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Rectal gel prevents transmission of AIDS-like virus in macaques

August 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2

The HIV drug tenofovir may prevent AIDS transmission when applied rectally as a gel, according to results from a macaque study published in PLoS Medicine.


HIV patients at greater risk for bone fractures

August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

HIV-infected patients have a higher prevalence of fractures than non HIV-infected patients, across both genders and critical fracture sites according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal ...


Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia

September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.