MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Lives in Focus' source. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:33:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1943409&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F11%2F28%2Faddiction%2F CHENNAI, INDIA–David, 37, injects heroin daily–a schedule that has never varied for the past 15 years. Despite perpetually running short on cash to buy his fix, he has never been desperate enough, he says, to share needles. click image for audio slideshow “I know how HIV goes from one body to another,” David says. “I’ve seen many friends get sick and die like that.” Still, David admits that when he finally faces the dire choice between buying a new needle or heroin, his addiction will overcome his fear of HIV. David remains HIV negative but his dependence on heroin puts him at an enormous risk. A study released in November by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization notes that intravenous drug use is the main risk factor for HIV infection ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1943409 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:41:37 +0100 1943409 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806348&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fhello-world%2F Welcome to Lives in Focus. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! (Source: Lives in Focus) Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806348 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:41:37 +0100 1806348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493935&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F11%2Faddiction.html CHENNAI, INDIA–David, 37, injects heroin daily–a schedule that has never varied for the past 15 years. Despite perpetually running short on cash to buy his fix, he has never been desperate enough, he says, to share needles. click image for audio slideshow “I know how HIV goes from one body to another,” David says. “I’ve seen many friends get sick and die like that.” Still, David admits that when he finally faces the dire choice between buying a new needle or heroin, his addiction will overcome his fear of HIV. David remains HIV negative but his dependence on heroin puts him at an enormous risk. A study released in November by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization notes that intravenous drug use is the main risk factor for HIV infection ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493935 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:53:45 +0100 493935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512699&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.tv%2Faudio%2Faids%2Fgrover_arv_production.mp3 Human Rights Watch recently invited Lives in Focus to collaborate on a Web log in conjunction with the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada from Aug. 13-18. One of the speakers, Anand Grover, the co-founder of the Mumbai Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, delivered a speech on the second day of the conference titled “Human rights and Social Vulnerabilities,” in which he expressed concern about the availability of inexpensive generic drugs in five to ten years with India’s agreement to comply with the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regarding product patents. Lives in Focus had interviewed Grover in Mumbai earlier about this subject and asked what alternatives there are to Western pharmaceutical companies imposing ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512699 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:04:27 +0100 2512699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493936&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.com%2Fpodcasts%2Fgrover_arv_production.mp3 Human Rights Watch recently invited Lives in Focus to collaborate on a Web log in conjunction with the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada from Aug. 13-18. One of the speakers, Anand Grover, the co-founder of the Mumbai Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, delivered a speech on the second day of the conference titled “Human rights and Social Vulnerabilities,” in which he expressed concern about the availability of inexpensive generic drugs in five to ten years with India’s agreement to comply with the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regarding product patents. Lives in Focus had interviewed Grover in Mumbai earlier about this subject and asked what alternatives there are to Western pharmaceutical companies imposing ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493936 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:04:27 +0100 493936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512700&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.tv%2Faudio%2Faids%2Fbig_decision.mp3 Dr. Troy Cunningham Troy Cunningham did not intend to spend too much energy in his temporary job as an HIV/AIDS awareness counselor in the late 90s. He had taken one year off to study for his medical entrance exams and was told this job entailed light work and plenty of time to study. He brought his books with him, but what he saw grabbed his full attention. Back in medical school, he independently studied what he could about HIV/AIDS because there were no official courses on the disease. Now at 35, he heads the medical staff at the Freedom Foundation in Hyderabad and helps the center make its most critical decision. Listen to Dr. Troy, as he is known, explain how he decides which child should remain in the custody of his or her extended family and which child will be admitted as an or... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512700 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:30:02 +0100 2512700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493937&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.com%2Fpodcasts%2Fbig_decision.mp3 Dr. Troy Cunningham Troy Cunningham did not intend to spend too much energy in his temporary job as an HIV/AIDS awareness counselor in the late 90s. He had taken one year off to study for his medical entrance exams and was told this job entailed light work and plenty of time to study. He brought his books with him, but what he saw grabbed his full attention. Back in medical school, he independently studied what he could about HIV/AIDS because there were no official courses on the disease. Now at 35, he heads the medical staff at the Freedom Foundation in Hyderabad and helps the center make its most critical decision. Listen to Dr. Troy, as he is known, explain how he decides which child should remain in the custody of his or her extended family and which child will be admitted as an orp... