Tuesday, November 24, 2009

AIDS/ HIV

Common Cold May Have Foiled HIV Vaccine Test

The vaccine's carrier--an adenovirus causing the common cold--may have set off high immune responses. more >>

Health Buzz: AIDS Is World’s Top Killer of Younger Women and Other Health News

House health reform bill restricts abortion coverage; what to do when antidepressants don't work. more >>

French Scientists Reengineer HIV Virus to Halt Brain Disease

The HIV virus was adapted to carry healthy genes and help halt the advance of a deadly brain disease. more >>

HIV Self-Test Proves Accurate

Study in an ER shows individuals successfully determined their own HIV status. more >>

Sperm May Play Role in Transmission of HIV

Semen isn't the only way men spread virus during sex, new research shows more >>

CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys

Doctors are free to offer HPV shot to males but widespread vaccination not advised more >>

Health Buzz: AIDS Vaccine Results Deemed Modest and Other Health News

New options for HPV vaccination; mercury levels in autistic and nonautistic kids are the same. more >>

Full Results of AIDS Vaccine Trial Confirm Modest Benefit

But the Thai trial also suggests shot's effects may wane with time more >>

Truckers Trailed By Risky Behaviors: Study

Long haulers at risk of sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis C, researchers say more >>

Giving Gardasil to Boys Not Worth the Cost

But other experts dispute finding, and say young men need protection from STDs more >>

HIV Patients More Prone to 7 Kinds of Cancer

Study found early treatment of infection could slow start of malignancies more >>

Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients

Possible reasons for increased rates explored by researchers more >>

Health Buzz: HIV Vaccine Prediction and Other Health News

The cost of the Mediterranean diet; how to keep kids from smoking. more >>

Experimental AIDS Vaccine Delivers Good News

Thai trial is first test in humans to show vaccine can work against HIV more >>

Swine Flu Shots Safe for People With Weak Immune Systems: Experts

Another study outlines risks of catching H1N1 from various routes more >>

Young People at High Risk of Death Worldwide

Teens in low- and middle-income countries fare the worst, statistics show more >>

Health Buzz: AIDS Vaccine Hope Gets a Boost and Other Health News

Lowering breast cancer risks in 4 steps; tracking flu outbreaks on campus. more >>

Discoveries Brighten Search for AIDS Vaccine

Two antibodies appear effective against HIV subtypes worldwide, team says more >>

Should Circumcision Become Public Health Policy?

The government is considering recommending circumcising all newborn boys to fight the spread of HIV. more >>

Dementia More Likely With One Subtype of HIV

Most untreated Ugandans infected with type D were affected, study found more >>

Synthetic Protein Thwarts HIV Infection in Lab

By blocking cellular interaction, researchers prevent disease production more >>

Scientists Decode HIV Genome

Breakthrough finding shows virus carries huge RNA genetic code more >>

Health Buzz: Gorilla-Originated Strain of HIV Found and Other Health News

7 ways your siblings may have shaped you; getting enough vitamin D more >>

Scientists ID First Human With Gorilla Strain of HIV

West African woman's infection suggests the virus continues to change more >>

Immune Systems of AIDS Patients More Prone to HPV Cancers

Link was known, but new study helps explain why more >>

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