AIDS to be one of top 3 causes of death by 2030

Roon

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Mon Nov-27-06 08:17 PM
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AIDS to be one of top 3 causes of death by 2030

LONDON - Within the next 25 years, AIDS is set to join heart disease and stroke as the top three causes of death worldwide, according to a study published online Monday.

When global mortality projections were last calculated a decade ago, researchers had assumed the number of AIDS cases would be declining. Instead, it’s on the rise.

Currently ranked fourth behind heart disease, stroke, and respiratory infections, AIDS is set to become No. 3, say researchers in a new report in the Public Library of Science’s Medicine journal. It accounts for about 2.8 million deaths every year, but could near 120 million by 2030.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15922956/

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annabanana

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Mon Nov-27-06 08:29 PM
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1. inexcusable....

We know how to prevent the spread of it, there are medications to keep it from being deadly. It is inexcusable that more resources aren't being expended to stop the death.

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valerief

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Mon Nov-27-06 08:35 PM
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2. Thank you, fundies, for encouraging disease! nt

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Mon Nov-27-06 10:02 PM
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3. Thank Bush's Global Gag Rule - Condoms were part of that deal!

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