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New HIV testing guidelines helpful, but access to screenings still an issue

(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 ...

HIV & AIDS created May 02, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New guidelines suggest HIV screening for all adults

(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.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Incarceration, marijuana use and suicide attempts may hinder liver transplant eligibility

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. ...

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HIV self-testing: The key to controlling the global epidemic

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 ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies ways to increase HIV testing, reduce HIV infection

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 ...

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

'Significant' proportion of HIV positive patients may not be telling NHS staff about their infection

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 Tr ...

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

Patient satisfaction leads to better HIV care

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 ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

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 e ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stigma for Central America's HIV-positive kids

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.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most HIV-positive US youth don't know they're sick, study finds

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.

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

Fifth of US youth with HIV unaware during first-time sex

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.

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

HPV vaccine may benefit HIV-infected women, study finds

(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 ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interventions needed to promote healthy behaviors among perinatally HIV-infected youth

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 sexual ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Non-infected babies born to HIV mothers have reduced immunity to measles

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.

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

Report cites urgent need for revision of HIV prevention practices

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, ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0