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The voters in the state of Michigan have passed a proposal that would permit the medical use of marijuana for those people suffering from a host of debilitating diseases, including...

Half of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine will be shared by two researchers credited with their discovery of HIV. French researchers Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi will be honored...

This is going to sound a bit crazy but I was watching television a couple nights ago and stumbled upon a vampire movie. Like all good Hollywood vampires, they were...

The question of whether or not to continue to pursue the development of T-cell-based HIV-1 vaccines has been a source of controversy following last year's widely publicized failure of the field's most promising candidate, a vaccine developed by Merck known as V520. Now a study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provides the proof-of-concept that a T-cell-based strategy remains a viable course to follow.

It started innocently enough. JL began to feel itching around the anus. Naturally he thought it was his hemorrhoids acting up again. As time passed, the itching gave way to...

A nationwide study headed by HIV researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle now suggests that earlier HIV treatment equates to a better prognosis in the long term. Experts...

At the 20th. Annual Living with AIDS Conference in Utah, experts warn that the booming crystal meth problem is contributing to new hiv cases around the country. The growing cocaine...

Loyola University researcher Dr. Michael Koller advises us all that now is the time to get your flu shot. Once you've had the flu it's not something you will soon...

Skin and haircare specialist Kiehl's is launching a major fundraising and awareness campaign for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) in the run up to World AIDS Day - 1 December. Six celebrities have designed Kiehl's canvas shopping bags which will be raising money for the charity during a number of events.

"Six months is a long time to wait if you're fighting a disease like HIV/AIDS or if you are an agency that works to help those patients," a New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial says in response to the recent announcement that the distribution of $7 million in