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Highly active antiretroviral therapies may be cardioprotective in HIV-infected children, teens

Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) does not appear to be associated with impaired heart function in children and adolescents in a study that sought to determine the cardiac effects of prolonged ...

Pediatrics created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu, WHO says

A top WHO influenza expert said Monday there was still no evidence H7N9 bird flu was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China, despite the possibility some family members may have infected one another.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai

A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recreational use of HIV antiretroviral drug linked to its psychoactivity

More than 1 in 270 people in the US are living with HIV and every 9.5 minutes someone is else is infected. The economic cost estimates associated with HIV/AIDS exceed 36 billion dollars a year. The development of effective ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China and Taiwan cooperate on bird flu research

Taiwan has received specimens of the H7N9 avian flu virus from China to help research the new strain, in what an official described Sunday as a landmark move in health cooperation.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

20 dead from China bird flu, state media reports (Update)

The death toll from a new strain of bird flu in China has reached 20, with dozens infected, state media reported Sunday, as experts said there was no evidence so far of human-to-human transmission.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WHO says China bird flu not spreading easily in humans

There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though some of those sickened were close to patients with the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research suggests transmission of respiratory viruses in utero

The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to Cleveland Clinic Children's ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts unclear how China bird flu infects humans (Update)

Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with live fowl ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why does smallpox vaccine shield some, not others? It's in the genes, study finds

How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination: individual genes can alter their response, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings, gathered using sophisticated ...

Genetics created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies 'chink in the armor' of Schmallenberg virus

A key building block in the Schmallenberg virus could be targeted by anti-viral drugs, according to a new study led from the University of Leeds.

Medical research created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery may help prevent HIV 'reservoirs' from forming

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how the protein that blocks HIV-1 from multiplying in white blood cells is regulated. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS, and the discovery ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Improved molecular tools streamline influenza testing and management

Over 40,000 people die each year in the United States from influenza-related diseases. In patients whose immune systems are compromised, antiviral therapy may be life-saving, but it needs to be initiated quickly. It is therefore ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals natural process that blocks viruses

The human body has the ability to ward off viruses by activating a naturally occurring protein at the cellular level, setting off a chain reaction that disrupts the levels of cholesterol required in cell membranes to enable ...

Medical research created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Suspected common source of hepatitis A in Nordic countries

Four of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway) have detected more hepatitis A cases than usual among people who did not travel abroad during the incubation period before they became ill ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0