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Cell Phone Soap Operas Promote Condom Use, HIV Awareness
A new campaign aims to provide women with messages about HIV awareness, safer sex and condom use through a series of 12 soap opera vignettes that can be viewed on a cell phone, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Rachel Jones, an educator at Rutgers University's
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Debate Over Mandatory HIV Testing Increases In Malaysia, New Cases Up Among Married Women
The Malaysian government plans to expand a rule requiring HIV screening for all couples, despite protests from HIV/AIDS experts and civil rights advocates who argue that such a policy does not prevent transmission of the virus and violates individual rights, Inter Press Service reports. A limited mandatory testing policy recently was
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IRIN/PlusNews Profiles PNG Commune For People Living With HIV/AIDS
IRIN/PlusNews on Friday profiled a commune operated by HIV advocate Paul Ari designed for HIV-positive people who have experienced stigma and discrimination near Mount Hagen, the capital of Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands province.
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Youth In Nigeria At Increased Risk Of HIV Because Of Inadequate Information, Counseling, UNPF Adviser Says
Youth in Nigeria are at an increased risk of HIV/AIDS because of a lack of information and counseling services, Aderonke Sodeinde, an HIV prevention adviser at the United Nations Population Fund, said recently at a UNPF workshop aimed at educating journalists on the importance of providing HIV education and awareness to young people, the
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More Than 1,000 Chicago Teenagers Receive HIV Test At Annual Teen Test Day
More than 1,000 Chicago teenagers were tested for HIV on Saturday as part of the second annual Teen Test Day at the South Shore Cultural Center, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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FDA Approves First Nucleic Acid Test To Screen For Additional Types Of HIV In Donated Blood And Tissue
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test, the first nucleic acid test that screens for the presence of two divergent types of HIV in donated blood plasma and tissue. "With the MPX test, blood donor testing laboratories will be able to use nucleic acid technology to screen for additional HIV strains, further assuring that donated blood and tissue are free from infection and providing better protection for patients," said Jesse L. Goodman, M.D.
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UCLA assessment technique lets scientists see brain aging before symptoms appear
UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear.
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Assessment Technique Lets Scientists See Brain Aging Before Symptoms Appear
UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear.
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CARIBBEAN: Despite Successes, Too Many Dying of AIDS
PORT OF SPAIN, Dec 9 (IPS) - Every day, 55 people in the Caribbean are infected
with the HIV virus and 38 of them die of the disease. That's
20,000 new infections and 14,000 deaths annually.
Experts warn Australia is surrounded by a ring of disease hot-spots
Australian biosecurity experts have warned that Australia is surrounded to its north by a 'ring of fire' where new human and animal plagues could appear with very little warning and with potentially dire consequences.
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Bulimia linked to brain circuit abnormalities
Scientists in the U.S. are suggesting that women who suffer from bulimia nervosa may have an abnormality in the brain circuit.
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New York Times Examines Pilot HIV Testing Program In Emergency Departments
The New York Times on Sunday examined a CDC pilot program that began Dec. 1, 2008, at three Connecticut hospital emergency departments and provides no-cost HIV testing to patients.
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Hawaii Grant Helps AIDS Research Program Recover After Losing Federal Funding
The Hawaii AIDS Clinical Research Program has raised more than $20 million to support research and care for HIV-positive people since 2007 when the state Legislature allocated $1.2 million to the program after it lost a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases because some clinical trial units were closed, the
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Court Orders California To Implement Program Providing Care To HIV-Positive People
A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles late last month ruled that the California Department of Health Care Services must provide medical care to low-income state residents living with HIV in compliance with a 2002 state law, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced,
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HIV-Positive Infants More Likely To Develop TB, Study Finds
HIV-positive infants are about 20 times more likely to develop tuberculosis than infants without HIV, according to a study recently published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, Reuters/Yahoo! News reports. Researchers from the Desmond Tutu TB Center at
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FDA Approves New HIV Blood Test That Screens Blood, Tissue Donations For Less Common Strains
FDA last week approved a new HIV test manufactured by a Roche subsidiary that screens for two less common forms of the virus in the U.S., in addition to the most common forms of HIV and hepatitis, the AP/Miami Herald reports.
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Efforts To Curb HIV Among Drug Users In Vietnam Show Success, Still Face Challenges
The Vietnamese government's efforts to increase access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs among injection drug users are showing success, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, the country is attempting to bolster public education and aid efforts targeted at high-risk groups, including IDUs.
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New York Times Profiles Former UNAIDS Executive Director Piot
The New York Times on Tuesday profiled Peter Piot, former executive director of UNAIDS who left the agency on Dec. 31 after 13 years. The article also examined efforts to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS worldwide during Piot's tenure.
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Wealthy Governments Should Sustain Commitment To Development Assistance Targets, Opinion Piece Says
As the new year begins, "it is well to remember the importance of keeping the promise to help developing countries fight AIDS and build stronger health systems," former U.S. President Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and Philippe Douste-Blazy, chair of
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Prolonged Nevirapine In Breast-Fed Babies Prevents HIV Infection But Leads To Drug-Resistant HIV
Babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given the antiretroviral drug nevirapine through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected anyway, a team of researchers report. But the investigators highlight the proven superiority of the six-week regimen in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in breast-fed infants.
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