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- Maria. Shepard, Benjamin // Antioch Review;Spring95, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p156
Presents the oral history of Mary, an AIDS patient from Independence, Missouri. Cause of infection; Falling out of relationship with her fiance; Meeting with her husband; Reaction of family and friends over the news; Maria's view that women have different immune systems from men; Medical...
- AIDS spreads fastest among young women. // Women's International Network News;Autumn93, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p26
Focuses on the spread of AIDS among young women. Statistics; Behavioral factors; Preventive strategies.
- Psychosocial issues of women with HIV/AIDS. Broun, Stacy N. // AIDS Patient Care & STDs;Feb99, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p119
Discuses psychosocial issues of women with HIV/AIDS. Myth that nice girls do not get AIDS; Sociocultural context in which HIV-infected women exist; Advice to therapists on how to deal with such issues.
- HIV/AIDS on the rise among women. Caron, Mary // World Watch;Mar/Apr98, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p8
Presents information stating that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is mostly present in women, in the United States. Factors which causes the increase of HIV and AIDS in women; Relation to AIDS being the leading cause of death in women ages 25 to...
- HIV's emerging gender gap. Aschwanden, Christie; Chen, Ingfei // Health (Time Inc. Health);Oct98, Vol. 12 Issue 7, p14
Looks at why men infected with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus are benefiting more from potent drugs than women who have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Contention that doctors are starting...
- MOTIVATING HIV POSITIVE WOMEN TO ADHERE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AND RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR: THE KHARMA PROJECT. Holstad, Marcia McDonnell; DiIorio, Colleen; Magowe, Mabel K.M. // Online Journal of Issues in Nursing;2006, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p78
Women comprise the fastest growing group of persons with AIDS. They are often diagnosed later in the disease, when antiretroviral therapy (ART) is strongly indicated. Antiretroviral therapy has transformed the course of HIV/AIDS to a treatable, chronic illness. This article provides a profile of...
- Women now make up half of global AIDS epidemic. // Nation's Health;Feb2003, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p6
Reports on the prevalence of AIDS among women worldwide according to a joint report from the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization in December 2002. Percentage of HIV-positive men in North America; Prediction on the number of people who will become HIV-positive in...
- Factors associated with improvement in disability-adjusted life years in patients with HIV/AIDS. Bermudez-Tamayo, Clara; Martin, Jose Jesus Martin; Ruiz-P�rez, Isabel; Lima, Antonio Olry de Labry // BMC Public Health;2008, Vol. 8, p362
Background: The epidemic of HIV/AIDS and treatments that have emerged to alleviate, have brought about a shift in the burden of disease from death to quality of life/disability. The aim was to determine which factors are associated with improvements in the level of health of male and female...
- Sexually Transmitted Cytomegalovirus Proctitis in a Woman. Rabinowitz, Mark; Bassan, Isaac; Robinson, Morton J. // American Journal of Gastroenterology;Aug1988, Vol. 83 Issue 8, p885
A heterosexual woman with cytomegalovirus (CMV) proctitis after anal intercourse is presented. Whereas CMV infection typically occurs in immunosuppressed patients, including patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), this patient has no evidence of immunodeficiency, and is human...
