• AIDS Relief Program Intensity Linked To Lower Death Rates AIDS Relief Program Intensity Linked To Lower Death Rates The May 16 edition of the Global Health themed issue of JAMA reveals a larger drop in all-cause adult mortality in those African countries with more intense operation of the AIDS relief program PEPFAR. The article's background information states: "The[…]
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
  
  16 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
• Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies Truvada For HIV Prevention Plus Behavioral Strategies A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to[…]
  
  Created on: 16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  16 May 2012 | 12:00 am
• Tenofovir Safe For HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers Tenofovir Safe For HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers Tenofovir, the anti-HIV drug, is safe to use during pregnancy according to a new study published in PloS Medicine. The researchers, led by Diana Gibb from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London, UK, found that the drug does not[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
  
  15 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
• People With HIV/AIDS May Be More Prone To Sudden Cardiac Death People With HIV/AIDS May Be More Prone To Sudden Cardiac Death What is the connection, if any, between sudden cardiac death and people with HIV/AIDS? And can that knowledge help prolong their lives? In a comprehensive, 10-year UCSF study, researchers found patients with HIV/AIDS suffered sudden cardiac death at a rate[…]
  
  Created on: 15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
  
  15 May 2012 | 3:00 am
• HIV Prevention Pill Receives FDA Panel Support HIV Prevention Pill Receives FDA Panel Support On Thursday, a panel of outside experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to support approval of the daily pill Truvada to prevent HIV in healthy people...
  
  Created on: 12 May 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  12 May 2012 | 12:00 am
• Innovative Model Of Safer Indoor Sex Work Spaces Promote Health And Safety Of Street-Based Sex Workers Innovative Model Of Safer Indoor Sex Work Spaces Promote Health And Safety Of Street-Based Sex Workers Safer indoor sex work spaces provide important and potentially life-saving benefits to sex workers including reduced exposure to violence and HIV and improved relationships with police, according to a study published by the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative of the[…]
  
  Created on: 11 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  11 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• New Insight On Known Link Between A Woman's Exposure To Violence And Sexual Risk-Taking New Insight On Known Link Between A Woman's Exposure To Violence And Sexual Risk-Taking Women who have experienced multiple forms of violence, from witnessing neighborhood crimes to being abused themselves, are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, according to a new report in the Psychology of Violence...
  
  Created on: 10 May 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  10 May 2012 | 12:00 am
• Early Elevated HIV Infection Risk In Some Step Study Participants Confirmed By Study Early Elevated HIV Infection Risk In Some Step Study Participants Confirmed By Study A long-term follow-up analysis of participants in the Step Study, an international HIV-vaccine trial, has confirmed that certain subgroups of male study participants were at higher risk of becoming infected after receiving the experimental vaccine compared to those who received[…]
  
  Created on: 9 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  9 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• Lyrica (pregabalin) No Good For Diabetes Or HIV Associated Neuropathic Pain Lyrica (pregabalin) No Good For Diabetes Or HIV Associated Neuropathic Pain Lyrica (pregabalin) failed in two separate human trials to reduce neuropathic pain linked to diabetes or HIV, said makers Pfizer today. One of the trials - Phase III HIV neuropathy - was stopped early because no benefits were found in[…]
  
  Created on: 4 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
  
  4 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
• Women In Resource-Poor Countries Can Flash-Heat Breast Milk To Inactivate HIV Women In Resource-Poor Countries Can Flash-Heat Breast Milk To Inactivate HIV An international team led by UC Davis researchers has found that mothers in sub-Saharan Africa could successfully follow a protocol for flash-heating breast milk to reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -- the virus that causes AIDS -- to[…]
  
  Created on: 4 May 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  4 May 2012 | 1:00 am
• Cell Therapy Shows Promise In Fight Against HIV Cell Therapy Shows Promise In Fight Against HIV UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS...
  
  Created on: 4 May 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  4 May 2012 | 12:00 am
• Infant Size, Birth Weight Not Affected By Anti-HIV Drug Use During Pregnancy Infant Size, Birth Weight Not Affected By Anti-HIV Drug Use During Pregnancy Infants born to women who used the anti-HIV drug tenofovir as part of an anti-HIV drug regimen during pregnancy do not weigh less at birth and are not of shorter length than infants born to women who used anti-HIV drug[…]
  
  Created on: 3 May 2012 | 2:00 am
  
  3 May 2012 | 2:00 am
• Study Shows Poverty Undercuts Otherwise Major Gains In HIV Treatment Study Shows Poverty Undercuts Otherwise Major Gains In HIV Treatment In a groundbreaking study published last year, scientists reported that effective treatment with HIV medications not only restores health and prolongs life in many HIV-infected patients, but also curtails transmission to sexual partners up to ninety-seven percent. However, a new[…]
  
  Created on: 30 Apr 2012 | 1:00 am
  
  30 Apr 2012 | 1:00 am
• FDA Update Safety Information On HIV Drug Victrelis (Boceprevir) FDA Update Safety Information On HIV Drug Victrelis (Boceprevir) The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating information on Victrelis (boceprevir). The drug is used as a hepatitis C (HCV) protease inhibitor. It is combined with various ritonavir-boosted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors...
  
  Created on: 27 Apr 2012 | 2:00 pm
  
  27 Apr 2012 | 2:00 pm
• Breastfeeding For Longer Plus Extended ART May Reduce Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Breastfeeding For Longer Plus Extended ART May Reduce Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission Long-term results of the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition (BAN) randomized trial reveals that breastfeeding for a longer period along (6+ months) with antiretroviral therapy (ART) could help reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission as well as improve chances of infant's survival...
  
  Created on: 27 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
  
  27 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
• Potential For Future Drug Therapy Based On Mechanism Of HIV Spread Potential For Future Drug Therapy Based On Mechanism Of HIV Spread A new understanding of the initial interactions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and dendritic cells is described by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers in a study currently featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of[…]
  
  Created on: 25 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am
  
  25 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am

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