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  • Inverness Medical Innovations Features Innovative TB Diagnostic - Clearview(R) TB ELISA at AIDS 2008 8 Aug 2008 18:52 GMT
    ... the Clearview TB ELISA, at the International AIDS conference (AIDS 2008). The test, which was ... the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in TB/HIV co-infected patients. By providing reliable information more ... efforts, focus on infectious disease, cardiology, oncology, drugs of abuse and women's health. Inverness is ...

  • » Adcock recalls HIV drugs 8 Aug 2008 17:19 GMT
    ... mutations in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus render drugs like Nevirapine ineffective in controlling viral replication". ... used as part of the management of HIV/Aids. According to the Department of Health's website, ... the Antenatal Survey Report for 2006 estimated HIV prevalence in the general population to be ...

  • Men more likely to drop out of clinic care than women in western Kenya 8 Aug 2008 16:57 GMT
    ... much higher risk for becoming lost from HIV care programmes according to an analysis of ... presented on Tuesday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. “Outreach and retention strategies ... been identified such as fear of disclosure, treatment costs, alternative medicines, social problems, and treatment ...

  • Kelly leaves doubters in limbo 8 Aug 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... to conduct clinical trials of its Australian-developed HIV vaccine. It is more than two years ... VIR201 was one of several potential HIV treatments headed for trial. As things stands, it ... tiddler from Melbourne looking to further an AIDS research program by conducting human tests on predominantly ...

  • Korean, US Scientists Report Breakthrough in HIV Treatment 8 Aug 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... a gene treatment strategy that helps prevent HIV from growing in cells, which could prove ... a major breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. The researchers, led by Hanyang University's Lee ... system has raised new hopes for developing drugs to treat HIV infections and other diseases, ...

  • Asia must deal bravely with HIV/AIDS: U.N. official 8 Aug 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... According to UNAIDS' 2006 report on the incurable disease, 8.3 ... Some 930,000 people were newly infected with HIV in 2005, a year when AIDS claimed ... men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, clients of sex workers," he said. ...

  • Homosexuality must be legal to beat Caribbean AIDS: activists 8 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... Homosexuality must be legal to beat Caribbean AIDS: activists MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Sex between ... men to access AIDS tests and potential treatment in the region with the second highest ... Moreover, some 20 percent of those with HIV in the region, mainly women, contracted the ...

  • Two new NNRTIs look promising in early clinical trials 8 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... late-breaker presentations Thursday at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. RDEA806 In the ... novel NNRTI RDEA806 to placebo in treatment-naive HIV positive patients. In preclinical testing, RDEA806 exhibited ... more viral mutations were required before the drug stopped working. Unlike efavirenz, RDEA806 was not ...

  • FDA warns of muscle harm when heart drugs combined 8 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... Toronto after sunset Tyler Anderson takes a look at an unusual retirement home for ex-HIV test patients NP Video: An eccentric sculptor has turned his surroundings into the biggest tourist attraction ...

  • In fight against AIDS, agencies consider male circumcision 8 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT
    ... In fight against AIDS, agencies consider male circumcision MEXICO CITY (CNS) ... were 60 percent less likely to contract HIV when having sex with women. While some ... one of the leading agencies in HIV treatment worldwide, has drawn up a policy position ...

  • Fish helps prevent dementia and stroke, but not if eaten fried 8 Aug 2008 16:48 GMT
    ... * WOMEN with schizophrenia may benefit from treatment with the hormone estrogen, according to new ... skin patch in addition to their usual medications. Those who received estrogen showed a greater ... offer effective pain relief for patients with HIV concludes research published in Neuropsychopharmacology this week. Twenty-eight ...

  • North West - Bamenda - HIV Prevalence Rate Drops 8 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT
    ... West Technical Group in the fight against HV/AIDS, Dr. Etongue Mayer Magdalene has revealed that the HIV prevalence rate in Bamenda has dropped from ... respect their antenatal appointment and take antiretroviral drugs regularly as prescribed. The HIV free holiday ...

  • AIDS 2008 - Antibodies Could Prevent HIV Transmission, Research Indicate 8 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT
    ... AIDS 2008 | Antibodies Could Prevent HIV Transmission, Research Indicates Antibodies that prevent some ... produce a useful vaccine, the reports. Although drugs containing antibodies are expensive, a microbicide containing ...

  • AIDS 2008 - HIV/AIDS Experts at Conference Express Concern About HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Former Soviet Union State 8 Aug 2008 16:47 GMT
    ... AIDS 2008 | HIV/AIDS Experts at Conference Express ... concentrated cases of the disease among injection drug users, commercial sex workers and men who ... the total number of people living with HIV in Eastern and Central Europe is about ...

  • Health Highlights: Aug. 8, 2008 8 Aug 2008 16:46 GMT
    ... Little Benefit For Some Couples The infertility drug clomifene citrate and artificial insemination do little ... at all." Circumcision May Reduce Risk of HIV Infection by 65 Percent Circumcision may offer ... trial. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Half of the men were circumcised at ...


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