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Yahoo! News: AIDS/HIV 13 Oct 2008 at 2:06pm AFP - South Africa's new health minister called Monday for renewed global efforts to find an AIDS vaccine, signalling a sharp change from her controversial predecessor in a country with the world's most HIV infections.  13 Oct 2008 at 8:31am Reuters - A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments.  10 Oct 2008 at 4:37pm AFP - Former National Basketball Association star Magic Johnson was outraged Friday after two Minnesota radio talk show hosts accused him of faking that he had contracted HIV, which can lead to AIDS.  10 Oct 2008 at 4:00am Reuters - Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said. 7 Oct 2008 at 10:47pm HealthDay - TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of existing research finds little evidence that circumcision protects gay men from infection with the AIDS virus, but the issue is still far from settled.  7 Oct 2008 at 10:04pm AFP - Circumcision, which has been found to reduce by about one-half the transmission of HIV between heterosexuals, appears to offer far less protection for men engaging in homosexual intercourse, according to a new study. 7 Oct 2008 at 3:22pm Reuters - There is not enough evidence to say circumcision protects men from getting the AIDS virus during sex with other men even as studies show it protects them when having sex with women, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.  7 Oct 2008 at 11:15am AFP - Like many cultural events, a male circumcision ceremony in eastern Uganda has its share of governing rules: the "candidate" is not supposed to see the surgeon until seconds before the cutting and his mother cannot be present.  6 Oct 2008 at 2:54pm AP - The awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s over who deserved credit for discovering HIV and the resulting test to screen blood for it.  6 Oct 2008 at 5:09am AFP - France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their discovery of the HIV virus, along with a German scientist for his groundbreaking research into cervical cancer.  2 Oct 2008 at 12:29pm Reuters - A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.  2 Oct 2008 at 7:26am AFP - South Africa's new health minister vowed Thursday to "get things right" in providing AIDS treatments, after years of missteps by her predecessor who had touted vegetables as a cure.  1 Oct 2008 at 10:46pm HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading in humans around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study claims.  1 Oct 2008 at 4:01pm Reuters - The Pfizer Inc. AIDS drug maraviroc helps thwart the HIV virus in nearly half of people who have developed resistance to other treatments, according to two related studies published on Wednesday. 1 Oct 2008 at 2:35pm AP - The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908. |
ScienceDaily: HIV and AIDS News 11 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm Scientists have discovered that a bone infection is caused by a newly described species of bacteria that is related to the tuberculosis pathogen. The discovery may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of similar infections, according to an article in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 11 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm Humans have a built-in weapon against HIV, but until recently no one knew how to unlock its potential. A new study in the journal Nature reveals the atomic structure of an enzyme capable of repelling the virus HIV, suggesting new approach for drug development. 9 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm Scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care disease detection, according to a new report. 8 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm A new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis has been identified. First time that gene, toll-like receptor 8, linked to bacterial infections. 6 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm An analysis of previous research indicates there is a lack of sufficient evidence that circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection or other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men, according to a new article. 6 Oct 2008 at 1:00pm The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2008 with one half to Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer and the other half jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus. 3 Oct 2008 at 10:00am Scientists have found 295 host cell factors that are involved in human immunodeficiency virus infection. Their research could lead to the development of a new class of HIV therapeutics aimed at disrupting the human-HIV interactions that lead to viral infection. 3 Oct 2008 at 7:00am After improving the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers actually watched the HIV-1 protease mature from an inactive form into an active infection. This process has never been directly visualized before. 2 Oct 2008 at 7:00am Painstaking reconstruction of viral DNA and RNA sequences from decades-old tissue samples is beginning to yield a clearer picture of HIV's evolutionary history from its beginnings. 2 Oct 2008 at 7:00am As many as one quarter of HIV patients have drug resistance, limiting their treatment options and raising their risk for AIDS and death. Now, maraviroc, the first of a new class of HIV drugs called CCR5 receptor antagonists, has been shown to be effective over 48 weeks for drug-resistant patients with R5 HIV-1, a variation of the virus found in more than half of HIV-infected patients. 1 Oct 2008 at 11:00pm Blogs allow African Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State researcher, and this exploration may lead to another way to distribute health messages to the African-American community. 1 Oct 2008 at 10:00pm Microbiologists have developed a way to mass-produce an antimalarial compound, potentially making the treatment of malaria less expensive. 1 Oct 2008 at 7:00pm Testing for diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis could soon be as simple as using a pregnancy testing kit. Scientists have developed a biosensor technology that uses antibodies to detect biomarkers -- molecules in the human body which are often a marker for disease -- much faster than current testing methods. 29 Sep 2008 at 10:00am Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a new study in the journal Nature Biotechnology. 26 Sep 2008 at 4:00pm Scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a key HIV accessory protein that foils the body's normal immune response. Based on the findings, the team is searching for new drugs that may someday allow infected people to be cured and no longer need today's AIDS drugs for a lifetime. |
