News tagged with vaginal cream

Re-awakening old genes to help in the fight against HIV

A new vaginal cream containing a reawakened protein could someday prevent the transmission of HIV.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in the womb face increased cancer risk

A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prototype vaginal gel fails to block HIV: study

A vaginal gel failed to protect women against the AIDS virus, doctors said on Monday, reporting on a major clinical trial that enrolled more than 9,000 women.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

New compound could be alternative strategy for preventing HIV infection

With the help of effective drug therapies, HIV patients are living longer, healthier lives. Now, researchers want to improve these drug therapies and develop alternative preventative strategies, such as vaginal ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Veterinary scientists find way of killing equine sarcoid tumour cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow have succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells by silencing genes in the virus which cause tumours on horses.

Biology / Other

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause

(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen

(AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Bacterial vaginosis treatments: Probiotics can increase effectiveness of some antibiotic therapies

Antimicrobial treatments for bacterial vaginosis (BV) are effective, but taking lactobacillus tablets alongside metronidazole antibiotic therapy increases effectiveness over taking this antibiotic alone, according to a Cochrane ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study

A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

AIDS: Microbicide gel 'highly encouraging' in lab tests

The dogged search for a vaginal gel to thwart the AIDS virus earned some good news on Wednesday as scientists announced that a cheap, commonly-used compound shielded monkeys from a lethal cousin of HIV.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anti-HIV gel shows promise in large-scale study in women

An investigational vaginal gel intended to prevent HIV infection in women has demonstrated encouraging signs of success in a clinical trial conducted in Africa and the United States. Findings of the recently concluded study, ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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