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Combo HIV Drug Therapy May Restore Healthy Immune System (HealthDay)

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
People with HIV may be able to achieve normal CD4 counts -- a marker of immune system strength -- by taking combination antiretroviral drug therapy, says a new study. ...

read more People with HIV may be able to achieve normal CD4 counts -- a marker of immune system strength -- by taking combination antiretroviral drug therapy, says a new study. read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Malawi Health Officials Promote Voluntary HIV Testing During Weeklong National Campaign

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Health officials in Malawi are urging the country's sexually active residents to receive voluntary HIV tests during a weeklong national campaign that started on Monday, AFP/Sunday Times reports. In a statement released on Friday, health officials said statistics indicate that 15% of the country's s ...

read more Health officials in Malawi are urging the country's sexually active residents to receive voluntary HIV tests during a weeklong national campaign that started on Monday, AFP/Sunday Times reports. In a statement released on Friday, health officials said statistics indicate that 15% of the country's s read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Latest In HIV/TB Treatment, Research In New Publication

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
With HIV infection driving a deadly resurgence of tuberculosis (TB), a new publication provides up-to-date recommendations for clinicians facing the many challenges of treating patients with both of these two complex diseases. The publication, a supplement to the August 15 issue of The Journal of In ...

read more With HIV infection driving a deadly resurgence of tuberculosis (TB), a new publication provides up-to-date recommendations for clinicians facing the many challenges of treating patients with both of these two complex diseases. The publication, a supplement to the August 15 issue of The Journal of In read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Larger HIV Prevention Programs In Low-, Middle-Income Countries Can Reduce Costs, Increase Efficacy, Study Says

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Larger HIV prevention programs in low- and middle-income countries can reduce program unit costs and increase efficacy, according to a study published recently in BMC Health Services Research, Asian News International reports. For the study, Elliott Marseille, a researcher at the University of Cali ...

read more Larger HIV prevention programs in low- and middle-income countries can reduce program unit costs and increase efficacy, according to a study published recently in BMC Health Services Research, Asian News International reports. For the study, Elliott Marseille, a researcher at the University of Cali read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Changing Sexual Habits Caused By Economic Decline Contributing To Decrease In Recorded HIV Cases In Zimbabwe, Researchers Say

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Economic decline fueled by rising inflation in Zimbabwe has changed the sexual habits of some men in the country, which might be contributing to the decreasing number of HIV cases recorded in the country, some researchers have said recently, the Washington Post reports (Timberg, Washington Post, 7/1 ...

read more Economic decline fueled by rising inflation in Zimbabwe has changed the sexual habits of some men in the country, which might be contributing to the decreasing number of HIV cases recorded in the country, some researchers have said recently, the Washington Post reports (Timberg, Washington Post, 7/1 read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

African Green Monkeys Offer Clues To Future Evolution Of HIV

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Monkey viruses related to HIV may have swept across Africa more recently than previously thought, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.A new family tree for African green monkeys shows that an HIV-like virus, simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, first infected those m ...

read more Monkey viruses related to HIV may have swept across Africa more recently than previously thought, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.A new family tree for African green monkeys shows that an HIV-like virus, simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, first infected those m read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Families Of Libyan HIV-Positive Children Accept $460M Compensation Package

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
The families of hundreds of HIV-positive children in Libya have accepted a compensation package of about $460 million, the Gaddafi Development Foundation confirmed on Sunday, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more The families of hundreds of HIV-positive children in Libya have accepted a compensation package of about $460 million, the Gaddafi Development Foundation confirmed on Sunday, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. [click link for full article] read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Program Trains Ugandan Health Care Workers To Administer Acupuncture To People Living With HIV/AIDS, Boston Globe Reports

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
The Boston Globe on Monday examined the Brookline, Mass.-based Pan-African Acupuncture Project, a not-for-profit group that trains Ugandan health care workers to administer acupuncture to people living with HIV/AIDS (Jeltsen, Boston Globe, 7/16). There are about 1. [click link for full article] ...

read more The Boston Globe on Monday examined the Brookline, Mass.-based Pan-African Acupuncture Project, a not-for-profit group that trains Ugandan health care workers to administer acupuncture to people living with HIV/AIDS (Jeltsen, Boston Globe, 7/16). There are about 1. [click link for full article] read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Indian Women Should Protect Themselves From HIV By Using Condoms, Official Says

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Women living in India should protect themselves from HIV by using condoms because they "cannot trust men" to be "careful," Renuka Chowdhury, India's minister for women and child development, said on Monday at a meeting of the National Women Forum of the Indian Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS ...

read more Women living in India should protect themselves from HIV by using condoms because they read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Migrant Workers Contributing To Spread Of HIV In Rural Mexican States, Researchers Say

