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Clinical trial of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies for women now under way

Sep 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A new, large-scale clinical trial is examining whether antiretroviral medications normally used to treat HIV infection can also prevent HIV infection in women when applied as a vaginal gel or taken as oral tablets once daily.

HIV: Male circumcision does not shield women

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Jul 17, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Circumcision of men with HIV does not reduce the risk of infection for women, according to a study published on Friday by The Lancet.

Male circumcision reduces HIV risk: No further evidence needed

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Apr 15, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Three recent African trials support male circumcision for reducing the risk of contracting HIV in heterosexual men. After including new data from these trials in their review, Cochrane Researchers have changed their previous ...

R u learning? Health educator experiments with using text messaging to teach

Medicine & Health / Other

Apr 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Most parents hate text messaging. Adults find it annoying because teenagers text constantly - during dinner, in class, while they are doing homework, while the parent is trying to talk to them. Judith Cornelius, assistant ...

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FDA approves new HIV test from Abbott Laboratories

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Sep 18, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test from Abbott Laboratories that detects both types of the virus that causes AIDS.

Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Jun 30, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr. Julio Montaner and colleagues ...

Gender affects reaction to HIV-prevention materials

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 10, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Various intervention strategies have been implemented to curb the rise of HIV, and a factor that might affect exposure to interventionsis gender. A new study in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology reviewed the behavi ...

Can periodontal disease act as a risk factor for HIV-1?

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Apr 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Today, during the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening at the Miami Beach Convention Center, a group of scientists from Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan) will present findings ...

Higher HIV infection estimate shows need for routine screening, more funding for care

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Aug 01, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...

Study: U.S. rule is hurting HIV fight

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Jul 24, 2007 | 4 / 5 (6) | 0

A new study suggests the United States is hurting the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus with its anti-prostitution rule.

New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Jun 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A new Internet data map offers a first-of-its-kind, county-level look at HIV cases in the U.S. and finds the infection rates tend to be highest in the South.

Researchers urge integrating TB into HIV care

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Jul 22, 2008 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 0

In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate TB prevention ...

IDSA: 2009 Bush budget a disaster for HIV/AIDS

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Feb 04, 2008 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 1

The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, if enacted, would spell disaster for the nation’s health, and by extension, our national effort to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.