HHS Awards 1.1 Billion Dollars For HIV/AIDS Care, Medications
Main Category: HIV / AIDSArticle Date: 08 Apr 2008 - 3:00 PDT
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HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced grants of more than $1.1 billion to provide primary care, medications and services for low-income and underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS.
Funded under Part B of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the grants are awarded to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also receiving grants are the U.S. Pacific Territories of American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and the Associated Jurisdictions of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau. HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) manages the Ryan White program.
"These Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part B grants help ensure Americans, especially those in rural and underserved communities, affected by HIV/AIDS get access to the care they need through quality health care and support systems," Secretary Leavitt said. "These grants strengthen community, city and state capacities to care for those with HIV."
The majority of the funding, $774 million, supports state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) that provide prescription medications for HIV/AIDS patients. In 2006, close to 158,000 ADAP clients were served through state ADAPs.
Part B awards also include formula base grants that can be used for home and community-based services, insurance continuation, ADAP assistance, and other direct services. Fourteen states will also receive Emerging Community (EC) grants based on the number of AIDS cases over the most recent 5-year period.
"Ryan White Part B awards reflect the urgent need for life-saving medications for those living with HIV/AIDS," said HRSA Administrator Elizabeth Duke. "Today we are thankful and proud that all ADAP waiting lists have been eliminated."
http://www.hhs.gov Every year, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program helps more than 530,000 people access the care and services they need to live longer, healthier lives. Information on all domestic, Federal HIV/AIDS programs is available at http://www.aids.gov. HRSA, part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit http://www.hrsa.gov.
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Mona Vie Juice Has Great Promise In HIV/AIDS Complications At A Fraction Of Cost
posted by Richard Nielsen on 9 Apr 2008 at 1:59 pmI have been diagnosed with HIV since August of 2005 and the Ryan White was a program that made it possible to get the care I so desperately needed. I am living in SW Florida and moved here to be treated by a specialist who was one of the best at caring for those infected with HIV. I have not been disappointed in the least with his care or the social programs that have made his services available to me.
After months of treatment for complications from the drugs including, but not limited to high blood pressure, a cholesterol of 535, elevated liver functions and more, the drugs seemed to reach a point where they just were not helping me, in fact they were causing me harm. That was when I decided to start drinking Mona Vie juice. A premier blend of 19 fruits from around the world including the Acai berry from Brazil as their crowning jewel. This delicious juice has done more for helping me back to health than any other food or drug regiment. After just six months on the juice I have seen a huge reduction in my cholesterol from 535 to 108. I will be tested this moth and expect to see my cholesterol below 99. After months of my cd4 hovering around 260 or less, my count has now increased to 420. My blood pressure has normalized and my blood sugar has also be reduced to normal and acceptable parameters.
I was treated for colon cancer in 2005 and the treatments affected my feet and I experienced foot drop in both feet and a neuropathy in my legs and feet. Twenty months ago, my neurologist said I would never walk again. Today I walk my dog twice a day and though a bit clumsy, I get around just fine. The pain medication amitriptyline, 150mg and gabapentin, 300mg, both huge doses, are no longer necessary to control the pain in my feet.
These are remarkable improvements in my quality of life and though, I can not say it was because of Mona Vie, I can say I did nothing different to make these quantitative improvements except drink Mona Vie. Today there are hundreds of thousands of folks who are drinking this wonderful juice and feeling better because of it. It seems to me that if good nutrition is convenient and assist the body to repair itself then a revolution is at hand to make this juice available to all, especially to the poor. It seems amazing to me that we will allow billions of dollars to go to drug companies to develop drugs with harmful side effects and most do not even work or worse cause damage, and yet a juice that can bring good health is over looked and even ridiculed. If good nutrition can be the first and best course, then why is not more being done in this arena?
Mona Vie For AIDS Is Utter Nonsense
posted by Celestial Teapot on 15 Apr 2008 at 9:57 amThis person claims that he has AIDS, that he formerly had cancer and that he could not walk due to a long-standing neuropathy.
