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How Education Fights AIDS: Keeping track of the long-term health of those receiving ARVs enables us to provide them with the best support and treatment available.
November 1, 2009 | Add Comment

See New York Magazine article, “Another Kind of AIDS Crisis.”
Many AIDS patients being treated experience symptoms—including memory loss, bone weakness and nerve damage—more commonly seen in the elderly population. Some doctors and experts link these …