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Current HIV screening guidelines are too conservative

Early HIV treatment can save lives as well as have profound prevention benefits. But those infected with the virus first must be identified before they can be helped.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AIDS journal publishes findings of two important studies

The results of two important studies have been published in the March issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society. One study notes that screening for HIV should be performed more frequently—up t ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Use of clinical decision-support system can improve HIV care

(HealthDay)—Use of a clinical decision-support system (CDSS) appears to be beneficial in HIV care, with improvements noted in CD4 cell counts and clinic follow-up, according to a study published in the ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

Cancer chemotherapy can be a life-saver, but it is fraught with severe side effects, among them an increased risk of infection. Until now, the major criterion for assessing this risk has been the blood cell count: if the ...

Medical research created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nurses as effective as doctors in treatment of HIV patients

Nurse-centred care of HIV patients can be just as safe and effective as care delivered by doctors and has a number of specific health benefits, according to a new study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University ...

HIV & AIDS created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marqibo approved for rare leukemia

(HealthDay) -- Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with a rare form of blood and bone marrow cancer, Philadelphia chromosome negative ...

Cancer created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marqibo approved for ph- acute lymphoblastic leukemia

(HealthDay) -- Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with Philadelphia chromosome negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...

Medications created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Syphilis cuts CD4 counts, ups viral load in HIV-infected men

(HealthDay) -- Syphilis is associated with a transient decrease in the CD4 cell count and with an increase in viral load (VL) in HIV-infected men, according to a study published online July 23 in the Archives of ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First results of community health campaign in Uganda for HIV and other diseases

A clinical study in a remote region of southwest Uganda has demonstrated the feasibility of using a health campaign to rapidly test a community for HIV and simultaneously offer prevention and diagnosis for a variety of other ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 23, 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

Timing of menopause symptoms relates to risk markers for heart disease, stroke

The hot flashes and night sweats that most women experience early in menopause are not linked to increased levels of cardiovascular disease risk markers unless the symptoms persist or start many years after menopause begins. ...

Cardiology created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Factors ID'd in healing failure of diabetic foot ulcers

(HealthDay) -- Patients with diabetes whose foot ulcers fail to heal have increased inflammation and aberrant growth factor levels, according to a study published online June 11 in Diabetes.

Diabetes created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Medical Minute: What is myelodysplastic syndrome?

Television journalist and host of "Good Morning America" Robin Roberts announced this week that she has myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, an uncommon blood and bone marrow disorder.

Cancer created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

ADA: Salsalate doesn't up endothelial function in T2DM

(HealthDay) -- For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), treatment with salsalate does not improve endothelial function as measured by flow-mediated, endothelium-dependent dilation (FMD), although it is associated ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nighttime fast may top calorie counting, study finds

In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier ...

Health created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1