You are here : health.am > HIV/AIDS Health Center > HIV/AIDS news HIV/AIDS news HIV patients at greater risk for bone fractures • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 29 08 Chevy Chase, MD—HIV-infected patients have a higher prevalence of fractures than non HIV-infected patients, across both genders and critical fracture sites according to a new study accepted for publication… Study reveals gap in HIV testing knowledge among college students • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 27 08 Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study.… Operations research promises continued gains for HIV treatment in resource-limited countries • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 22 08 In the past 10 years, the global campaign to expand treatment for millions of people with AIDS living in resource-limited countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, has… “Elite” HIV wife may hold secret to AIDS vaccine • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 13 08 A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the virus, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Infected at… Genital herpes treatment does not prevent HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 12 08 Long-term treatment of genital herpes with the drug acyclovir does not reduce the rate of new HIV infections, researchers reported at the International AIDS Conference here last week. They… HIV/AIDS Experts At Conference Discuss Testing, Treatment Access For Children • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 12 08 Many children continue to lack access to effective HIV detection programs and antiretroviral drugs, HIV/AIDS experts said Thursday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City,… Smoking crack may speed up HIV course in women • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 07 08 Women infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in their immune status, development of “AIDS-defining” illnesses, and death from AIDS-related… HIV expert says 1 step down, 2 more to go in quest to cure AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 07 08 A Johns Hopkins expert in HIV and how the AIDS virus hides in the body says antiretroviral drugs have stopped HIV from… Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 07 08 In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California,… U of M study shows why treatment isn’t effective for HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Aug 05 08 New research shows scarring occurs quickly in gut, limiting drug effectiveness University of Minnesota researchers have answered a key question as to why antiretroviral therapy isn’t… Researchers Disprove Long-Standing Belief about HIV Treatment • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 28 08 Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system’s ability to restore itself… Anti-HIV Therapy Boosts Life Expectancy • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 28 08 The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the… New HIV Drug Shows Viral Load Reduction in Treatment-Resistant Patients • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 24 08 A study led by Roy T. Steigbigel, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center, and colleagues worldwide demonstrated that… Tuberculosis presents major challenges to HIV treatment in developing countries • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 23 08 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care and treatment programs in resource-limited settings must aggressively address tuberculosis (TB) and the emerging multidrug-resistant TB epidemic to save patient lives and… HIV conquers immune system faster than previously realized • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 18 08 New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously… Genetic variation increases HIV risk in Africans • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 16 08 A genetic variation which evolved to protect people of African descent against malaria has now been shown to increase their susceptibility to HIV infection by up to 40 per cent,… Genetic cause of innate resistance to HIV/AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 16 08 Some people may be naturally resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The results of a study conducted by Dr. Nicole Bernard of the Research Institute of… Time to separate state and scientce • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 12 08 Talk given at the International Conference on Science and Democracy, on 20 and 21 April 2001, in Napoli, Italy. Introduction During my 25 years as a scientist I have watched… Growing Evidence HIV Not The Cause Of AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 12 08 The last ten years of AIDS research has spent $22 billion and produced no cure, no hope and no proof that HIV causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Prevention efforts… Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 08 08 Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers predicted on Monday. Computer models predict… Infant formula blocks HIV transmission via breastfeeding • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 03 08 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic threatening the lives of millions of people. Because there is no known cure, prevention of the transmission of the virus that… People with HIV living longer, study shows • HIV/AIDS news • Jul 02 08 People with HIV in the developed world are no more likely to die in the first five years following infection than men and women in the general population, British researchers… Zinc Finger Proteins Put Personalized HIV Therapy Within Reach • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 30 08 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat… Psychosocial Issues Affect HIV/AIDS Treatment Outcomes • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 18 08 Psychosocial influences such as stress, depression and trauma have been neglected in biomedical and treatment studies involving people infected with HIV, yet they are now known to have significant health impacts… Protein That Predicts Alzheimer’s Also Predicts HIV Progression • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 17 08 A protein that is one of the major predictors of Alzheimer’s disease also predicts the pace at which HIV-infected persons will progress to death, a team of U.S. scientists… Page 24 of 40 pages « First < 22 23 24 25 26 > Last » << Back to main