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CDC's
National Center for Health Statistics
Reports Significantly Fewer AIDS Deaths
 The
Centers for Disease Control's
2003 National Vital Statistics Report (NVSS
here on page 15) reports HIV and AIDS deaths as "Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Disease." The NVSS writes that
the preliminary total of 13,544 deaths represents
"91 percent of the medical files
for all deaths in the United States in 2003." At the same
time, the CDC's 2003
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report has an estimate of 18,017.
According to the CDC, the larger number represents AIDS patients who died of any
cause, even non-HIV/AIDS causes.
India's Claim of a 90 Percent Fall in
HIV Cases Upsets AIDS Activists
The NIH
and AIDS activists argue that global HIV/AIDS infections prove
the need for more AIDS research funding. We believe
the answer to global AIDS is not more research, but rather the
same things that have dropped the death rate in newly infected
California AIDS patients
98
percent: preventive education, existing medication, Harm
Reduction Policies (clean syringes) and patients living
healthy lives with clean water and sufficient food.
Exaggerated AIDS statistics resulted in angry Indian Hindus
demanding apologies from the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight
AIDS. Click on the Taj Mahal picture to read the full story
including the World Bank's comment that it
finds it “unfortunate that estimates (for HIV/AIDS) [from
non-governmental agencies] are unreliable in India'' and of
the large funding for AIDS from them and Bill Gates. AIDS
cases in India this month: not millions: see that
here.
FAIR
is Honored with a Distinguished
New Member Joining its
Board
of Directors
 Dr. Charles J. Goodacre, DDS, MSD is known globally for his
work to effect the betterment of mankind as the Dean of the
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD), which
operates 76 mission dental clinics that are associated with
seven Seventh Day Adventist churches. LLUSD
maintains active student programs on 10 external sites which
treat approximately 2,500 patients per year and the students travel
to 15 countries each year that have limited or
no access to dental facilities to treat an additional 3,500
patients. In 2004, Dr. Goodacre assisted with the opening of a
general practice residency in Armenia for people who had no
dental care facility. He is Past
President,
American Board of Prosthodontics
,
a Board Member
of the
American College of Prosthodontists
and an Executive Council Member of the Academy of
Prosthodontics. Read his impressive CV
here.
FAIR Members' Soapbox Alerts Continue for
patients with Autism, Lung CA, MS, PBC & CF
 FAIR's
members are continuing to utilize a free service
to contact President Bush and VP Cheney for fair allocations
in research, and at the same time they are alerting thousands
on the need for change. See a recent "Soapbox Alert" to
citizens with
autism, lung cancer, multiple sclerosis, Primary Biliary
Cirrhosis (PBC) and cystic fibrosis
here
and send an alert to President Bush and VP Cheney today!
Traveling With FAIR
 FAIR's
Founder, President and CEO travels the country educating
Americans on the need for change at the National Institutes of
Health. Travel with him from California to St. Louis where he presents to Vietnam veterans'
ViêtNow at their 20th Annual Conference. Invite Dr. Darling by
email at
fair@dc.rr.com to come and
give the FAIR presentation to your club today. Get your
popcorn, take a seat and enjoy the trip: click
here.
AIDS Infections Up, Funding Down,
say AIDS Activists
In a past
Anglican Journal article, AIDS activists lament receiving
fewer funds.
FAIR responded to the Angelican Journal (and to the
Episcopal News Service, which carried the article) and asked
for full disclosure of the facts to provide needed balance to
the story.
Stunning Success: HIV
Positive Patients are Good
Kidney Transplant Candidates
 The
FAIR Foundation is calling on our government to recognize the
great success of AIDS researchers and advocates with
corresponding adjustments in research funding. Click on the
Medscape icon to read proof of that success and the
corresponding wonderful news for HIV patients in need of
kidney transplant.
Now Available in California: Become an
Organ
Donor by Registering Online
 Californians
over age 18 can register online
here to
become an organ donor after they pass away. For those who
speak Spanish,
click here. The registry is a state confidential database that
records the donation wishes of all residents who choose
to register. Each person who registers has the potential to
save eight lives and benefit fifty others with tissue
donation. This service is free.
Focus Disease: Alzheimer's
Disease
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Alzheimer's is fatal: 63,343 died of
Alzheimer's Disease in 2003. That is almost 5 times the
13,544
reported for AIDS in the first paragraph referenced above.
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Alzheimer's is
serious: there is no medical treatment to cure or
completely stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Three medications can temporarily mask the symptoms
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Alzheimer's Cost to Society: US
society spends 100 Billion on Alzheimer's Disease. More than
7 out of 10 patients live at home because neither Medicare
nor most private insurance plans cover long-term care
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Alzheimer's is Prevalent: There are
four million Americans with Alzheimer's Disease as compared
to an estimated 950,000 with HIV/AIDS. As many as 10% of the
people age 65 and older have Alzheimer's Disease, and nearly
50% of those over 85% have it. Some in their 30's and 40's
also get Alzheimer's
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Alzheimer's caregivers: "God Bless
them. They allow us to live with dignity while ill." Studies on
the Economic Value of Informal Caregiving in the U.S.
indicates $196 billion a year is contributed to the U.S.
health care system by an invisible health care sector —
families and friends who provide care at home for the
chronically ill. Alzheimer's caregiving is estimated to make
up one-third of the total informal caregiving value or 68
Billion Dollars
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Alzheimer's Can Be Inherited: Having
a parent or sibling with the disease increases an
individual's chances of developing Alzheimer's
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Fairness? The NIH is spending only
$144 on each patient with
Alzheimer's in research in 2003 versus
$3,084 on each patient who
has been identified as having AIDS
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Alzheimer's and all other diseases except
HIV/AIDS would receive significantly larger research
allocations under The FAIR Foundation's policy
Alzheimer's statistics from the
Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/statistics.asp
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Myths.asp
National Vital Statistics Report Vol. 53 Number 15
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With strength in numbers, we WILL achieve fair and equitable NIH
distributions for Alzheimer's disease as well as ALL
other diseases.
The FAIR Foundation, 78629 Bougainvillea Drive,
Palm Desert, CA 92211
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FAIR Mission Statement:
The FAIR Foundation is
dedicated to fair and equitable distribution of
research funds by the government for all diseases, including the 16
that kill a million more Americans than AIDS. A disease’s mortality rate
shall be given emphasis in determining allocations and other
secondary factors shall be utilized to insure diseases
that cause great suffering but have low mortality rates will
also receive significantly increased funding.
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