Aug

7

Medicinal Marijuana Effective for Neuropathic Pain in HIV

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Health, Research |

Medicinal Marijuana NewsSAN DIEGO, CA — In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis than with a placebo. Read more

Aug

6

Growing Epidemic in Gay and Bi Men in the US Heightens the AIDS Race

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Health, Research, Sex |

AIDS/HIV News & ResearchMEXICO CITY, (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — In the wake of disturbing news about higher HIV rates in the United States, people living with HIV and allies are calling for a national AIDS strategy that confronts the homophobia, violence and bias at the heart of the U.S. epidemic. Read more

Aug

6

Male Circumcision Efforts in Africa and its Impact in Preventing HIV

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AIDS/HIV News ReportMEXICO CITY, Mexico — With millions of lives at stake over the next two decades, researchers and advocates at the AIDS 2008 Conference are calling on the global health community to ramp up male circumcision to significantly reduce risk of HIV infection in Africa, and to move quickly to integrate the life-saving procedure into other comprehensive efforts to prevent transmission of the disease in the vulnerable nations of eastern and southern Africa. Read more

Jul

30

Krispy Kreme’s Prescription for Stress: Grass Flip Flops

Filed Under Fashion, Gossip, Health, WTF? |

The latest in fashion in London and the latest prescription for stress both come from an unlikely source: Krispy Kreme Donuts… Read more

Jul

25

Anti-HIV Therapy Boosts Life Expectancy

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AIDS/HIV NewsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Read more

Jul

21

HIV Conquers Immune System Faster Than Realized

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AIDS/HIV NewsDURHAM, N.C. – New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. Read more

Jul

18

Can You Be Born a Couch Potato?

Filed Under Health, Life, Research |

Couch Potato NewsThe key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way? Read more

Jul

17

Senate Passes Landmark AIDS, TB and Malaria Bill

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Health, Politics |

AIDS/HIV NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed a crucial bill, backed by President Bush, that reauthorizes the U.S. program on global HIV/AIDS while also authorizing much greater funding for programs to address tuberculosis and malaria. Read more

Jul

17

Natural Resistance to HIV

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AIDS/HIV NewsMONTREAL, QC — 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. Read more

Jul

16

HIV’s Possible Achilles Heel

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HOUSTON, TX — Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. Read more

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