Cocci type bacteria have been associated with a variety of human infections
Lincoln Foundation includes AIDS education in $720K project
Lincoln Financial Foundation has started a $720,000 project that includes a partnership with the AIDS Task Force to educate area youths about the dangers of risky behavior and AIDS.
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Violating our health
Violence, whether it be community, interpersonal, or self inflicted, is a scourge that needs to be addressed urgently.
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Protein Links Plant Growth and Disease Resistance
Discovery hints at new function for similar protein in Alzheimer’s
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Pomeroy named to NIH women’s health committee
Claire Pomeroy, chief executive officer at UC Davis Health System, vice chancellor for Human Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis, was appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the Office of Research on Women’s Health.
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The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus
HPV–known for causing cervical cancer–is emerging as the leading cause of throat cancer in men. Should they get the vaccine too?
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Health watchdogs sound alarm over TB/HIV deaths
VIENNA– Two global health agencies joined forces here on Thursday in a campaign aimed at averting 200,000 deaths each year by co-infection from TB and the AIDS virus.
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AIDS 2010: Study finds microbicide containing HIV drug lowers infection risk in women by 39%
A microbicide gel containing Gilead’s HIV drug tenofovir used by women before and after sex has been shown to reduce their risk of HIV infection by nearly 40%, according to a study unveiled at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, Reuters reports
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HIV vaccines may induce HIV antibodies in trial participants, can cause false-positive test result
During trials of preventive HIV vaccines, trial participants may develop HIV-related antibody responses that could lead to a positive HIV test by routine antibody detection methods (called vaccine-induced seropositivity/reactivity [VISP]), and the potential for false-positive test results and an incorrect HIV diagnosis, according to a study in the July 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.
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HIV vaccines may induce HIV antibodies in trial participants, can cause false-positive test result
During trials of preventive HIV vaccines, trial participants may develop HIV-related antibody responses that could lead to a positive HIV test by routine antibody detection methods (called vaccine-induced seropositivity/reactivity [VISP]), and the potential for false-positive test results and an incorrect HIV diagnosis, according to a study in the July 21 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.
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Paraplegic man dies in accident in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Police say a paraplegic man in his 50s died after he lost control of his specially adapted minivan and ran off an interstate.
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