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493937 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:30:02 +0100 493937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512701&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F06%2F15%2Fhiv-contaminated-blood%2F click image for video Raj Shekhar was 30-years-old when he needed a blood transfusion after an accident. That transfusion, more than the accident itself, changed his life unexpectedly. Nearly a year later, he tested HIV positive when he was hospitalized after experiencing massive chest pains. Instead of being admitted to the operating room, he says, his doctor refused to perform the required surgery. His wife abandoned him soon after. Raj is among the approximately five to ten percent of the global HIV+ population that was infected through contaminated blood five years ago. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2003 that nearly seven percent of AIDS patients who have reported their condition to the National AIDS Program in India acquired the virus after a transfusion of blood... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512701 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:39:18 +0100 2512701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493938&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F06%2Fhiv-contaminated-blood.html click image for video Raj Shekhar was 30-years-old when he needed a blood transfusion after an accident. That transfusion, more than the accident itself, changed his life unexpectedly. Nearly a year later, he tested HIV positive when he was hospitalized after experiencing massive chest pains. Instead of being admitted to the operating room, he says, his doctor refused to perform the required surgery. His wife abandoned him soon after. Raj is among the approximately five to ten percent of the global HIV+ population that was infected through contaminated blood five years ago. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2003 that nearly seven percent of AIDS patients who have reported their condition to the National AIDS Program in India acquired the virus after a transfusion of blood... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493938 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:39:18 +0100 493938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512702&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.tv%2Faudio%2Faids%2Fshabana_marriage.mp3 Shabana Shabana, 20, realized she was HIV+ after her husband’s health began rapidly deteriorating. A Muslim woman, she now serves as a counselor trying to educate those in her community about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and how it spreads. Lives in Focus has profiled her in a video interview and talked to her mother about how she handled her daughter’s situation. But perhaps the most poignant glimpse into Shabana’s delicate psyche came at the end of the interview when she asked if she could pose a question. Listen to her in Hindi. With English voiceovers. Related Previous Postings: A mother’s love (Podcast). Shabana’s hopes (Video Interview). Facing the Glare (Photography). (Source: Lives in Focus) Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512702 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:44:53 +0100 2512702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493939&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.com%2Fpodcasts%2Fshabana_marriage.mp3 Shabana Shabana, 20, realized she was HIV+ after her husband’s health began rapidly deteriorating. A Muslim woman, she now serves as a counselor trying to educate those in her community about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and how it spreads. Lives in Focus has profiled her in a video interview and talked to her mother about how she handled her daughter’s situation. But perhaps the most poignant glimpse into Shabana’s delicate psyche came at the end of the interview when she asked if she could pose a question. Listen to her in Hindi. With English voiceovers. Related Previous Postings: A mother’s love (Podcast). Shabana’s hopes (Video Interview). Facing the Glare (Photography). (Source: Lives in Focus) Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493939 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:44:53 +0100 493939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512703&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F05%2F31%2Fthe_age_of_aids%2F click for video preview Lives in Focus editors highly recommend a new documentary titled “The Age of AIDS” which is produced by Frontline, one of the world’s best television news magazine programs. The four-hour documentary is a must-see if you want a deeper understanding of this disease. The program describes itself thus: After 25 years of political denial, social stigma, scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS? The full program ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512703 Wed, 31 May 2006 19:01:30 +0100 2512703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493940&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F05%2Fthe_age_of_aids.html click for video preview Lives in Focus editors highly recommend a new documentary titled “The Age of AIDS” which is produced by Frontline, one of the world’s best television news magazine programs. The four-hour documentary is a must-see if you want a deeper understanding of this disease. The program describes itself thus: After 25 years of political denial, social stigma, scientific breakthroughs, bitter policy battles and inadequate prevention campaigns, HIV/AIDS continues to spread rapidly throughout much of the world. Through interviews with AIDS researchers, world leaders, activists, and patients, FRONTLINE investigates the science, politics, and human cost of this fateful disease and asks: What are the lessons of the past, and what can be done to stop AIDS? The full program ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493940 Wed, 31 May 2006 19:01:30 +0100 493940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512704&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.tv%2Faudio%2Faids%2Fnirmala_telugu.mp3 Nirmala Kumari worked as a domestic worker in the Middle East for nearly ten years. She earned a good salary—especially when compared to Indian standards for the same work. She wired most of her earnings to her husband every month to help care for their two sons and saved some for a ticket back to India every two years. click image for audio slideshow While she was thousands of miles away for those long years, her husband visited prostitutes using the very money Nirmala sent home. Nirmala is one of hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women who work in the Gulf as menial laborers doing the jobs native Arabs refuse. The distance and airfare keep them in the Middle East for years at a time. The long periods of separation can lead to indiscretions. The problem is compounded with... