HEALTHDAY - AIDS
6/17/2013
Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Posted 2:00 PM 6/17/2013 by Robert Preidt
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- The younger you are, the less likely you are to realize you are infected with HIV or receive treatment for it, a new study finds.
Early diagnosis, prompt and continued care, and antiretroviral drug therapy are key to lowering the risk of illness and (More)
6/12/2013
Medicine Might Help Shield Injection Drug Abusers From HIV
Posted 2:00 PM 6/12/2013 by Robert Preidt
WEDNESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- An antiviral drug may help protect injection drug users from HIV infection, a new study finds.
The study of more than 2,400 injection drug users recruited at 17 drug treatment clinics in Thailand found that daily tablets of tenofovir reduced the risk (More)
6/4/2013
Pace of New Drug Advances May Be Slowing, Study Finds
Posted 12:00 PM 6/4/2013 by By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- The drugs emerging from clinical trials in recent years seem less impressive than those developed in decades gone by, a new review finds.
Looking at more than 300 studies done since 1966, researchers found that drugs under development these days are less (More)
5/17/2013
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant, Study Finds
Posted 7:00 AM 5/17/2013 by Mary Elizabeth Dallas
FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research.
The Italian study, published May 10 in the journal The Oncologist, found that the (More)
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