You are here : health.am > HIV/AIDS Health Center > HIV/AIDS news HIV/AIDS news 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… Combo HIV drug therapy safe, effective in children • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 10 08 Treatment with combination anti-HIV drug therapy that includes a drug from the class known as protease inhibitors is safe and effective for the long-term treatment of previously treated HIV-infected… Programs Can Reduce Risky Sex Among HIV-positive Minority Men • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 05 08 Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men who were sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging in high-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms.… Longer drug therapy helps babies ward off AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Jun 05 08 Three months of extra treatment with the drug nevirapine helps babies ward off the AIDS virus longer, and infected women do not need to rush to wean their infants,… Failed HIV Drug Gets Second Chance with Addition of Gold Nanoparticles • HIV/AIDS news • May 26 08 Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that adding tiny bits of gold to a failed HIV drug rekindle the drug’s ability to stop the… Scientists image a single HIV particle being born • HIV/AIDS news • May 26 08 A mapmaker and a mathematician may seem like an unlikely duo, but together they worked out a way to measure longitude – and kept millions of sailors from getting… Page 24 of 40 pages « First < 22 23 24 25 26 > Last » << Back to main