side WITHOUT hate / resentment / disgust / shock / fear and be more open-minded to BOTH sides. Surgeries will be performed less and Doctor's will valued a lot more than ever before, only because of working side by side with those who know SO much about other ways to heal and cure the Human Race. Can you believe the wonderful and positive changes that will be going on then? The Doctors will be trusted more and people will be able to depend on them a little bit more. And plus to that, the Alternative Medicine and Therapies will get the honor it so richly deserves in this modern life and in our world of the highly developed technology :) Just IMAGINE how strong the Medicine and Cures will be in ANY case and ANY problem that might arise again in the future... How many people we'll be able to safe and how many diseases we'll be able to prevent from ever occuring again... The numbers of healthier, stronger, and less fearfull of the unknown, people will rise expanentially. It'll be a new world, new life and new lifestyle, that can't be compared to anything we ever had or have. Just to let you know there are couple of books (out of so many available now in the book stores) on this called: - "Alternative Medicine: The Practical Guide" - "Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal" by Reader's Digest I have both of them, and always relying on what it is that they introduce as a "healthy-no-drugs-needed-in-specific-cases" way to solve an ailement. Best of luck, take care, and stay healthy :)



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