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Survey Finds that Gay and Bisexual Men Need to Take HIV Tests More Often

September 26, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Survey results published on Thursday say that gay and bisexual men do not get tested for HIV often enough. Moreover, a significant proportion of them have in fact never got tested for HIV at all. Kaiser Family Foundation surveyed gay and bisexual men and found out that almost half of them have not informed their doctors about their sexual orientation. As a result, only 56 percent of them have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bisexual men, gay men, HIV, HIV test

San Francisco Lawmaker Publicly Stated He Takes HIV Prevention Drug

September 18, 2014 Posted by Staff

A member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made a powerful statement today. Scott Wiener, an openly gay supervisor, said he takes a daily pill of Truvada as a measure to prevent HIV contraction. The rates of HIV infections are much higher among gay populations. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a practice with great results in the fight against HIV infection. The rate of success is around 99 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: HIV, HIV prevention drug, PrEP, San Francisco, Steve Wiener, Truvada

HIV Diagnosis Rate Drops Considerably in U.S.

July 21, 2014 Posted by Staff

HIV diagnosis rate drops

Today, we’re happy to share with you some amazing news about HIV: the results of a study have just been released and it seems that HIV diagnosis rate has dropped considerably in the United States. The reasons behind this drop aren’t quite clear, but it can mean that fewer infections are happening or that most infected people have been diagnosed and more testing won’t find more cases. Or it can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: AIDS, Health, HIV

Pregnancy Among Women Receiving PreP for HIV Prevention

July 20, 2014 Posted by Editor

There are places where discrepancies between couples when it comes to HIV infection can lead to modifications in pregnancy incidences. A new study has been conducted to analyze the whether antiretroviral pre-exposure preventive therapy (PreP) would be effective in couples where the men are HIV positive and the women HIV negative. The study included 1785 participants belonging to serodiscordant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: HIV, hiv pregnancy, PreP pregnancy

Girl Thought Cured of HIV has had Infection Relapse

July 11, 2014 Posted by Editor

Girl Thought Cured of HIV

Three years ago there was a huge breakthrough in the treatment of HIV for children born with the HIV virus. A young girl (18 months) infected with the virus was cured by an aggressive drug treatment and was virus-free. The medical news took the world by storm and the doctors involved with her treatment and therapy had hoped that this would be the beginning of a new treatment for those born with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cure, Health, HIV, news

Anti-HIV pill for High risk groups Recommended by CDC

May 15, 2014 Posted by Editor

In a bid to check the rise of deadly HIV/AIDS among the Americans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a set of guidelines that ask people, who are at high risk for contracting the AIDS causing Human Immunodeficiancy Virus (HIV), to take anti-HIV medicines that help in minimizing the transmission risk. According to the federal health body, the pre-exposure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: AIDS, Anti-Hiv, anti-HIV drug, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP

About 4,200 patients may be at HIV risk in US hospital

March 13, 2014 Posted by Contributor

About 4,200 patients may be at HIV risk in a New York Hospital as they are feared to have received insulin of possible exposure to hepatitis viruses and human immunodeficiency virus due to possible blood contamination. South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on Long Island, near New York City, have issued alert to the patients, saying they may have received insulin from a pen reservoir — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: blood contamination, hepatitis virus, HIV, South Nassau Communities Hospital

US researchers develop after sex gel that prevents you from HIV infection

March 13, 2014 Posted by Contributor

In a discovery that could act as pathbreaking in the field of science, researchers have claimed to have developed a gel that they claim can protect from HIV infection even if applied after having sex. US researchers have developed a unique vaginal product that they call after-sex gel which promises women to provide protection from HIV infections. According to the researchers, the vaginal gel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: After sex gel, AIDS, HIV, HIV gel, HIV positive, HIV test, HIV/AIDS treatment

Second baby born with HIV possibly cured, claim US doctors

March 6, 2014 Posted by Contributor

In a discovery that could act as path-breaking in the field of science, doctors have claimed to have cured a baby in the United States against HIV/AIDS. According to the doctors, this is the second case in the world to be "cured" of HIV completely. The doctors concluded the success following a complete physical examination and a rigorous series of tests of the baby. The baby was born with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: AIDS, HIV, HIV cure

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