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Male circumcision reduces HIV risk: No further evidence needed
Three recent African trials support male circumcision for reducing the risk of contracting HIV in heterosexual men. After including new data from these trials in their review, Cochrane Researchers have changed their previous ...
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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HIV's march around Europe mapped
Those travelling abroad should take seriously advice to pack their condoms and keep their needles to themselves: research published today in the open access journal Retrovirology shows that tourists, travel ...
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May 20, 2009 |
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Transplant patient got AIDS from new kidney
(AP) -- A transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, in the first documented case of its kind in the U.S. since screening for HIV began in the mid-1980s.
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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Oral pill trial to halt HIV in women is stopped
A trial of an oral pill aimed at preventing HIV infection in African women has been halted due to poor results, the trial operator Family Health International announced this week.
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Apr 19, 2011 |
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UN chief calls for global action to end AIDS
(AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global action Wednesday to put an end to AIDS by 2020 and relegate the killer disease to the history books.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Tenofovir gel provides high level of protection against HIV in rectal tissue
A gel developed to protect against HIV during vaginal sex produced a strong antiviral effect when used in the rectum, according to an early-phase study presented today at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...
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Feb 28, 2011 |
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Young people happy with their sexual experiences but many take risks
Youngsters are, on average, 16 years old and sober when they make their sexual debut with somebody they have known for a while. However, condoms feature in just half of sexual encounters with new or casual partners, reveals ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Sweden pushes condom use as study hints risky sex common
Only 56 percent of young Swedes always use a condom when having casual sex, a study published Monday showed, as health authorities launched a campaign to promote condom use in an attempt to halve new HIV infections.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 10, 2010 |
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FDA warns of heart risk with HIV drug combination
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning HIV patients not to combine two widely used antiviral drugs because they can cause dangerous heart rhythms.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Circumcising gay men would have limited impact on preventing HIV
Adult circumcision has been proposed as a possible HIV prevention strategy for gay men, but a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference ...
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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China AIDS death toll up nearly 20,000 in a year: report
The total number of reported AIDS deaths in China has jumped by nearly 20,000 since an official estimate last year, state media said Monday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Study examines how sexual agreements affect HIV risk, relationship satisfaction
A new study examining the relationship dynamics of gay male couples finds that couples make "sexual agreements" -- rules about whether sex with outside partners is allowed -- primarily because they want to strengthen and ...
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Jul 13, 2010 |
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Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, Stanford study shows
An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new study by Stanford University School of ...
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Dec 20, 2010 |
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Anti-AIDS groups hail drug but worry over cost
(AP) -- AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for disease prevention.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate falling, but more can be done
Transmission of HIV to children before or at birth has dropped dramatically around the country in the last decade since the advent of powerful new therapies. That certainly is true for Florida, where each year, fewer than ...
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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