"This document's purpose is to serve as an update to previous Intervention Effectiveness Reports, in order to give planners a background of research and previous effective studies with which they can frame and shape their own interventions for various populations."

Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...

"A New republic book."

An introduction to HIV and AIDS provides basic information about the symptoms, transmission, prevention, and treatment of the disease.

Nearly 40 years into the HIV epidemic there is a wealth of information available, but it is difficult to determine what is factual and reliable. Whether you are a newly diagnosed patient or a friend or relative of someone living with HIV, this book can help. Offering both doctor and patient perspectives, 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS, Fifth Edition provides authoritative and practical answers to eh questions most commonly asked by people...