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One in Four Tuberculosis Deaths Involves a Person Infected with HIV
Tuberculosis killed more people with HIV than ever in 2007, according to a new report released by...
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Many People Don’t Get Tested For HIV
A large number of people close their eyes when it comes to getting tested for HIV, even though two...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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S. African Health Minister: “We Desperately Need an Effective HIV Vaccine”
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Africa is the country experiencing one of
the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world....
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Homosexuals, Blacks Bear the Heaviest Burden of HIV Infections
A new report on HIV infections released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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AIDS Conference Ends with a Call to Fight Stigmatization
Participants at the 17th International AIDS Conference made
a call on the last day of the meeting...
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Activists Present AIDS Ads To Increase Pandemic Awareness
At the 17th International AIDS conference, held in the City of Mexico, a ‘planting and eating...
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Prevention Might Lead To Better Outcomes In Fighting HIV
Thursday was a very active day for the 25,000 participants
of the 17th International AIDS...
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There Is Still Lots To Be Done To Meet Ends In The Fight With AIDS
How to improve HIV treatment and to prevent the spreading of
the virus are two questions that lie...
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AIDS Conference In Mexico Opened For Discussions
An estimated 25,000 scientists, politicians, physicians and
activists were present on Sunday at...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Gates, Bloomberg Join Forces For Anti-Smoking Campaign
Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday their decision to spend $500...
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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Announce New HIV Drug Company
Britain’s biggest drugs company GlaxoSmithKline and US rival Pfizer announced Thursday...
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Gel against HIV Infection Found Effective
Researchers present at the Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections held in Montreal...
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Tests of Anti-HIV Gel Show Promise in AIDS Fight
An experimental gel that uses a popular anti-HIV drug to protect women from the deadly virus has...
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Experimental HIV Gel Proves Effective in Trials
An experimental vaginal gel made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. was effective in preventing HIV...
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Revolutionary Gel That Protects Women From AIDS Virus
A microbicide gel intended to prevent HIV infection in women, called PRO 2000 (0.5% dose), was 30%...
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WHO: Cancer To Become World’s No. 1 Killer
The increasing use of tobacco will turn cancer into the No. 1 killer worldwide by 2010, global...
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The AIDS Awareness Month
The month of December is the AIDS Awareness Month. AIDS means acquired immune deficiency syndrome...
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HIV Testing Recommendations Highly Ignored
Two years after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommended that patients in...
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HIV Patients Have a Higher Risk Of Developing Cancer As Well
When you think one’s health is as bad as it can get, think again, as doctors are discovering a new...
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Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Study Calls For Earlier AIDS Treatment
HIV patients should begin antiretroviral treatments earlier than what current guidelines recommend,...
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Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States
This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister,
Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
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Black Gay Men And Black Women Hit Hardest By HIV Infections
A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that young black gay men,...
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CDC Reports "Alarming" Rates Of HIV Infections Among Young Black Men
Young black gay men appear to be the hardest hit population when
it comes to AIDS in the United...
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FDA Orders Stronger Warnings on Arthritis Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration ordered
stronger warnings about the risk of potentially deadly...
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Acyclovir Treatment for Genital Herpes Doesn’t Prevent New HIV Infections
One of the issues that stirred the interest
of researchers at the International AIDS Conference...
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Tuberculosis, a Threat for People Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
As the 17th International AIDS Conference comes to an end in Mexico City, with calls for more...
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Prevalence Of HIV Infection Among MSM Key Topic At The AIDS Conference
One of the things that worried public health leaders gathered at the international conference on...
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AIDS Prevention Methods: More Efforts Are Needed to Prevent the Infection
More effort is needed to prevent new cases
of AIDS infection – this was one of the key themes...
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HIV/AIDS Will Remain a Critical Issue for Years to Come
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at...
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Bill Clinton Pushes for anti-HIV Effort at Home
Former President Bill Clinton addressed the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on...
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Is Daily Pill a Better Strategy to Prevent HIV Infection? Tests Conducted
Researchers continue to search a better
treatment for HIV infections and a better strategy to...
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Daily Doses of Growth Hormone May Aid HIV Patients
Low-dose injections with human growth
hormone can reverse some of the abnormal fat distribution...
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US HIV Infection Rate Higher Than Previously Thought
The rate of annual new HIV infections in the US is about 40
per cent higher than previously...
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Disturbing News: HIV Infections Were Undercounted in U.S. for a Decade
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that the number of Americans who are...
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UN Reports Progress In Fighting AIDS; Black Americans Neglected
A report of the United Nations issued in advance of the 17th
International AIDS Conference, which...
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UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down
For the first time since AIDS was identified in the mid-1980, the United Nations says the numbers...
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Alligator Blood May Help Fight MRSA
Recent studies revealed that alligator blood may hold the key to fighting antibiotic-resistant...
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Advocate for AIDS Awareness and Education Autum Aquino Dies
Autum Aquino, who was nationally recognized through her
early advocacy for AIDS awareness and...
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Pre-Chewing Babies’ Food Linked to HIV Transmission
The AIDS virus can be transmitted by a mother pre-chewing
the food for his baby, a practice that...
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