tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66054691151898778782024-02-08T08:51:31.016-05:00CAMI Newsworthy<p>CAMI Newsworthy is the official CAMI blog. Here you can find the latest relevant information supporting and affecting CAMI's Mission in Nigeria.
For more information about the CAMI Mission Statement go to <a href="http://www.ngocami.org">www.ngocami.org</a>.
</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-37109534503525040272014-02-17T09:12:00.000-05:002014-02-17T09:12:52.803-05:00Living Positively: Why Practicing Safer Sex Is Still A Good IdeaA look back at the HIV epidemic, shows that HIV transmission increased significantly in the 70s and 80s when anonymous sex and sex with multiple partners in drug and drink fueled haze were the norm. HIV spread quickly and quietly in this era, leaving many dead in its wake. These days we have anti-retrovirals that improve life expectancy for those infected and allow many to lead a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-83587738624940849952014-02-15T20:35:00.004-05:002014-02-15T22:05:14.045-05:00CAMI 7 Years Later. A look back at what we've learned.
We know that antiviral medications
dramatically reduce HIV viral levels to undetectable status, but
what have we learned about complementary and alternative efforts to
maintain health of those infected with HIV? As evidence suggests
that a cocktail of pharmaceuticals provides the means necessary to
combat HIV's relentless attack on the body's immune system, we have
failed to provide Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-61095728251081766172014-02-11T18:21:00.002-05:002014-02-11T18:21:48.712-05:00More Research On THC Sheds Light on Plants Potential Benefits In Fighting HIV
Dr. Patricia Molina has shared her team's latest study results achieved by Louisiana State University in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. Researchers gave SIV-infected monkeys daily doses of THC, a compound in marijuana, for 17 months. Their findings showed that immune tissues in the stomach's of these animals were less damaged by the virus. Also, the monkeys Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-89244645394341540972012-10-27T10:05:00.000-04:002012-10-27T10:35:58.896-04:00Marijuana-like compounds may hold the key to preserving life in late-stage AIDS patients.
The journal PLoS ONE has published research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC that marijuana-like compounds have been shown to inhibit HIV disease progression, specifically in late-stage AIDS. Doctors and patients alike have long known the therapeutic benefit of medical marijuana for HIV/AIDS Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-25627529205156056052010-03-17T12:45:00.001-04:002010-03-17T12:48:13.117-04:00Join CAMI on Facebook!!CAMI group on FacebookAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-54422861459747933982009-10-21T14:13:00.004-04:002009-10-21T15:02:55.778-04:00Study Suggests Nutritional Formula Can Decrease ART-Naive Patient's Average CD4 Cell LossBITE Study results of the nutritional supplement NR100157 presented recently at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC 2009) in San Francisco suggests that many treatment-naive HIV+ individuals can slow their CD4 cell loss by taking a daily nutritional supplement. Participants in the study were randomly selected and divided into a control group and a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-40328396253174449462009-02-24T13:52:00.001-05:002009-02-24T13:52:58.396-05:00Form of Selenium Shows Promise in Reducing HIV Viral Load By 10-FoldResearchers at Penn State have reported a form of the anti-oxidant mineral Selenium proves to reduce HIV viral load in vitro by 10-fold. Sodium Selenite was used in test tubes to prevent HIV from reproduce in human blood. Healthy volunteers donated blood. Later the blood was infected with HIV and small amounts of sodium selenite were added. Viral replication was reduced by 10-fold. SelectiveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-9935183077526725772009-02-22T23:51:00.002-05:002009-02-23T00:13:02.112-05:00Oral Health Linked to HIV Disease ProgessionJapanese researchers at the Tokyo-based Nihon University have discovered that an acid produced in gum disease seems to accelerate the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus. Certain bacteria in periodontal or gum disease create a distinctively smelly substance called butyric acid. Butyric acid in turn inhibits an enzyme called HDAC that prevents HIV from reproducing. While not everyone with HIV gets Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-57043661995055463392009-02-22T23:26:00.002-05:002009-02-22T23:47:43.816-05:00Mindfulness