AIDS

== **AIDS ** ==

Shannon Kunkel- I thought that WikiSpaces really came in handy when it came to my project because then I had a chance to collaborate with other students on the internet and get great sources and ideas from one another!  Paige Knapp - I think the big idea of our unit was to show that even though these social issues can't be stopped all at once, there are many ways of helping to stop them, and we can all be apart of the solution. Samantha Montalvo - I really enjoyed WikiSpaces because this was a good way to help me organize all my thoughts on this subject, insteasd of just throwing it all together all out of whack. This is a good way for messy people to become more organized!

Madison Allison- I think that the big Idea of this unit was to teach us about issues that are occurring everyday around the world, and to show us how we can help prevent and help stop these issues from happening.

Blair Bauserman- I thought the big idea of this unit was to learn how to do new things on the computer and also to learn more about the world and issues going on in it.

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Solutions:
[|You the Noise] - Ways Youth can protect and inform others of AIDS and the spread. [|HIV/AIDS Research] - A long, detailed list of some of the medication and research that is being done. [|Research Links] - Links to vaccination research, prevention research, and solution research.

Medical View:
[|MayoClinic] - Covers Definition, Treatment, Symptoms, Causes, Tests, Prevention, and more. [|AIDS - Medical View] -You should use this site if you really want the medical view. [|AIDS - Current Treatment] - An Overview of the current treatments for AIDS.

Statistics:
[|Percentages of people with AIDS] Information about those living with HIV/AIDS [|AIDS - Statistics] - Gives percentages of each demographic with AIDS. - This site is good with statistics. It has many different topics. [|HIV/AIDS - Schools]- This is about HIV/AIDS teaching and policies in schools

Other:
[|Avert] - This site has a lot of information on AIDS, facts about AIDS, and real-life stories about people with AIDS! -This has tons of information and facts.Also, it has real life stories of people that suffer from A.I.D.S [|AIDS Real - Life Stories] stories of those who are living with HIV/AIDS

**General Facts** :
[|AIDS - Facts] AIDS.gov defines AIDS, gives treatment, prevention, and other facts. - this is a really good site. It has many links and gives information about many subtopics on A.I.D.S [|AIDS Facts] General Information about AIDS. [|The Past of AIDS] - How AIDS was started. - This site talks about how AIDS was started. And how the chimpanzee started it all. [|AIDS - Factsheet] - If you want a view of some charts and good accurate information check this site out. [|Basically All You Need to Know About AIDS!] Includes the list below. It includes And MUCH More!  [|AIDS - General Information] This link is to a picture, not a site. If you posted the link, could you please fix the link because it seems like there would be useful information here. Thank you!!!!!!!!! :) - This site has general information. It has an over veiw, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Include:
 * What HIV does to the body?
 * How common HIV and AIDS are
 * How it is transmitted?
 * Signs and Symptoms of HIV
 * Diagnosing HIV Infections and AIDS
 * Can young children spread HIV?
 * Treating HIV and AIDS
 * Over veiw
 * Symptoms
 * Treatment
 * Prevention/Screening

 Passages from Sites

Trends in AIDS Diagnoses and Deaths
During the mid-to-late 1990s, advances in HIV treatments slowed the progression of HIV infection to AIDS and led to dramatic decreases in deaths among persons with AIDS living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. In general, the trend in the estimated numbers of AIDS cases and deaths remained stable from 2002 through 2005. Estimates for 2006 suggest that the number of AIDS cases remained stable and that the number of deaths decreased; however, it is too early to determine whether this trend will hold. Better treatments have also led to an increase in the number of persons who are living with AIDS. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm<span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Pictures <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> [|A person infected with AIDS]

This is a person infected with A.I.D.S. She is from an African country.

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