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HIV treatment use increases in the US

Between 2000 and 2008, the proportion of HIV-infected patients in the U.S. receiving effective treatment known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) increased, and HIV-infected patients appeared to be less infectious ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential drug molecule shows enhanced anti-HIV activity

Researchers from Munich and Naples have shown that minimal modification of a synthetic peptide with anti-HIV activity results in a new compound with more than two orders of magnitude higher binding affinity ...

HIV & AIDS created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows frequent massage sessions boost biological benefits

(Medical Xpress) -- Massage is purported to have an array of benefits, including alleviating symptoms of depression, anxiety, back pain, asthma, fatigue, and even HIV. A new study shows there are sustained, ...

Health created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New HPTN 052 study results reveal additional benefits of early HIV treatment

Study results released today by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) show additional benefits of early antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV clinical outcomes. Expanded analysis of HPTN 052 study data, presented today at ...

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

Bone marrow transplant eliminates signs of HIV infection

Two men with longstanding HIV infections no longer have detectable HIV in their blood cells following bone marrow transplants. The virus was easily detected in blood lymphocytes of both men prior to their transplants but ...

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

AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts (Update)

Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 24, 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

HIV suppression not as good as previously thought, largest study of viral-load blood tests show

Tens of thousands of Americans taking potent antiretroviral therapies, or ART, to keep their HIV disease in check may not have as much control over the viral infection as previous estimates have suggested, according to results ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV racial disparities noted for men who have sex with men

(HealthDay) -- Similar racial disparities are seen in HIV infection for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a study published online July 20 in The La ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 20, 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

PEPFAR HIV/AIDS programs linked to uptick in babies born at health facilities in sub-saharan Africa

While HIV programs provide lifesaving care and treatment to millions of people in lower-income countries, there have been concerns that as these programs expand, they divert investments from other health priorities such as ...

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

Next front in worldwide AIDS battle: Stretching use of anti-HIV drugs

(Medical Xpress) -- A Johns Hopkins expert in the drug treatment of HIV disease and AIDS is spearheading an international effort to radically shift the manufacturing and prescribing of combination therapies widely credited ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop alternative to gene therapy: The technique points to safer, simpler potential HIV treatment

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a surprisingly simple and safe method to disrupt specific genes within cells. The scientists highlighted the medical potential of the new technique by demonstrating ...

Medical research created Jul 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds HIV-positive young men at risk of low bone mass

Young men being treated for HIV are more likely to experience low bone mass than are other men their age, according to results from a research network supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings indicate ...

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

T cell-based HIV gene therapy safe over long term

(HealthDay) -- T cell-based gene therapy for HIV seems safe, with no evidence of vector-induced cell immortalization more than a decade after treatment, according to a study published in the May 2 issue of ...

HIV & AIDS created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast