You are here : health.am > HIV/AIDS Health Center > HIV/AIDS news HIV/AIDS news Treating HIV sooner would save South African lives and money • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 25 11 If the South African government followed a recent recommendation by the World Health Organization to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected residents earlier in the progress of… Antiretroviral treatment is HIV prevention: The proof is here • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 18 11 A special press conference at the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) will today feature a panel consisting of researchers from the CDC… Study Finds Structural Factors Integral to Understanding Girls’ Vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 14 11 A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in… New study confirms the existence of ‘trial effect’ in HIV clinical trials • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 14 11 A new study by investigators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has confirmed the existence of a “trial effect”… Once-daily AIDS pill can slash HIV infection risk • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 13 11 AIDS drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first… Pivotal study in Africa finds that HIV medications prevent HIV infection • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 13 11 In a result that will fundamentally change approaches to HIV prevention in Africa, an international study has demonstrated that individuals at high risk for HIV infection… Expanded Research Effort to Seek Cure for AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 13 11 A team of AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions have embarked on a joint five-year research initiative to cure HIV disease by finding ways to completely purge… UNC Tapped to Lead National Effort to Find a Cure for AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 12 11 Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a $32 million, five-year federal grant to develop ways to cure people… New tool reveals mutations that cause HIV-drug resistance • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 08 11 Protease inhibitor drugs are one of the major weapons in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but their effectiveness is limited as the virus mutates and… Millions will die if India stops AIDS drugs: U.N. • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 06 11 Millions of people dependent on life-saving generic drugs to treat HIV/AIDS will die if India stops producing cheap drugs for the disease due to its trade deal with… Solving the Puzzle of Cognitive Problems Caused By HIV Infection • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 03 11 A longstanding medical mystery – why so many people with HIV experience memory loss and other cognitive problems despite potent antiretroviral therapy – may have been solved… Researchers find CDT biomarker ineffective for identifying unhealthy alcohol use • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 21 11 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems, measuring their carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) biomarker was a poor and… HIV/AIDS numbers from around the world • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 03 11 Here is some new global data on HIV and AIDS from an updated report by the Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). THE GLOBAL PICTURE: * More than 34 million people… NIH scientists reactivate immune cells exhausted by chronic HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 03 11 Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have demonstrated why certain immune cells chronically exposed to HIV… 30 years on, AIDS fight may tilt more to treatment • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 03 11 After 30 years of AIDS prevention efforts, global leaders may now need to shift their focus to spending more on drugs used to treat the disease as… 1 in 4 new HIV infections in Ontario are among women: Study • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 01 11 Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women,… Special Report: An end to AIDS? • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 01 11 For his doctors, Timothy Ray Brown was a shot in the dark. An HIV-positive American who was cured by a unique type of bone marrow transplant, the man known as “the… Key goals for building on 30 years of HIV/AIDS research • HIV/AIDS news • May 31 11 In the 30 years since the first reported cases of a mysterious illness now known as AIDS, researchers have made extraordinary advances in understanding, treating and preventing… PET Scans Predict Effectiveness of Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV Patients • HIV/AIDS news • May 24 11 With the deficiencies in knowledge of tuberculosis—as well as in the practices, programs and strategies used to combat the disease and co-infection with human immunodeficiency… HIV-infected donors present novel source of organs for HIV-infected transplant candidates • HIV/AIDS news • May 23 11 A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that HIV-infected deceased donors represent a potentially novel source of organs for HIV-infected transplant candidates… Wider distribution of drugs needed to cut AIDS deaths in China • HIV/AIDS news • May 19 11 China needs to identify and provide effective AIDS drugs to more HIV patients infected through sexual contact and use of dirty needles if it wants cut… Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with humanized BLT mice • HIV/AIDS news • May 18 11 The more than 2.7 million new HIV infections recorded per year leave little doubt that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread globally. That’s why there’s the need for… Young Adults, Teens Prefer Rapid HIV Testing • HIV/AIDS news • May 17 11 Teens and young adults prefer rapid HIV testing that can deliver results in less than an hour, but some still worry about whether their tests will be confidential, according to… China AIDS sufferers being denied medical care • HIV/AIDS news • May 17 11 People in China living with HIV and AIDS are routinely being denied medical treatment in mainstream hospitals due to fear and ignorance about the disease, according to a study released… Early Treatment with Antiretroviral Therapy Prevents HIV Transmission • HIV/AIDS news • May 12 11 A research study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has made a major discovery in the effort to halt the spread of HIV, the virus… Page 12 of 40 pages « First < 10 11 12 13 14 > Last » << Back to main
