Questions tagged [hiv-aids]
AIDS is a disease of the human immune system caused by HIV, a virus.
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Is HIV the cause of AIDS?
"If there is evidence that HIV causes AIDS, there should be scientific documents which either singly or collectively demonstrate that fact, at least with a high probability. There is no such ...
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Koch's postulates for judging if HIV causes AIDS
One of the most prominent proponents of the claim that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, Peter Duesberg claims in a PNAS article from 1989 the following
The hypothesis that HIV causes AIDS is
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Does coconut oil work as an antibiotic and as a treatment for AIDS?
I've heard lots of extraordinary claims about coconut oil, but I've seen very littleresearch to back it up. Most of what I've heard is based on anecdotal evidence, so that's not really convincing.
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Do condoms have large enough holes for HIV to pass through?
Some people say that holes in latex are large enough for the AIDS-causing HIV and chlamydia to pass through, so that condoms do not protect against these STDs. Others dispute this statement and ...
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Does tetrasilver tetroxide cure AIDS?
I just found a picture that said:
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That leads to US Patent 5,676,977 which describes using the "diamagnetic semiconducting molecular crystal tetrasilver ...
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Are activities in which both people bleed on each other considered "No Risk" for the transmission of HIV?
My friend, who was a HIV care provider, claims explicitly that "no one has ever transmitted HIV through wound to wound contact" and that therefore there is no significant risk to hockey players ...
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Has HIV ever been isolated?
In particular I am interested with one specific claim made by Jody Wells Memorial Prize.
Is his claim true and reasonable? I'll explain what I mean by reasonable latter.
The organisers of the Jody ...
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Is HIV a sexually transmitted infection?
In Nancy Padian's 10 year study, none of the over 100 HIV- monogamous partners of HIV+ subjects seroconverted to HIV+ during the study. They were counseled to use condoms, but it is believed that they ...
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What are the chances of female-to-male HIV transmission during straight sex?
I am really confused about this matter. I've heard a lot of versions from doctors and on internet. To be more specific:
A pathologist that claimed to have worked with HIV positive patients for 10 ...
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Has PrEP caused a decrease in condom use amongst men who have sex with men?
In this article of the Financial Times, the existence of a sexual health crisis is reported. Here is a statement from the article:
But others say condom use has fallen sharply among high-risk groups, ...
