health - "national hiv"

A controversial diet drug has been approved for use on the national health Service (NHS) in Britain.

National Guard - June 24, 2008 Originally Published:20080501. Nearly 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, accor...

A recent discovery about a troubling protein may lead to new hiv treatments. A recent study found a protein previously linked to Alzheimers disease also promotes entry of hiv into cells.

WATERLOO, ON, June 23 /CNW/ - The results of the latest national Youth smoking Survey (YSS) reveal that the percentage of young people who have tried a tobacco product has stopped declining, suggest...

The major presidential candidates have made a number of promises on health care and other issues in their campaign speeches, but whoever 'wins the White House this fall ... is likely to have a tough time enacting expensive new initiatives' because 'tax collections are slowing, the budget deficit is rising and the national debt is approaching $10 trillion,' the Washington Post reports.

Bloomberg on Friday examined the current state of hiv vaccine research. The article also profiles Dennis Burton, professor of immunology at the Scripps Research Institute, and his research to develop an hiv vaccine.

Treating genital herpes does not reduce the risk of hiv, according to a study published on Friday in the journal Lancet, the AP/Newsweek reports (Cheng, AP/Newsweek, 6/19). Herpes simplex virus-2 has been shown to increase the risk of hiv by as much as threefold, so the researchers examined whether treating HSV-2 might reduce the risk of hiv,

The Delaware House recently approved a bill (HB 424) that would require hiv testing for sexual assault defendants under certain circumstances, the AP/Bethany Beach Wave reports.

Over a quarter of Ethiopia's HIV/AIDS patients on drugs are not taking their medicine because of logistical problems but also due to religious beliefs, the head of a treatment body said on Tuesday.

Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), on Friday during a luncheon held by the national Partnership for Women & Families called on political leaders to focus on issues important to working families, including expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act, CQ HealthBeat reports.