HIV & AIDS
UN: Nearly half a million Arabs HIV-infected
The United Nations said on Monday that the number of people in Arab countries infected with HIV more than doubled to 470,000 in the eight years to 2009.
Nov 26, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
G.Bissau warns AIDS patients without treatment since coup
HIV-positive people in Guinea Bissau have been without access to treatment since the Global Fund to fight AIDS suspended funding over an April military coup, the west African nation's AIDS boss said Wednesday.
Nov 21, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
UN hails sharp decline in HIV infections in kids (Update)
Twenty-five countries, many in hard-hit Africa, have at least halved new HIV infections in the past decade, with particular progress made toward protecting children from the deadly virus, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nov 20, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
New push for most in US to get at least one HIV test
There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.
Nov 19, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Study discovers unique feature of HIV that helps to create antibodies
Wits researchers have played a pivotal role in an AIDS study published today in the journal, Nature Medicine, which describes how a unique change in the outer covering of the virus found in two HIV infected South African ...
Oct 22, 2012
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Health
Life expectancy shoots up to 60 in SAfrica: study
Life expectancy in AIDS-hit South Africa has shot up by six years to 60 over the past few years, thanks to life prolonging anti-retroviral (ARVs) treatment, a demographer said Thursday.
Oct 18, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Washington tailors HIV and AIDS talk to seniors
(AP)—Officials in the nation's capital are asking senior citizens to think about HIV and AIDS.
Oct 17, 2012
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Pediatrics
German doctors warn against Internet trade in breast milk
German pediatricians have warned new parents against obtaining breast milk to feed their babies via social networking sites such as Facebook, cautioning the milk could be harmful.
Oct 16, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Diverse intestinal viruses may play a role in AIDS progression
In monkeys and humans with AIDS, damage to the gastrointestinal tract is common, contributing to activation of the immune system, progressive immune deficiency, and ultimately advanced AIDS. How this gastric damage occurs ...
Oct 11, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
AIDS patients face risk for esophageal, stomach cancers
People with AIDS are at increased risk for developing esophageal and stomach carcinoma as well as non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs), according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological ...
Sep 24, 2012
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