Elevated serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and increased prevalence of atopy is reported in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The elevated serum IgE may be attributed to polyclonal stimulation…

There are many effective, albeit expensive, intervention programs aimed at encouraging HIV-positive people to practice less risky behavior. But a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that self-monitoring by these…

Independent of cigarette smoking, infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is associated with an elevated risk for developing lung cancer, a study shows.

Dr. Gregory D. Kirk from the…

A growing number of drug-resistant strains of HIV are a threat to the effectiveness of current treatments despite anti-HIV drug cocktails decreasing the number of HIV-related deaths and improving…

Male circumcision should now be recognised as an important intervention to reduce the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men in high-prevalence countries, said WHO and…

Delinquent and at-risk teens who complete a brief computer-based program designed to reduce risky sexual behaviors are less likely to have sex and more likely to have sex with fewer partners,…

South Africa’s controversial health minister returned to the spotlight on Thursday after snubbing a major AIDS conference, announcing a “significant” decrease in the number of pregnant women…

Voluntary HIV tests should be offered to all patients attending clinics, for whatever reason, in countries where AIDS is widespread, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, testing…

A tale of 3 cities - Persisting high HIV prevalence, risk behavior and undiagnosed infection in community samples of men who have sex with men

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A generation of children born with HIV are now coming of age and reaching sexual maturity. Girls in this group who are sexually active are experiencing…

Hundreds of thousands of children are dying of AIDS in developing countries because they do not have access to treatment readily available elsewhere, U.N. health agencies said on Tuesday.

While paediatric HIV…

Studies demonstrate that AZT causes genetic damage that may increase future cancer risk

HIV transmission from mother to child can occur in utero, during labor…

A Canadian woman who had sex with men she met in bars, without using a condom and without telling them she was HIV-positive, has been charged with sexual assault, police…

Scientists have highlighted for the first time the plight of the growing number of older children and adolescents living with undiagnosed HIV and AIDS in Africa. In a…

Pfizer Inc. said on Tuesday pivotal-stage trials found that adding its experimental HIV drug maraviroc to a regimen of the best-available drugs resulted in twice as many patients achieving suppression of…

Higher risk profiles account for the high rates of HIV infection among injection drug users who participate in needle exchange programs, not participation in the program itself, according to researchers…

The primary targets of HIV-1 infection in the human vagina have been definitively identified in a new study published in the February 2007 issue of the journal Immunity,…

Smoking cannabis daily can significantly reduce the chronic nerve pain experienced by many HIV-infected patients, according to results of a trial conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.

A new study suggests the effects of long-standing, undiagnosed HIV infection are hanging over a generation of adolescents in Zimbabwe, causing organ damage, chronic ill health,…

An international study led by Johns Hopkins suggests that the rate of HIV-associated dementia is so high in sub-Saharan Africa that HIV dementia along with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia from strokes…

While there is no cure for lingering viral infections such as HIV and herpes, a recent study at Princeton University suggests it may be possible to deactivate such viruses indefinitely…

Despite the success of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART), people with HIV may still be at higher risk for nutritional deficiencies and abnormalities. In two different studies, researchers at…

India’s Andhra Pradesh state, which has the country’s largest number of HIV cases, is set to become the first to make it mandatory for couples to take a HIV test…

An experimental antiretroviral drug designated “MK-0518” rapidly achieves sharp reductions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) levels, and may offer the prospect of single-drug treatment for patients with HIV…

Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women’s overall risk of contracting the AIDS virus, according to a U.S. National Institutes of Health study published on Thursday.

The study, published…