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- Aging face of HIV poses new medical challenges. // Gay & Lesbian Times;8/10/2006, Issue 972, p26
The article reports on the findings of a study of the challenges faced by people with AIDS, conducted by the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA). Stephen Karpiak, associate director of research for ACRIA, claims that it is not known how HIV medications would interact with drugs...
- HIV, AIDS, and Older People. // Age Page: HIV, AIDS, & Older Adults;2009, p1
The article offers information on AIDS and HIV in older people. It defines HIV as a virus that damages immune system leading to a much more serious disease such as AIDS when infected. It cites headache, cough, and loss of appetite as among of the symptoms of having such disease and can be taken...
- HIV & AIDS: Older adults are at risk too. // Executive Health's Good Health Report;Nov96, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p1
Reports that AIDS also affects older people even though many of them think they are not at risk. Percentage of AIDS cases among 50 years and older people; Difficulty in recognizing symptoms of disease in the aged; Prevention and treatment.
- AIDS teaching should not be limited to the young. Kaye, Richard A.; Markus, Theodore // USA Today Magazine;Sep97, Vol. 126 Issue 2628, p50
Reports on the spread of AIDS in elderly populations as of September 1997. The scarcity of articles written on the subject; The resulting lack of awareness over the issue; Statistics relative to the extent of AIDS among the elderly in the United States; Efforts to inform the population of the...
- Ethnic, Demographic, and Social Differences among Middle and Older Adults with HIV/AIDS. Speer, David C.; Kennedy, Margaret // AIDS Patient Care & STDs;Oct99, Vol. 13 Issue 10, p615
Examines the basic demographic and social information about people with HIV/AIDS over the age of 44 years in the United States. Demographic comparisons of African-American and White persons with HIV/AIDS; Variables and ethnicity of HIV/AIDS; Significant differences on economic variables; Coping...
- Unusual increase in reported HIV/ AIDS cases among older persons in western Hunan province, China. Xi Chen; Jun Zheng; Jian Mei He; BiYun Qin; Yifei Hu; Lu Wang; Ning Wang // Sexually Transmitted Infections;Oct2011, Vol. 87 Issue 6, p538
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- Cases of AIDS in older women on the rise. // Jet;08/18/97, Vol. 92 Issue 13, p55
Reports that the number of cases of AIDS in older women is steadily on the rise according to figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Statistics; Analysis.
- Uncharted territory: AIDS in the older patient. // Patient Care;11/30/1998, Vol. 32 Issue 19, p84
Offers guidelines on how the physician and the older patient with AIDS must deal with some clinical and psychosocial issues. Barriers to diagnosing HIV disease in the elderly; Early possible signs of immunosuppression; Risk factors for HIV infection in the elderly; Treatment options for older...
- New York gives away condoms, offers AIDS education to seniors. // Gay & Lesbian Times;8/2/2007, Issue 1023, p18
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