Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, the local AIDS expert. Out of his experience comes a startling, ultimately uplifting portrait of ...
This classic of investigative journalism uncovers the early history of the AIDS epidemic. The medical community, the government, and the community at large were, first, unaware, then confused, and then inadequately responsive to the crisis which was eventually acknowledged as a national emergency. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON won many awards, was made ...
Award-winning investigative journalist Stephen Fried offers a remarkable tour of the fashion world in the '70s and '80s as he explores the tragic life and death of beautiful model Gia Carange--who plunged from fame and fortune to an underworld of drug abuse and violence.
AIDS Update 2007 presents a balanced review of current research and information on HIV infection x HIV disease x and AIDS. AIDS Update 2007 places this discussion within a biological x medical x social x economic and legal framework x helping readers to more fully understand this modern-day pandemic.
Ryan was a typical 13-year-old when it was discovered that he had contracted AIDS through tainted blood products he had been given for his hemophilia. He was denied the right to return to school, so he went to court, with newspaper headlines following the many legal battles. With great courage he began to speak out against the misconceptions about ...
This is a comprehensive guidebook to 362 developed campgrounds in 17 national forests in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Campers will find useful information needed to select a National Forest campground.
With wit and fierce honesty, an epidemiologist talks about sex, drugs, and the mistakes surrounding international AIDS prevention. Pisani reveals how easy it is to draw wrong conclusions from "objective" data and how much money is spent so very badly.
An award-winning South African journalist leads readers into the heart of his country's AIDS crisis, exploring the perspectives of those who are infected, those who are trying to help, and those who reject any help offered them.
In her unsparing and illuminating account of the effects of AIDS in Africa, Epstein describes how health experts, governments, and ordinary Africans have struggled to understand the rapid and devastating spread of the disease as well as new medical and political developments.
In her unsparing and illuminating account of the effects of AIDS in Africa, Epstein describes how health experts, governments, and ordinary Africans have struggled to understand the rapid and devastating spread of the disease as well as new medical and political developments.
HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of ...
The story of AIDS is one of the most compelling human dramas of our time, both in its profound tragedy and in the extraordinary scientific efforts made in order to find treatments and a cure. Writing with vivid immediacy, Engel allows readers to relive the short but tumultuous history of a modern scourge.
Psychologist, researcher, educator and AIDS prevention counsellor Seth C. Kalichman answers more than 350 of the most commonly asked questions about HIV infection and AIDS. Culled from thousands of questions posed to AIDS telephone hotlines and posted in Web forums, this comprehensive guide offers the most current knowledge from medical and ...
Tells the story of Gia, one of the top models of the 1970s, who vanished after going public with her drug problem. At 26 she died, a welfare case hidden away in a hospital. The book offers a tour of the "beauty industry complex" at the height of its designer decadence.
The inspiring true story of an extraordinary woman who never faltered in the face of tragedy -- and who taught the world about courage, grace, dignity and a mother's love. Thirteen-year-old Ryan White contracted AIDS through tainted Factor VIII administered for his hemophilia, and became nationally known through his family's fight against the ...
Intensively researched, passionately argued, and intellectually rigorous, this book sounds a clarion call for the controversial revision of the gay male community's beliefs about and approaches to AIDS.
Every week in Africa, approximately 7,000 men, women and children perish at the hands of poverty and disease, erased by the devastating virus that - even after more than two decades - wreaks havoc around the globe, but especially in underdeveloped nations. In this haunting investigation, acclaimed journalist Nicole Itano goes beyond traditional ...
This thought-provoking medical history profiles the doctors on the front lines of the highly stigmatized epidemic, AIDS, from their initial bewilderment in 1981 at its mysterious combination of symptoms, through the politicized debates that followed in the 1990s.
Based on the current care guidelines from the CDC and elsewhere, this book addresses the current emphasis on managing the side effects of HIV/AIDS such as lypodystrophy, redistribution of body fat, cardiac risks, and vulnerability to other ailments. Combining the latest medical advice with the ideas of hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS, the ...
While AIDS is not the health threat that it once was in North America, it is still a significant public health problem and is a devastating epidemic in Africa and Asia. 100 Questions & Answers about AIDS and HIV provides answers to the most common questions asked by AIDS/HIV patients and their families. Written by a John Hopkins physician ...
A guide to living with HIV infection. In this new edition, Dr. John Bartlett and Ann Finkbeiner thoroughly update their discussion of the disease, from the evolving issue of when to start treatment to the new and sophisticated tests for the response to treatment, for the state of the immune system, and for HIV's resistance to various drugs. They ...
This groundbreaking book presents compelling data and research which reveals the shocking social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on a global scale. Barnett and Whiteside-experts in the field for over 15 years-argue that it is vital to not only look at the disease in terms of prevention and treatment, but to also consider consequences which affect ...
The second edition of HIV and the Pathogenesis of AIDS updates this important, well-annotated text on HIV pathogenesis. with valuable insights and written with clarity and succinctness, the history and background of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the steps involved in its infection of cells and the development of AIDS are discussed. ...
By drawing on the latest discoveries in virology, microbiology, and immunology, Mirko Grmek depicts the AIDS epidemic not as an isolated incident but as part of the long, but far from peaceful, coexistence of humans and viruses.
In the era of the Internet and Oprah, in which formerly taboo information is readily available or freely confided, secrecy and privacy have in many ways given way to an onslaught of confession. Yet for those who are HIV positive, decisions about disclosure of their diagnosis force them to confront intimate, fundamental and rarely discussed ...
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