15 month ago
nelson : HIV Denial in the Internet Era - Review of how the Internet creates a community of nutjobs who argue HIV doesn't cause AIDS
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28 month ago
nelson : Huckabee 1992 hatred - In 1992 he's advocating quarantining people with HIV
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29 month ago
deusx : Researchers Knock Out HIV - "The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents HIV from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population."
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30 month ago
nelson : GI Jonny vs Capt. Bareback - Mind bloggling BBC public service announcement
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44 month ago
plasticbag : Male circumcision could halve the rate of HIV transmission in Africa, according to a new study - I'm generally highly suspicious of the health benefits of circumcision, but this could change my mind.
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46 month ago
plasticbag : A revolutionary new drug for HIV apparently leaves the virus defenseless - "A small human trial of the drug, reported last August, showed that when given on its own it rapidly clears most HIV from the blood, driving down the levels tenfold in a matter of hours."
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62 month ago
Nelson Minar : The African cliff - What happens to a society where 40% of the adults die? (via Marc)
jkottke : Graph: here's what AIDS has done to the life expectancy in some African countries
plasticbag : Terrifying graphs of the decline in life expectancy in some major African countries - The article puts this at the door of HIV/AIDS, although I haven't read the supporting material so couldn't state for certain that was the case
François Nonnenmacher : The African Cliff - AIDS impact on life expectancy in Africa
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63 month ago
plasticbag : Former minister, Chris Smith, is HIV positive and has been for 17 years... - I have tremendous respect for him for this whole thing - maintaining his life, and working at such a high level for such a long period of time. Hopefully it'll change how people think about people who are HIV positive...
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