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Quote: from madfrog on 4:57 pm on Dec. 11, 2010
Actually in the middle age the christian explanation for all the weird fossils they found was that it was the bones of all the animals killed by the deluge (this is still taught in some fondamentalist churches in USA)....
Some also said the fossils were made by the devil to make people question the Holy bible teaching, collecting fossils was regarded as a very suspicious activity and could lead to the burning stake...lovely period of history, lovely people with lovely customs& belief...and they are our ancestors!
In the USA, if Rick Santorum or any of the other GOP candidates have their way, there will be a return to the "good old times".
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Posted on: 8:01 pm on Mar. 20, 2012
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noneother
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apparently HIV came from the Polio vaccine that was used in Africa a some decades ago after chimp organs were harvested for live vaccines containing SIV which mutated into HIV in humans...that killed free love that was enjoyed in the 60's-70's...=(
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Posted on: 10:39 pm on April 7, 2012
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magnum
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... HIV rising in Thailand again... you bareback boys really ought to know your risks.
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http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/index_en.php
Over 1 million Thais are infected with HIV/AIDs
BANGKOK, 18 March 2012 (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry reports that the number of HIV/AIDs patients in Thailand is on the rise with over 1 million patients currently.
At the annual HIV/AIDs conference held in Chiang Mai, Public Health Minister Wittaya Buranasiri disclosed that HIV/AIDs is an incurable chronic disease of which more than 1 million patients have been reported to be infected.
According to Mr. Wittaya, 25 percent of the total diagnosed patients are in the working group aged between 30-34. While unprotected sex is the major risk factor which accounts for as high as 84 percent, premature and unprotected sex among secondary school and vocational students is becoming more of a problem.
The Public Health Minister added that this year the National Health Security Office (NHSO) has set nearly 3 billion baht as a budget for HIV/AIDs care and treatment while planning to increase the budget to 3.5 billion baht for next year.
News ID: 255503180005
Reporter : Narumon Ngamsaithong
News Date : 18 March 2012
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Posted on: 11:32 am on April 8, 2012
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 12 May 2012 :-
Anti-HIV pill draws near
Thai experts say Truvada risks cutting condom use
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The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection has won the endorsement of a panel of US federal advisers, clearing the way for a potentially landmark victory in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes Aids.
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on Thursday recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for people at risk of contracting HIV, including gay and bisexual men as well as heterosexual couples with a HIV-positive partner.
The US FDA is not required to follow the panel's advice, though it usually does. A final decision is expected by June 15.
California-based Gilead Sciences Inc has marketed Truvada since 2004 as a treatment for people who are infected with the virus. The medication is a combination of two older HIV drugs, Emtriva and Viread. Doctors usually prescribe it as part of a drug cocktail to repress the virus.
The panelists, however, raised a number of concerns created by the first drug to prevent HIV. In particular, the panel debated whether Truvada might lead to reduced use of condoms, the most reliable defence against HIV infection.
Panelists struggled to outline steps that would ensure patients take the pill every day. In clinical trials, patients who did not take their medication diligently were not protected.
Panelists stressed that people should be tested to make sure they do not have HIV before starting therapy with Truvada. Patients who already have the virus and begin taking Truvada could develop a resistance to the drug, making the disease even more difficult to treat.
But Truvada's groundbreaking preventive ability has exposed stark disagreements on prevention among those in the HIV community. While Truvada's supporters say the drug is an important new option, critics worry that the drug could give users a false sense of security, and encourage risky behaviour.
The Aids Healthcare Foundation, which opposes approval of Truvada, estimates that 20 HIV-positive patients could be treated for the cost of treating one patient with preventive Truvada.
"Truvada for prevention will squeeze already-constrained health care resources that can be better spent on cheaper and more effective prevention therapies," the group stated in a petition to the FDA.
Thai activists echoed the US experts' concerns, and have called on the Public Health Ministry to think carefully before endorsing Truvada as a HIV/Aids prevention measure.
Nimit Tienudom, director of the Aids Access Foundation, said Truvada was more expensive than other anti-viral drugs and questions still remain regarding its effectiveness in preventing the spread of the virus. Considering the limited budget allocated to HIV/Aids control and prevention, the government should focus on other cost-effective measures, including campaigns to promote condom use and sex education in schools, Mr Nimit said Friday.
"I don't think prescribing anti-viral drugs to healthy people should be a priority in the national policy to combat HIV/Aids," said the Aids Access director.
"The medication should only be an alternative for the disease's prevention while those who want to take it should shoulder the cost themselves."
Apiwat Kwangkaew, president of the Thai Network of People Living with HIV/Aids, said Friday that the government's priority is currently to promote access to anti-retroviral drugs among HIV-positive Thais and migrant workers.
The US endorsement of Truvada as a HIV/Aids prevention medication could jeopardise the condom campaign, as people might believe the drug is fully effective in preventing transmission of the virus, he said. Health authorities should also look into possible side effects of the drug, Mr Apiwat said.
