Small breakthroughs offer big hope of AIDS ‘cure’
Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented at a major world conference on ways to stem the three-decade-old disease.
Tag: HIV
Aging AIDS epidemic raises new health questions
AIDS is graying. By the end of the decade, the government estimates, more than half of Americans living with HIV will be over 50. Even in developing countries, more people with the AIDS virus are surviving to middle age and beyond.
Gay sex fuels HIV rise in Catholic Philippines
Gay sex in a conservative Catholic society where the influential church forbids the use of condoms is fuelling an alarming rise of HIV infections in the Philippines, experts warn.
Women with HIV too often unseen: US advocate
As a black American woman with HIV, Linda Scruggs said that she represents a group that is disproportionately affected by the pandemic and must get more involved in advocacy and research.
Cancer Drug May Flush Out ‘Hidden’ HIV: Study
WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Medications can eliminate any sign of HIV from the bloodstream, but the virus that causes AIDS never vanishes for good. Instead, it hides in the body, waiting to strike again.
Being cured of HIV is ‘wonderful,’ US man says
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant says he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward a cure.
Study of anti-AIDS vaginal ring begins in Africa
A monthlong HIV blocker that women could use for protection without their partners knowing? Major new research is beginning in Africa to see whether a special kind of vaginal ring just might work.
Researchers to test monthly vaginal ring for HIV prevention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two large clinical trials in Africa are ramping up to test the effectiveness of a vaginal ring that releases an HIV-fighting drug for a month or more, offering women at high risk a discreet way to protect themselves from the virus that causes AIDS. The studies will test the effectiveness of a vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine in thousands of women in several African countries to evaluate its ability to prevent new HIV infections and its long-term safety. …
US committed to AIDS-free generation: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed Monday that the United States will step up the fight against HIV, insisting it was working towards the goal of achieving an AIDS-free generation.
Panel Urges Expanded Use of Antiretrovirals for HIV
By Dr. Liza A. McLellan reports: An international panel of experts recommended Sunday that antiretroviral therapy start earlier for patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The new recommendations, released at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., illustrate a new era in…
Women With HIV May Not Have Higher Cervical Cancer Risk: Study
MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — Infection with HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — does not appear to increase a woman’s risk of cervical cancer, a new study has found.
Mom’s HIV Drugs May Pass to Baby in Womb, Breast-Feeding
SATURDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Babies born to HIV-positive women taking antiretroviral drugs to fight the disease may become exposed to the drugs in the womb and during breast-feeding, new research shows.