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FDA panel backs Gilead’s Truvada to prevent HIV

05/10/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada as a treatment for preventing HIV infection among people at risk for contracting AIDS, including homosexual and bisexual men. In a move that could lead to a new milestone for treatment in the evolution of the worldwide AIDS epidemic, the FDA advisory committee voted 19-3 to endorse the drug’s use for controlling HIV infection among the highest risk group – men who have sex with men. …

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FDA Advisers Back Pill to Help Prevent HIV Infection

05/10/2012 majac Your Health Matters

THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers endorsed Thursday the use of the drug Truvada as a means to help prevent HIV infection in healthy people at high risk of contracting the AIDS-causing virus.

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FDA favors first drug for HIV prevention

05/08/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Federal drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place. While the pill appears safe and effective for prevention, scientists stressed that it only works when taken on a daily basis.

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Study: Gene Therapy for HIV Safe, But Effectiveness Still Unclear

05/02/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that gene therapy can have long-lasting effects on the immune cells of HIV patients — a promising sign — even though the specific treatment being studied did not eradicate the virus.

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U.S. charges more than 100 over Medicare fraud schemes

05/02/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities have charged 107 people including doctors and nurses for trying to defraud the federal Medicare healthcare program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million, the Obama administration said on Wednesday. At least 75 people in Miami, Houston and Baton Rouge were charged during the last two days for submitting false billing for home health care, mental health services, HIV infusions and physical therapy, among other charges. …

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Chinese researchers eye anti-AIDS gel

04/23/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Chinese researchers said Monday they have discovered an HIV-blocking agent that could be developed into a gel to limit the sexual transmission of AIDS.

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HIV Raises Anal Cancer Risk in Women, Study Says

04/16/2012 majac Your Health Matters

MONDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — Women with HIV are at increased risk for anal cancer, a new study finds.

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Anti-AIDS pill makes cash sense for some gays: study

04/16/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Gay men who have five or more sex partners per year are part of a high-risk group that could benefit from a daily pill to ward off HIV, said a cost-benefit analysis by US researchers on Monday.

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Sex Education Efforts Lagging in Schools, CDC Says

04/05/2012 majac Your Health Matters

THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) — There’s been little progress in recent years in boosting the number of American secondary schools that teach students how to prevent pregnancy and protect themselves against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

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From a Failed Vaccine, New Insights Into Fighting HIV

04/05/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WEDNESDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) — A new study offers insight into why an HIV vaccine failed to protect most people who received it, but it also points to promising new targets for future vaccine efforts.

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Russia HIV infections rise 5% in 2011: official

03/12/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Russia in 2011 saw a rise of five percent in the number of new HIV infections to 62,000 cases amid worrying signs that heterosexuals and women are increasingly at risk, its chief doctor said Monday.

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HIV infection rates lower in high treatment areas: study

03/08/2012 majac Your Health Matters

A new study shows that people living in areas where uptake of HIV treatment is high are less likely to acquire the virus than in places where few are given care, UNAIDS said Thursday.

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