health - "national hiv"

OAKLAND — A national program aimed at reducing the spread of cigarette butts cluttering the nation's streets has made its way to Telegraph Avenue in Oakland.Keep America Beautiful Inc., the coun...

August 14, 2008 A bill that is said to 'revolutionize' hiv testing in California cleared the Senate in a 36 to 0 vote August 13, Medical News Today reports.

AP - Two intensive-care patients contracted hiv after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba, a newspaper reported Friday.

A survey of active-duty veterans and national Guard and Reserve personnel has found that those who were exposed to combat in Iraq or Afghanistan are significantly more likely to engage in heavy drinking and report negative outcomes from drinking.

Florida health experts on Wednesday began a three-day summit to address racial health disparities in the state, the AP/Miami Herald reports (AP/Miami Herald, 8/13). Health experts have identified gaps in seven areas of health care: cancer, diabetes, heart disease, oral health, adult and child immunizations, maternal/infant health and HIV/AIDS.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The tropical wave over Puerto Rico could become a tropical depression any time Friday as the system moves toward Hispaniola, the U.S. national Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. ...

Scientists at the national Institutes of health (NIH) have found a mechanism in the immune systems of mice that can lead to the development of autoimmune disease when turned off. The findings shed light on the processes that lead to the development of autoimmunity and could also have implications for the development of drugs to increase the immune response in diseases such as cancer and hiv.read more

The Joint Commission made inpatient medication reconciliation a national Patient Safety Goal in 2005, focusing nationwide attention on the issue of errors in inpatient medication records as they move in and out of the hospital. According to a new study from researchers at Brigham and Women's hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General hospital, inpatients experience an average of nearly one and a half potentially harmful errors in their medication record during a hospital stay.read more

New research indicates that giving patients a continuous low dose of an immune system booster, a method known as metronomic dosing, as part of a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine strategy is safe and produces similar immune responses and fewer side effects than the more common dosing method, which is not well tolerated by many patients. This study, led by researchers at that national Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the national Institutes of health, was published in the Aug. 15, 2008, issue of 'Clinical Cancer Research.'

Hiv is being detected in Texas Hispanics at later stages than in other ethnic groups in the state, which increases their risk of spreading the virus and delaying treatment, the Dallas Morning News reports.