health - "national hiv"

The House of Representatives did the right thing yesterday : The House of Representatives voted 303 to 115 late Thursday to approve a sweeping global AIDS relief bill that includes language repealing a 1993 ...

The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of health, announced increased protection for Canadians with food allergies by introducing new labelling requirements for food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites contained in prepackaged foods. health Canada also announced the launch of several allergy studies, including a large national study of food allergy prevalence, and two studies on the dietary habits and coping skills of people with celiac disease who are on a gluten-free diet.read more

For the first time, a strategic plan for research into benign prostate disease, based on the latest scientific knowledge, has been published by the national Institute of diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the national Institutes of health (NIH). The NIDDK Prostate Research Strategic Plan is the culmination of discussions and meetings among experts over the past two years in an effort to outline a strategic vision for research into these elusive and multi-faceted diseases.read more

Don't ask, don't tell. That impulse may help prevent awkward conversations, but it's a losing strategy for slowing the spread of hiv. When health care providers know about their patients' sexual behavior, they can help prevent infection through testing, counseling and other services. But a new study from the Health Department suggests that those opportunities are often missed.read more

Researchers at Duke University have found new evidence that suggests that hiv infects and attacks the body within days after transmission; much faster that first believed. What this means, according...

Since 1996, the life expectancy of hiv patients in developed countries taking antiviral therapy has increased more than 13 years, and deaths have dropped by almost 40 percent, researchers report.

The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A new study by a Tulane University research team gives support for the use of vaginal microbicide gels as a way to protect women against sexual transmission of hiv. The team, led by Ronald S.

Breastfeeding women can reduce the risk of hiv transmission to infants using an extended-dose regimen of nevirapine, according to an article released on July 25, 2008 in The Lancet. While highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) can prevent vertical transmission when administered to pregnant women, but access to this therapy can be limited in certain regions where resources are limited.

If a recent statement released by the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS (SFCHA) is misused, a study released on July 25, 2008 in The Lancet indicates that hiv incidence could potentially quadruple over the next ten years.