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What Is the Rapid HIV Test?
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that there are more than 1.1 million people in the United States living with HIV and that about 20 percent of those people don't know that they're infected with the virus. Since testing for HIV is an important way to help stop the...(more)
Diagnosing HIV: A Procedural Overview of CBC Tests
HIV infection is diagnosed when antibodies to HIV are detected in your blood. HIV infection is confirmed only when two ELISA tests are positive and one western blot assay used to confirm the positive ELISA result is positive. Once you are confirmed positive for HIV, a CBC, or complete blood...(more)
Characteristics of Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV Patients
HIV or human immunodeficiency virus infection generally progresses from asymptomatic to early symptomatic and finally to advanced HIV infection or AIDS. AIDS or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is the final stage of HIV infection. It is characterized by very low CD4 count and opportunistic infections that would not have developed...(more)
Where It All Began: This History of HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS timeline dates back a number of years. The exact origin of it is questionable, and so is when it actually started. No one really knew what it was at first. We never used to understand where STDs of any type came from or even what they could do...(more)Treatment
Can Microbicides Prevent HIV Acquisition?
It's been over 30 years since the HIV epidemic began and, in that time, there have thankfully been many advances in HIV research and medications. Most of these treatments have understandably been focused on people living with HIV. But there have been some more recent advances in medical interventions whose...(more)How Can You Increase Your Adherence To HIV Medications?
Adhering to HIV medications can be hard to do. Most people find it difficult to even finish a ten-day course of antibiotics. Adherence is even more challenging when taking multiple drugs that may have different dosing requirements and unpleasant side effects. Many people with HIV also have other complicating factors...(more)What Is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis?
It's been over 30 years since the HIV epidemic began and, in that time, there have thankfully been many advances in HIV research and medications. Most of these treatments have understandably been focused on people living with HIV. But there have been some more recent advances in medical strategies whose...(more)Prevention
What Is the Connection Between HIV and Oral Sex?
First and foremost, it's important to remember that HIV can only be transmitted between two people if one of them already has the virus. The exchange of sexual fluids without condoms or other precautions is not a risk for HIV when practiced by people who know with certainty that their...(more)HIV Testing Is An Important Way To Help Stop the Spread of HIV
The HIV epidemic has developed into an event much larger and more complex than most of us expected when we first began to learn about AIDS. And while we have known how to prevent the disease since the early 1980's (avoid the exchange of semen, blood or vaginal secretions with...(more)Why Aren't Condoms Stopping the Transmission of HIV?
One of the most powerful and poignant contradictions in the history of the AIDS epidemic is that even though condoms are nearly 100 per cent effective in stopping the transmission of HIV, many people report not using them. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that only about...(more)
Ed Wolf, featured in the award-winning documentary, "We Were Here," was born in Queens, New York and grew up in North Miami FL. He returned to New York City upon graduation from the University of S ...Read More
