health - "national hiv"

Some gay men who are hiv positive are still having unprotected sex, a study suggests.

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 New York Times on Thursday published several letters to the editor responding to a June 16 editorial discussing the Massachusetts health Care Law of 2006. According to the editorial, the state plan 'is off to a good start and is heartening evidence that national health care reform may be possible' (Kaiser Daily Health Policy report, 6/16).

HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Stress and depression maymake a great difference in the health of people infected with hiv,according to three new reviews of the data on the subject.

'False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid hiv Tests --- New York City, 2005--2008,' Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report: MMWR examines recent increase in the number of false-positive hiv test results in oral fluid testing with

Hiv/AIDS is 'not only a disease' but also a 'complex social problem that has considerable impact on development in affected countries,' Guenter Apsel, a retired Lutheran minister, writes in an Orlando Sentinel opinion piece in response to a recent

Researchers conducting a study to learn if children with a urinary tract disorder known as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) should be treated with an antibiotic for an extended period of time are seeking to enroll more participants. The study, known as the Randomized Intervention for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux (RIVUR) study is funded by the national Institute of diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the national Institutes of health (NIH).

Alaska ranks first or second nationwide in the number of chlamydia cases but relatively low in the number of HIV/AIDS cases, according to new data from the Alaska Division of Public health, the AP/Juneau Empire reports.

The AP/Denver Post on Tuesday profiled a new NBC reality show, called 'The Baby Borrowers,' that aims to deter teenagers from becoming pregnant. NBC worked with the national Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy on the show, scheduled to debut June 25.

The antiabortion groups Christian Defense Coalition and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust on Wednesday announced their plans to protest the Democratic national Convention in Denver from Aug. 25-28, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports.The groups plan to bring as many as 1,000 protesters to Denver and maintain a presence outside the hotel of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen.