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HIV/AIDS infection rates are growing among intravenous drug users, prostitutes and gay men around the globe but they are often viewed as outcasts and refused treatment, according to a report issued on Thursday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Being well-off andwell-educated may improve your chances of surviving a heart attack,according to new report.

Researchers balk at media reports hyping the effects of the 'love drug' hormone.

Availability of the gold standard treatment for heart attack varies across England and Wales, a report says.

The Confederation of Business Associations in Mozambique recently launched a program called ECOSIDA to address issues related to HIV/AIDS in the workplace, SAPA/iAfrica.com reports. According to Salimo Abdula, president of the confederation, the country's business sector is experiencing the consequences of HIV/AIDS through the increased absence of employees, which has started to affect production.

Use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins rose by 156 percent between 2000 and 2005, with spending jumping from $7.7 billion to $19.7 billion, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported on Wednesday.

A novel experimental vaccine targeting key immune system cells prevents and reverses "new-onset" diabetes in a mouse model, researchers report.

Montana State Auditor John Morrison on Tuesday said an initiative to expand SCHIP and Medicaid coverage to as many as 30,000 additional uninsured children will be placed on the state's November ballot, the Missoulian reports. Morrison said that a sufficient number of registered voters had signed a petition to place the measure on the ballot for the general election.

About one-third of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom who are aware of their status are still engaging in risky sexual behavior, according to a study recently released by the Medical Research Council, BBC News reports.

Female colon cancer patients who are 50 or younger have much better odds of surviving the disease than their male peers, but the opposite is true of older women with the disease, Australian researchers report.