Thailand has about 10,100 new HIV/Aids cases every year, according to the Bureau of HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Sexual Transmitted Diseases.
Of about 482,000 Thais living with HIV/Aids, 283,612 have been listed for anti-retroviral therapy.
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Posted on: 10:28 pm on May 13, 2012
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PussyLover 69
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Report from AP dated 11 May 2012 :-
Pill to block HIV infection gets FDA panel backing
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SILVER SPRING (Maryland) - The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers yesterday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.
In a series of votes, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for healthy people who are at high risk of contracting HIV, including gay and bisexual men and heterosexual couples with one HIV-positive partner.
The FDA is not required to follow the panel's advice, though it usually does. A final decision is expected by June 15.
Gilead Sciences, based in Foster City, California, has marketed Truvada since 2004 as a treatment for people who are infected with the virus. The medication is a combination of two older HIV drugs, Emtriva and Viread. Doctors usually prescribe it as part of a drug cocktail to repress the virus.
While panelists ultimately backed Truvada for prevention, Thursday's 12-hour meeting highlighted a number of concerns created by the first drug to prevent HIV. In particular, the panel debated whether Truvada might lead to reduced use of condoms, the most reliable defense against HIV. The experts also questioned the drug's effectiveness in women, who have shown much lower rates of protection in studies.
Panelists struggled to outline steps that would ensure patients take the pill every day. In clinical trials, patients who did not take their medication diligently were not protected, and patients in the real world are even more likely to forget than those in studies.
"The trouble is adherence, but I don't think it's our charge to judge whether people will take the medicine," said Dr Tom Giordano of Baylor College of Medicine, who voted in favour of the drug. "I think our charge is to judge whether it works when it's taken and whether the risks outweigh the benefits."
Panelists stressed that people should be tested to make sure they do not have HIV before starting therapy with Truvada. Patients who already have the virus and begin taking Truvada could develop a resistance to the drug, making their disease even more difficult to treat. The experts grappled with how to protect patients while avoiding hurdles that could discourage them from seeking treatment.
"If we put up too many hoops to jump through, there will be people who don't make it through those hoops," said Daniel Raymond, the panel's patient representative.
Truvada's groundbreaking preventive ability has exposed stark disagreements on prevention among those in the HIV community. While Truvada's supporters say the drug is an important new option, critics worry that the drug could give users a false sense of security, and encourage risky behavior.
During the meeting's public comment period, FDA panelists heard from more than two dozen doctors, nurses and patients who said patients would not take the drug as recommended - every day, in addition to using condoms.
Mr Nick Literski, a federal worker in Seattle, has been taking Truvada for HIV prevention for more than a year. His partner is HIV-infected and his doctor prescribes the drug as a precautionary measure, even though it is not yet FDA-approved for that use. Literski pays a US$40 monthly co-pay for the once-daily pill.
FDA approval of the drug for prevention would be "a huge step forward" in the fight against AIDS, he said in an interview yesterday. But he said rejection would be devastating, threatening gay relationships like his that involve one partner who is HIV infected and one who is not.
"Many HIV-positive men end up ending their relationships with HIV-negative men out of fear of infecting their partner," Mr Literski said, and he worried about that happening to him before he started using Truvada.
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Posted on: 10:37 pm on May 13, 2012
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Interesting how the pharmacetical industry keep on coming up with "treatments" (be it preventive or not) that have to be taken everyday and cant seem to find any vaccine...
Look like they dont want to kill the golden goose!
And yes NO mention of side effects, and they are there selling a mix of OLD treatments that have been abandonned since....a perfect wayt to still sell those molecule this time to people who are NOT HIV positive!
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Posted on: 12:28 am on May 14, 2012
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The side effects are interesting, but of even more concern is in how the drug works, and the implications if in fact while taking it you do come in contact with HIV.
First the side effects that are serious: Truvada can cause severe or fatal liver problems. Truvada can harm your kidneys. Truvada can cause lactic acidosis which can be fatal. Truvada reacts with aspirin, ibuprofin, and most anti inflamitory drugs so should not be mixed.
What is of great concern is in how it actually works, and the possible implications. Truvada contains antiviral drugs that work by preventing HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cells from multiplying in the body. It does not kill the HIV cells, it only stops them from multipying.
With reports that if it is not taken daily there is no protection seems to follow, and imply that if you do come in contact with HIV it does not remove it from your body, it only stops it from mutiplying as long as you take the drug daily.
It would seem to follow that as soon as you quit taking the drug, and at some point you've came in contact with HIV, at that point the HIV cells could start multiplying in your body (HIV cells can have a long long dormancy. In some cases up to 15 years before they become deadly, so not much chance of the original infection cells dying naturally, and leaving the body).
With the HIV cell's longivity, and the fact the drug does not kill the cell, all this drug does is create a lifetime pill taker fighting to prevent the HIV virus from developing, until a point is reached that the virus finally develops an immunity.
