News tagged with antiretroviral drugs

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Sex, drugs, stigma put Thai transsexuals at HIV risk

From a cafe near the go-go bars of a Bangkok red light district where she campaigns for safe sex, Gigi gives an unvarnished view of how she joined Thailand's growing ranks of transgender people with HIV.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AIDS charity honors Gates on eve of global conference

Leading AIDS charity amfAR honored Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates on the eve of the International AIDS Conference, for his part in funding an ongoing struggle against the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical study in rural Uganda shows high demand for antiretroviral drugs

An ongoing clinical study in rural Uganda, begun in 2011, suggests that many people infected with HIV/AIDS would take antiretroviral drugs if they were available to them—even before they developed symptoms from the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

International group urges prompt HIV treatment for all

An international group of scientists on Sunday called for all adults who test positive for HIV to be treated with antiretroviral drugs right away rather than waiting for their immune systems to weaken.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Among new HIV treatment recommendations, all adult patients should be offered antiretroviral therapy

Included in the 2012 International Antiviral Society-USA panel recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient care is that all adult patients, regardless of CD4 cell count, should be offered antiretroviral ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits of HIV drugs rise -- but less than previously believed, study shows

The percentage of HIV patients taking antiretroviral drugs who experienced the full benefit of the drugs jumped from 45 percent of 72 percent during the past decade, a figure that is lower than previous estimates. The findings, ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Washington, free HIV-AIDS testing while you wait

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.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nobel laureate, discoverer of HIV, sees 'hope' for cure

The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV says there is hope for an AIDS cure following recent discoveries, in an interview with AFP ahead of a global conference on the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists show potent new compound virtually eliminates HIV in cell culture

A new study by scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute shows, in cell culture, a natural compound can virtually eliminate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in infected cells. The compound defines ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study implements community-based approach to treat HIV-infection in rural Uganda

New research from the University of Alberta's School of Public Health has demonstrated that community-based resources in rural Uganda can successfully provide HIV treatments to patients, where economic and geographical barriers ...

Health created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UNAIDS report shows critical gaps in world response

Deaths from HIV/AIDS are rising in parts of Asia and central Europe and the global response must accelerate, experts said Wednesday after the release of a major report on the world AIDS epidemic.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facts about HIV/AIDS worldwide in 2011

Here are some key facts and figures on HIV/AIDS in 2011, released by UNAIDS on Wednesday ahead of the International AIDS Conference set to take place in Washington on July 22-27.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HIV drug resistance creeps higher: WHO

Drug resistance to HIV medicines has been creeping higher in parts of Africa and Asia but is not steep enough to cause alarm, said a survey released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HIV drugs reach 8 million in needy countries

More than eight million people -- a record number in low- and middle-income countries -- are now taking antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV, according to data released Wednesday by UNAIDS.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

End of AIDS pandemic in sight: US expert

Three decades into the AIDS pandemic an end to new infections is in sight, according to Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0