Blood transfusions give Argentine patients HIV August 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Two intensive-care patients contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba, a newspaper reported Friday. | |
Women in India abused by husbands at far greater risk for HIV infection August 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
India is home to the third-largest number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the world and, as in the U.S. and many African nations, the rate of infection among women continues to rise faster than that among men. ... | |
Researchers to begin study aimed at helping Latino HIV patients August 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white ... | |
Study offers new insight on HIV transmission risk of men who have sex with men August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Approximately half of all new HIV infections in the United States result from the sexual risk behaviors of men who have sex with men. Now, a new study led by a researcher at The Miriam Hospital provides additional insight ... | |
Novel method to create personalized immunotherapy treatments August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Argos Therapeutics and Université de Montréal today announced the presentation of new information on Argos' process for developing dendritic cell-based immunotherapies for HIV. Results from the study demonstrate that loading ... | |
New study finds HIV drug can persist in mothers' milk, increasing risk to them and their babies August 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, putting them and their babies at risk for developing drug-resistant strains ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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