News tagged with hiv treatments

AIDS kills 28,000 in China in 2011: report

AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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UN sees 'massive' fall in South Africa AIDS cases

South Africa, home to the highest number of HIV cases in the world, should see a massive reduction by the end of the decade after a sea-change in government policy, a UNAIDS official said Thursday.

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Ukraine urged to step up AIDS fight

(AP) -- The head of a global health fund on Monday urged Ukraine to step up its efforts to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Europe's largest.

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Vitamin D may improve bone health in those taking anti-HIV drug

Vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir, according to the results of a National Institutes of Health network study of adolescents with ...

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Study suggests early ART in recently HIV-infected patients preferable to delayed treatment

Among people recently infected with HIV, immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART) appears preferable to deferring treatment, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online ...

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New book on HIV from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

The worldwide AIDS epidemic makes research on HIV, the disease processes it induces, and potential HIV therapies among the most critical in biomedical science. Furthermore, the basic biology of HIV infections ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers suggest unconventional approach to control HIV epidemics

(Medical Xpress) -- A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mayo Clinic makes kidney and pancreas transplant available to HIV-infected patients

Mayo Clinic in Florida is now offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV positive patients with advanced kidney disease and diabetes. Evidence is now solid that HIV-positive patients have the same favorable outcome in ...

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South Africa unveils plan to halve HIV infections

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday unveiled a plan to halve the number of HIV infections over the next five years, cementing South Africa's turnaround from years of deadly denialism.

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with HIV/AIDS falling through the cracks of treatment scale-up efforts

Less than one-quarter (23%) of children with HIV/AIDS who need treatment are getting it, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World AIDS Day (1 December 2011). Although ...

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HIV spreading in Europe, but AIDS cases declining: study

HIV infections continued to rise in Europe in 2010, but thanks to treatment the number of cases of full-blown AIDS has dramatically declined in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday.

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34 million living with HIV after treatment 'gamechanger': UN

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday.

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Hope for more options in couples where one partner is HIV positive

In sub-Saharan Africa, couples in long-term relationships where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative (HIV serodiscordant couples) could benefit from anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy) given either ...

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Ways to reduce college drinking and risky sex

In a recent study conducted by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions involving 154 heavy-drinking college students whose sexual behavior put them at risk for HIV infection and other sexually ...

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For patients with both HIV and tuberculosis the timing of drug therapies is critical

In sub-Saharan Africa, tuberculosis is the disease that most often brings people with HIV into the clinic for treatment. Infection with both diseases is so common that in South Africa, for instance, 70% of tuberculosis patients ...

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