health - "national hiv"

Doctors need to realise they are just as at risk of developing depression as their patients, national depression initiative beyondblue says.

In the five years after their diagnosis, people living with hiv in developed countries and receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy are no more likely to die than hiv-negative people, according to a study ...

An innovative campaign by broadcasters earlier this year has dramatically increased public awareness of Audio Description (AD), according to research released by Ofcom . The Royal national Institute of Blind People (RNIB) welcomed today's report.

In developing countries where breast-feeding is a necessity, and hiv is rampant, the risk of disease transmission through breast milk might be reduced if infants were first fed a freeze-dried formula full of ...

The Black AIDS Institute 'may have come up with a strategy that could make a difference' and 'help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS' in the black community, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell writes.

Most available sunscreens are found to be not that effective and safe as advertised when it comes to protecting your skin from the sun.Environmental Working Group is a nonprofit organization, which decided to check the available sunscreen products for their efficiency and safety. The group examined 950 brand name sunscreen products, 400 published studies about these products and 60 national databases on information about what chemicals sunscreens contain and how toxic these chemicals can actually be.read more

Young people in Angola have a poor record of participation in hiv prevention efforts, including voluntary testing and condom use, according to Antonio Coelho, executive secretary of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organisations, Angola Press Agency/AllAfrica.com reports.

Altering the gene that produces CCR5 protein on the surface of immune cells using a harmless virus was found to significantly increase resistance to hiv in mice, according to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the Press Trust of India reports (Press Trust of India, 7/1).

The U.S. embassy in Vietnam on Tuesday announced that President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief will allocate $1.4 million to three HIV/AIDS initiatives in Vietnam, the Thanh Nien News reports.

Dr. Robert Gallo, 71, is a bio-medical researcher who remains dedicated to the study of viruses, nearly 30 years after discovering the first human retrovirus, which causes leukemia, and identifying hiv, the virus that causes AIDS.