"Go to the doctor? Only if I'm really sick-"
African American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity. view more (2009-07-22)
Having a stable partner delays AIDS in HIV patients
For people with HIV, having a stable partner is associated with slower rate of progression to AIDS or death, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Switzerland followed 3,736 adults with HIV who had started highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) before 2002. Every six months, patients were asked whether they had had sexual... view more... (2004-01-03)
Implications of the new HIV estimate for India
The 2007 UNAIDS/WHO AIDS epidemic update released last week has revised the global estimate of HIV/AIDS primarily due to a major reduction of the estimate for India to 2.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, which is less than half of the previous official estimate of 5.7 million people. view more (2007-12-04)
How Well Informed Are HIV Research Volunteers Giving 'Informed Consent'?
Pregnant women may be volunteering to participate in HIV research without fully understanding the benefits or consequences, according to a study published today in BMC Medicine. Volunteers' comprehension of studies or treatments should be tested to ensure that their consent is truly informed and voluntary, say the study's authors. International... view more... (2004-08-02)
One membrane, many frequencies
Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different sound frequencies and thus may have implications for the design of better hearing aids. view more (2007-03-28)
Problem of emerging infectious diseases likely to worsen
Emerging infectious diseases pose a global threat to human and animal health, and the problem is likely to worsen, warns an expert in this week's BMJ. view more (2005-11-28)
Children with autism show slower pupil responses, MU study finds
Autism affects 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. view more (2009-11-11)
HIV's path out of Africa: Haiti, the US then the world
The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research. view more (2007-10-30)
UCLA researchers develop T-cells from human embryonic stem cells
Researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that human embryonic stem cells can be genetically manipulated and coaxed to develop into mature T-cells, raising hopes for a gene therapy to combat AIDS. view more (2006-07-05)
The general public lacks basic medical knowledge
The general public are worryingly ignorant about the symptoms and risk factors that contribute to serious medical conditions such as stroke and HIV/AIDS, according to a study published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine. view more (2007-05-31)
Lifetime trauma may speed progression of HIV, early death
Even though effective drug cocktails have improved the outlook for many patients with HIV, disease progression, including the time from AIDS onset to death, varies widely from patient to patient. view more (2007-11-02)
AMPATH: Restoring lives not just immune systems
he HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is decimating populations, depressing economies, deepening poverty and destabilizing traditional social orders. view more (2007-11-27)
Duke University study finds hearing aids are underused
Hearing loss can contribute to strained relationships with family and friends, depression and even a deterioration of basic well-being, but only one in five Americans who could benefit from a hearing aid has one — and just one-third of those who have hearing aids use them. view more (2006-06-05)
SAMOUZA - Transverse aid
The Division of International Health Care Research (IHCAR) at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Public Health Sciences has been allocated 9 milion Swedish kronor by SIDA to implement the SAMOUZA project, "Towards safer motherhood in southern Africa in the era of AIDS", during the period 2003-2005. The aim of the project is to analyse... view more... (2003-09-03)
AIDS discovered in wild chimpanzees
Although the AIDS virus (HIV-1) entered the human population through chimpanzees, scientists have long believed that chimpanzees don't develop AIDS. view more (2009-07-23)
Technology in ship's bridges can lead to accidents
Technological aids designed to prevent accidents at sea sometimes have the opposite effect as a contributory factor in collisions and groundings. In a new dissertation from Linköping University in Sweden it is proposed that cognitive and social aspects should be in focus in the design of conning bridges, rather than technology and components.... view more... (2004-12-13)
Genetic cause of innate resistance to HIV/AIDS
Some people may be naturally resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The results of a study conducted by Dr. Nicole Bernard of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) bring us closer to a genetic explanation. Her study findings were published on July 16 in the journal AIDS. view more (2008-07-17)
ANRS, the French National Agency for AIDS Research, and Africa: a practical priority
Africa is the continent hardest-hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Two-thirds of all people infected by HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa. The gap between North and South continues to increase. In most industrialized countries, including France, the incidence rate of HIV infection has stabilized in recent years and the mortality rate has fallen... view more... (1999-09-07)
Healthy human immune system cells can respond to HIV-1
AIDS patients' failure to clear HIV-1 might not be due to the inability of the human immune system to recognise the virus, as was previously thought. view more (2006-05-18)
MRC Study Shows Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy Dramatically Cuts Deaths From AIDS
A dramatic increase in life expectancy for people infected with HIV has been achieved since the introduction of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART), say Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists today (Friday 17 October 2003). New research conducted at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London and published in this week's issue of The... view more... (2003-10-16)
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