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How is HIV/AIDS affecting women?
Researchers have found that HIV and AIDS are affecting more women worldwide.
The World Health Organization reported that by the end of 2002, 19.2 million
women were living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, accounting for approx... |
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What is AIDS-related lymphoma?
AIDS-related lymphoma is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are
found in the lymph system in patients who have AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome). AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) wh... |
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AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - was first reported in the
United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is
caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By killing or damaging cells
of the body's immune syst... |
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What is HIV?
HIV is the abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). The virus weakens a person's ability
to fight infections and cancers. A person can get HIV by coming into contact
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What is HIV?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus, or germ, that causes
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virus weakens a person's ability
to fight infections and cancer. People with HIV are said to have AIDS when the
virus m... |
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Leukoplakia is a white or gray patch that develops on the tongue or the
inside of the cheek. It is the mouth’s reaction to chronic irritation of the
mucous membranes of the mouth. Leukoplakia patches can also develop on the
female genital area; howeve... |
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What is neuropathic pain?
Neuropathic pain is a complex, chronic pain state that usually is accompanied
by tissue injury. With neuropathic pain, the nerve fibers themselves may be
damaged, dysfunctional or injured. These damaged nerve fibers send in... |
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Newborn infants have no behavioral risk factors, yet 6,209 children in the
United States have developed AIDS through Dec. 31, 1994 (CDC, 1995a).
Studies have consistently shown that of infants born to HIV-infected mothers,
only the 15-40 percent of infa... |
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