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		<title>By: pings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Omnivir kills HIV, Fights AIDS, Protects Immune System and Prolongs Life



Omnivir is a medical device that generates humidified active oxygen in the form of a very energetic oxygen singlet (O) , pure oxygen (O2)  and triatomic oxygen (O3, also known as medical ozone). Omnivir is used at home or clinics to care for HIV by reducing viral load, boosting immune and detoxifying the body.



How Active Oxygen works on HIV and Immune System:

Active Oxygen deactivates and eventually kills HIV by destroying its protective skin. Ozoneâ€™s destructiveness nature on HIV, virus and bacteria is partly attributed to the oxidation of unsaturated bonds in the phospholipids and lipoprotein architecture of the bacteria, viruses. The oxidation generates hydro peroxides, which are transformed to peroxyl and hydroxyl radicals and to other reactive species, including aldehydes. Peroxyl radicals attack proteins, and hydroxyl radicals induce disruptive structural changes in cell membranes. The reactive oxygen intermediates also contribute to the inactivation of viral reverse transcriptase. In order of preference, ozone reacts with polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), antioxidants such as ascorbic and uric acids, thiol compounds with -SH groups such as cysteine, reduced glutathione (GSH) and albumin All of these compounds act as electron donor and undergo oxidation. Ozone reacts with body fluids forming moles of hydrogen peroxide (included among reactive oxygen species, ROS) and moles of lipid oxidation products (LOPs) The fundamental ROS molecule is hydrogen peroxide, which is a non-radical oxidant able to act as an ozone messenger responsible for eliciting several biological and therapeutic effects. Hydrogen Peroxide already exists in human cells and its the key chemical on fighting infections, e.g. viruses and bacteria. The ozone bio-oxidative process is therefore characterized by the formation of ROS and LOPs acting in two phases. ROS are acting immediately and disappear (early and short-acting messengers), LOPs, via the circulation, distribute throughout the tissues and eventually only a few molecules bind to cell receptors . In fact of ozone returns to normal within half an hour and the oxidized compounds such as dehydroascorbate are efficiently recycled back to ascorbic acid. H2O2 diffuses easily from the plasma into the cells and its sudden appearance in the cytoplasm represents the triggering stimulus: depending upon the cell type, different biochemical pathways can be concurrently activated in erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets resulting in numerous biological effects.



At right concentration, medical ozone kills 99.999% lipid viruses and bacteria in the tests tube, water and in the air.  Here is a list of opportunistic pathogens susceptible to the antiviral and antibacterial power of ozone therapy: herpes viridae, simplex, varicella-zoster, kaposi sarcoma,  epstein - barr, influenza, hepatitis.



Ozone also acts as an enhancer of the immune system by activating neutrophils and stimulating the synthesis of some cytokines. The by product of ozone, hydrogen peroxide, which after entering into the cytoplasm of blood mononuclear cells (BMC) by oxidizing selected cysteines, activates a tyrosine kinase, which then phosphorylates the transcription factor nuclear factor ÎºB allowing the release of a heterodimer (p50+p65). This complex moves on to the nucleus and switches on some hundred genes eventually responsible for causing the synthesis of several proteins, among which are the acute-phase reactants and numerous interleukins. Once the ozonated leukocytes return to the circulation, they home in lymphoid microenvironments and successively release cytokines acting in a paracrine fashion on neighbouring cells with a possible reactivation of a depressed immune system.



Active Oxygen Success on HIV/AIDS:

This medical gas has been in use for a long time mostly in hospitals and by physicians across the world. Physicians report 99.9% success rate on HIV patients, also remission of the condition in most cases. Doctors across the world claims to have cured HIV on more than 500 patients using a rigorous and very expensive ($25,000)  protocol which included Active Oxygen IV Therapy as the main treatment.  There are more than 5 US and International patents for research to cure HIV using active oxygen/ozone, none have been put on the market due to production and regulatory costs.



Active Oxygen Therapy is used in major countries i.e.  UK, Malaysia, China, USA, Japan, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Germany , France, Cuba, Canada, Ireland, Europe, India,  Americas. Click Here to see a list of doctors offering the cheapest (average $300/month) active oxygen rectal therapy worldwide.





