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| African women with inadequate food supply are more to have high risk sex |
| Published: October 23, 2007, 8:09 am |
| Tags: Health, Hiv Infection, Hiv Prevention, Safe Sex, Women Amp 039 S Health |
| Women in Botswana and Swaziland who do not have enough food to eat are more likely to engage in selling sex and in other sexual behaviors that put them at risk of HIV infection. |
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| UN reduces AIDS infection estimate |
| Published: November 20, 2007, 6:17 am |
| Tags: Health, Aids Virus, Hiv Infection |
| The United Nations has sharply reduced its estimate of HIV/AIDS sufferers in an annual report, saying a revision of statistics from India means there are 7 million less than previously thought. |
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| Unnoticed mutation in AIDS virus can cause drug resistance |
| Published: December 1, 2007, 3:16 am |
| Tags: Health, Aids, Hiv Drugs, Hiv Infection, Hiv Virus |
| A mutation in a little-studied structural region of the AIDS virus can cause resistance to several HIV drugs, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine by Gilda Tachedjian and colleagues from Australia, Canada, and the United States. |
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| Men who have sex with men face high AIDS risk in developing countries |
| Published: December 1, 2007, 3:12 am |
| Tags: Health, Hiv Infection, Hiv Prevention, Hiv Treatment |
| New research published in PLoS Medicine shows the high risk of acquiring HIV infection faced by men who have sex with men in developing countries. The findings make clear that it is vital for HIV prevention programs to try to reach these men. |
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| Implications of the new HIV estimate for India |
| Published: December 4, 2007, 3:16 am |
| Tags: Health, Hiv Control, Hiv Infection, Hiv Aids |
| The 2007 UNAIDS/WHO AIDS epidemic update released last week has revised the global estimate of HIV/AIDS primarily due to a major reduction of the estimate for India to 2.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, which is less than half of the previous official estimate of 5.7 million people. |
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| HIV Symptoms |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 6:44 am |
| Tags: Aids, Hiv, Press Release, Symptoms Of Aids Infection, Symptoms Of Hiv Infection |
| The site is about the different stages of HIV infection and the related symptoms. Furthermore it provides information on the infections and symptoms of AIDS. |
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| Vitamins plus selenium supplement reduces risk of TB recurrence |
| Published: April 26, 2008, 10:24 pm |
| Tags: General Interest, Health, Health News, Health And Wellness, Medical News, Medicine, Nutrition, Popular, Hiv, Infection, Selenium, Tuberculosis, Vitamins |
| chemotherapy, especially in HIV-infected patients, according to a study published in the June 1, 2008 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. Nutritional assessment and support in tuberculosis therapy, once common before |
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| Exhausted B cells hamper immune response to HIV |
| Published: July 14, 2008, 11:12 am |
| Tags: Health, Hiv, Hiv Infection |
| Recent studies have shown that HIV causes a vigorous and prolonged immune response that eventually leads to the exhaustion of key immune system cells--CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells--that target HIV. |
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| Highly active antiretroviral therapy of similar benefit for HIV-infected injection drug users |
| Published: August 3, 2008, 2:29 pm |
| Tags: Health, Hiv Infection, Hiv Transmission |
| 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 after 4-5 years of receiving HAART, according to a study in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS. |
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| International panel updates treatment guidelines for HIV infection |
| Published: August 3, 2008, 2:26 pm |
| Tags: Health, Aids, Hiv Infection, Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| An evaluation of recent data has led to an update in the guidelines and recommendations for antiretroviral treatment of adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, according to an article in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS. |
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| Long-term HIV treatment may reduce risk for atherosclerosis |
| Published: August 4, 2008, 2:47 pm |
| Tags: Health, Aids, Hiv, Hiv Infection |
| Antiretroviral drugs for HIV do not increase the risk for coronary atherosclerosis, a central risk factor for heart disease, according to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to be published in the Aug. 8 issue of the journal AIDS and available online today. |
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