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Green Tea May Help in HIV Prevention
Nov. 10, 2003 -- Green tea's rapidly expanding list of health benefits has just gotten longer. A new study suggests that the main ingredient in green tea may play a role in preventing HIV infection. Although merely drinking green tea won't provide enough of this ingredient to get this particular ant
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New AIDS Drug Gets FDA Approval
Oct. 21, 2003 -- Lexiva is the newest AIDS drug to get FDA approval. Lexiva (generic name, fosamprenavir) inhibits HIV, the AIDS virus. It's a member of the protease inhibitor class of anti-HIV drugs. Lexiva is a new form of an older drug called Agenerase (generic name, amprenavir). Agenerase wasn't
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Circumcision Cuts HIV Risk
Oct. 9, 2003 -- Circumcised men get eight times fewer HIV infections, a study of Indian men shows. But men without foreskins shouldn't stop using condoms, warns Johns Hopkins researcher Steven J. Reynolds, MD, MPH. "Condoms are still essential for HIV prevention," Reynolds tells WebMD. "You can't ta
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Could Lymph Node Removal Slow HIV?
Sept. 18, 2003 -- Early HIV infection is centered in just a few upper-body lymph nodes. The finding suggests a radical AIDS therapy: Surgery. The new discovery is surprising. And it's still unexplained. Two teams of researchers find that the focal points of early HIV infection are the lymph nodes on
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Better AIDS Treatment but More Risky Sex
Sept. 16, 2003 -- Advances in the treatment of AIDS have lulled many people -- HIV infected or not -- into a false sense of security, but there's a very real risk of danger. Two new studies published this month suggest that more people are engaging in unsafe sex and other behaviors, under the mistak
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New Way To Protect Women from HIV
Sept. 10, 2003 -- A woman's normal-occurring vaginal bacteria give her natural protection from infection. Now researchers say these friendly bacteria can be engineered to protect against the HIV virus. It's one of those why-didn't-anyone-think-of-this-before ideas. Helpful bacteria called lactobacil
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6 Months Key to Predicting HIV Prognosis
Aug. 28, 2003 -- When it comes to predicting how someone with HIV is going to do in the long run, it's best to wait until six months after the start of HIV treatment. In fact, researchers found that initial blood tests may be less important than improvements achieved during the first months of HIV t
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Drug Strategy Won't Stop HIV Resistance
Aug. 27, 2003 -- A strategy called structured treatment interruption (STI) won't outwit drug-resistant HIV, a new study shows. The finding crushes hope for a bold plan to help patients for whom all existing anti-HIV drugs are failing. The idea was to extend the life of these drugs by stopping treatm
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HIV Drug Resistance Not Patients' Fault
Aug. 20, 2003 -- You can't blame patients for HIV drug resistance. The AIDS virus is notoriously good at becoming resistant to anti-HIV drugs. It's common to blame patients who don't take their drugs exactly as prescribed. But that's wrong, a new study suggests. Study leader David R. Bangsberg, MD,
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CDC: HIV/AIDS Statistics Up in America
July 25, 2003 -- Nearly 1 million people are living with HIV and AIDS in the U.S. today. In fact, the number of newly diagnosed cases has increased -- and many infected people don't know they have HIV. Those most at risk for infection: People of color, young teens, drug users, and gay men who meet s
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