Introduction Opioids are known to affect the immune system and their use often results in harmful consequences. For example, higher than normal rates of infections such as skin abscesses, thrombophlebitis, septicemia, bacterial endocarditis, tetanus, and malaria have been observed in narcotic addict...

Understanding a Killer Of Millions By Sara is a twenty two year old Caucasian female. Sara was diagnosed with HIV seven years ago, but recently started antiretroviral therapy when her viral load went over 100,000 and her T cell count dropped below 140. She began on a triple combination therapy r...

Immunotherapy: A New Age of Cancer Treatment Abstract: The growing number of reports documenting successful immunotherapy of tumor patients and the increasing knowledge of the mechanisms governing immune reactions against tumor cells warrant further experimental efforts in this area. Currently,...