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.
A. A. A. AIDS wasting syndrome occurs when you have AIDS and lose at least 10% of your body weight -- especially muscle. You may also have at least 30 days of diarrhea or extreme weakness and fever that's not related to an infection.
What is AIDS. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a disorder that is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. This virus attaches to the surface of specific white blood cells called T cells and is therefore able to reproduce and continue production of the virus.