Meditation Slows Decline of CD4 T cells in HIV PatientsResearchers at the University of California have demonstrated that the practice of Mindfulness Meditation shows promise in halting the decline of CD4 T cell counts in HIV+ patients. Mindfulness Meditation is a meditation technique that encompasses breathing techniques and being present in the present moment in time. Thoughts of the past or future are not welcome in this technique because the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-48614420169092684042008-12-24T17:20:00.003-05:002008-12-24T17:52:56.228-05:00TAT2 Chemical in Astragalus Root May Replace HAART for HIV/AIDSScientists at UCLA AIDS Institute have announced that a chemical in Astragalus Root may replace or supplement current HIV/AIDS medications. Astragalus Root is a herb that has been used in Chinese Medicinal Formulas for centuries. It is generally considered very safe for human consumption. Researchers discovered that a chemical called TAT2 within the herb has the ability to preserve immune cellAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-53628495548496931672008-04-07T22:45:00.002-04:002008-04-07T22:52:05.181-04:00Calls to End All U.S. funded AIDS Vaccine TrialsAIDS Healthcare Foundation urges U.S. to stop funding all AIDS vaccine trials in light of the continuous failures of all vaccine trials to date. AHF states that researchers are no closer to finding an AIDS vaccine now than they were when the epidemic started. The group urges the U.S. to redirect all monies to treat people already infected with existing combination therapies. Full text Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-76099854745069699002008-04-01T11:19:00.002-04:002008-04-01T11:35:56.338-04:00Two Most Promising HIV Vaccines FailThe recent failure of two hopeful HIV vaccines that left study participants at an increased risk of being infected with HIV has seriously damaged the continuation of vaccine studies. Scientists are doubting the basic premises on which many vaccine studies are based. As a result of the recent failures of the STEP and Phambili studies, many other studies have been stopped, others are sure to be Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-60500295096855840592008-04-01T11:14:00.002-04:002008-04-01T11:19:07.863-04:0061% of New Nigerian HIV Infections Occur in WomenNACA, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, says 61 percent of all new Nigerian HIV infections are in women.ALLAFRICA.COMAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-67157738714925819632008-02-28T14:24:00.002-05:002008-02-28T14:35:00.173-05:00Uganda: Texts HIV EducationValentine's Day is synonymous with romance and love, now in Uganda it means HIV education through cell phone texts. Three organizations joined forces on February 14th to inform Ugandan youths in Mbarara about HIV: Text to Change (TTC), the AIDS Information Center and mobile phone company Celtel Uganda. The initiative hopes to appeal largely to young Ugandans and text messages supply health Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-3371152406332773272008-02-28T13:59:00.006-05:002008-02-28T14:22:59.265-05:00Increasing HIV Infections: A Big Windfall for Big PharmaHIV patients in the United States are apparently surviving longer due to less complicated-to-take and less immediately toxic anti-hiv drugs. Increasing patient lifespan on necessary anti-hiv medication equals sustained sales of the drugs. This along with repeated failures to find an HIV vaccine, and new unexpected increases of hiv positive populations in certain communities has been a boon to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-11743515174204670202008-02-28T13:34:00.003-05:002008-02-28T13:46:52.684-05:00Ghana Seeks to Praise Legitimate Herbal Healers and Differentiate from Opportunistic QuacksProfessor F. T. Sai, the Presidential Advisor on Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, in Ghana, announced he is open to accepting and funding legitimate research organizations who provide proof of their substantial research into the effective use of evidence-based herbal medicines to fight the HIV/AIDS scourge. He aims to distinguish true healers with solid research from those opportunistic healers Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-36866622499166937062008-02-28T13:06:00.002-05:002008-02-28T13:33:46.017-05:00HIV+ African Women Benefit from ProbioticsA new joint study by researchers from the University of Benin, Benson Idahosa University, and the Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics at the University of Western Ontario has found probiotics to ease symptoms of