HIV & AIDS
Silent rising HIV epidemic needs action
The world's most dangerous infectious disease epidemic of the modern era is reviving, but are we prepared in New Zealand?
Dec 1, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
HIV treatment soars, but young African women suffer: UN
The number of HIV-infected people taking anti-retroviral medicine has doubled in just five years, the UN said Monday, while highlighting high infection rates among young African women.
Nov 21, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Annual survey reveals significant gains in HIV treatment over the past decade
There is compelling evidence that treatment greatly reduces HIV transmission but prevention of the disease remains complex, the latest report by UNSW's Centre for Social Research in Health shows.
Nov 15, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
HIV active in tissues of patients who were treated, study shows
While successful treatment of HIV with antiretroviral medications leads to undetectable levels of virus in the blood, controls the disease and leads to much longer lifespans, scientists know that HIV continues to reside in ...
Oct 20, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Gut bacteria affect immune recovery in HIV patients, study finds
An international study coordinated by Spanish research institutes has found that gut bacteria play a role in the immune recovery of HIV patients. Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) have taken part in a study ...
Sep 6, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Rapid HIV transmission seen in injection drug users in rural U.S.
(HealthDay)—The U.S. prescription drug abuse epidemic has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks in rural and suburban communities, where up to now the virus has posed little threat, according to a report published in the ...
Jul 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mass imprisonment of drug users driving global epidemics of HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis
The War on Drugs, mass incarceration of drug users, and the failure to provide proven harm reduction and treatment strategies has led to high levels of HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis B and C infection among prisoners—far ...
Jul 15, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
For HIV with substance use, patient navigation, incentives not enough to improve outcomes
A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health found that among hospitalized patients with HIV infection and substance use, patient navigation (care coordination with case ...
Jul 12, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Study observes potential breakthrough in treatment of HIV
A new study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) observes that pharmacological enhancement of the immune systems of HIV patients could help eliminate infected cells, providing an important ...
Jun 17, 2016
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Researchers track HIV in real time as it infects and spreads in living tissue
By watching brightly glowing HIV-infected immune cells move within mice, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown how infected immune cells latch onto an uninfected sister cell to directly transmit ...
Jun 9, 2016
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