10:38 29.07.2009, HIV treatment reduces malaria cases. Presented at the 5th IAS Conference in Cape town South Africa
HIV treatment is associated with a 75% decrease in the incidence of malaria, results of the DART study show. Individuals with HIV are especially vulnerable to malaria if they have a low
10:36 29.07.2009, Trying to have a baby leads to increased transmission in serodiscordant couples IAS Conference Cape-Town South Africa July 29,2009
A study conducted in Kenya has found that in serodiscordant couples---where one partner is HIV positive and the other HIV negative, trying to conceive can increase the risk of HIV
11:22 27.07.2009, Ultrasound Before CT in the Acute Abdomen First Watch July 27,2009
A diagnostic strategy of ultrasound followed bi CT only if ultrasound results are nondiagnostic optimized sensitivity while minimizing radiation exposure.
11:15 27.07.2009, H1N1 update: CDC "Full-out" recommends seasonal Flu Vaccination for children over 6 months. Physicians First Watch July 27,2009.;
In contrast to last year, when seasonal flu shots for those between 6 moths and l8 years were "encouraged", this season its a "full-out recommendation," according to Dr. Anne Schuchet,
11:13 27.07.2009, Healthcare Reform: Sunday Newspapers Editorialize at length Physicians First watch July 27,2009
Sundays New York Times devote its editorial slot to making some educated guesses about the likely winners and losers of health care reform. The Washington Post weighs in critical of the
10:35 25.07.2009, Very low rate transmission rate when mother takes HIV treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding IAS conference Cape-town South Africa July 22, 2009
Antiretroviral treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding reduced the HIV transmission rate from mother to child to below 1%. All the women in the Mma Bana study had a CD 4 cell count
10:34 25.07.2009, HIV treatment for mothers or antiretroviral prophylaxis for children during breast feeding both prevent HIV transmission. IAS meeting Cape-town South Africa July 22, 2009
Two treatment strategies have been shown to be equally effective at preventing mother-to-child transmission during breastfeeding. The BAN study compared HIV treatment for mothers to infant
10:32 25.07.2009, Extended HIV treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding prevents infections IAS meeting Cape-town South Africa July 23,2009
The rate of mother -to-child HIV transmission is much lower when combination HIV treatment is used from the third trimester of pregnancy and throughout breastfeeding, then when an
10:30 25.07.2009, Maternal HIV treatment reduces infant deaths IAS conference in Cape town South Africa July 22,3009
A major fall in child mortality accompanied the roll-out of antiretroviral treatment in northern KwaZuluBata. Between 2001 and 2006. Childhood mortality fell from a peak of 86 per l000 live
11:44 23.07.2009, Shifting priorities bio-medical HIV prevention From the 5th IAS conference in Cape town South Africa
Funding for HIV vaccine fell by l0% in 2008, whereas there was a significant increase in money available for microbidices and pre-exposure prophylaxis., according to figures release to
10:05 23.07.2009, DART study--successful HIV treatment possible without laboratory monitoring IAS conference Cape town 2009
A major study has shown that HIV treatment can be successful in resource-limited settings without laboratory monitoring. The DART study involved over 3300 adults in Uganda and
10:04 23.07.2009, Treatment as prevention must not violate human rights IAS Meeting Cape Town July 21,2009
A plenary session of the conference was told that expended HIV testing and treatment as prevention must not be coercive to violate human rights. Mathematical models have predicted
10:03 23.07.2009, Healthy Lifestyle blunts Risks for Heart Failure, Hypertension JAMA July 21,2009
Healthy lifestyle is associated with reduced rike of both hypertension and heart failure an editorialist for the Journal of the American Medical Association professes. It is based on two
11:15 20.07.2009, Sexual transmission of HIV according to viral load and antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis Attia et al. University of Bern, Switzerland, AIDS 2009
The objective of this study was to synthesize the evidence on the risk of HIV transmission thru unprotected sexual intercourse according to viral load and treatment with combination
22:17 16.07.2009, HIV Treatment and Immune Suppression
HIV prevents the body's immune system from working properly. Normally, the immune system would fight off an infection, but HIV infects the cells in the body's natural defenses and stops them
22:15 16.07.2009, The Link between HIV and stigma. HIV Weekly June16.2009
Although many people have a lot to be optimistic about who have HIV, there are still times when having HIV can be hard. Often, this can be due to the stigma that has been associated with HIV
22:13 16.07.2009, HIV and 'Children HIV Weekly June 16, 2009
Research on younger children who have HIV shows that there are often developmental and cognitive problems, however there has been little research not whether having HIV has an
11:44 15.07.2009, Study suggest between Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Ovarian Cancer JAMA July 15, 2009
Menopausal hormone therapy, regardless of dose, duration, regimen or progestin type my be associated with an increase risk for ovarian cancer. Using Danish national databases,
11:43 15.07.2009, Medicare Hospital Performance stats for MI and Heart Failure. Circulation- Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Using Medicare's recently updated Hospital Compare database, researchers have derived 30-day risk standardized mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure
21:34 14.07.2009, Unprotected sex between HIV-infected partners helps immune response activated. UCSF researchers
HIV acts as a natural immunogen, keeping anti-HIV-1 immune responses boosted in HIV-infected male couples who have unprotected sex Until now, little has been reported on the consequences
11:24 11.07.2009, AIDS activists arrested in Washington DC Associated Press
AIDS activists were arrested Thursday July 9 for unlawfully demonstrating in the Capital rotunda. l5 women and 11 men face charges of unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, and loud
11:23 11.07.2009, Excess weight in Early Adulthood Raises Pancreatic Cancer Risk. Journal Wathc Fuly 10,2009
Obesity later in life was associated with shorter survival. Obesity is the number one problem in America. Childhood obesity leads to all kinds of problems. Pancreatic Cancer is just one in a
11:21 11.07.2009, Organized Screening Leads to Breast Cancer Over diagnosis British Medical Journal July 15, 2009
Mammography detected cancers represent "overdiagnossi" in about 1/3 of cases, according to an international study published in the British Medical Journal. (Over diagnosis is the detection
11:20 11.07.2009, Menopause does not affect response to HIV treatment August 1st edition of Clinical Infectious diseases.
Menopausal status does not effect responses to HIV treatment, US investigators report in the the largest ever study into the impact of menopause on the effectiveness of HIV treatment. The
11:19 11.07.2009, Removal of US entry ban for people with HIV moves a step closer NAM July 7,2009
Hopes that restrictions on entry to the US for people with HIV will final be removed were raised when the US government indicated that it had completed a review of the removal of HIV from the