Medscape HIV/AIDS Headlines 13 Oct 2008 at 7:45am Karen Davis, PhD, President of The Commonwealth Fund in New York, discusses the fundamental differences between Obama and McCain plans. The Medscape Journal of Medicine 13 Oct 2008 at 11:56am HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders are a subcortical dementia characterized by cognitive, behavior, and motor dysfunction. Neuropsychological performance and neuroimaging can aid diagnosis. Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery 10 Oct 2008 at 7:43am William A. Gardner, MD, Executive Director, American Registry of Pathology, Silver Spring, Maryland, describes the importance of visual images to medicine. The Medscape Journal of Medicine 10 Oct 2008 at 9:50am HIV-positive individuals in minority groups who don't fully trust their healthcare providers typically have poor adherence to treatment, researchers report. Reuters Health Information 8 Oct 2008 at 4:00pm The FDA has approved expanded indications for atazanavir sulfate capsules (Reyataz) and pemetrexed injection (Alimta). Medscape Medical News 9 Oct 2008 at 10:21am The serum concentration of ribavirin influences the outcome of treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 or 4 infection in HIV-positive patients, results of a study indicate. Reuters Health Information 8 Oct 2008 at 9:25am While trial data support the notion that circumcision reduces men's risk of infection with HIV during heterosexual intercourse, the evidence is less clear that circumcision has a protective effect among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to a meta-analysis reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association for October 8. Reuters Health Information 8 Oct 2008 at 9:29am Genetic screening for the allele HLA-B*5701 is advisable before abacavir treatment is started in patients with HIV infection, researchers report in the October 1st issue of AIDS. Reuters Health Information 6 Oct 2008 at 9:46am This summary examines data presented at IAC 2008, on the epidemiology of HIV and prevention efforts directed against transmission of this disease. Medscape HIV/AIDS 6 Oct 2008 at 9:46am This summary presents data from IAC 2008, on the epidemiology of HIV, hepatitis, TB, and STIs. Medscape HIV/AIDS 7 Oct 2008 at 9:20am Two French scientists who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus and a German who identified human papilloma virus as the cause of cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday. Reuters Health Information 6 Oct 2008 at 9:50am Prolonged, untreated HIV-1 infection does not appear to impair semen quality, according to a report in the September issue of Fertility and Sterility. Reuters Health Information 7 Oct 2008 at 4:49pm A rare adverse effect observed after dose escalation of topiramate therapy is discussed. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 7 Oct 2008 at 5:19pm The aim of this study assess the prevalence of missed doses of pegylated interferon and ribavirin, and examine the correlates of dose-taking adherence in clinic settings. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 9 Oct 2008 at 4:18pm Was this multifaceted training program associated with higher rates of HIV testing, physical examination, risk-reduction counseling and better HIV risk education? Sexually Transmitted Infections |
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 13 Oct 2008 at 11:00am Alhaja Roli Daniju, executive director of the nongovernmental organization Ajegunle Community Project, recently called on Nigerian government officials and other stakeholders to help reduce poverty in the country by empowering people living with HIV/AIDS, This Day/AllAfrica.com reports. 13 Oct 2008 at 10:00am Thirty-five percent of the 2,000 to 2,500 new HIV infections in Spain last year occurred among immigrants, Daniel Zulaika, president of the AIDS Interdisciplinary Society of Spain, said Wednesday at the XI National Congress on AIDS in Cordoba, Spain's El Pais reports. A focus of the conference, which will continue through Friday, is the increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases among the country's immigrant population (El Pais, 10/9). 13 Oct 2008 at 9:00am Although Asian migrant women working in Arab countries generate significant economic benefits for both their home and host countries, many of them are at risk of HIV because of the unsafe conditions under which they migrate and live, according to a panel of experts organized by the United Nations Development Programme Regional Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13 Oct 2008 at 8:00am As HIV spreads beyond high-risk groups into China's general population, drug-resistant strains of the virus also are appearing in parts of the country, Chen Zhiwei of the AIDS Institute in Hong Kong said recently, Reuters reports. 13 Oct 2008 at 2:00am United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that many large pharmaceutical companies -- including Abbott Labs, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer -- plan to increase their efforts to develop HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostics for impoverished regions, Reuters reports. 