Rising Online Purchase of Illicit Smart Drugs in Teens could have Grave Health Outcomes
March 15, 2010 – 2:59 am | No Comment
Intent on putting their best foot forward and getting the highest possible grades, presently there has been a worrisome surge in the use of smart drugs. Even fifteen year old students are self-medicating themselves with smart drugs, the otherwise dubbed cognitive improvement medications, partaking in prohibited medication trafficking on the net and swapping messages about the finest tablet combos to  [...]

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Catch An Awareness Pod for HIV
November 26, 2009 – 12:58 am | One Comment
Catch An Awareness Pod for HIV
While the world is going through several innovative changes and progress in every facet, the setback of HIV/ADIS infections is still being a bigger dispute. However, creating awareness can be a good resolution towards the solution. What is HIV/AIDS?: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) transpires because of HIV. HIV that is called human immunodeficiency virus is a virus that locates and damages the white blood cells in the immune system. Existence of a proper immune system builds up the human body to fight with various infections and makes it stronger to be stable in the un-manageable weather or situations. An HIV infected person does not behave unnatural but losses all his inner strengths day-by-day. If some one has some precise infections, certain cancers or else very low level of T cells, it is found that he or she has AIDS. Causes of HIV /AIDS: Scientists say that HIV is a very delicate virus and thus they cannot be active out side the body for a long time. It can be transmitted  [...]


Getting Plucky About HIV Testing- Part II
August 23, 2009 – 10:30 am | 6 Comments
Getting Plucky About HIV Testing- Part II
It is always a prudent policy to be safe than sorry. One can get checked for possible infection at several places like the doctor’s clinics, offices, designed parenting centres, hospitals and laboratory testing centres. In most places, one would need to book an appointment prior to getting tested while others permit walking straight in for the tests. In these testing centres, a detailed questionnaire regarding the sexual or drug past among other factors are delved into. Though the testing process is quite generalised, but it could differ is certain crucial means. Blood testing or oral swab testing: One need not get a needle piercing  for testing of HIV as simply a puncture on the finger is good enough to draw blood. In other tests, a saliva sample is drawn with the aid of wad brushed in the interiors of the mouth. In some centres, the results are given after many days while others give the outcome of the result within half an hour. In certain prompt testing methods, the results  [...]