For More Information please visit www.savechealthsystems.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Omnivir kills HIV, Fights AIDS, Protects Immune System and Prolongs Life</p>
<p>Omnivir is a medical device that generates humidified active oxygen in the form of a very energetic oxygen singlet (O) , pure oxygen (O2)  and triatomic oxygen (O3, also known as medical ozone). Omnivir is used at home or clinics to care for HIV by reducing viral load, boosting immune and detoxifying the body.</p>
<p>How Active Oxygen works on HIV and Immune System:</p>
<p>Active Oxygen deactivates and eventually kills HIV by destroying its protective skin. Ozoneâ€™s destructiveness nature on HIV, virus and bacteria is partly attributed to the oxidation of unsaturated bonds in the phospholipids and lipoprotein architecture of the bacteria, viruses. The oxidation generates hydro peroxides, which are transformed to peroxyl and hydroxyl radicals and to other reactive species, including aldehydes. Peroxyl radicals attack proteins, and hydroxyl radicals induce disruptive structural changes in cell membranes. The reactive oxygen intermediates also contribute to the inactivation of viral reverse transcriptase. In order of preference, ozone reacts with polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), antioxidants such as ascorbic and uric acids, thiol compounds with -SH groups such as cysteine, reduced glutathione (GSH) and albumin All of these compounds act as electron donor and undergo oxidation. Ozone reacts with body fluids forming moles of hydrogen peroxide (included among reactive oxygen species, ROS) and moles of lipid oxidation products (LOPs) The fundamental ROS molecule is hydrogen peroxide, which is a non-radical oxidant able to act as an ozone messenger responsible for eliciting several biological and therapeutic effects. Hydrogen Peroxide already exists in human cells and its the key chemical on fighting infections, e.g. viruses and bacteria. The ozone bio-oxidative process is therefore characterized by the formation of ROS and LOPs acting in two phases. ROS are acting immediately and disappear (early and short-acting messengers), LOPs, via the circulation, distribute throughout the tissues and eventually only a few molecules bind to cell receptors . In fact of ozone returns to normal within half an hour and the oxidized compounds such as dehydroascorbate are efficiently recycled back to ascorbic acid. H2O2 diffuses easily from the plasma into the cells and its sudden appearance in the cytoplasm represents the triggering stimulus: depending upon the cell type, different biochemical pathways can be concurrently activated in erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets resulting in numerous biological effects.</p>
<p>At right concentration, medical ozone kills 99.999% lipid viruses and bacteria in the tests tube, water and in the air.  Here is a list of opportunistic pathogens susceptible to the antiviral and antibacterial power of ozone therapy: herpes viridae, simplex, varicella-zoster, kaposi sarcoma,  epstein &#8211; barr, influenza, hepatitis.</p>
<p>Ozone also acts as an enhancer of the immune system by activating neutrophils and stimulating the synthesis of some cytokines. The by product of ozone, hydrogen peroxide, which after entering into the cytoplasm of blood mononuclear cells (BMC) by oxidizing selected cysteines, activates a tyrosine kinase, which then phosphorylates the transcription factor nuclear factor ÎºB allowing the release of a heterodimer (p50+p65). This complex moves on to the nucleus and switches on some hundred genes eventually responsible for causing the synthesis of several proteins, among which are the acute-phase reactants and numerous interleukins. Once the ozonated leukocytes return to the circulation, they home in lymphoid microenvironments and successively release cytokines acting in a paracrine fashion on neighbouring cells with a possible reactivation of a depressed immune system.</p>
<p>Active Oxygen Success on HIV/AIDS:</p>
<p>This medical gas has been in use for a long time mostly in hospitals and by physicians across the world. Physicians report 99.9% success rate on HIV patients, also remission of the condition in most cases. Doctors across the world claims to have cured HIV on more than 500 patients using a rigorous and very expensive ($25,000)  protocol which included Active Oxygen IV Therapy as the main treatment.  There are more than 5 US and International patents for research to cure HIV using active oxygen/ozone, none have been put on the market due to production and regulatory costs.</p>
<p>Active Oxygen Therapy is used in major countries i.e.  UK, Malaysia, China, USA, Japan, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Germany , France, Cuba, Canada, Ireland, Europe, India,  Americas. Click Here to see a list of doctors offering the cheapest (average $300/month) active oxygen rectal therapy worldwide.</p>
<p>For More Information please visit <a  href="http://www.savechealthsystems.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.savechealthsystems.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: three ways to spread hiv</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88100</link>
		<dc:creator>three ways to spread hiv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] ber 30, ... April 23rd, 2007 at 3:58 pm. The dynamics of any epidemic ?? including AIDS ...http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/STD, Herpe [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] ber 30, &#8230; April 23rd, 2007 at 3:58 pm. The dynamics of any epidemic ?? including AIDS &#8230;<a  href="http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/STD" rel="nofollow">http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/STD</a>, Herpe [...]</p>
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		<title>By: dsaklad@gnu.org</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88099</link>
		<dc:creator>dsaklad@gnu.org</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even as a thought experiment the idea of the strategy of let&#039;s get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex for A VARIETY of STDs brings forward concerns where there is ambiguity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even as a thought experiment the idea of the strategy of let&#8217;s get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex for A VARIETY of STDs brings forward concerns where there is ambiguity.</p>
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		<title>By: dsaklad@gnu.org</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88098</link>
		<dc:creator>dsaklad@gnu.org</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 16:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Public health officials have not observed the phenomenon going on where potential sex partners get tested TOGETHER BEFORE having sex for A VARIETY of sexually transmitted diseases. The strategy of let&#039;s get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex for A VARIETY of STDs is going on unobserved. Even as a thought experiment the idea brings forward concerns people have been ambiguous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Public health officials have not observed the phenomenon going on where potential sex partners get tested TOGETHER BEFORE having sex for A VARIETY of sexually transmitted diseases. The strategy of let&#8217;s get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex for A VARIETY of STDs is going on unobserved. Even as a thought experiment the idea brings forward concerns people have been ambiguous.</p>
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		<title>By: rc21</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88097</link>
		<dc:creator>rc21</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>patsyb, if the abc stategy is working why not look to expand it. Go with what seems to work put the alternitives on the back burner or atleast minimize the resources being wasted on them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>patsyb, if the abc stategy is working why not look to expand it. Go with what seems to work put the alternitives on the back burner or atleast minimize the resources being wasted on them.</p>
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		<title>By: punditwannabe</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88096</link>
		<dc:creator>punditwannabe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 23:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>interesting....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>interesting&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: patsyb</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88095</link>
		<dc:creator>patsyb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 22:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder: did anyone from ROS attend the South Africa Partners (http://www.sapartners.org/) conference that took place in Boston, this past Friday? A fascinating set of alternatives to the ABC strategy were mentioned in passing at several turns. That&#039;s because the main question of this conference had to do with what those who work in sub-Saharan Africa have learned and can bring home to help sub-Saharan Africans in Massachusetts who are living with HIV/AIDS.



