HIV/AIDS is still a major problem in the Usa Explain why or why not Do you...
Drug Treatments for HIV/AIDS While HIV/AIDS is still currently incurable, the prognosis for patients with this infectious disease has improved due to advancements in drug treatments. Consider the case of Kristy Aney. Kristy was diagnosed with HIV in 1992 and was told she would survive, at most, 10 more years. Despite unfavorable odds, Kristy is still alive 20 years later. Since her diagnosis, she has witnessed tremendous improvements in HIV/AIDS treatments which have helped patients live longer with fewer side...
If a vaccine against the HIV/AIDS virus were available, do you think the global pandemic would eventually be contained
What factors inhibited the early war against acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? Do you believe the AIDS outbreak could have been stopped? Why or why not? What role does advocacy play in the film? How much publicity does HIV/AIDS receive today? What’s the story of HIV/AIDS in the 21st century? Explain.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to explore the issue of HIV/AIDS among a certain population group (e.g., men who have sex with men, drug users, heterosexual men, African-American women, Hispanic bisexual men, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds etc), to examine HIV/AIDS prevention efforts among this group, and to compare HIVIAIDS among this group in the US with HIV/AIDS among this group from another country. Examples of titles for your paper include "HIV/AIDS among transgender women in the US...
Considering all we know today about HIV//AIDS, do you believe a physician should have the right to refuse certain patient cases based on a patient's diagnosis? Conversely, should patients have the right to refuse to be seen by healthcare providers who are HIV+ or have AIDS (not that this protected health information would be available, but think about it!)
How do you think the general public should change the way they treat HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, alcoholics, and those with mental illness? Have you seen examples of how these patients are treated?
Consider a group of 10,000 50 year-old patients with HIV. HIV can lead to AIDS and death. Each year, patients with HIV have a 90% chance of staying in that state, a 7% chance of contracting AIDS, and a 3% chance of dying. Furthermore, patients diagnosed with AIDS have a 60% chance of staying in the AIDS state and a 40% chance of dying each year. Death is thus an "absorbing state", which once entered, cannot be left. The expected...
There are many problems combating HIV & AIDS in Africa. Reflect on how HIV has changed the life of one person featured in the film "The Lazarus Effect" whose life you think improved the most.
For this discussion you will review "Living well with HIV/AIDS - Then respond to the following: 1. What are three diet therapy considerations that must be made for people living with HIV/AIDS? 2. Why is it important for them to adhere to these dietary requirements? 3. What may happen if they don't? 4. What two strategies can you use to facilitate adherence?
Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.