HIV/Aids Linked To Social Media

The Department of Health (DOH) recently released a study indicating the HIV/AIDS cases are escalating and it was found that social networking is a contributing factor to this increase in HIV cases.

The study, entitled “OSN (online social network) Use and Risks for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) among men Having Sex with Men (MSM),” was done from Sept 1 t Nov. 4 by a team of epidemiologists from the DOH led by Dr. Jovin Maestro.

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From chatroom to bedroom

Social media has inadvertently aided the spread of the HIV in the Philippines according to an ongoing study by the Department of Health (DOH).

Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Eric Tayag revealed that social media use contributed to increased sexual activity and heightened risk of HIV transmission.

The completion of the study, according to Tayag, will enable DOH to understand and address the problem.

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A viral kind of love

A 12-year-old girl has been suffering from fever for a few days. She would sometimes experience chills and night sweats. Eventually, rashes appeared on her fragile body. The flu-like symptoms occurred so suddenly.

But her parents ruled out flu.  Maybe it was just a simple infection that the young girl had contacted while playing around their home.

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First Person Cured of HIV

Did you realize that 30 million people have died from HIV in the 30 years since the disease was discovered? Or that the disease spreads at the rate of 7,000 people per day globally? Pretty staggering statistics that seem to get fewer headlines than the latest celebrity scandal.

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Man Has Unsafe Sex Just Before Donating Kidney, Gives HIV to the Recipient

Organ donors should be screened for HIV within a week of the operation, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Thursday. The call came after the first documented U.S. case of HIV spread by a living donor -- a man who tested negative 10 weeks before a sick patient got his kidney.

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