FYI: according to the MA Dept. of Public Health, between 2003 and 2005 28% of HIV diagnoses are people born outside the US; of those 35% are from sub-Saharan Africa. (See www.mass.gov/dph/aids for more details and information).



Thanks for re-opening this discussion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder: did anyone from ROS attend the South Africa Partners (<a  href="http://www.sapartners.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sapartners.org/</a>) conference that took place in Boston, this past Friday? A fascinating set of alternatives to the ABC strategy were mentioned in passing at several turns. That&#8217;s because the main question of this conference had to do with what those who work in sub-Saharan Africa have learned and can bring home to help sub-Saharan Africans in Massachusetts who are living with HIV/AIDS.</p>
<p>FYI: according to the MA Dept. of Public Health, between 2003 and 2005 28% of HIV diagnoses are people born outside the US; of those 35% are from sub-Saharan Africa. (See <a  href="http://www.mass.gov/dph/aids" rel="nofollow">http://www.mass.gov/dph/aids</a> for more details and information).</p>
<p>Thanks for re-opening this discussion.</p>
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		<title>By: nother</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88094</link>
		<dc:creator>nother</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 05:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here are some &quot;Vital Statistics&quot; from a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.until.org/statistics.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; that my friend (a statistician in the AIDS field) directed me to:



Worldwide:



-Over 22 million people have died from AIDS.

