Story Highlights. The average GPA at four-year colleges and universities has risen from 2.52 in the 1950s to 3.11 in 2006. Former Duke University professor found that at some colleges over 50% of the grades given are A's.
If you have AIDS, the following factors can work together to promote weight loss and wasting syndrome: Not eating enough. It may be difficult to get adequate nutrition for reasons such as these: 1  Poor appetite from HIV infection. 2  Medication side effects, such as nausea, changes in taste, or mouth tingling.
AIDS is caused by an infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Over time, HIV infection destroys the helper T cells of the body's immune system, resulting in a critical deterioration of the immune system and the ability of the body to fight infection.IDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the result of an infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This virus attacks ... more about AIDS. AIDS: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells.