Study highlights risky behavior, lack of care among HIV-infected crack users August 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Doctors who treat HIV-infected crack users refer to them as "the forgotten population." A study being presented at this week's International AIDS Conference in Mexico City reveals that these patients frequently lack outpatient ... | |
Growth hormone reduces abdominal fat, cardiovascular risk in HIV patients on antiviral therapy August 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Low-dose growth hormone treatment reduced abdominal fat deposits and improved blood pressure and triglyceride levels in a group of patients with HIV lipodystrophy, a condition involving the redistribution of fat and other ... | |
AIDS bill sets unclear treatment target July 31, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The global AIDS bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday sets a goal of treating more than the 2 million-patient target set in 2003, but how much more isn't clear. | |
Highly active antiretroviral therapy of similar benefit for HIV-infected injection drug users August 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Contrary to the belief that HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) receive less benefit from highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), new research finds little difference in the survival rate between IDUs and non-IDUs ... | |
 Bush signs bill to triple AIDS funding July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that triples U.S. funding to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world. | |
Common vaginal infection may increase risk of HIV infection July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A common vaginal infection may make women more susceptible to contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health researchers have found. | |
Lancet study blasts Swiss stance on HIV protection July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Doctors have unleashed a counterblast to a Swiss panel that said patients with HIV whose infection is curbed by drugs do not pass on the AIDS virus during unprotected sex. | |
 Anti-HIV therapy boosts life expectancy more than 13 years July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers ... | |
Deportation linked to higher risk of HIV infection in male injection drug users July 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Male injection drug users deported from the United States to Tijuana have four-fold higher odds of HIV infection compared to those living in Tijuana who were not deported there, according to a study to be presented at the ... | |
Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot. | |
A dangerous precedent in HIV July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Infection with HIV could quadruple in certain populations if people with HIV follow potentially misleading advice contained in a statement from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, University of New South Wales (UNSW) ... | |
UN: AIDS epidemic stable; fewer deaths, infections July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Fewer people are dying of AIDS, more patients are on HIV medication and the global AIDS epidemic is stable after peaking in the late 1990s. But the United Nations AIDS agency warned in its yearly report Tuesday that ... | |
New male circumcision device for HIV prevention studied by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy for HIV prevention, there is increased urgency to develop safe and cost-effective ... | |
Sensitive testing reveals drug-resistant HIV with possible consequences for treatment July 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Drug-resistant HIV at levels too low to be detected by standard tests is not unusual and may contribute to treatment failure, according to research published in PLoS Medicine. | |
Higher HIV infection estimate shows need for routine screening, more funding for care August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Arlington, VA—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected soon to increase the estimate of new HIV infections in the United States by 40 percent. This highlights the need to make HIV testing a routine ... | |
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