AIDS PANDEMIC NEEDS
ISLAMIC SOLUTION

With AIDS pandemic growing on a global scale and showing no signs of abating, it has become a serious health hazard that should engage the attention of the international community including the Arab world.

Statistics released by UNAIDS, a UN joint inter-agency project, make gloomy reading. The world body has announced that 40 million people around the world are infected with HIV and that around $22 billion a year will be needed by 2008 to fight HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Funding needs are rising steadily, and are set to reach $15 billion next year, rising to $18 billion in 2007. worldwide, approximately 39.4 million people are infected by HIV, around two-thirds of them in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region accounts for two-thirds of total infections and AIDS deaths, reflecting the failures of awareness programs and lack of access to the life-prolonging cocktail of drugs against HIV.

In parts of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, China, India and parts of Southeast Asia, infection that until now has been mainly limited to sex workers and intravenous drug users is now poised to leap into the mainstream population. Some 4.9 million have fully-developed AIDS. More than 8,000 people die every day from AIDS-related conditions, and the disease has left 15 million orphans. In Latin America, North Africa, and the Middle East, infection rates remain relatively low, at 0.7% of the adult population or less.

Funding is needed to cover everything from prevention, treatment and care, to support for orphans, management of AIDS programs and training of medical workers. The disease poses an exceptional threat to humanity and the response needs to be equally exceptional, recognizing the urgency as well as the need for long-term planning and financing.

Stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS are considered by specialists to be the main barrier against proper preventive measures targeting infected people or those at risk of infection, because those people are afraid to seek medical advice in order not to be stigmatized.

Also, the availability of anti-retroviral drugs and their high effectiveness in prolonging the life of patients, with God’s will, will also tone down part of the stigma.

In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Health has taken a firm stand against doctors refusing to treat or operate on AIDS patients. It has stressed the importance of helping these patients and reminded the medical staff that they are under an obligation to treat them.

If we refer to the Islamic religious opinion in this case, we find that Islam is against stigma and discrimination, whatever its purpose. A verse in the Noble Qur’an reads: “O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other (offensive) nicknames: III-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong.” (49:11)

Since the Holy Qur’an instructs us to promote virtue and prohibit vice, it is incumbent on Muslim societies to use the mosques and other public platforms for mounting an awareness campaign against the hazards of AIDS. Health authorities could also prime the scholars with basic information on AIDS and the havoc that it plays with the society. Religious instructions must also be incorporated into the school curricula to keep the students abreast of some of the current health issues.

The media could also play a role in this regard by highlighting the dreadful consequences of AIDS through interviews with medical experts. Ultimately, it all boils down to the one and only solution: internal discipline. So long as man stays within the legal boundaries defined by the Holy Qur’an, he will continue to enjoy safe and sound health. It is only when he transgresses those limits that it provokes a human crisis which, as in the case of South Africa, could rise to epidemic proportions.

By Dr. Saleh I. Babear

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There are many things that can happen to you if you have a Thyroid issue and getting treatment is your best bet. It is good to know that there are some natural treatments and vitamins that you can use to treat a low Thyroid as well. Your Thyroid gland is responsible for controlling your metabolism and if it gets out of whack them you can have a lot of problems and one of those being weight gain.

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BREAST CANCER, TUMORS, THYROID GLANDS

In this issue:
• Aids Pandemic Needs Islamic Solution
• The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory
• How to Become Younger
• How to Use Vitamins to Cure Thyroid
• Know Your Temperament

The Apricot Kernel Anti-Cancer Theory

WDo these kernels have important protective powers which in some way play an important role in the extraordinary health and longevity of the Hunza people? The evidence suggest they very well might. Cancer and arthritis are both very rare among the Taos (New Mexico) Pueblo Indians. Their traditional beverages is made from the group kernels of cherries, peaches and apricots. Robert G. Houston told PREVENTION that he enjoyed this beverage when he was in New Mexico gathering material for a book dealing with blender shakes based on an Indian recipe. Into a glass of milk or juice, he mixed a tablespoon of honey with freshly ground apricot kernels (1/4 of an ounce or two dozen kernels) which had been roasted for 10 minutes at 300. It is vitally impotent to roast the kernels first. Houston points out, "in order to insure safety when you are using the pits in such quantities." roasting destroys enzymes which could upset your stomach if you eat too many at on time. In any event the drink was so delicious that Houston kept having it daily. On the third day of drinking this concoction, Houston says that a funny thing happened. Two little benign skin growths on his arm , which formerly were pink had turned brown. The next day, he noticed that the growths were black and shriveled. On the seventh morning, the smaller more recent growths had vanished completely and the larger one. about the size of a grain of rice, had simply fallen off.

Houston says that two of his friends have since tried the apricot shakes and report similar elimination of benign skin growths in one or two weeks..

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How to Become Younger

Almost everybody over the age of 30 would like to know how to become younger. There is a burning desire in the hearts of a lot of people about how to retain their youthful looks. How does one make him or herself younger? We want to have a head full of hair, nice flexible body and smooth skin like that of a little baby.

There are a now a number of resources that can be used to determine an individual's actual physical body age. One of those is called tealage.com where after answering a few questions it is possible to determine your body's physical age. This tells you in terms of statistical averages if you are physically older or younger than your years.

But what is more interesting is that from the questions and the resulting report, you get a very strong idea of what you could do right now to make your body's real age drop lower. These are some of the factors that you may be able to change in your life to give yourself a lower physical age:

From the questions and resultant report it is actually possible interestingly to get a very good idea about what areas of your life or habits needs to be put right to get a drop in your body's real age. In order for an individual to lower his/her physical age, listed below are some of the factors that an individual may be able to change:
- quit smoking.
- keep your body weight within the normal BMI range that is not being over weight or under
weight.
- keeping fit by taking regular exercises.
- having a healthy diet by taking the required proportion of fruits and vegetables.
- trying to avoid stress as much as possible and maintaining good relationships with
friends and family.

Trying to achieve all or even some of the above which requires some effort and willpower will definitely make you feel and look younger thereby resulting in a more attractive you.

About the Author:
Godson Odogwu Jnr is a graduate of the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. He regularly writes on various topics which includes health, aging, and exercise. Visit his anti aging site on:

http://www.stayingfabulous.org

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How to Become Younger

KNOW YOUR TEMPERAMENT