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Antiretroviral Therapy Lowers HIV Cancer Risk
March 15, 2005 - Treating HIV infection with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may help prevent some of the cancers most frequently associated with HIV and AIDS, a new study suggests. Several studies have indicated that people with AIDS have an increased risk of several cancers, including
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U.S. HIV-Infected Youth Taking More Risks
Feb. 28, 2005 -- Young Americans living with HIV are worse off -- and having much more risky sex -- since powerful AIDS drugs came along. You might think that the drugs, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART, would make life better for HIV-infected youths. You might think that when
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Higher HIV Blood Level Isn't Always Bad News
Feb. 16, 2005 -- Temporary increases in HIV blood levels, called blips, are nothing to worry about. The "blips" experienced by HIV patients undergoing HIV treatment are random and don't signal drug resistance, according to a study in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association. HIV treatm
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Possible New Strain of HIV Investigated
Feb. 15, 2005 -- A possible new strain of HIV that is difficult to treat was isolated in a New York City man and is giving rise to the notion that a superbug is on the horizon. But many AIDS experts view the idea with a skeptical eye. Late last week, officials from the New York City Department of He
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Routine HIV Testing Advised for U.S. Adults
Feb. 9, 2005 - Routine, voluntary HIV testing coupled with treatment could bring the U.S. AIDS epidemic to the brink of extinction. That suggestion comes from respected AIDS researcher Samuel A. Bozzette, MD, PhD in a Feb. 10 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial. Bozzette's bold calculat
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Fear Makes HIV-Infected Parent Limit Affection
Feb. 8, 2005 -- HIV-infected parents steer clear of hugging or kissing their children out of fear of infecting them, a new study shows. It's a sad message: Even when children are not HIV-infected, the disease greatly affects them because of parents' fears, writes researcher Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD
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Generic AIDS Drugs Cleared for Use in Africa.
Jan. 27, 2005 -- A generic version of the antiretroviral drug cocktail used in HIV and AIDS treatment may soon arrive in Africa to help treat people in areas hardest hit by the disease, but at a fraction of the current cost. The FDA announced this week that it has granted tentative approval for a ge
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Generic AIDS Drugs Cleared for Use in Africa
Jan. 27, 2005 -- A generic version of the antiretroviral drug cocktail used in HIV and AIDS treatment may soon arrive in Africa to help treat people in areas hardest hit by the disease, but at a fraction of the current cost. The FDA announced this week that it has granted tentative approval for a ge
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'Morning After' Approach Advised to Prevent HIV
Jan. 21, 2005 -- Anyone exposed to HIV as a result of rape, occasional drug use, or unsafe sex should be treated with HIV drugs, says the CDC. The move marks a major shift in CDC policy, which previously recommended use of HIV drug cocktails - known as antiretroviral drugs -- only to health care wor
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FDA Issues Warning on HIV Drug Viramune.
Jan. 20, 2005 -- The FDA has issued a public health advisory warning patients and doctors about the side effects of a common drug used to treat people infected with HIV. The drug, Viramune, may lead to liver damage or death in people with higher counts of immune system cells called CD4 cells. Also c
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