San Antonio College Library

Provides readers with everything they will need to know about surviving the first year of HIV infection, covering doctors, treatment options, coping mechanisms, and holistic approaches.

As of 2004 an estimated 40 million people were living with HIV/AIDS, and about 20 million had died. Despite advances, there is still no cure, and the drugs are expensive and toxic. In the developing world, especially parts of Africa, life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, causing a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp increase in orphans, and the imminent collapse of health care systems. But the news is not all bleak: there have been...

"Provides basic consumer health information about transmission, testing, and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), related complications, and tips for living with HIV/AIDS. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources"--

The Deep South has seen a 36 percent increase in AIDS cases while the rest of the nation has seen a 2 percent decline. Many of the underlying reasons for the disease's continued spread in the region--ignorance about HIV, reluctance to get tested, non-adherence to treatment protocols, resistance to behavioral changes--remain unaddressed by policymakers. In this extensively revised second edition, Kathryn Whettan and Brian Wells Pence present a rich...

In The Inside Story on AIDS, Dr. Kalichman separates fact from fiction by answering over 350 of the most commonly asked questions called in to AIDS hotlines, for example: Can a person with HIV look and feel healthy? Can HIV be transmitted by contact with dried blood? Can HIV be transmitted when using a lambskin condom? Can a person get HIV through contact with saliva or sweat?

Examines conspiracy theories surrounding HIV and AIDS, focusing on two main widely believed falsehoods--that America manufactured AIDS to be a biological weapon and the belief that HIV is harmless and the true cause of AIDS are antiretroviral drugs.

"Tools to help you protect the health of your HIV-infected patients and prevent transmission through retention in care, ART adherence, and safer sexual behaviors."

Explores the psychological and social challenges teens with HIV and AIDS face in the twenty-first century, as well as the frightening medical issues they must cope with as they come to terms with their disease.

"The availability of combination antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLWH), for whom a once fatal infection can now be a manageable chronic disease. Yet only 30 percent of PLWH in the United States are virally suppressed, and significant gaps in access to care persist. While programs to boost linkage to and retention in HIV care are critical to improving the health of PLWH, efforts to evaluate these...