You are here : health.am > HIV/AIDS Health Center > HIV/AIDS news HIV/AIDS news HIV research included in journal • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 16 11 A research article co-authored by Brenna Anderson, MD, director of Reproductive Infectious Diseases Consultation in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, was included in the… Controlling the Spread of HIV/AIDs in Women • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 16 11 National Women and Girls AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide observance that raises awareness and promotes action in the fight against HIV/AIDS, took place on March 10. As the nation turns… Pushing HIV out the door • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 14 11 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – which causes AIDS – invades human immune cells and causes them to produce new copies of the virus, which can then infect new cells. A research team… Cancer in HIV-positive patients • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 08 11 Most HIV-positive patients die of cancer. In the latest issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[8]: 117-22), Manfred Hensel’s research group presents epidemiological data. The authors surveyed all German hospital… New drug regimens cut HIV spread from mother to infant • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 02 11 Pregnant women who are unaware that they have HIV miss the chance for drug treatment that can benefit not only their own health, but could also prevent… NIH-funded study shows early brain effects of HIV in mouse model • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 02 11 A new mouse model closely resembles how the human body reacts to early HIV infection and is shedding light on nerve cell damage related to the… Effectiveness of expanding harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy in a mixed HIV epidemic • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 02 11 Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of expanding harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy in a mixed HIV epidemic: a modeling analysis for Ukraine A new study… Intensive adherence counseling with HIV treatment improves patient outcomes • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 02 11 Intensive adherence counseling around the time of HIV treatment initiation significantly reduces poor adherence and virologic treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa whereas using an alarm device has no… Researchers reformulate tenofovir vaginal gel for rectal use • HIV/AIDS news • Mar 01 11 A change in the formulation of tenofovir gel, an anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use, may make it safer to use in the rectum, suggests research presented today at… AIDS gel shown to protect anal tissue from HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 28 11 An experimental gel containing a prescription HIV drug has been shown for the first time to protect rectal tissue against the virus that causes AIDS, according to new… Surgeon sparks child HIV scare after using unsterilised scissors • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 11 11 A surgeon sparked a HIV scare for over 100 children after he failed to sterilise his scissors while operating on dozens of children. Dr Madan Samuel was… Stigma hampers Afghan fight against AIDS • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 10 11 Through a blue gate, they come for treatment in the early morning, faces wrapped in scarves against the cold. For now it’s a trickle, but their numbers are rising. “I try… Huge decline in HIV rates in Zimbabwe driven by fear of infection, says study • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 09 11 The big drop in the numbers of people infected with HIV in Zimbabwe is because of mass social change, driven by fear of… Study suggests why HIV-uninfected babies of mothers with HIV might be more prone to infections • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 09 11 Babies whose mothers have HIV, but who are not HIV-infected themselves, are born with lower levels of specific proteins in their blood… Boosting body’s immune response may hold key to HIV cure • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 03 11 Australian scientists have successfully cleared a HIV-like infection from mice by boosting the function of cells vital to the immune response. A team led by Dr Marc… Teens with HIV at High Risk for Pregnancy, Complications • HIV/AIDS news • Feb 03 11 Teenage girls and young women infected with HIV get pregnant more often and suffer pregnancy complications more frequently than their HIV-negative peers, according to new research led by… Patients infected with HIV have higher drop-out rate for liver transplantation • HIV/AIDS news • Jan 26 11 French researchers determined that infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) impaired results of transplant surgery for liver cancer, with more HIV infected patients dropping off the… Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Jan 24 11 HIV adapts in a surprising way to survive and thrive in its hiding spot within the human immune system, scientists have learned. While the finding helps… Sex, race, and geography influence health outcomes following primary HIV infection • HIV/AIDS news • Jan 18 11 Women, nonwhites, and people in the southern United States who were newly infected with HIV and followed for an average of four years experienced greater HIV/AIDS-related… More intensive methods needed to identify TB in HIV-prone populations • HIV/AIDS news • Jan 14 11 Identifying tuberculosis patients in Africa using passive methods is leaving many cases undiagnosed, according to researchers from the Netherlands, Kenya and the United States, who studied case… Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, Stanford study shows • HIV/AIDS news • Dec 21 10 An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove… Better HIV screening worthwhile in U.S., study finds • HIV/AIDS news • Dec 21 10 Expanding screening for the AIDS virus to include every American at least once and the highest-risk people once a year could prevent more than 80,000 infections over the next… New Discoveries Make it Harder for HIV to Hide from Drugs • HIV/AIDS news • Dec 15 10 The virus that causes AIDS is chameleon-like in its replication. As HIV copies itself in humans, it constantly mutates into forms that can evade even the… UVic biomedical engineer ‘outsmarts’ HIV • HIV/AIDS news • Dec 11 10 It is estimated that 38 million people worldwide are currently infected with HIV and that 4.1 million more are added each year. For scientists to design treatment therapies that are effective over… Researchers Report Surprising AIDS-Treatment Benefits, Prevention Strategy in Epidemic Regions of Africa • HIV/AIDS news • Dec 02 10 Two teams of researchers at UC San Diego and other U.S. and African universities and the World Bank have documented significant spillover benefits of a… Page 13 of 40 pages « First < 11 12 13 14 15 > Last » << Back to main
