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Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch hiv. So they thought that by treating herpes, they ...

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Due to problems withfalse-positive results, the use of an oral rapid hiv test was recentlyhalted by the New York City Department of health and Mental Hygiene, whichoperates 10 sexually transmitted disease walk-in clinics.

Psychosocial factors such as stress, depression and trauma can have a significant impact on the treatment outcomes of people infected with HIV/AIDS, according to a researcher from University of North Carolina ...

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs that suppress hiv arekeeping infected individuals alive and relatively healthy for years, evendecades. But studies suggest that a new health risk is emerging for theselong-term survivors: increased odds for heart attack and stroke.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The herpes drug aciclovir(Zovirax) doesn't reduce the risk of hiv-1 infection in people who havesex with men infected with genital herpes, a U.S. study finds.

Experts convened by the national Institutes of health for the Office of the Surgeon General released an agenda today for activities in the public and private sectors to reduce the nation's rate of preterm birth.

AP - Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch hiv. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's hiv risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) is taking a Time Out to offer some suggestions to help prevent wrong-site surgery and other preventable surgical mistakes for people having aesthetic plastic surgery. First established by the Joint Commission in 2004, today is the Annual national Time Out Day.

New York City sexually transmitted infection clinics have stopped have stopped using oral fluid with OraSure Technologies' OraQuick Advance Rapid hiv 1/2 Antibody Test because of an increased rate of false positives.

A new study focuses on the psychosocial influences such as stress, depression and trauma among people infected with hiv. According to background information, these issues have been neglected in biomedical and treatment studies yet they are now known to have significant health impacts on such individuals and the spread of AIDS.Now, a comprehensive update [...]