http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localnyc/world-aids-day-new-treatments-help-hivaids-patients-live-longer-causing-surge-in-patients-over-50?bouchon=501,ny
Well, we have found a way deal with HIV/AIDS even more. Now people are living longer with this disease. Here is a shocking statistic: Of the 107,177 New Yorkers living with HIV or AIDS, 75% of them are 40 and older. Some 37% are 50 and older, the Health Department says. They are finding however, doctors are seeing an increase in diabetes and heart disease, cancers at a younger age, more brittle bones, and peripheral neuropathy - nerve damage that causes burning foot pain. They do not know why this is happening. Also, the "life saving drug" has unknown long term effects and side effects as of now. I felt like this connected to the topic we are doing about population. We are finding ways to treat these diseases and even though that is a very good thing, we are not helping the population issue with this.
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