-Over 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.

-Over 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.

-By the year 2010, five countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, China, India, and Russia) with 40 percent of the world&#039;s population will add 50 to 75 million infected people to the worldwide pool of HIV disease.



-There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries). HIV/AIDS is a &quot;disease of young people&quot; with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.

-The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some &#8220;Vital Statistics&#8221; from a <a  href="http://www.until.org/statistics.shtml" rel="nofollow">site</a> that my friend (a statistician in the AIDS field) directed me to:</p>
<p>Worldwide:</p>
<p>-Over 22 million people have died from AIDS.</p>
<p>-Over 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
<p>-Over 19 million women are living with HIV/AIDS.</p>
<p>-By the year 2010, five countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, China, India, and Russia) with 40 percent of the world&#8217;s population will add 50 to 75 million infected people to the worldwide pool of HIV disease.</p>
<p>-There are 14,000 new infections every day (95 percent in developing countries). HIV/AIDS is a &#8220;disease of young people&#8221; with half of the 5 million new infections each year occurring among people ages 15 to 24.</p>
<p>-The UN estimates that, currently, there are 14 million AIDS orphans and that by 2010 there will be 25 million.</p>
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		<title>By: tbrucia</title>
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		<dc:creator>tbrucia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 15:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Relative to &#039;B&#039; (Be faithful), I find it interesting that so little discussion is given to &#039;cheating safely&#039;.  Growing up many years ago, a lot of sexual activity was going on -- but it involved mutual masturbation (then known as &#039;heavy petting&#039;), or non-genital touching (then known as &#039;light petting&#039;).  Today, it seems that everything is digital (i.e. on/off) and that &#039;having sex&#039; automatically involves intercourse, and &#039;not having sex&#039; involves abstinence or &#039;solitary sex&#039; (another forgotten phrase...).  I suspect that prudery is causing BIG problems insofar as couples simply don&#039;t think of sexual intimacy without full genital intercourse...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Relative to &#8216;B&#8217; (Be faithful), I find it interesting that so little discussion is given to &#8216;cheating safely&#8217;.  Growing up many years ago, a lot of sexual activity was going on &#8212; but it involved mutual masturbation (then known as &#8216;heavy petting&#8217;), or non-genital touching (then known as &#8216;light petting&#8217;).  Today, it seems that everything is digital (i.e. on/off) and that &#8216;having sex&#8217; automatically involves intercourse, and &#8216;not having sex&#8217; involves abstinence or &#8216;solitary sex&#8217; (another forgotten phrase&#8230;).  I suspect that prudery is causing BIG problems insofar as couples simply don&#8217;t think of sexual intimacy without full genital intercourse&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: allison</title>
		<link>http://www.radioopensource.org/the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comment-88092</link>
		<dc:creator>allison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone mentioned the skepticism of Africans towards Westerners, especially regarding the topiic of AIDS. Is it possible that the Ugandan approach was so successful because it was homegrown? I don&#039;t where their funding came from, but if the program was perceived to be homegrown, that may have helped it be received well.



Sometimes we need to know when to back off. If we want to help. or feel responsible, perhpas we need to let go of control of the programming and simply fund local organizaitons, allowing them to figure out how best to address their local population. It would be awesome if we didn&#039;t need to take credit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone mentioned the skepticism of Africans towards Westerners, especially regarding the topiic of AIDS. Is it possible that the Ugandan approach was so successful because it was homegrown? I don&#8217;t where their funding came from, but if the program was perceived to be homegrown, that may have helped it be received well.</p>
<p>Sometimes we need to know when to back off. If we want to help. or feel responsible, perhpas we need to let go of control of the programming and simply fund local organizaitons, allowing them to figure out how best to address their local population. It would be awesome if we didn&#8217;t need to take credit.</p>
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