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Hiv - Aids Myth: Haunted By AIDS Misdiagnosis

Haunted By AIDS Misdiagnosis
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2004
Source: Cbs News

Malone, who is gay and has lost friends to AIDS, said he is relieved but angry at his doctor.

(AP) A California man who once tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS has learned the diagnosis made eight years ago was mistaken and he was never infected.

Jim Malone spent years battling depression and losing weight, expecting to die at any time. He attended support group meetings and accepted free meals from an AIDS charity. ... Continue

Posted by Ivan on September 6, 2004 11:32 AM | TrackBack
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Aids Myth and False Positive Test: Man's HIV Diagnosis Turns Out Be Wrong

Man's HIV Diagnosis Turns Out Be Wrong
California Man's HIV Diagnosis Turns Out to Be Wrong Eight Years Later

The Associated Press, by ABC NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 29, 2004 — A California man who once tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS has learned the diagnosis made eight years ago was mistaken and he never had the disease.

Jim Malone spent years battling depression and losing weight, expecting to die at any time. He attended support group meetings and accepted free meals from an AIDS charity. ... Continue

Posted by Ivan on August 31, 2004 09:18 AM | TrackBack
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All voices not heard at Aids conference

All voices not heard at Aids conference
Published on Jul 23, 2004
Source: The Nation

The 15th International Aids Conference in Bangkok had the noble theme, “Access For All”. According to the conference promoters: “We will ensure that all voices, all experiences and all concerns are represented.”

Unfortunately the truth falls short of the hype. All voices were not represented, and access for was not granted.

Let’s take the issue of HIV testing. In the US, most of Europe and Australia, a person is not considered HIV infected until a minimum of two criteria have been satisfied - testing positive first to a screening test, which is usually an ELISA test, and then to a confirmatory test, which is almost always the Western Blot.

In the US, in fact, if the ELISA is positive, it is usually repeated, then if positive again the Western Blot is run.

And if that’s positive, the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that the entire set of tests be run again, on a new blood sample, to reduce the chances that the tests could be reacting to one of the over 70 common conditions that are documented to cause false positives.
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Posted by Ivan on July 28, 2004 11:28 AM | TrackBack
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Aids The Nutritional Solution: Selenium Conquers AIDS?

Selenium Conquers AIDS?
ISIS Press Release 20/07/04
Source: The Institute of Science in Society

Sam Burcher reports on a nutritional hypothesis with possible implications for prevention and treatment of the global pandemic

A fully referenced version of this article is posted on ISIS members’ website. Details here.

During the last decade, research has indicated an important geographical link between regions of selenium deficient soils and peak incidences of HIV/AIDS infection. AIDS disease appears to involve a slow and progressive decline in levels of the trace element selenium (Se) in the blood along with CD4 cells, which are both independent predictors of mortality.

AIDS infection in Africa has reached pandemic proportions with over a quarter of the population said to be suffering from the disease in some areas, although there is debate over how the WHO has extrapolated their statistics (see "African Aids epidemic?" SiS 22). Figures from Harvard in the United States put infection rates as follows: Zimbabwe 25.84%, Botswana 25.10%, Zambia 19.07%, South Africa 12.91%, Côte D’Ivoire 10.06%, Tanzania 9.42%, Ethiopia 9.31%, and Congo 4.31%.
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Posted by Ivan on July 21, 2004 04:27 PM | TrackBack
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BANGKOK AIDS CONFERENCE NOT LIVING UP TO ITS BILLING.

BANGKOK AIDS CONFERENCE NOT LIVING UP TO ITS BILLING.

By Marcel Girodian
Source: AltHeal.org

The XV International Aids Conference in Bangkok has the noble theme, "Access For All." According to the conference promoters, "we will ensure that all voices, all experiences and all concerns are represented." Unfortunately the truth falls short of the hype. All voices are not being represented, and access for all is not being granted, with regard to some very fundamental and critical issues.

Let's take the issue of HIV testing. In the US, most of Europe and Australia, a person is not considered HIV infected until a minimum of two criteria have been satisfied--testing positive first to a screening test, which is usually an ELISA test, and then to a confirmatory test, which is almost always the Western Blot. In the US, in fact, if the ELISA is positive, it is usually repeated, then if positive again the Western Blot is run. And if that's positive, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that the entire set of tests be run again, on a new blood sample, to reduce the chances that the tests could be reacting to one of the over 70 common conditions that are documented to cause false positives.
... Continue

Posted by Ivan on July 21, 2004 09:03 AM | TrackBack
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Lemon Juice kills Aids: Human tests for HIV weapon

Posted by Ivan on July 13, 2004 at 02:33 PM >>> Read the article

'Global Business Coalition' on HIV/AIDS Demands More Testing But Doubts Remain

Posted by Josef on July 11, 2004 at 09:55 AM >>> Read the article

Vitamins found to slow AIDS

Posted by Ivan on July 01, 2004 at 04:16 PM >>> Read the article

Aids: Multivitamin found to slow pace of HIV

Posted by Ivan on July 01, 2004 at 09:22 AM >>> Read the article

Sud African Defies AIDS Through Diet, Will to Live

Posted by Ivan on June 30, 2004 at 12:16 PM >>> Read the article

Hospital on Long Island May Have Exposed 177 to Viruses