In this first book to bring both establishment and dissenting views of the AIDS crisis into one volume, Gary Null unravels the half-truths that many argue have marred the study of this disease from the start. In clear, jargon-free prose, the book offers an unbiased, unflinching discussion of all sides of each issue.

AIDS: A Second Opinion argues that the AIDS drama has exposed problematic issues having to do with the functioning of U.S. medical institutions. Null explores a new type of health care, grounded in patients' own choices and dispositions, that poses a challenge to the top-down, expert-controlled medical systems favored by the establishment.

Drawing from Null's many years of study of alternative, traditional, and orthodox medicine as well as from interviews with many long-term survivors, the book dissects the claims of the AZT and drug-cocktail approach to treating AIDS and offers a trilogy of treatment strategies based on wide views of how to enhance the immune system and improve overall functioning.

"When even Sen. Jesse Helms...recommends an American appropriation of $500 million to fight AIDS in developing countries, Null's blithe disregard of the evidence seems less blinkered than criminal....The strangest thing about AIDS: A Second Opinion is that it takes no account of real time, never mind real research, real statistics and real results....And when the late Michael Callen is quoted as if he were still alive, I nearly jumped out of my skin. (Callen, once famous as a long-term survivor of AIDS and adamantly opposed to the use of AZT, has been dead since 1993.) Every effort has been made to trick out Null's book as a scientific volume, which it's not; no scientist will read it, I predict, except to mock it or dismiss it wholesale....Null's book is also so thick with misinformation and specious reasoning, so badly written and so very long, it squashes even the few sound points he has to make — namely, that a complete overhaul of the American healthcare system is needed, that the pharmaceutical giants are, indeed, rapacious pigs, responsible for the deaths of millions, and that all patients need to be empowered for their own self-care." Peter Kurth, Salon.com

Drawn from extensive research of alternative and traditional medicine, a unique resource shatters the myths about AIDS to provide a new understanding of this enigmatic illness and furnishes a wealth of alternative treatments for AIDS patients, from nutritional support to metabolic stabilization ther

The bestselling author of "Get Healthy Now!" offers an unflinching discussionof dissenting views of the AIDS issue, with suggested alternative treatments.400 pp.

Bestselling health and nutrition author Gary Null is one of America's most popular health and fitness writers. Dr. Null has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and he is the author of dozens of books and hundreds of medical articles. He is also the host of a popular daily radio show on VoiceAmerica.

Introduction
Pt. 1 Evidence Against the Current AIDS Hypotheses 1
The Media and Medical Establishment Support their Beliefs 3
The Establishment View 13
Critique of Established AIDS Hypotheses 27
What is AIDS? 95
Medicine and Dream Time 173
Pt. 2 Exploring Alternative Causes of AIDS 177
Is the AIDS Syndrome New? 181
How to Accurately Assess Immunodeficency 185
AIDS as Stress Response 191
The Role of Illicit Drugs 195
Psychological Assessment: Prof. Casper G. Schmidt 219
Microbial Activity and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) 251
Multifactorial Etiology: A Closer Look 257
The Theory of Multifactorial Causation 271
Was AIDS Man-Made? 295
Biological Warfare and Genetic Engineering 323
Instances of the Fingerpost 347
Pt. 3 AIDS, Inc. 349
Science as Business 351
The Economics of AIDS 353
An Imaginary Conversation with Prof. Stanley Aronowitz 373
Pt. 4 Conventional Treatment Programs 385
Failure of Conventional AIDS Treatment 387
AIDS Vaccine 391
Pt. 5 The AZT Hoax 401
Marketing, Toxicity, and Motivation 405
Testing Today 415
Rationale and Long-Term Effect 429
Big Business 435
Media Power 445
Buying Patient and Professional Support 453
AZT Reborn 459
Pt. 6 Alternative Treatments 487
The New Atlantis 489
Nutritional and Lifestyle Changes 493
Nutritional Depletion and Augmentation 497
Lifestyle Changes 547
Sir Francis Bacon and Ancient Wisdom 557
Dr. Christopher Calapai 561
Dr. Emmanuel Revici 567
Oxygen, Ozone, and AIDS 575
Pt. 7 A New Medical Paradigm 583
Alternative Health-Disease-Therapy Concepts 585
AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000 593
The Community's Role in the Fight Against AIDS 601
Appendices 619
App. I Chinese Herbs for the Immune System 621
App. II Dr. Christopher Calapai: AIDS Protocol 627
App. III Prof. John Bastyr: AIDS Protocol 629
App. IV George Wedemeyer: AIDS Protocol 630
App. V Dr. Wuan Xi Wang: AIDS Protocol 631
App. VI Ann Marie Wishard: AIDS Protocol 632
App. VII Linda Rector-Page: AIDS Protocol 633
App. VIII Dr. Ken Korins: AIDS Protocol 635
App. IX Anti-Chronic Fatigue Protocol 637
App. X Mark Konlee: AIDS Protocol 640
App. XI Dr. Paul M. Holt 641
App. XII Direct AIDS Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR): AIDS Protocol 643
App. XIII DAAIR-Suggested Steps for Evaluating and Monitoring AIDS Therapies 644
App. XIV AIDS Protocol of the Life Extension Foundation 649
Notes 657
Index 731