AIDS | Chinese Therapies Can Help AIDS Patients
Thomas M. Sinclair is the executive director of the Immune Enhancement Project, a San Francisco clinic that provides Chinese therapies to patients with HIV and other illnesses. The following viewpoint is excerpted from an interview of Sinclair by John S. James, the editor in chief of the biweekly newsletter AIDS Treatment News. Sinclair argues that Chinese therapies, including acupuncture, herbal treatments, and relaxation exercises, can be effective treatments for people with HIV. The patients who react best to Chinese therapies, Sinclair contends, are those who start treatment...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Routine Testing Would Control the Spread of AIDS
- Mandatory Testing of Pregnant Women and Infants Would Not Reduce the Spread of AIDS
- Home HIV Tests Will Reduce the Spread of AIDS
- Home HIV Tests are Unethical
- Health Care Workers Should Be Tested For HIV
- Mandatory Testing of Health Care Workers is Unjustified
- Partner Notification of HIV Status Would Reduce the Spread of AIDS
- Partner Notification Would Not Reduce the Spread of AIDS
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Condom Use Can Reduce the Spread of AIDS
- Condom Use Will Increase the Spread of AIDS
- AIDS Prevention Programs for Teenagers Should Emphasize Safe Sex
- AIDS Prevention Programs for Teenagers Should Emphasize Abstinence
- Needle Exchange Programs Can Control the Spread of AIDS
- Needle Exchange Programs Will Not Control the Spread of AIDS
- Education Programs Prevent High-Risk Behavior
- Education Programs for Gay Men are Badly Flawed
- Education Programs Should Target High-Rist Groups
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Drug Combinations Can Inhibit the AIDS Virus
- Drug Combinations May Not Inhibit the AIDS Virus
- Medical Marijuana Should Be Legalized For Use By AIDS Patients
- Medical Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized for Use by AIDS Patients
- AIDS Should Be Treated With Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Chinese Therapies Can Help AIDS Patients
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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