NIH scientists find more health benefits from starting HIV treatment early • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 28 10 HIV-infected individuals who begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after acquiring the virus may have stronger immune responses to other pathogens than HIV-infected individuals who begin ART… Targeting Amyloid to Stop HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 28 10 Amyloid protein structures are best known for the troubles they pose in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Now researchers are trying to exploit their presence in a very different place – in… International AIDS Society emphasizes universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care as a prerequisite for improving maternal and child health • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 28 10 At the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) summit in New York this week, world leaders gathered… More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 28 10 Significant progress has been made in several low- and middle-income countries in increasing access to HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report released today. The report… Cancer threat to poor demands same action as AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 27 10 Cancer is threatening to overwhelm poor countries and governments are under pressure to organise the kind of joined-up global response enlisted to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Just as… NAT Testing Increases HIV Detection Yield • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 27 10 Community-based HIV testing programs generally use only HIV antibody testing, but nucleic acid testing (NAT) can detect the presence of HIV earlier. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School… Maternal, Infant Antiretrovirals Both Effective in Preventing HIV Transmission Through Breast Milk • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 27 10 The largest study to date to examine methods to prevent HIV infection among breastfeeding infants concludes that giving antiretroviral drugs to HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers… Did doctors jumpstart the HIV pandemic? • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 23 10 Perhaps it wasn’t sex workers and fast-growing cities that launched HIV onto its deadly global rampage, but well-meaning doctors using dirty needles in the first half of the 20th century. While… 19 pct of gay, bisexual men in US cities have HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 23 10 Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it,… Russian Activists Risk Arrest Highlighting Denial Of HIV Treatment • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 22 10 A group of Russian AIDS activists are charging that the Russian Ministry of Health is denying that there are drug stock-outs that prevent patients from starting or continuing… Drop in New HIV Infections Led by Sub-Saharan Africa • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 20 10 UNAIDS has said that Sub-Saharan Africa, the region worst affected by AIDS, is leading a decline in new HIV infections with new infections in the area declining by… HIV-Affected Namibian Women Seek Court’s Help Over Forced Sterilisations • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 20 10 In the throes of labour, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form would authorise a Caesarean section.… Rutgers researchers discover how HIV resists AZT • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 20 10 Rutgers researchers have discovered how HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, resists AZT, a drug widely used to treat AIDS. The scientists, who report their findings in Nature Structural… Scientists in Uganda study formation of hybrid HIV strains • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 17 10 David Kihumuro-Apuuli, head of the Uganda Aids Commission told reporters that although hybrid viruses also known as ‘recombinant’ viruses have existed in Uganda for years, scientists at the… HIV spread “out of control” among French gay men • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 09 10 Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be “out of control” among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in… Education More Important than Knowledge in Stopping Spread of HIV in Africa • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 08 10 Simply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a… Research at GHESKIO Leads to Update in WHO Guidelines for HIV Treatment • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 06 10 Prompted by clinical research into the early initiation of antiretroviral therapies for HIV performed at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the World Health Organization… Revaccination Could Benefit HIV-Infected Children • HIV/AIDS news • Sep 01 10 HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. There remains no standard or official recommendation on revaccination of children receiving HAART, an effective… HIV meds don’t up IV drug abusers’ risk-taking • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 13 10 Despite some concerns to the contrary, IV drug abusers who get drug treatment for HIV do not seem to increase their risky behavior, a new study suggests. In the… New ‘armour’ developed to avoid infection from AIDS virus • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 30 10 The doors are closing on the AIDS virus. The scientific community continues to strive to find the formula that will halt the advance of one of the viruses… Vanishing bile duct syndrome secondary to anti-retroviral therapy in HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 30 10 Vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS) refers to a group of disorders characterized by destruction and disappearance of intrahepatic (inside the liver) bile ducts. Multiple causes have been… AIDS drug safe for HIV prevention in study • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 23 10 The HIV drug tenofovir is safe to be given to men at high risk of contracting the virus as a preventative measure, scientists said on Friday, but further trials… Early, rural-based HIV care offers hope in Africa • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 23 10 Treating HIV patients in remote areas of Africa soon after they are infected and using community care teams instead of doctors can cut costs and help people live longer… Circumcising gay men would have limited impact on preventing HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 22 10 Adult circumcision has been proposed as a possible HIV prevention strategy for gay men, but a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public… Most men in long-term study of HIV report low use of illicit drugs • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 21 10 Most older gay and bisexual men enrolled in a long-term study of HIV used recreational drugs infrequently over a 10-year period, report University of… Page 16 of 45 pages « First < 14 15 16 17 18 > Last » << Back to main
