Stories

"IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN" — by anita — last modified 2009-03-17 11:52

Welcome to POSITIV+. POSITIV+ is a weekly newspaper devoted exclusively to the subject of HIV/AIDS. It will be delivered to you every week – absolutely free. Like all community newspapers POSITIV+ will also carry display and classifieds ads from your area, so that it is of practical assistance to you in your daily life.

No Disease Called Aids — by anita — last modified 2009-03-09 15:13

The IAS-USA was founded on the commitment to produce Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities and services of the highest quality in the field of HIV/AIDS and that are absolutely free of commercial bias. All of the IAS-USA programs – such as conferences, Web-based CME publications, and treatment guidelines – are offered as part of a nationwide effort to inform HIV health care practitioners about the evolving challenges of caring for patients with HIV disease....

So, what is this AIDS? — by satish.n — last modified 2009-03-17 11:30

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, that is – AIDS. Thirty years ago this acronym - AIDS -did not even exist. Today, there is hardly anyone, anywhere in the world, who is not familiar with the term. It was in 1981, on July 5, that, the New York Times reported an outbreak of a rare form of cancer among homosexual men in New York and California. The doctors did not have a name for this new disease. As a matter of convenience it was referred to as ‘gay cancer’.