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Some Mexican migrant workers who become HIV-positive in the U.S. are contributing to the spread of the virus in rural Mexican states that are "least prepared to handle the epidemic," researchers have said recently, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the number of HIV/AIDS cases in M ...

read more Some Mexican migrant workers who become HIV-positive in the U.S. are contributing to the spread of the virus in rural Mexican states that are read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

New Drug Application For Investigational HIV Treatment TMC125 Submitted To U.S. Food And Drug Administration

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. today announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TMC125 (etravirine), an investigational non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), being studied for use with other antiretroviral (ARV) agents as a ...

read more Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. today announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TMC125 (etravirine), an investigational non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), being studied for use with other antiretroviral (ARV) agents as a read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

HIV Positive Patient CD4 Cell Count May Be Restored With Long Term Antiretroviral Therapy

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Combination Antiretroviral Therpay (cART) taken by HIV positive patients could restore their CD4 cell numbers to levels found in HIV negative individuals if they stay on the treatment long-term, according to an article published in The Lancet. [click link for full article] ...

read more Combination Antiretroviral Therpay (cART) taken by HIV positive patients could restore their CD4 cell numbers to levels found in HIV negative individuals if they stay on the treatment long-term, according to an article published in The Lancet. [click link for full article] read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

California Gov. Schwarzenegger Should Sign Bill Allowing Condom Distribution In Prisons To Prevent Spread Of HIV, Editorial Says

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Despite "laws forbidding" sex between prison inmates and prison officials' denial that it occurs, inmates do have "unprotected sex," making "prisons prime settings for the spread of deadly bloodborne viruses like hepatitis C and HIV," a New York Times editorial says. [click link for full article] ...

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Protein Accumulation Might Cause Fat Deposits, Other Side Effects In HIV-Positive People Taking Protease Inhibitors, Study Says

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Similarities between genetic conditions that cause early aging and side effects experienced by some HIV-positive people when taking protease inhibitors might explain the fat accumulation associated with the drugs, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...

read more Similarities between genetic conditions that cause early aging and side effects experienced by some HIV-positive people when taking protease inhibitors might explain the fat accumulation associated with the drugs, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Taiwan Releases More Than 9,000 Inmates; Action Could Affect HIV Prevention Efforts, Officials Say

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
A total of 9,597 inmates, including 644 living with HIV, were released from Taiwanese prisons on Monday because of a commutation statute to mark the 20th anniversary of the end of martial law in the country, the Ministry of Justice announced recently, the CNA/Taipei Times reports. [click link for fu ...

read more A total of 9,597 inmates, including 644 living with HIV, were released from Taiwanese prisons on Monday because of a commutation statute to mark the 20th anniversary of the end of martial law in the country, the Ministry of Justice announced recently, the CNA/Taipei Times reports. [click link for fu read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

UNAIDS Executive Director Piot Praises China's Efforts In Fighting HIV/AIDS, Calls For Continued Efforts

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Tuesday praised China's efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS but said that the country still faces "big challenges" in combating the disease, Reuters reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Tuesday praised China's efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS but said that the country still faces read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Libya's Judicial Council Commutes Death Sentence For Medical Workers In HIV Infection Case

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Libya's Supreme Judicial Council on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of six medical workers who were sentenced for allegedly intentionally infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, the New York Times reports (Smith, New York Times, 7/18). [click link for full article] ...

read more Libya's Supreme Judicial Council on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of six medical workers who were sentenced for allegedly intentionally infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, the New York Times reports (Smith, New York Times, 7/18). [click link for full article] read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Bulgaria Asks Libya To Return The Six Medics

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
The Bulgarian government has made a formal request to Libya, asking them to return its five nurses and one doctor after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The six medics were convicted of allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV at a children's hospital. According t ...

read more The Bulgarian government has made a formal request to Libya, asking them to return its five nurses and one doctor after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The six medics were convicted of allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV at a children's hospital. According t read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

Protecting HIV Patients From Hepatitis B Virus

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
Since the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are so similar, individuals infected with one of these viruses are at a significantly increased risk for contracting the other. [click link for full article] ...

read more Since the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are so similar, individuals infected with one of these viruses are at a significantly increased risk for contracting the other. [click link for full article] read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

UNAIDS Encouraged By Decision By Libya's High Judicial Council To Revoke Death Penalty For Health Care Professionals

Categorie : HIV / AIDS
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the ruling by the High Judicial Council of Libya to revoke the death sentence previously imposed on six healthcare workers by the Supreme Court. The Council announced recently that it would commute the death sentence for the medical pr ...

read more The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the ruling by the High Judicial Council of Libya to revoke the death sentence previously imposed on six healthcare workers by the Supreme Court. The Council announced recently that it would commute the death sentence for the medical pr read more Sun Jul 2007 Sun Jul 2007

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