nausea, flatulence, and diarrhea experienced by some HIV+ Nigerian people in Sub-Saharan Africa who were not taking unavailable anti-retroviral drugs or other Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-58446253087189917442008-02-28T12:55:00.002-05:002008-02-28T13:04:38.972-05:00Discrimination for HIV+ Nigerian Police RecruitsTwenty-six Nigerian Police recruits in Lagos were expelled from Nigeria’s Kaduna Police College when administrators learned the recruits were infected. Local activists from the Kaduna state Civil Society on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CISHAN) are demanding the reinstatement of the 19 women and 7 men who were expelled. The Police College's Commandant denies any wrong-doing or discrimination in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-18455547043250053872008-02-21T03:10:00.002-05:002014-02-13T11:13:25.174-05:00New Thoughts and Evidence of Probiotics Benefiting HIV+ populationsTony Lance unleashed a revelationary paper on the benefits of a high probiotic diet to HIV+ populations. His paper, edited by Dr. Henry Bauer, Dr. Rebecca Culshaw and Darin Brown, highlights intestinal microflora's role in immune modulation and underscores how an imbalance in the gut microflora can lead to GUT DYSBIOSIS which can lead to AIDS-like disease. He supports his theory by referencing
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-1122352829487747522008-02-19T12:05:00.002-05:002008-02-19T12:10:23.254-05:00This is why CAMI is VITAL to HUMAN SURVIVAL!!!Tony Fauci of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) talked about pathogenesis as the bedrock of information from which all advances in treatment, prevention, and, ultimately, vaccine development springs. He made the point that "for every person put on treatment, six more are infected," indicating that treatment is unsustainable on a global scale. With regard to prevention he said there was "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-88393565102370395452008-02-18T20:18:00.001-05:002008-02-18T20:58:53.493-05:00Study: Gel fails to stop HIV infectionPromising Anti-HIV fails. Researchers consider blaming research participants for not using it correctly.Yahoo NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-77110446992881428412008-01-08T19:06:00.000-05:002008-01-08T19:08:07.197-05:00Evaluation of the antiretroviral activity of a new polyherbal drug (Immu-25) in patients with HIV infection.Drugs R D. 2003;4(2):103-9.Links Usha PR, Naidu MU, Raju YS. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India. ushapingali@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of a new polyherbal preparation, Immu-25, in HIV-infected patients. METHODS: 36 patients (10 female, 26 male) with a mean age of 35 +/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-33960189809457846982008-01-08T18:47:00.000-05:002008-01-08T18:50:19.856-05:00Tel Aviv University licenses cinnamon extract as HIV, flu cureNews release from FrutaromFrutarom Industries Ltd. and Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd. signed an exclusive agreement to commercialize unique knowhow (patent pending) developed by Professor Michael Ovadia of Tel Aviv University, to produce an innovative extract from cinnamon with anti viral properties. The comprehensive research performed in Professor Ovadia’s laboratory demonstrated the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-73505808544844815922008-01-07T08:28:00.000-05:002008-01-07T08:29:52.369-05:00Massachusetts Jury Awards $2.5. Million to Woman Who Underwent Nine Years of Unnecessary HIV TreatmentsThursday, December 13, 2007BOSTON — A jury awarded $2.5 million in damages Wednesday to a woman who received HIV treatments for almost nine years before discovering she never actually had the virus that causes AIDS.In her lawsuit against a doctor who treated her, Audrey Serrano said the powerful combination of drugs she took triggered a string of ailments, including depression, chronic fatigue, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605469115189877878.post-24132790824122485802008-01-07T08:24:00.000-05:002008-01-07T08:26:04.562-05:00Chinese HIV-positive man gets all clear16:35 04/ 12/ 2007 BEIJING, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Chinese farmer in the northeast Jilin Province has tested HIV-negative six years after testing positive for the virus, the Xinhua news agency reported.Wen Congcheng first tested positive for HIV in 2001 at the Chuanying District disease prevention and control center (CDC). The diagnosis was confirmed two years later at the same Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02466814379400835635noreply@blogger.com