Researchers find that pre-existing mutations can lead to drug resistance in HIV virus
In a critical step that may lead to more effective HIV treatments, Harvard scientists have found that, in a small number of HIV patients, pre-existing mutations in the virus can cause it to develop resistance to the drugs ...
HIV & AIDS
Jun 07, 2012 |
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740,000 lives saved: Study documents benefits of AIDS relief program
The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the government's far-reaching health-care foreign aid program, has contributed to a significant decline in adult death rates from all causes in Africa, according to a new ...
HIV & AIDS
May 15, 2012 |
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Advocates: HIV prevention pill could save lives
(AP) -- A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it.
HIV & AIDS
May 11, 2012 |
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Health care debate: high stakes for those with HIV
(AP) -- For many HIV-positive Americans, and those who advocate on their behalf, these are days of anxious waiting as the Supreme Court ponders President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
HIV & AIDS
Apr 25, 2012 |
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New findings reported by Microbicide Trials Network researchers at HIV prevention meeting
An HIV prevention trial that pre-dates the shift to antiretroviral (ARV)-based approaches is nonetheless helping to answer some of the most relevant and topical questions the field is facing today. More than three years after ...
HIV & AIDS
Apr 17, 2012 |
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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
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Trauma drives HIV epidemic in women
Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women. Scientists have known for years that traumatized women are at greater ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Study finds a quarter of adults with HIV were abused as children
One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 14, 2012 |
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HIV infection rates lower in high treatment areas: study
A new study shows that people living in areas where uptake of HIV treatment is high are less likely to acquire the virus than in places where few are given care, UNAIDS said Thursday.
HIV & AIDS
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Study defines treatment window for HIV+ children infected at birth
HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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Studies show benefits of immediate antiretroviral treatment for HIV-infected infants
Results from two studies presented today at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle demonstrate the importance of identifying and treating HIV-infected infants within the first year ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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First guidelines issued for getting people newly diagnosed with HIV disease into care
Leading AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions around the world have issued new guidelines to promote entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as adherence to HIV treatment, drawn from the results of 325 ...
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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SIV infection may lead to increase in immune-suppressive Treg cells
Tissue in monkeys infected with a close relative of HIV can ramp up production of a type of T cell that actually weakens the body's attack against the invading virus. The discovery, in lymph nodes draining the intestinal ...
Immunology
Feb 14, 2012 |
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AIDS kills 28,000 in China in 2011: report
AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.
HIV & AIDS
Jan 21, 2012 |
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UN sees 'massive' fall in South Africa AIDS cases
South Africa, home to the highest number of HIV cases in the world, should see a massive reduction by the end of the decade after a sea-change in government policy, a UNAIDS official said Thursday.
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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