HIV/AIDS NewsNews on HIV/AIDS continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Combined moves urged to combat AIDS epidemic- August 13, 2008 WHILE the world awaits findings from new AIDS prevention trials, millions of people are becoming infected because governments are overlooking studies showing that behaviour modification works, AIDS experts have ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/combined-moves-urged-to-combat-aids-epidemic?... Abused Indian women at greater risk of HIV: study- August 13, 2008 Married women in India who are physically and sexually abused by their husbands are four times more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus than married women who were not abused, a Harvard study said on ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/abused-indian-women-at-greater-risk-of-hiv-st... Children with HIV in Low Income Countries More Adherent to Treatment...- August 12, 2008 Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and Moi University School of Medicine are the first to report that adherence to antiretroviral therapy to fight human ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/children-with-hiv-in-low-income-countries-mor... Abbott Study Shows Investigational Heat-Stable Norvir Tablet Provides ...- August 12, 2008 Abbott presented pivotal data at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City showing that its investigational Norvir tablet and the current soft-gelatin capsule provide similar levels of drug in the ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/abbott-study-shows-investigational-heat-stabl... Therapy reduces spread- August 12, 2008 A retroviral drug therapy can be used to keep alive an HIV patient and also reduce the risk of transmission to others by 30%, according to a Canadian study unveiled yesterday at AIDS 2008.http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/therapy-reduces-spread?fromrss=1 Polemic Un Aids Conference in Mexico City- August 12, 2008 Quite a polemic issue in Mexico, yet AIDS in Mexico is alarmanly growing. On one hand there is rejection of preventive measures and also of religious believes but on the other hand "zero risk" abstinence and ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/polemic-un-aids-conference-in-mexico-city?fro... FDA approves Gilead AIDS drug for hepatitis B- August 12, 2008 Gilead Sciences Inc. prepared to expand its reach further beyond AIDS drugs Monday after federal regulators approved the biotech drug maker's signature anti-HIV therapy as a hepatitis B treatment.http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/fda-approves-gilead-aids-drug-for-hepatitis-b... Mexico Lauded for Anti-Homophobia Efforts- August 12, 2008 The 17th International AIDS Conference is meeting in Mexico City, and thanks to a government educational campaign--and a law granting civil unions to gay and lesbian families--acceptance of GLBT people has ...http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/mexico-lauded-for-anti-homophobia-efforts?fro... Smoking crack may speed up HIV course in women- August 11, 2008 By Megan RauscherNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in their immune status, development of "AIDS-defining" illnesses, and death from AIDS-related causes, even if they adhere to potent combination antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV infection.The findings stem from a study of 1,686 HIV-infected women, 29 percent of whom used crack cocaine during the study period (April 1996 to September 2004).http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/smoking-crack-may-speed-up-hiv-course-in-wome... Argos Therapeutics' Arcelis(TM) Personalized Immunotherapy Platform...- August 11, 2008 AGS-004 achieved the trial's primary endpoint of induction of T cell response to patient-specific HIV antigens.http://www.topix.net/health/hiv-aids/2008/08/argos-therapeutics-arcelis-tm-personalized-im... |