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Maria Pittman College Essay Vs Personal Statement

Usually colleges have their own guidelines when it comes to college essay for admission or personal statements. It depends on what the actual college requires. You should consider that the colleges look at more than just college essays for admission statements; they look at your grades, GPA, class standing, extracurricular activities, and school service before the… Continue

Added by Maria Pittman on October 26, 2009 at 5:26pm — No Comments

DAVID O. AYEGBA THE FUTURE OF AFICA IS IN THE HANDS OF THE YOUTHS

Our generation (15 -40 years) is being described as the AIDS generation, since we as young people have never had a world without the epidemic. it is common knowledge that about 10 years ago it was a taboo, in fact an anathema to be identified with the cause of people living with AIDS. This rejection by the society has caused great psychological torture to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) particularly the young ones who see themselves as doomed and unredeemable. Students talk a lot in whisper… Continue

Added by DAVID O. AYEGBA on June 21, 2009 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Robert Brandon Sandor BREAKING the cycle of NEW HIV transmissions and making safe sex SAFER.

Safe Sex Serosorting BREAKS the cycle of NEW HIV transmissions and makes safe sex SAFER. This is a scientific fact: When the general public safe sex Serosorts, the cycle of NEW HIV transmission is broken, the cycle of reinfection is broken, the transmission of new strains of HIV is broken, transmission of other STD's is broken, and sex becomes more pleasurable once again. The three forms of Serosorting are: 1) When HIV-(negative) people have safe sex with other HIV-(negative) p… Continue

Added by Robert Brandon Sandor on December 31, 2008 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

ojile onyema anitalizzy MEDAL OF LOVE

when something seems to far to handle, to big to conquere, to far away to touch. When all your dreams begins to shadow and deep inside you ,you are hurt more and more, just take a step cos that step can change your entire world, that step can make you be a hero, a hero in times of bitterness,worries,pleasure,sorrows,anger, regret,happiness,you know this world can be avery better place if we all come in terms to the fact that we are all doctors ,doctors that can wipe andmake all people happy,make… Continue

Added by ojile onyema anitalizzy on December 19, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments

ojile onyema anitalizzy Got trapped

Got trapped in the web of life,why i thought i was on an adventure to a world no one has ever been to,i did not imagine how life there can be then,ionly looked forward to all the fantacies that can accompany my mission. I never thot of the other side of life,life is very very funny,life is like a traffic ,it gets you trapped when you are i a haste ,i mean a real haste,a run of life on the road where all road runners are,the highest ridder gets the ruffest ridding,not always though,you can ruf ri… Continue

Added by ojile onyema anitalizzy on December 1, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

YAMAA Starting HIV Meds With a Low CD4 Count? Adding IL-2 May Offer Short-Term Help, Study Finds

People who start HIV meds with a very low CD4 count can get a quick immune boost by taking interleukin-2 (IL-2), a new Italian study has found. Experts have long known that IL-2 (which is not an approved HIV therapy) acts as an immune booster, but side effects and other issues have prevented it from going into widespread use. This new study found that people who took three courses of IL-2 within the first three months of starting HIV meds had a faster, greater increase in CD4 count and developed… Continue

Added by YAMAA on November 23, 2008 at 10:03pm — No Comments

YAMAA Few of South Africa's 1.5 Million AIDS Orphans Are Being Adopted

A South African official is begging his countrymen to adopt children who have been orphaned by HIV. About 1.5 million South African children have lost their parents to the virus, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya says, but in 2007 the number of AIDS orphans adopted in South Africa fell by 13 percent to 1,900. "South Africa is facing a challenge of increasing numbers of orphaned children, abandoned babies, worrying levels of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children," Skweyiya said. "We… Continue

Added by YAMAA on November 23, 2008 at 9:56pm — No Comments

YAMAA First-Ever Organ Transplant Between HIV-Positive People

Surgeons in South Africa have successfully transplanted a kidney from an HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient, the first time such a procedure has been done. The move was somewhat controversial, due to fears that the recipient would be put at risk for superinfection with the donor's strain of HIV. However, the operation was a step forward not only for HIV medicine, but also for organ transplants among HIVers in South Africa, where there had been a long-standing ban on organ donations… Continue

Added by YAMAA on November 23, 2008 at 9:32pm — No Comments

ojile onyema anitalizzy life is a trafic jam

it could be you.your brother,your sister,your father,and your mother,you just have to show them true love,it does not really matter,you have to be there for them always when it happens,never you turn your back on them. give someone a smile today Continue

Added by ojile onyema anitalizzy on November 6, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

ojile onyema anitalizzy life is a trafic jam

it could be you.your brother,your sister,your father,and your mother,you just have to show them true love,it does not really matter,you have to be there for them always when it happens,never you turn your back on them. give someone a smile today Continue