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512704 Fri, 26 May 2006 18:14:08 +0100 2512704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493941&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.com%2Fpodcasts%2Fnirmala_telugu.mp3 Nirmala Kumari worked as a domestic worker in the Middle East for nearly ten years. She earned a good salary—especially when compared to Indian standards for the same work. She wired most of her earnings to her husband every month to help care for their two sons and saved some for a ticket back to India every two years. click image for audio slideshow While she was thousands of miles away for those long years, her husband visited prostitutes using the very money Nirmala sent home. Nirmala is one of hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women who work in the Gulf as menial laborers doing the jobs native Arabs refuse. The distance and airfare keep them in the Middle East for years at a time. The long periods of separation can lead to indiscretions. The problem is compounded with... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493941 Fri, 26 May 2006 18:14:08 +0100 493941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512705&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2F25%2Fin_countries_wi%2F In countries with a high prevalence of AIDS, the epidemic decimates the young to middle-aged adult population—the backbone of the labor that supports both the national economy and the family. Slideshow: Elderly Mother Bears AIDS Burden In the absence of men and women of working-age, older relatives often resume the burden of being breadwinners and caretakers. More often than not, this task falls on elderly women. A study published in 2002 by HelpAge International, a U.K.-based non-profit that champions older people worldwide, noted the following: One outcome in countries with high HIV/AIDS prevalence is an increase in the number of chronically poor households headed by older women, with a large number of dependents. Older women generally suffer most from chronic poverty and lack... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512705 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:14:13 +0100 2512705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493942&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2Fin_countries_wi.html In countries with a high prevalence of AIDS, the epidemic decimates the young to middle-aged adult population—the backbone of the labor that supports both the national economy and the family. click image for slideshow In the absence of men and women of working-age, older relatives often resume the burden of being breadwinners and caretakers. More often than not, this task falls on elderly women. A study published in 2002 by HelpAge International, a U.K.-based non-profit that champions older people worldwide, noted the following: One outcome in countries with high HIV/AIDS prevalence is an increase in the number of chronically poor households headed by older women, with a large number of dependents. Older women generally suffer most from chronic poverty and lack of resources. The... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493942 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:14:13 +0100 493942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512706&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2F18%2Fwhen_i_first_as%2F click image for video When I first asked Bikhshapati his age, he didn’t understand my question. I asked again, “Are you five? Six?” He answered in English but seeing the confusion on my face, he reached down and scrawled the number “12″ in the sand. I was shocked. For a moment I suspected he wrote the wrong number. His doctor told me later that Bikhshapati looks half his age because of the ravages of HIV. Although he is on anti-retro viral drugs, his body constantly struggles against the virus. On many occasions over the past few years, he has fallen deathly ill. He has missed school so often that he is now years behind those his own age. Bikhshapati’s hardships have not dimmed his enthusiasm for life, however. For those of you struggling emotionally ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512706 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:35:53 +0100 2512706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493943&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2Fwhen_i_first_as.html click image for video When I first asked Bikhshapati his age, he didn’t understand my question. I asked again, “Are you five? Six?” He answered in English but seeing the confusion on my face, he reached down and scrawled the number “12″ in the sand. I was shocked. For a moment I suspected he wrote the wrong number. His doctor told me later that Bikhshapati looks half his age because of the ravages of HIV. Although he is on anti-retro viral drugs, his body constantly struggles against the virus. On many occasions over the past few years, he has fallen deathly ill. He has missed school so often that he is now years behind those his own age. Bikhshapati’s hardships have not dimmed his enthusiasm for life, however. For those of you struggling emotionally ... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493943 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:35:53 +0100 493943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512707&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Flivesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2F06%2Fa_glimmer_of_ho%2F Dr. K. Venu, chief of Hyderabad’s Government General Chest Hospital, treats an unrelenting stream of patients who come to the hospital for Tuberculosis treatment only to find that they have AIDS. In India, TB is the most lethal opportunistic infection preying on those weakened by AIDS. click image for video Despite the human toll he witnessed over the past decade, Dr. Venu remains optimistic about controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS. He might have reason to be hopeful. A study published March 30, 2006 in the British medical journal, The Lancet, provides a glimmer of hope. The research, conducted by a joint Indian and Canadian team, found that India’s safe sex awareness campaign has had a dramatic impact on reducing HIV infection rates in South India—the epicenter of I... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512707 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:41:12 +0100 2512707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493944&cid=s_35270_135_f&fid=35270&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livesinfocus.org%2Faids%2F2006%2F04%2Fa_glimmer_of_ho.html Dr. K. Venu, chief of Hyderabad’s Government General Chest Hospital, treats an unrelenting stream of patients who come to the hospital for Tuberculosis treatment only to find that they have AIDS. In India, TB is the most lethal opportunistic infection preying on those weakened by AIDS. click image for video Despite the human toll he witnessed over the past decade, Dr. Venu remains optimistic about controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS. He might have reason to be hopeful. A study published March 30, 2006 in the British medical journal, The Lancet, provides a glimmer of hope. The research, conducted by a joint Indian and Canadian team, found that India’s safe sex awareness campaign has had a dramatic impact on reducing HIV infection rates in South India—the epicenter of I... Lives in Focus blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493944 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:41:12 +0100 493944