Only one-third of HIV-positive patients remain in care before starting treatment
In sub-Saharan Africa, only about one third of patients who test positive for HIV but are not yet eligible for antiretroviral treatment remain in care until they become eligible and start treatment....
View ArticleFDA clears new IMMY and University of Nevada, Reno life-saving blood test
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new diagnostic test that will help save the lives of hundreds of thousands of AIDS patients stricken with cryptococcosis, a fungal meningitis. The test...
View ArticleCryptococcus infections misdiagnosed in many AIDS patients
Most AIDS patients, when diagnosed with a fungal infection known simply as cryptococcosis, are assumed to have an infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, but a recent study from Duke University Medical...
View ArticleGlobal Fund for world health halts new programs
(AP) -- The world's biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new grant programs for the next two years - a situation likely to hit poor AIDS...
View ArticleChina expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year
(AP) -- China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, state media reported Wednesday, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.
View ArticleChina to hold first AIDS Walk on Great Wall
China is due to hold its first AIDS Walk -- a fundraising walkathon already popular in the US -- on the Great Wall, organisers said Wednesday, as the nation steps up its fight against the disease.
View ArticleNew life-saving diagnostic test for HIV patients featured in 'Better World...
Research conducted at University of Nevada, Reno and licensed through the University's Technology Transfer Office is featured in the technology transfer publication "Better World Report" for a...
View ArticleOne in four U.S. HIV patients don't stay in care, study shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Only about 75 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States remain in care consistently, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
View ArticleIndia firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts
Indian pharmaceutical tycoon Yusuf Hamied revolutionised AIDS treatment more than a decade ago by supplying cut-price drugs to the world's poor -- and now he wants to do the same for cancer.
View ArticleCan specialized HIV community pharmacies improve treatment?
Community pharmacies with specially trained staff to provide HIV services can help HIV-infected individuals be more compliant with their essential antiviral drug regimens and hence improve patient...
View ArticleResearchers show long-term consequences of chronic virus infection
The cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a member of the herpesvirus family. Although most people carry CMV for life, it hardly ever makes them sick. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research...
View ArticleResearch offers new hope for HIV/AIDS patients with cancer
A proposed new treatment to help HIV/AIDS patients suffering from Kaposi’s sarcoma, the most common form of cancer in people with HIV, is now one step closer to becoming a reality.
View ArticleSouth Africa makes progress in HIV/AIDS fight
(AP)—In the early 90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs and keep coming to the health center until...
View ArticleStigma for Central America's HIV-positive kids
Four-year-old Carlos, who makes a lengthy trip every two weeks with his teenage aunt to a special clinic in El Salvador's capital, has no notion of the cruel stigma that comes with his HIV diagnosis.
View ArticleBrazil to begin tracking numbers of HIV cases
(AP)—Brazilian health officials say doctors will be required to notify authorities of every HIV case in the nation.
View ArticleA 'neurosteroid' found to prevent brain injury caused by HIV/AIDS
A team of scientists from Canada, Thailand and Morocco have found that DHEA-S may prevent neurocognitive impairment that affects a significant percentage of AIDS patients. In a report appearing in the...
View ArticleNJ drugmaker faces civil, criminal fines over drug
(AP)—A New Jersey-based generic drug maker has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve criminal and civil liability charges for improperly marketing its weight-gain drug to frail seniors.
View ArticleNew study finds plant proteins control chronic disease in Toxoplasma infections
A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii—which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune function—may help solve the mystery of how...
View Article1,233 new cases of AIDS in Saudi Arabia last year
(AP)—The head of Saudi Arabia's AIDS charity foundation says the country saw 1,233 new cases of the disease last year.
View ArticleTraining gives kids of AIDS patients a leg up
A simple in-home training program for caregivers can give children of AIDS patients a better shot at prosperity by improving their early-childhood development, according to a study led by a Michigan...
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