India Needs More Young Researchers for HIV/AIDS Research: International HIV Science 2012

Posted in AIDS/HIV - Clinical Features Support group on Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Medicine continues to evolve just as diseasesgrow and get more complicated and venues are necessary for the scientific bodyto exchange ideas and work to improve public care and public health. ...Read ...

Recession Did Hurt the Heart After All

Posted in Anemia / Low Haemoglobin Support group on Mon, 30 Jan 2012

In times of recession, people worried excessively about their future and this did have an effect on their health. There were nearly 2000 deaths from heart attacks in London during the recession. The g...

Tainted Heart Drugs Claim 100 Lives In Pakistan

Posted in Heart Attack Support group on Sun, 29 Jan 2012

At least 100 people belonging to the Pakistan''s Punjab province died after taking spurious heart drugs and more than 200 are in a critical condition in hospital, according to official reports. ...Rea...

Ice Baths can Help Improve an Athlete’s Performance During Olympics

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

An Australian Institute of Sport specialist says that plunging into cold water can help improve an athletes performance during the Olympics by two to three per cent. ...Read More

Siblings of Children With Cancer Can Learn Coping Skills from New Teaching Program

Posted in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

When a brother or a sister is newly diagnosed with cancer it can be a very distressing and difficult time for a sibling child that needs to learn new coping skills. While most children eventually cope...

Early ART Preferable to Delayed Treatment in HIV Patients

Posted in AIDS / HIV - Treatment Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

People who are recently infected with HIV may benefit from immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART) in controlling disease progression than deferring treatment, according to a new study. ...Read More

Brazil: AIDS Under Control

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Brazil says its AIDS epidemic is under control, with a 0.61 percent cut in new cases between 2009 and 2010. ...Read More

HIV Trial Scraps Ineffective Gel

Posted in AIDS/HIV - Prevention And Transmission Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

A clinical trial of a latest vaginal gel supposed to reduce HIV infections has been suspended after studies proved it ineffective. The result has turned out to be a major setback for AIDS prevention r...

Plan To Halve HIV Infections Unveiled in South Africa

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday unveiled a plan to reduce the number of HIV infections into half over the next five years. ...Read More

Tenofovir Vaginal Gel Stopped in 'VOICE' HIV Prevention Study

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

After an interim review found that a vaginal gel, an investigational microbicide, was not effective among study participants, a large-scale clinical trial assessing if the daily use of an antiretrovi...