Added by ojile onyema anitalizzy on November 6, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

ojile onyema anitalizzy life is a trafic jam

it could be you.your brother,your sister,your father,and your mother,you just have to show them true love,it does not really matter,you have to be there for them always when it happens,never you turn your back on them. give someone a smile today Continue

Added by ojile onyema anitalizzy on November 4, 2008 at 8:36am — No Comments

YAMAA Dealing With the Trauma of HIV

As anybody who's been diagnosed with HIV knows, life with the virus has its ups and downs. But often it's how we deal with the downs that really matters. For instance, people who have never truly been able to cope with the trauma of their HIV diagnosis may start to miss their doctor's appointments or skip their HIV meds. Research has also shown conflicting evidence about the possible impact of trauma on a person's immune system and CD4 count. Although the exact link between HIV and trauma is not… Continue

Added by YAMAA on October 3, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

YAMAA Islamic Nigerian State Arranges Marriages for HIV-Positive Couples

A Nigerian state governed by Islamic law has arranged marriages for 140 HIV-positive men and women. The government's argument is that it's pairing up people with HIV in order to battle the "isolation and stigma" of HIV and prevent the spread of the virus. At least one HIV-positive groom appeared to agree, at least on record: "If we should fear God, we should stop spreading the HIV virus through indiscriminate marriage, thereby infecting innocent people," he said. "Marrying someone with the same… Continue

Added by YAMAA on October 3, 2008 at 8:59pm — No Comments

YAMAA Taking HIV Meds Throughout Pregnancy Does More Good Than Harm, Study Suggests

Just how safe is it for a woman to take a full HIV treatment regimen while she's pregnant? Quite safe, according to a new study out of Africa. Compared to women who only received a brief course of HIV meds at the end of their pregnancy (and another course for the baby after birth), women who took a full treatment regimen throughout their pregnancy were less likely to pass HIV to their babies, the study found. Babies of women on consistent HIV treatment were more likely to have low birth weight,… Continue

Added by YAMAA on October 3, 2008 at 8:53pm — No Comments

YAMAA Anti-Gay Laws in Africa Make Fighting HIV Much Harder, Activists Say

"As long as [gay men] are ignored, all efforts undertaken in the world to combat AIDS will be destined to fail," says Joel Nana of the Africa office of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. Homosexuality is a punishable offense in 38 of Africa's 53 nations, forcing gay men "underground." Perhaps as a result, HIV is much more common among gay men throughout Africa than the general population. HIV prevention efforts are sometimes met with violence, making outreach much harder… Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:47pm — No Comments

YAMAA Common Genetic Defect May Prevent Our Bodies From Fighting HIV, Scientists Say

Ordinarily, when a germ gets into the human body, the immune system starts spitting out chemicals that prevent the invader from doing too much damage. But that defense rarely works against HIV. Why? New research by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health suggests that a specific gene in our DNA prevents our bodies from manufacturing the specific germ-fighting chemicals needed to block HIV. If their theory can be proven correct, the scientists say it could put us on the path towards… Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:46pm — No Comments

YAMAA Scientists Identify Proteins That Make Some Sex Workers Naturally Resistant to HIV

Despite being exposed to HIV again and again for years, some female sex workers remain HIV negative. But how? Canadian and Kenyan researchers believe they have identified specific, natural proteins that may make these women resistant to HIV. Of the 3,000 sex workers in their study, the researchers identified 140 who showed natural immunity to HIV. They found that differences in vaginal fluid may explain the HIV resistance. If further studies can prove this true, then those proteins could be an e… Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:46pm — No Comments

YAMAA Transgender Health Expert Explores HIV in Transgender Communities

What's the current state of HIV prevention and care in transgender communities? Check out the many insights offered by Walter Bockting, Ph.D., a psychologist and international authority on transgender health, in this interview with Positively Aware. Dr. Bockting talks about the specific challenges faced by transgender HIVers, and gives a thorough introduction to the ins and outs of what it means to be transgender. Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:45pm — No Comments

YAMAA FDA Says It Will Investigate Possible Link Between Intelence and Joint Problems

Intelence (etravirine) is being investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a possible cause of joint problems in some people with HIV. Intelence was one of 20 drugs (but the only HIV med) named in a new FDA report on medications the FDA has decided to examine further to see if they cause any previously unreported side effects. The concern about Intelence stems from a single report of an HIV-positive person who developed a condition called "hemarthrosis," an accumulation of bl… Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:44pm — No Comments

YAMAA Looking to the Future -- HIV Leaders Envision the Next Two Decades

What do you think the HIV pandemic will look like in the year 2031? At this year's International AIDS Conference, the directors of two of the world's most influential HIV agencies -- Anthony Fauci of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Peter Piot of UNAIDS -- joined treatment advocates and community activists from around the globe in responding to that question. This diverse group of leaders shared their unique perspectives on the past, present and future of the pa… Continue

Added by YAMAA on September 10, 2008 at 9:43pm — No Comments

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