HIV & AIDS

Anti-HIV gel being evaluated in pregnant and breastfeeding women

Determining whether a promising HIV prevention gel is safe for women to use while they are pregnant or breastfeeding is the aim of a new clinical trial being conducted by the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First aid after tick bites

(Medical Xpress) -- They come out in the spring, and each year they spread further – the ticks. Thirty percent of them transmit borrelia pathogens, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis that can damage joints and ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

pH-balanced vaginal gel doesn't improve dyspareunia

(HealthDay)—For breast cancer survivors who are premenopausal at diagnosis, a pH-balanced vaginal gel is no better than placebo for improving dyspareunia and overall sexual function, according to a study published in the ...

Oncology & Cancer

Can gel shrink some cancer tumors?

(Medical Xpress) -- Can a gel applied to the skin of a woman's breast provide the same cancer-fighting benefits as a pill taken by mouth but reduce the side effects of the medicine?

Health

Blueberry extract may aid wound healing

Treating wounds with an extract taken from wild blueberries may improve healing, according to a new study. The research will be presented this week in Philadelphia at the American Physiological Society's (APS) annual meeting ...

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