News tagged with antiretroviral drugs

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US approves first pill to help prevent HIV

(AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, the latest milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pills to prevent HIV raise many questions: studies

Various trials examining the use of anti-retroviral drugs in healthy heterosexuals as a way to prevent HIV have shown drastically different results, research showed Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drugs used to treat HIV also reduce risk of HIV infection

People at high risk of HIV infection can reduce their risk of acquiring the disease by taking antiretroviral drugs, according to Cochrane researchers. In an update of a systematic review first published in 2009, the researchers ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New once-daily 'Quad' pill for HIV is safe, effective alternative to traditional antiretroviral regimens

A new once-daily pill combining three antiretrovirals and a booster molecule is a safe and effective alternative to two widely used drug regimens for newly diagnosed HIV-positive adults who have had no previous treatment. ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revealed: Secret of HIV's natural born killers

Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus.

HIV & AIDS created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Longer breastfeeding along with antiretroviral drugs could lower HIV transmission to babies

In early results of a large-scale randomized study published in 2010 and led by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, giving daily antiretroviral drugs (ART) to HIV-infected moms ...

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Early temporary treatment for HIV can delay the time to long-term treatment

A study in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that when people are first infected with HIV (primary HIV infection), temporary treatment with antiretroviral drugs (cART) for 24 weeks can delay the need to restart treatment during ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds HIV-infected men at risk for spreading HIV despite taking HAART

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Fenway Health have found that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) does not completely suppress HIV in the semen of sexually active HIV-infected men ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug helps purge hidden HIV virus, study shows

A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have successfully flushed latent HIV infection from hiding, with a drug used to treat certain types of lymphoma.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Rectal formulation of tenofovir gel safe and acceptable in early phase clinical study

A gel formulation of the antiretroviral drug tenofovir designed specifically for rectal use was found safe and acceptable, according to a Phase I clinical study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Microbicide ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two-thirds of Myanmar HIV patients untreated: MSF

International funding cuts threaten to deepen an HIV crisis in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are denied lifesaving treatment, an aid agency said Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV

(AP) -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fake malaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa

(Medical Xpress) -- The emergence of fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs could dash hopes of controlling malaria in Africa, warn experts writing in the Malaria Journal. Millions of lives could be put ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug to treat HIV in children shows promise via national study

(Medical Xpress) -- For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HIV prevention research named scientific breakthrough of the year by Science

The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, MD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast