Prolonged HIV Medication Use May Raise Hypertension Risk
- Data de publicação: 10-06-15
HIV-infected patients do not differ from individuals without HIV in the incidence of primary hypertension, but prolonged exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) may increase the risk of developing hypertension, according to a study published…
Leia maisHIV immunity: rare gene differences offer hope for treatment
- Data de publicação: 10-06-15
Seven years after the ‘Berlin patient’ was cured of HIV, scientists are looking to natural immunity through genetic variation to create vaccine and gene therapies “I believe it’s possible to develop a mass-market single-shot treatment for HIV,” says Dr…
Leia mais'Don't let HIV stop you becoming a parent,' says leading charity: Mothers only have 1% chance of passing virus to their babies
- Data de publicação: 10-06-15
Terrence Higgins Trust said most people are unaware an HIV positive mother can give birth to a baby free from the disease Transmission from mother to baby is 'entirely preventable' through screening, antiretroviral drugs, careful delivery and avoiding…
Leia maisRusia, el país donde el VIH no deja de crecer
- Data de publicação: 10-06-15
La frase "epidemia de sida" despierta viejos y malos recuerdos en gran parte de Europa, Australia o América, donde las tasas de infección han ido en declive año tras año. El concepto tampoco se utiliza en Rusia, tal como señala el exsecretario de Salud…
Leia maisCould this be a cure for HIV? Scientists find a way to cut out the virus from infected areas with ‘cellular scissors’
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
Scientists claim they are one step closer to creating a drug that can cure HIV. A team of researchers has been customising a defence system used by bacteria and training this scissor-like machinery to recognise the HIV virus. In their tests, they found…
Leia mais‘This is what it’s really like to live with HIV’
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
The number of young men being diagnosed with HIV has doubled in ten years – but many people are ignorant of what it means to live with the condition now. Here, three men in their twenties talk about living with the virus The number of young men being…
Leia maisHIV self-testing kit goes on sale in UK
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
The first legally approved HIV self-testing kit has gone on sale in the UK. The BioSure HIV Self Test will enable people to test themselves when and where they like, with a 99.7% accuracy rate. An estimated 26,000 people in the UK have HIV but are…
Leia maisHIV patients in UK are living longer, data reveals
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
Positively UK charity welcomes figures but say appropriate treatment was required The number of patients with HIV being admitted to hospital in England has more than doubled in a decade – suggesting those with the virus are living for longer, official…
Leia maisScotland must extend PrEP not wait for HIV vaccine
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
Charities across Scotland and the UK called upon the government for access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an effective means of preventing HIV infection. While a vaccine for HIV could still be a long way off, existing prevention methods means…
Leia maisTinder and Grindr dating apps 'are causing cases of syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV to soar', experts claim
- Data de publicação: 06-06-15
Dating apps such as Tinder and Grindr are fuelling a rise in syphilis, gonorrhoea and HIV, health experts have warned. Rates of the sexually transmitted infections have increased, local officials note, mirroring a national trend. They warn high-risk…
Leia maisFirst home HIV test goes on sale in UK
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
The world's most accurate HIV self-testing kit has gone on sale in the UK today. It is the first time a self-testing kit has been legally approved for sale in the country. The BioSure HIV Self Test is supposedly 99.7 percent accurate and is the only kit…
Leia maisMagazine prints issue using HIV-positive blood to fight ignorance about virus
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
AN AUSTRIAN men's magazine has printed its latest issue using HIV-positive blood. The shock tactic aims to dispel fears about touching people infected with the virus. Julian Wiehl, co-founder of The Vangardist, told Time: "We wanted to make a statement…
Leia maisWould you touch a magazine that was printed with HIV positive blood?
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
German magazine The Vangardist is producing a unique edition to raise awareness of the continuing stigma around HIV and AIDS A magazine in Germany is so fed up with myths around HIV that they have approached three HIV positive people to donate blood.…
Leia mais'I'm living proof that HIV isn't a death sentence': Survivor celebrates 30th anniversary of diagnosis
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
ANN NIMMO, one of the first Scots to be diagnosed with the virus, is approaching her sixtieth birthday having expected to die within seven years. IT may not be the most conventional birthday party but Ann Nimmo will be celebrating. She’s got a cake and…
Leia maisRussia Aids epidemic: 2 million to be infected with HIV in five years, warns expert
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
Russia faces a growing Aids epidemic with at least two million people likely to be infected with HIV over the next five years, according to the country's top Aids expert. Vadim Pokrovsky, who runs Russia's state Aids centre, blamed the Kremlin's…
Leia maisTaste of Hope: Scots charity Mary's Meals help Malawian children diagnosed with HIV.. and those grieving because of it
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
ON the same day four-year-old Vincent Chikeweze learned he didn't have HIV he was delivered the devastating news that his mum died of AIDS. ON the day he was told the results of an HIV test were negative, Vincent Chikeweze would have been entitled to…
Leia maisHIV breakthrough: New treatment shows extraordinary trial results leading to hopes for more efficient vaccines
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
The transfusion of a synthetic antibody specifically designed to block the key viral protein receptor needed to infect human blood cells resulted in a dramatic lowering of the virus A new type of HIV treatment involving the transfusion of a synthetic…
Leia maisHIV positive father Andrew Pulsipher posts picture of HIV negative family to help change stigma around virus
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
Andrew Pulsipher was born with HIV. His father died of Aids when he was four and his mother died of Aids when he was eight. He grew up with his aunt and uncle where he said he had a normal upbringing, and for 33 years barely anyone knew he was living with…
Leia maisFighting HIV where no-one admits it's a problem
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
The phrase "Aids epidemic" awakens distant memories in most of Europe, Australia or the Americas, where infection rates have generally been in decline for years. But as former UK Health Secretary Lord Fowler explains, the phrase is not used in Russia…
Leia maisIndiana approves needle-exchange program under new law to combat HIV
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
Dr Jerome Adams’s approval for Scott County includes a public health emergency declaration that will allow it to operate a needle-exchange through 24 May 2016. The south-eastern Indiana county had been operating a temporary needle-exchange under an…
Leia maisMan given HIV and hepatitis from blood transfusion finally wins apology - but still fighting for compensation
- Data de publicação: 22-05-15
Mark Ward was being treated for haemophilia as a teenager in the 1980s when he became one of thousands made ill from infected blood suppliesA man who was infected with HIV through a blood transfusion in the 1980s is demanding financial compensation after…
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