He further claims that drinking a beverage made out of fruit for a period of six months 1) doubled his CD4 count, 2) restored normal liver function, 3) lowered his cholesterol by 75%, 4) normalized his blood glucose, 5) normalized his blood pressure, and 6) reduced the neuropathy sufficiently to enable hum to walk again.
How could a fruit drink, which presumably contains some sugar, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, possibly act on the organs of the body to effect such enormous, unprecedented, miraculous physiological changes?
That answer is that it cannot.
If this marketing scam called "Mona Vie" was actually capable of such feats, don't you think it would be on the front page of every newspaper and magazine and on every television channel? You can bet it would.
"Mona Vie" is just an expensive fruit juice costing $45 a bottle that promises the convenience of a liquid to people who are "too busy" to eat whole fruits and vegetables (which are far healthier), plus some antioxidants which could just as easily be obtained by eating a red Delicious apple for seventy-five cents.
The poster gives away his ulterior motive, which is to generate sales, through his florid language - "premiere blend", "crowning jewel", "fruits from around the world", etc. If it's so powerful,
why isn't a nutritional analysis of its contents available so we could see how much of each vitamin, mineral, antioxidant, and phytochemical is actually present? Why did he have to drink it for six long months to achieve his results?
This juice is very expensive. An 8 oz. glass a day for six months
would cost $2,025. Eating an apple a day would cost you only $135 and provide just as many antioxidants plus fiber.
Note that he does not even claim that Mona Vie was responsible for his cure or for curing anyone else.
Testimonials, such as the one from this poster, are lousy evidence, even when they are slightly believable, which this one is certainly not. Independent, randomly-controlled, double-blind clinical trials with sizable populations that are then replicated are good evidence.
Stay away from Mona Vie. By all means, consume whole fresh produce in the form of leafy greens and colorful fruits and vegetables.
That will be far more beneficial than some phony juice that is supposed to have magical properties simply because it is purple and from Brazil (two key Mona Vie selling points).
If this person has a conscience, which I doubt, he really ought to be very, very ashamed of himself.
A Skeptic With An Opinion
posted by Richard Nielsen on 19 Apr 2008 at 8:50 amWhat an appropriate handle you have chosen. For our readers not so enlightened, Celestial Teapot was a term coined by the philosopher Bertrand Russell born 1872, died 1970, which was intended to refute the idea that the burden of proof lies upon the skeptic to disprove unfalsifiable claims originally towards religions assumptions.
The purpose of posting my benefits using MonaVie Juice was to help those searching for ways to improve their health. Certainly your advice may induce the same results for a fraction the cost, but I can not personally vouch for that.
I have been eating apples for years and had no quantifiable improvements in my health, but that is just me. Perhaps there are those out there that have, and I wish them my best. I, however, do stand by what I have claimed and am not the least bit ashamed of my health status or its remarkable improvement.
Respectfully, I would invite our readers to come to their own conclusions as to the potential of Mona Vie by a simple google inquiry. Check into the writings of Dr. Ralph Carson, PhD, RD, LD. He has the credentials and has researched Mona Vie extensively. Get a copy of his CD "The Amazing Components of MonaVie from a Scientific Standpoint".
Then after listen to his lecture complete with Q&A come to your own conclusions. Read Volume 3, issue 7, of "Success From Home" magazine (the entire issue is devoted to MonaVie) to see the specifics of MonaVie not only as a healthful juice, but as a income opportunity.
As to the published results of a variety of fruits in our diets they are many. But even greater than that are the articles devoted to the serious side affects of today's pharmaceuticals. The joke stands, "the pill that kills is still the cure". The skeptics point of view may be, "well at least you don't have to pay $45.00 a bottle any more, I have at least saved you from that."
You are entitled to your opinion and I respect that, but you are most uniformed, and for you to presume you are doing a service by telling others not to give Mona Vie a try to see for themselves the improvements that could result is truly the opposite of your intent.
To you other readers out there who are just looking for a product that may be of help to your health concerns, do the research yourselves. Ultimately what transpires here is of little importance other than to open a door of possibility. Please, remember this, no one in history has ever erected a memorial to the hopeless skeptic.
