The No. 22 World AIDS Day is coming on December 1, 2009. A survey from China shows that in China more than 2,000 AIDS-infected persons had the experience of discrimination. Many government officials, teachers and even medical workers discriminate against AIDS patients. A lot of works on preventing AIDS and eliminating discrimination against AIDS had been done by government department of health, medical institutions and non-governmental organizations since the first AIDS patients was found in 1985 in China, but 24 years have passed, the public still have strong discrimination to AIDS-infected persons. So it is time for our government officials and medical workers to reflect why there is no right knowledge and attitude to AIDS-infected persons. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tamiflu, whose common scientific name is oseltamivir, is part of a family of flu fighting medicines called neuraminidase inhibitors. Tamilflu is used in the treatment of infections caused by both the influenza A and influenza B viruses. Tamiflu, which requires a prescription, can be used both to treat the flu if taken soon after symptoms appear, or to prevent the flu. The difference between Tamiflu and a vaccine is that Tamiflu helps your immune system be in a position to fight off the advance of the viral infection, whereas a vaccine is just a straight injection of dead influenza that causes your immune system to produce antibodies to fight off the virus itself. Read the rest of this entry »
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