13 Oct 2008 at 2:00am Although Uganda had many achievements to celebrate on the anniversary of its independence on Wednesday, the country must "focus on independence on the individual level," especially among women affected by HIV/AIDS in the country, Milly Nattimba of the Makerere University School of Public Health writes in a New Vision opinion piece. 13 Oct 2008 at 2:00am Elevation Biotech, a start-up biotechnology company funded by LIFElab, an agency of the South African Department of Science and Technology, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the world's only global non-profit organization dedicated solely to AIDS vaccine development, have partnered to develop the next generation of AIDS vaccine candidates. "An AIDS vaccine remains our best hope for ending AIDS. 10 Oct 2008 at 11:00am The University of Buffalo's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on Tuesday announced that it has received a seven-year, $7.6 million grant from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for HIV/AIDS research worldwide, 10 Oct 2008 at 10:00am As the disbursement of funding to 3,000 HIV/AIDS community-based organizations in Malawi is being shifted from international nongovernmental organizations to local government authorities, known as district assemblies, a number of groups are expressing concern about the ability of some assemblies to distribute the money, IRIN/PlusNews reports.Bizwick Mwale, the country's 10 Oct 2008 at 9:00am Health officials in Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby on Wednesday launched a national HIV/AIDS research agenda for 2008 to 2013, the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reports. 10 Oct 2008 at 8:00am India's Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society is launching a campaign that will focus on providing a comprehensive package of HIV/AIDS services to private maternity hospitals in the state in an effort to match services provided at government-run maternity hospitals, The Hindu reports. 10 Oct 2008 at 7:00am Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, two French scientists who jointly were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for medicine earlier this week, spoke with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday about the effect that the world financial crisis could have on global funding for HIV/AIDS, the 9 Oct 2008 at 1:00pm Vietnam on Monday announced the launch of a nationwide initiative, called "Every Citizen is Involved in HIV/AIDS Control and Prevention Activities at Community Level," to curb the spread of the disease in the country, the Vietnam News Agency reports. The program will be implemented by the 9 Oct 2008 at 12:00pm Despite research showing circumcision can reduce a man's risk of HIV during heterosexual intercourse, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the procedure offers little protection against the virus for men who have sex with men, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. 9 Oct 2008 at 9:00am China "had made substantial progress in checking the spread of HIV but there is still a long way to go," UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot writes in a China Daily opinion piece. |
MSNBC.com: AIDS 13 Oct 2008 at 1:52pm South Africa’s new health minister asked scientists on Monday to intensify their efforts to find an AIDS vaccine amid widespread gloom over recent research setbacks. 12 Oct 2008 at 11:42am A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies with experts weighing the value of basic research against human clinical trials after a string of disappointments. 7 Oct 2008 at 5:11pm There is not enough evidence to say circumcision protects men from getting the AIDS virus during sex with other men, U.S. researchers said Tuesday. 2 Oct 2008 at 12:46pm A new estimate of how many Americans have the AIDS virus puts the number at about 1.1 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. 1 Oct 2008 at 12:02pm The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. 11 Sep 2008 at 1:29pm AIDS remains largely a disease of gay and bisexual men in the United States but also disproportionately infects black women, according to an analysis published on Thursday. 11 Sep 2008 at 10:10am A cheap, generic drug long used to treat herpes may also help control the AIDS virus, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. 4 Sep 2008 at 12:06pm The number of girls in poor countries who marry before the age of 18 will double to 100 million in the next decade, putting many at risk from AIDS, a report said on Thursday. 27 Aug 2008 at 5:11pm New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said, attributing the difference to the city's large population of high-risk groups. 12 Aug 2008 at 7:35pm A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the virus, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. 9 Aug 2008 at 3:57pm Jorge Saavedra's moment of truth came in the middle of an impassioned speech to 5,000 people about the paltry amount of money being spent to stop the spread of AIDS among gay men. 9 Aug 2008 at 4:35pm An Indian couple poisoned their three young children, then hanged themselves from a ceiling fan because they were depressed about being HIV-positive, police said Saturday. 8 Aug 2008 at 3:22pm Desperate for a way to stop the rising spread of HIV among young gay men, the Centers for Disease Control is launching  a program to give gift cards to popular gay men to talk up safe sex. 7 Aug 2008 at 11:58am U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for the AIDS virus have stalled and just 40 percent of adults in the country have ever been tested for the fatal and incurable virus, according to a government report on Thursday. 6 Aug 2008 at 4:05pm
HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today via MedWorm.com by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 7 Oct 2008 at 8:00am French scientists Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their work in the discovery of HIV, AFP/Yahoo! Asia News reports. The award was shared with Harald zur Hausen, who discovered the human papillomavirus (AFP/Yahoo! Asia News, 10/6). The Nobel Assembly of the (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 7 Oct 2008 at 6:00am The UK Department of International Development (DfID) will support GNP+ and World AIDS Campaign through its Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) for 5 years for a total of GBP 4,099,669 (EUR 5,176,755; USD 7,558,739). The programme is the result of a long standing partnership between GNP+ and the World AIDS Campaign. Together the coalition has many years of experience in advocating, campaigning, skills building, mobilizing and working with networks. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 6 Oct 2008 at 2:00am Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) today announced the completion of enrollment in two, phase 2 clinical studies of PRO 140, an investigational drug that is being developed for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The phase 2 studies are separately evaluating intravenous and subcutaneous forms of PRO 140. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 4 Oct 2008 at 1:00am The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative opened a state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS Children's Center of Excellence on the campus of Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Mulago Hospital and the Republic of Uganda all joined forces to support BIPAI in making the center a reality. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 3 Oct 2008 at 3:00am Ukraine's Parliament recently approved a bill that would establish a national program to increase HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts in the country, Ukrainian News reports. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 3 Oct 2008 at 1:00am The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Burnham Institute for Medical Research today announced 295 host cell factors that are involved in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The study, published in the Oct. 3 issue of Cell, could lead to the development of a new class of HIV therapeutics aimed at disrupting the human-HIV interactions that lead to viral infection. The research, a collaborative effort between the laboratories of Sumit K. Chanda, Ph. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 2 Oct 2008 at 2:00am As many as one quarter of HIV patients have drug resistance, limiting their treatment options and raising their risk for AIDS and death. Now, maraviroc, the first of a new class of HIV drugs called CCR5 receptor antagonists, has been shown to be effective over 48 weeks for drug-resistant patients with R5 HIV-1, a variation of the virus found in more than half of HIV-infected patients. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 2 Oct 2008 at 1:00am An international team of scientists investigating African human tissue samples preserved for nearly 50 years have suggested that the HIV/AIDS pandemic started around 100 years ago, between 1884 and 1924, at the same time as urbanization started growing in west central Africa. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 1 Oct 2008 at 9:00am U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Leslie Rowe on Friday visited the newly established sexually transmitted infection clinic in the capital of Port Moresby, which also provides HIV testing and other services, the Papua New Guinea Post Courier reports. The clinic was set up by (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 1 Oct 2008 at 7:00am U.S. immigration officials on Monday announced new rules to ease and expedite visa processing for HIV-positive visitors, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. A law that made foreigners living with HIV/AIDS inadmissible in the U.S. was repealed when President Bush signed (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 1 Oct 2008 at 3:00am Nongovernmental organizations from 14 East African countries met recently in Kigali, Rwanda, for a two-day meeting to discuss future strategies against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region, the New Times/AllAfrica.com reports. The (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 30 Sep 2008 at 4:00am New research conducted by the Help the Aged Sponsor a Grandparent programme reveals that the number of grandparents caring for AIDS orphans in developing countries has doubled over the last ten years.1 Today, more grandparents than ever before are the sole carers of their grandchildren with up to half of the world's 15 million AIDS orphans being cared for by a grandparent2. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 29 Sep 2008 at 3:00am AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit AIDS healthcare provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, acknowledged British multi-national drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for wisely suspending publication of its recent series of direct-to-consumer print advertisements that, under the guise of patient education, instead capitalized on patients' fears of HIV treatment. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 28 Sep 2008 at 1:00am About 1.3 million people, including 21,000 children, in the West Pacific region were living with HIV/AIDS in 2007, but "the majority of people living with HIV still do not know they are sick," the World Health Organization said in a release on Thursday, Xinhuanet reports. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) by HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today 25 Sep 2008 at 1:00am Estonia, Ukraine, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Argentina, Brazil, and Kenya all have one disturbing fact in common: an HIV positive rate of over 40% for injecting drug users (IDUs). An article published early online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet estimates that worldwide there are some 15.9 million IDUs - 3 million of whom are HIV positive. In the last ten years, the number of countries that report injecting drugs use has increased. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today) |
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