HIV & AIDS
Treatment as prevention works: HIV infections down by 66% in NSW and Victoria
Increasing treatment access and reducing undiagnosed infections is vital for combatting HIV, UNSW researchers have shown.
Apr 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Current, not prior, depression predicts crack cocaine use
(Medical Xpress) -- Women who are clinically depressed at the time they enter drug court have a substantially higher risk of using crack cocaine within four months, according to a new study. Because current but not past depression ...
Jul 14, 2011
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HIV & AIDS
Black Americans still undertreated for HIV
(HealthDay)—Although progress has been made, blacks in America are still being hit harder by HIV/AIDS, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Feb 3, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
In addition to providing other potential benefits to public health, all of those tweets and Facebook posts could help curb the spread of HIV.
Oct 29, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Court ruling on PrEP could lead to more than 2,000 HIV infections in the next year, say researchers
A recent U.S. federal court ruling that removes a requirement for employers to provide insurance coverage for the HIV prevention medications known as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, or PrEP, could result in more than 2,000 entirely ...
Mar 23, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers propose a new way to assess medication-based HIV prevention
One of the most promising new approaches to slowing the spread of HIV is pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a once-a-day medication that people who don't have HIV can take to prevent becoming infected. But that strategy only ...
Feb 15, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Two studies to test safety of injectable drugs to prevent HIV
The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) has launched two new phase 2 studies, HPTN 076 and HPTN 077, which are designed to evaluate new drugs to protect people from getting infected with HIV.
Feb 18, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Study finds online HIV prevention resources face resistance from black female college students
New research from North Carolina State University and Pennsylvania State University finds that black female college students were often unlikely to use online resources related to HIV prevention, due to the stigma associated ...
Apr 25, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of pregnant women in Tanzania shows that life-long antiviral treatment also seems to prevent viral transmission from mother to baby. ...
Feb 11, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
HIV-infected women experience worse treatment outcomes after release from jail
(Medical Xpress)—A Yale study has uncovered significant gender differences in the treatment outcomes of HIV-infected jail detainees who are transitioning to life outside jail, with women faring much worse than men. The ...
Jan 22, 2014
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