health - "national hiv"

Trends in sexually transmitted infections (other than HIV) in older people: Analysis of data from an enhanced surveillance system.Rates of sexually transmitted infections have doubled among the over 45s in less than a decade, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.The almost exclusive focus on the sexual health of young people, including in national surveys of sexual behaviour, has tended to ignore older age groups, who are also at risk, say the authors.read more

A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago - a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite national Park's famed granite monolith.

With more than 300 new cases of HIV/AIDS reported in San Bernardino County in 2007, county health officials are urging people to come out Friday to the Stater Bros.

New Delhi, June 27: On the day he quits Microsoft to work for social sector projects, software pioneer Bill Gates announced $ 23-million grant to India to control HIV/AIDS in the country.

Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years, according to a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

A national database of violent patients has been proposed to protect doctors from attacks.

South Australian Premier Mike Rann has welcomed the Prime Minister's call for a national child protection system.

The pressures from an ageing population on the rising costs of healthcare in Australia will be the subject of the third annual Menzies Oration held at The Australian national University. Mr Gary Banks AO, Chairman of the Productivity Commission, discussed the escalating budgetary pressures governments face from the increase in healthcare demand and costs.

Intelence Receives Positive Opinion From European Committee For Human Medicinal Products Main Category: hiv / AIDS Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 28 Jun 2008 - 1:00 PDT ...

In urban Zambia and Rwanda, heterosexual hiv transmission in both men and women takes place within marriage or cohabitation, according to an Article released on June 26, 2008 in The Lancet. As a result, public policy should promote couples' testing and counseling as well as other evidenced-based interventions. Significant rates of hiv infection have been well documented in sub-Saharan Africa, and the high frequency is often attributed to heterosexual transmission.