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Marijuana Drug Test Detection Time
Q: What is the detection time for marijuana on urine drug test? A: The detection time depends on how someone’s body metabolizes things and it also depends on their frequency of usage. According to LabCorp, if someone smoked 1 to 2 joints, the detection time would be 2 to 3 days. If they are a […]
Reliability of the HIV DNA PCR
I have been told that the PCR test is not supposed to be used for diagnostic purposes. I had a PCR test done for HIV a month after I had sex with someone who turned out to be a different person than I thought he was. The PCR test said “not detected”, but if it […]
Is 65 days enough for an HIV EIA?
Hi there, I have a question: I had protected sex. After 65 days from that, I did an HIV EIA test. The result is negative. My question is: does that mean I am 100% free from HIV? Is an EIA enough? Do I need retest again or am I fine? Thank you so much To […]
AIDS is top news story of 2009
Any development that accounts for more deaths of people who would otherwise be alive at the end of 2009 as they were at the start of the year should by all accounts be the overwhelming choice for the year’s top news story. Forget about transitory political issues (though those issues impact on Swaziland’s ability to […]
S. Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies
South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday, a dramatic and eagerly awaited shift in a country that has more people living with HIV than any other. President Jacob Zuma’s speech on World AIDS Day was viewed as a definitive turning point for a nation where the previous administration […]
I have gonorrhea, and it won’t go away
I caught gonorrhea about 10 years ago, and because I was so young I didn’t know what to do so it was left untreated. Since then I’ve been in and out of the clinic trying to free myself from this infection, I no longer have the immediate symptoms but I am constantly suffering with being […]
STD Rates Rise in Teen Boys, Better Sex Education Needed
The CDC recently released new data regarding STD infections among teenagers. The result: teens need better sex education. In the past ten years, the annual rate of AIDS diagnoses for 15 to 19 year old boys has nearly doubled. For the report the CDC compiled data from several surveys among people aged 10 to 25, […]
World AIDS Day: South Africa to Treat all HIV Children
Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, announced that the country will attempt to supply treatment for all HIV-positive children. South Africa carries the highest rate of HIV-positive people of all countries in the world with more than one in ten citizens currently diagnosed with HIV. According to researchers HIV usually affects those in their childbearing […]
Can I get Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 in the genital region if I already have cold sores?
Question: Hi, I just met a person who I really like. He also just told me he has Herpes Simplex type 1, but in the genital area. I have had cold sores all my life with sporadic outbreaks and thus I suspect that I have Herpes Simplex type 1, in the oral area. Usually, the […]
How Risky is a Hand Job?
What are the chances that a male can catch HIV from a female who gave him a manual release (hand job)? None. Well, OK, if we conjure up the worst case scenario and employ a vivid imagination, maybe the chances are close to none instead of actually none. Let’s say, for argument sake, that the […]
