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Article: Homeopathic drugs check infection in AIDS patients: researcher.

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March 23, 2005
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New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) Homeopathic medicines have been found to be effective in checking the growth of certain infections in HIV positive patients by improving their immune system, a senior Indian researcher claimed on Wednesday.

"In a study carried out on 100 patients in terminal stages of AIDS, homeopathic medicines proved to be useful in improving or maintaining immune system of about 50 per cent of the people," Dr Nirupama Mishra, Research Officer at Regional Research Institute for Homeopathy, in the western Indian metropolis of Mumbai, told PTI.

Mishra said "it was observed in some of the cases that inspite of having a low CD-4 ...

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