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.
HIV and AIDS. 1  AIDS is an immune deficiency condition caused by infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 2  Epidemiology HIV can occur in any population. increased prevalence in hemophiliacs, IV drug abusers, and homosexual men. 3  Pathophysiology the CD4 cells (T-helper cells) are affected.