News tagged with hiv treatments
Tests underway for new HIV drug farmed from GM tobacco plants
A clinical trial of a potential Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug farmed from genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants has at long last got underway in the United Kingdom. The beginning of the trial ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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UN summit adopts AIDS targets amid condom storm
A UN summit on Friday ordered a huge expansion in AIDS treatment, but sparked protests by the Vatican and some Muslim nations over its endorsement of condoms and calls to help prostitutes, gays and drug users.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 11, 2011 |
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US approves new HIV drug
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new drug, Edurant, to fight HIV in combination with other antiretrovirals already on the market.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 21, 2011 |
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New chemistry technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto and Stanford and Columbia Universities have developed a way to measure the action and function of candidate prescription drugs on human cells, including the response ...
May 09, 2011 |
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Africa turns to cellphones for better health
The text message arrives with life-saving discretion: a neutral "see you at the clinic tomorrow" to remind patients to pick up a fresh batch of anti-AIDS drugs.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Standard retreatment regimen for TB is inadequate
The standard retreatment regimen for tuberculosis has low treatment response rates and is associated with poor long term outcomes in certain subgroups of patients, particularly those infected with both HIV and multi-drug ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Intensive adherence counseling with HIV treatment improves patient outcomes
Intensive adherence counseling around the time of HIV treatment initiation significantly reduces poor adherence and virologic treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa whereas using an alarm device has no effect, according ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Common treatments for children with HIV equally effective, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major trial comparing the effectiveness of two classes of drugs commonly used to treat HIV in children has found that both are equally effective as an initial treatment. The study, published online today ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 01, 2011 |
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A new method to correct mortality rate biases in HIV treatment programs
HIV treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa should routinely report mortality rates among patients who remain in the programs and those patients lost to follow-up, according to a study by Matthias Egger and colleagues from ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy should be highest priority for expansion of HIV care
Earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy should be the highest priority for global expansion of HIV patient care. This finding, from a paper published in this week's PLoS Medicine, should help resource-limited nation ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 21, 2010 |
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New AIDS cases fall by one fifth in a decade: UN
The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade but millions of people are still missing out on major progress in prevention and treatment, the UN said Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 23, 2010 |
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More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible
Significant progress has been made in several low- and middle-income countries in increasing access to HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report released today. The report Towards Universal Access by the World Health Organization ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 28, 2010 |
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A cure for HIV could be all in the 'mix'
Current HIV treatments do not eradicate HIV from host cells but rather inhibit virus replication and delay the onset of AIDS. However, a new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, AIDS Research & Therapy descri ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 18, 2010 |
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New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals
(AP) -- New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 16, 2010 |
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HIV drug that protects a fetus should be avoided for one year after childbirth, researchers say
Women given the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drug nevirapine to protect their fetus should not use an HIV-drug regimen that contains nevirapine for at least one year after childbirth, say researchers at the ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 26, 2010 |
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