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BootStrapMe (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, nicole waring A post here from an unusual source suggests women entrepreneurs may be as discriminated against when seeking funding as they have been in the workplace. One of the solutions, the post suggests, may be bootstrapping . An article by MaryAnn Shank of www.BusinessPlanMaster.com at, of all places, the Psychic Reading blog explains the problem: [It's] not that...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The agency said patients with a variation in an immune system gene should not be given the drug abacavir because they are at a far higher risk of a severe allergic reaction.
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aids-write.org (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
AHF Treatment Proposal Accepted by US Senate: Global AIDS Bill Will Save 5 Million Lives Senators Reference AHF’s African AIDS Treatment Clients’ Visits to Capitol Hill in Remarks on Bill; Delegations of Doctors and AIDS Patients From Africa Met With Over 70 Senate Offices During Past Three Months to Push Legislators to Keep Focus on [...]
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aids-write.org (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Report: HIV/AIDS on the rise in SC By Adam Fogle ¦ Sun, Jul 20, 2008 - 10:11 pm ¦ Posted in Around the state SAC [southern AIDS coalition] Report Findings • Throughout the rest of the country from 2001 to 2005, the number of deaths from AIDS decreased, but continued to increase in the South; • Of the [...]
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A medical director for Serono Laboratories Inc. has pleaded guilty to promoting off-label use of computer devices in an effort to boost sales of an AIDS drug.
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One Old Vet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hispanics make up 22% of new HIV, AIDS cases The Washington Post SAN YSIDRO, Calif. – Though Hispanics comprise about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses tallied by federal officials in 2006. Officials do not have a precise tally of HIV infections nationwide, because many states have not [...]
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Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
HIV/AIDS TO BE FOCUS OF BAN'S UPCOMING MEXICO VISIT New York, Jul 23 2008 4:00PM The fight against AIDS will be one of the top priorities on the agenda of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon when he makes his first official visit to Mexico next month. Together with Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Mr. Ban will open the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, marking the first...
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Wired Science (Free subscription) | yesterday
A common parasite might make it easier for people to get AIDS, say scientists. Monkeys with schistosomiasis -- a water-borne parasitic disease that afflicts 200 million people in the developing world, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa -- contracted AIDS...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fighting HIV/AIDS ain’t cut and dry. There are countless factors to be considered when combating the epidemic, especially in a continent as complex as Africa - and particularly with regard to homophobia: The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV, both within [...]
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British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Docuticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Exploring the links between HIV/AIDS, social capital, and development Source: World Bank Policy Research Working Papers This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. Using data from the World Values Survey, the authors estimate reduced-form regressions of the main determinants of social capital controlling for HIV prevalence, [...]
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News From the Border (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jul. 22, 2008 04:44 PM Washington Post SAN YSIDRO, Calif. - AIDS rates in the nation's Hispanic community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis. Though Hispanics comprise about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses tallied by federal officials in 2006. According to a
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Newsforge (Free subscription) | yesterday
Network Security Toolkit is one of many live CD Linux distributions focusing on network monitoring, analysis, and security. NST was designed to give network security administrators easy access to a comprehensive set of open source network applications, many of which are among the top 100 security tools recommended by insecure.org.
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ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last last week, PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for PEPFAR Relief) passed the Senate 80-16. Now we need the new version of the legislation to pass the House. If passed, $48 billion dollars will go toward the fight against global AIDS, malaria and TB over the next 5 years. We expect the House vote today [...]
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Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Persons infected with schistosomes, and possibly other parasitic worm infections, may be more likely to become infected with HIV than persons without worm infections, according to a study published July 23rd in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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rockport | 07/16/2008
Bihar has left other states behind in free distribution of condoms in India, officials at the state's AIDS control society said here Wednesday.
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global camps africa | 06/06/2008
Reston, VA --The incredible need to help children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa has prompted a supporter of Global Camps Africa to match individual donations raised in the next six months, dollar-for-dollar up to $46,664. The number was chosen in honor of Nelson Mandela who is celebrating his 90 th birthday this year. The number, 46,664, was Mr. Mandela’s prison number when incarcerated on
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bharatbookgroup | 05/29/2008
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Could someone from the US be a counselor at your camps? How would I go about it?
en - (not a member) - 06/06/2008
Awesome!.
What a cool idea!
en - (not a member) - 06/06/2008