Magic Johnson’s HIV Story Offers Hope For Cancer Patients
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the basketball legend, announced on November 7, 1991 that he had tested positive for HIV.
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the basketball legend, announced on November 7, 1991 that he had tested positive for HIV.
The last time I heard this band play live, it was outdoors on a pier on Manhattan’s west side, in the summer of 1982 or 1983. At that time, AIDS was just starting, and most of the then-young group’s inspiring songs drew on tensions in Ireland.
In the 1980s, doctors linked H. pylori infection to stomach cancer. In infected adults, a brief course of antibiotics lessens cancer risk.
The CDC and WHO should not stop educating doctors, nurses and the public about hygiene and best practices, in hospitals and in affected communities, to reduce the odds of Ebola spreading.
These are reasonable questions. Ordinary people, patients and others, are seeking guidance on this – and not false, or patronizing reassurances – that Ebola is nothing to worry about.
U.S. doctors are scrambling to understand how the virus affects humans, and how best to treat those infected.
Is it possible to apply the principle of informed consent when giving experimental drugs during a rapid and devastating epidemic?
Though there are antibiotics to counter its effects, we haven’t eradicated Hansen’s Disease, which is why it’s so disconcerting that few physicians are able to identify—and thus treat—the condition.
“The ideal would be to prevent HPV infection in the first place,” Gillison says.
With reports proving that germs can reside on scrubs, ties, stethoscopes, and white lab coats, some have said doctors should just go naked
They were impatient with the pace of research and physicians’ protocols, and spoke out emphatically about their needs: for more research; for prevention and treatment; for easier access to new drugs; and, simply, for ood medical care.