HIV Nutrition News Update - Iss. 3, No. 108, Nov 14, 2003

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HIV Nutrition News Update - Iss. 3, No. 108, Nov 14, 2003

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World AIDS Day 2003
HIV has hit every corner of the globe, infecting more than 54 million
men, women and children http://allafrica.com/aids/, five million of them
were infected last year http://www.worldaidsday.org/. Women represent
almost one in three new HIV infections in the U.S.
http://www.kff.org/content/2003/20031023a. Five people worldwide die of
AIDS every minute of every day.

World AIDS Day will be observed on December 1st and will feature
activities around the world aimed at highlighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
This year's theme for World AIDS Day is "Stigma and Discrimination".
Wear the red ribbon to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS. Take a World
AIDS Day quiz http://www.avert.org/quiz.htm to see how much you know
about HIV general questions, statistic type questions, World AIDS Day,
and other issues related to HIV and AIDS.

"Are You HIV Prejudiced? Find out the facts about HIV/AIDS and read
stigma and discrimination fact sheets by visiting the "Are You
Prejudiced" web site http://www.areyouhivprejudiced.org/. Download a PDF
copy of their resource pack with information on numerous materials
including fact sheets at
http://www.worldaidsday.org/documents/cat2003.pdf.

"Investigating a Global Pandemic," is the BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ network's biggest single-themed season
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/special/aids/default.stm that
runs from November 16th through December 1st involving both radio and
online programming.

Visit the following web sites for more information on AIDS and HIV or to
gather additional World AIDS Day resources:
* AIDSinfo: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov
* Office of Minority Health:
http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/aids/2k2/0881_2C3.htm

Caring for Nutritional Needs
Results from a study presented at the 9th European AIDS Conference
(EACS) in Warsaw reports the leading cause for hospital admissions among
HIV-positive people is heart disease
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/2003icr/EACS_9/main.html. Cardiovascular
disease is one of numerous known complications of antiretroviral therapy
and hospital admission rates for conditions associated with
antiretroviral therapy will likely continue until newer medications with
fewer side effects are developed. Clinicians offering nutritional
services to HIV-positive people must now be aware of medications used
for the disease and must incorporate advice on how to deal with the
effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

Effective nutritional services include successful management of bone
disorders http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Romeyn26.html, lipids
(http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue22.html and
http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue23.html), and glucose
abnormalities (http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue27.html and
http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue28.PDF). Nutritional care may
be further complicated by the use of dietary supplements
(http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue21.html and
http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue22.html) and recreational
drugs (http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue24.html and
http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue25.html) that affect
prescribed medications. Herb-drug interactions
(http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue28.PDF and
http://www.hivresources.com/Previews/Issue29.PDF) will continue to
increase with increased use of botanicals.

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