HIV & AIDS
HIV treatment offers hope for disease prevention but no panacea
New research findings recommend further measures should be put in place to make the best use of two new HIV prevention options.
Dec 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Guidelines say nearly all patients with chronic kidney disease should take statins
Almost all people with pre-dialysis kidney disease should receive statins by current guidelines, reports a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Nov 13, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Increased dosing of malaria drug in children could decrease risk of infection
Piperaquine is a long-acting malaria drug that kills residual parasites and decreases the risk of reinfection. A study led by Uppsala University researcher Martin Bergstrand shows that increasing the dose used in children ...
Oct 30, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Puerto Ricans who inject drugs among Latinos at highest risk of contracting HIV
Higher HIV risk behaviors and prevalence have been reported among Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PRPWID) since early in the HIV epidemic. Now that HIV prevention and treatment advances have reduced HIV among PWID in ...
Sep 11, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Too soon for rich countries to stop HIV funding in poor ones
The global HIV epidemic has been unprecedented, both in its extent and in the way it has changed the world's approach to health funding.
Jul 4, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Study says it is time to abandon obesity myths
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say it is time to abandon some popular but erroneous obesity myths. In an article published June 23 in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, ...
Jul 2, 2014
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Health
Difficulty assessing nutrition information leads to recurrence of bad eating habits
"Information overload" about healthy nutrition means patients who have serious conditions may fall back on bad eating habits, a Flinders University study has found.
Mar 7, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Major South African trial did not improve tuberculosis control in gold mines
A major trial aiming to cut the rate of tuberculosis (TB) among South Africa's gold miners did not reduce the number of cases or deaths from the disease, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jan 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
HIV-infected women experience worse treatment outcomes after release from jail
(Medical Xpress)—A Yale study has uncovered significant gender differences in the treatment outcomes of HIV-infected jail detainees who are transitioning to life outside jail, with women faring much worse than men. The ...
Jan 22, 2014
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Health
APA report on gun violence identifies precursors and promising solutions
There is no single personality profile that can reliably predict who will use a gun in a violent act – but individual prediction is not necessary for violence prevention, according to a comprehensive report on gun violence ...
Dec 12, 2013
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