Dip in AIDS deaths: UN report (Dec 1 is World AIDS Day)
November 30th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Nov 30 (IANS) The number of people dying due to HIV-AIDS has declined by nearly 0.4 million in the last five years due to improved healthcare, a UN report ... Read more...
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Liver-related problems found among Goa HIV patients: Study
April 20th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 20 (IANS) A study conducted by NGOs in the state has found almost 60 percent of HIV-infected patients also have liver related complications.The study, by World Vision India ... Read more...
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Every Madhya Pradesh district to have AIDS drugs centre
March 25th, 2010 - 10:00 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 25 (IANS) With Madhya Pradesh reporting over 400 new HIV-AIDS cases in 2009, medical centres are to be set up in every district so that patients, especially rural ones, can ... Read more...
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Now virtual nurses for HIV patients!
December 10th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 10 (IANS) HIV patients will now have virtual peers or nurses to help them through their treatment.
Canada's Montreal University has successfully created these virtual peers to help HIV patients in ... Read more...
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Denying IPT to people-with latent TB is a human rights violation
December 6th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by admin
Bobby Ramakant, CNS"In Lesotho, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) to prevent latent TB infection from becoming active TB disease, is not available for ordinary citizens but only for health workers. Those people who ... Read more...
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Sex workers, gays still face barriers in HIV healthcare: WHO
September 30th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) People at high risk of getting HIV infection like sex workers, gays and injecting drug users (IDUs) continue to face legal and sociocultural barriers in getting healthcare ... Read more...
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HIV persists in the gut despite prolonged therapy
February 14th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A new NIAID study has found that HIV can persist in the gut despite long-term treatment with antiretroviral drugs.Doctors have not been able to eliminate the virus from ... Read more...
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Women receiving treatment for AIDS at cervical cancer risk
December 1st, 2007 - 1:37 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 01 (ANI): A recent study has found that women being treated for AIDS could end up dying of cervical cancer unless they have access to screening and treatment.In a report ... Read more...
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Suppressing herpes virus may decrease infectiousness of HIV
November 16th, 2007 - 1:08 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): A new study conducted on men co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV has revealed that suppressing may decrease infectiousness of HIV.This happens because HSV ... Read more...
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