If you've come in contact with HIV, and it only follows that if you are taking it you expect to come in contact with the virus, then the drug company that holds the patent has just created a lifelong customer. The risk of stopping the ingestion of the drug could amount to a full blown outbreak of HIV if at some point you did come in contact with the virus.
I'm sorry but I'll continue to use my own brand new needles instead of sharing. This drug has too many risks to chance it.
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Posted on: 3:17 pm on May 14, 2012
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PussyLover 69
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Report from APF dated 20 July 2012 :-
Nobel laureate, discoverer of HIV, says cure in sight
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV says a cure for Aids is in sight following recent discoveries, in an interview with AFP ahead of a global conference on the disease.
Ms Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 as part of a team that discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids), said scientific research was zeroing in on a cure for the illness.
She cited a patient in Berlin who appears to have been cured through a bone marrow transplant, 'which proves that finding a way of eliminating the virus from the body is something that is realistic'.
Other sources of optimism are the small minority of patients - less than 0.3 per cent - who exhibit no symptoms of the virus without ever receiving treatment; and a small group in France who received antiretroviral drugs and now live without treatment or symptoms, Ms Barre-Sinoussi said.
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Posted on: 3:35 am on July 20, 2012
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MickTheKick
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Quote: from koolbreez on 3:17 am on May 15, 2012
It would seem to follow that as soon as you quit taking the drug, and at some point you've came in contact with HIV, at that point the HIV cells could start multiplying in your body (HIV cells can have a long long dormancy. In some cases up to 15 years before they become deadly, so not much chance of the original infection cells dying naturally, and leaving the body).
Hmmm... Are you sure? I'm not a doctor, but: isn't this 15 years dormancy just about the outbreak of Aids ? I don't think the individual cells can live for 15 years... What a cell dinosaur... Imagine the Phagozyt Police laughing at good ol' HIV-Jo hobbling his way through the veins... These HIV cells do reproduce even during that dormant time as far as I understand. Each and every cell in your body reproduces after a maximum of 7 years I heard before(?!?!?). And these 7 y/o cell veterans are not blood cells and viruses and such but bone cells and the likes...
So there would be another timeframe necessary then for taking Truvada after an HIV contact... My guess for blood cells and viruses would be 6 month... But then again: that would make us dedicated whore mongeres permanent users of Truvada... hahaha
But I do believe that all this is dangerous regarding the general CDF (Condom Discipline Factor) in Thailand...
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Posted on: 6:56 am on July 20, 2012
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bkkz
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US man cured of HIV
Source: BangkokPost
Published: 27/07/2012 at 06:53 PM
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant said Tuesday he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward a cure.
Timothy Ray Brown, 47, an American from Seattle, Washington, rose to fame as the so-called “Berlin patient” after doctors tried a novel technique to use an HIV-resistant donor for a stem cell transplant to treat Brown’s leukaemia.
Since 2007, he has had two high-risk bone marrow transplants and continues to test negative for HIV, stunning researchers and offering new pathways for research into how gene therapy may lead to a more widely acceptable approach.
“I am living proof that there could be a cure for AIDS,” Brown told AFP in an interview. “It’s very wonderful, being cured of HIV.”
The bone marrow transplant he received carried significant risks and may be fatal to one in five patients who undergo it. But he said his only complaint these days is the occasional headache.
He also said he was aware that his condition has generated some controversy, but disputed the claims of some scientists who believe he may still have traces of HIV in his body and may remain infectious to others.
“Yes, I am cured,” he said. “I am HIV negative.”
He noted that Europe and China spend far more on cure research than the United States.
“There are thousands of very able researchers who cannot get funded for research, so I want to change that. And there are a lot of researchers who are willing to work to find a cure for HIV.”
Brown was a student in Berlin, Germany, when he tested positive for HIV in 1995 and was told he probably had about two years to live.
But combination antiretroviral therapy emerged on the global market a year later, and eventually transformed HIV from a death sentence into a manageable condition for millions of people worldwide.
Brown tolerated the medications well but due to persistent fatigue he visited a doctor in 2006 and was diagnosed with leukaemia. He underwent chemotherapy, which led to pneumonia and sepsis, nearly killing him.
His doctor, Gero Huetter, had the idea of trying a bone marrow transplant using a donor who had a CCR5 receptor mutation.
People without that receptor appear to be resistant to HIV because they lack the gateway through which the virus can enter the cells. But such people are rare, and are believed to consist of one percent of the northern European population.
It would be an attempt to cure cancer and HIV at the same time. Brown’s leukemia returned in 2007, and he underwent a bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a CCR5 mutation donor, whom he has never met in person. He stopped taking antiretrovirals at the same time.
He soon had no HIV detectable in his system. His leukaemia returned though, and he underwent a second bone marrow transplant in 2008, using stem cells from the same donor.
Asked if he feels like his cure was a miracle, Brown was hesitant to answer.
“It’s hard to say. It depends on your religious belief, if you want to believe it’s just medical science or it was a divine intervention,” he told AFP. “I would say it’s a little bit of both.”
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Posted on: 6:45 am on July 28, 2012
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