News tagged with aids testing

AIDS tests come to South Africa's schools

A tiny prick made a drop of blood on Nkosi Minenhle's finger, as the 15-year-old underwent an HIV test in a mobile clinic set up on her high school grounds.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In US cities, HIV linked more to poverty than race

(AP) -- Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research calls for better assessment of tests for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria

A rapid and accurate diagnosis is the first step towards treatment in the fight against infectious disease. However, a team headed by Dr. Madhukar Pai at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Go to the doctor? Only if I'm really sick...'

African American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity. Because they prove their masculinity through their sexuality and sexual ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0