http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Beth Meyerson, health policy expert at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, said the new screening guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force represent an important shift in HIV testing and will result in more HIV screenings because they will now be reimbursable. But the availability of the tests remains a big unknown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-hiv-guidelines-access-screenings-issue.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 02 May 2013 06:58:12 EST news286696648 (HealthDay)—New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for virtually every adult to be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-guidelines-hiv-screening-adults.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:50:01 EST news286482302 Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation. The study published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, also found that most providers would not offer transplants to patients with advanced age, those severely obese, or with lifetime imprisonment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-incarceration-marijuana-suicide-hinder-liver.html Other Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:35:11 EST news284294105 A new international study has confirmed that self-testing for HIV is effective and could be the answer to controlling the global epidemic. This major systematic review, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), shows HIV self-testing removes much of the fear and stigma associated with being tested for the disease. This study, which is published in PLoS Medicine is the first of its kind and could pave the way for early detection and treatment around the world, thereby reducing transmission. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-hiv-self-testing-key-global-epidemic.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:28:24 EST news284142488 Study results presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) show that a series of community efforts can increase the number of people who get tested and know their HIV status, especially among men and young people with HIV who might otherwise transmit the virus to others. The study was also able to demonstrate a modest 14% reduction in new HIV infections in the intervention communities compared to the control communities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ways-hiv-infection.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:00:07 EST news281624141 A significant proportion of HIV positive patients may not be disclosing their infection to NHS staff, when turning up for treatment at sexual health clinics, suggests preliminary research published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-significant-proportion-hiv-positive-patients.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:40:01 EST news279997192 In a study of patients at two HIV clinics in the Houston area, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that those who were satisfied with the care they received had higher adherence to care and higher retention rates. Their report appears today in PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-patient-satisfaction-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:13:42 EST news278788362 New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients' HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records. This technology takes a step toward providing remote areas of the world with diagnostic services traditionally available only in centralized healthcare settings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-handheld-mobile-device-laboratory-quality-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:30:18 EST news277979366 Four-year-old Carlos, who makes a lengthy trip every two weeks with his teenage aunt to a special clinic in El Salvador's capital, has no notion of the cruel stigma that comes with his HIV diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stigma-central-america-hiv-positive-kids.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:00:01 EST news273638666 More than a quarter of new HIV infections in the United States strike young people aged 13 to 24 and 60 percent of those don't know they're sick, health officials said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hiv-positive-youth-dont-theyre-sick.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:10:01 EST news273246193 Twenty percent of young people born with HIV in the United States don't know they're infected when they have sex for the first time, according to a new study released Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-youth-hiv-unaware-first-time-sex.html HIV & AIDS Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:50:28 EST news271749017 (Medical Xpress)—Women with HIV may benefit from a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), despite having already been exposed to HPV, a study finds. Although many may have been exposed to less serious forms of HPV, more than 45 percent of sexually active young women who have acquired HIV appear never to have been exposed to the most common high-risk forms of HPV, according to the study from a National Institutes of Health research network. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hpv-vaccine-benefit-hiv-infected-women.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:40:01 EST news271663920 As youth infected at birth with HIV reach adolescence and young adulthood, a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases underscores the need to promote healthy behaviors as some of these young people become sexually active. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-interventions-healthy-behaviors-perinatally-hiv-infected.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:49:59 EST news271565387 Non-infected babies born to HIV positive mothers should be vaccinated early against measles, to avoid them acquiring the virus or passing it on to others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-non-infected-babies-born-hiv-mothers.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:27:50 EST news269774858 Trends in the sexual practices of gay men in Australia show that HIV prevention remains firmly embedded in gay communities. However, to curb the epidemic and start driving down numbers of new infections, "a re-invigoration of prevention approaches is now needed for Australia to continue its role as global leader in the HIV response," says Professor John de Wit, lead editor of the Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2012 (ARTB 2012). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cites-urgent-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:26:40 EST news269677593 Research on Wednesday showed HIV infections in Australia jumped eight percent last year and 50 percent in the past decade, which health activists said was a "call to action". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hiv-cases-australia.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:55:03 EST news269664897 (HealthDay)—Despite more extensive disease and more adverse prognostic factors, HIV-positive patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) do not have worse outcomes when treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD), according to research published online Oct. 8 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hiv-status-doesnt-hodgkin-lymphoma.html Cancer Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:00:01 EST news269194460 Canada's Supreme Court on Friday decriminalized the non-disclosure of HIV status prior to sex where no realistic possibility of transmitting the potentially deadly virus exists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-canada-high-court-lowers-bar.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:50:01 EST news268655541 (Medical Xpress)—DNA sequencing has provided evidence of HIV-1 transmission from an infected woman breastfeeding her niece in South Africa, drawing attention to infant feeding practices and the need for HIV testing of all breastfeeding surrogates as well as mothers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-dna-sequencing-hiv-transmission-surrogate.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:46:53 EST news264930405 Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, many people who are at high risk of HIV infection cannot or will not adopt safer sexual practices, such as abstinence and condom use. This means there is room in the market for alternative methods to reduce either exposure to or transmission of HIV among these individuals. One such strategy, HIV home testing (HT), is the subject of a recent study by Alex Carballo-Dieguez and his colleagues at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at New York. Their work appears online in the journal AIDS and Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hiv-home-kits-worth.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:56:21 EST news264686109 (HealthDay) -- Doctors should consider prescribing the HIV prevention pill Truvada to their heterosexual patients who are at high risk for the virus, not just high-risk gay and bisexual men, experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-high-risk-heterosexuals-hiv-pill.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:10:01 EST news263794662 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in partnership with Indian researchers and HIV positive networks groups, have found that in India, non-disclosure of HIV serostatus to sex partners among both HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected clients of FSWs is exceedingly common. These findings currently appear online in the journal AIDS and Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-non-disclosure-hiv-serostatus-common-india.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:43:25 EST news262266143 Black gay couples tend to practice safe sex but don't talk about it, while white gay couples discuss safety but are less likely to use condoms, according to new findings presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gay-couples-condom-decision-making-varies.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:31:39 EST news262189738 Faced with the highest HIV-AIDS rates in the United States, community health activists in the nation's capital have come up with a novel way for people to save their own lives while killing time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-washington-free-hiv-aids.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:04:05 EST news262008238 Disclosure of HIV positive serostatus to sexual partners is considered an important public health goal to prevent new infections. Disclosure can motivate sex partners to make informed choices and change behavior through negotiation of safer sex practices. It might also prompt partner testing and counseling. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-alcohol-role-disclosing-hiv-status.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:38:51 EST news258637125 The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at home, without medical supervision. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-fda-rapid-take-home-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:37 EST news255968192 Routine criminal prosecutions for not disclosing HIV status should be abolished, write three HIV/AIDS experts in an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-abolish-criminalization-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:07 EST news243517029 People in Malawi who are uncertain about their HIV status are more eager to start families than those who are certain of their HIV status, according to researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-hiv-uncertainty-malawians-children-earlier.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:10:01 EST news241962157 Nearly three quarters of the 1.2 million Americans with HIV do not have their infection under control, raising the risk of death from AIDS and transmission to others, said a US study on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-americans-hiv-untreated.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:55:19 EST news241797311 (AP) -- Physicians at a hospital in Taiwan that mistakenly transplanted four patients with HIV-infected organs may face criminal prosecution, an official said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-taiwan-prosecutors-probe-hiv-transplants.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:31:52 EST news234196290