Mona Vie...Don't Knock It Till You Try It!
posted by Anon on 23 Oct 2008 at 6:35 amI too was skeptical until my I tried it...my joint pain is completely gone. My mom has Macular Degeneration which causes leakage behind her eyes...which caused her to loose her central vision. She has been getting shots, in her eyes,to stop the leaking. Nothing has helped. She was drinking Mona Vie for about a month when I took her for yet another shot and the Doctor said the leaking STOPPED!! My father-in-laws blood pressure and cholesterol has dropped significantly since drinking the Mona Vie...the doctor said that whatever he is doing,keep doing it! As for Mona Vie being on the News...its all over the news. Just look and you will find it. Alot of the top Athletes are now drinking it. The health benefits are astounding, I feel sorry for all the people that are missing out on it!
Reply For Celestial Teapots Comment
posted by rob on 31 Jan 2009 at 8:32 amIt's easy to be a skeptic when you know nothing about the product. You presume mona Vie has sugar(It does not). Refined sugars are the root cause of most disease. Every fruit in Mona Vie is being touted as the worlds most powerful superfoods. Not Mona Vie touting it but your skeptical liberal MEDIA!
As to it being on the mainstream media, it has been featured many many times in a very positive way on all the major networks and some tv programs. I was a skeptic until I was forced by my wife to drink it in lieu of vitamins.
My knee pain dissapeared after many years of severe pain, my chronic fatigue is gone, my beer gut is gone, I think clearer and more alert, I sleep great now and my stress level is very low. I can honestly say that it has greatly improved my lifestyle. There are many people trying to get something cheaper out there as an alternative because they know that it works.
However if you do your research you will find that no product yet will even compare. Mona Vie does not add water or any sugars/caffiene. Just plain Whole fruit. Acai is the highest percentage of the drink. They also add glucosimine that is made from plant sterols (not shelfish like all other brands). This will help your joints.
This cost over ten times more to produce than boiled shellfish glucosimine and the effects are second to none. Mona Vie simply helps your body do what it was intended. That is why so many can claim that it has improved there health significantly.
Please do your research so that you will not take something as great as Mona Vie away from someone who really needs it. FYI: as for the FDA- Because the drink is solely fruit there is no need for any FDA approvals or endorsements. You have never seen an FDA approved piece of fruit on the shelf have you? However the Mona Vie Pulse is recognized by the FDA to significantly reduce your cholesterol. The price, well it's cheaper than two cups of coffee a day, cigarettes? Um hello figure it out it would cost over ten time more to get the equivalent of fruits an veggies per day in supermarket! Like I said know what you are talking about. Thanks
What If It Does Help?
posted by Myndi Fitzgerald on 13 Nov 2009 at 4:50 amWhat if it does help people? I know first hand that it actually did help my children. Would I believe that a fruit juice could do this for them after years of medication? Absolutely not! However, I was open minded enough (or desperate) to give it a try and it did help tremendously. My kids have been healthy for an entire year with no medications. Hmmm...scam? I don't think so. Before you criticize it, you should give it a chance. It just might help you or someone you love.
By the way - it isn't over $45 per bottle and you only drink 4 oz per day, not 8 oz. You can save money by buying in bulk and get the bottles for about $20. I used to spend as much as $1100 per month on just ONE of the medications my son was taking and they were taking MANY medications. So, expensive?? Not compared to the cost of medication and doctor appointments, tests, procedures, etc. Being healthy now - PRICELESS!
Also, it has been all over the media. You just have to open your eyes and your hearts to see it.
Can Someone Please Give A Reference For The Claim That The FDA Recognizes Pulse For Reducing Cholesterol?
posted by JT on 28 Jan 2010 at 10:51 amI have seen the claim that FDA reccognizes Pulse for reducing cholesterol but I haven't found a source that directly links an FDA source to the claim.
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks!
Monavie
posted by John Wilsons on 19 Jul 2010 at 11:35 pmThanks for providing a great resource. This site is extremely informative.
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