Help Your Child Take Their HIV Meds
Any adult who has been prescribed HIV medications knows just how difficult adhering to those drugs can be. Between the number of pills, nausea, diarrhea, and the long-term side effects,... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:21:42 +0100
Christine Maggiore Died Believing HIV Not the Cause of AIDS
Noted HIV positive AIDS skeptic Christine Maggiore died peacefully December 27, 2008 after a long battle with pneumonia. She was best known for her efforts to to re-examine conventional HIV... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:33:14 +0100
Can I Take Breaks From My Medicines?
Taking medications each and everyday can be exhausting at times. And eventually people feel they need to take a break from their HIV medicines. These "drug holidays" were once considered... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:23:26 +0100
A New Way Men Can Transmit HIV to Women
For years, experts believed that healthy, intact vaginal tissue was an effective barrier to HIV infection. We believed that the risk of infection was greatly decreased if the vaginal tissue... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:52:59 +0100
A New Year's Resolution You Can Live With
The new year is upon us and it's time for your annual New Year's resolution. This year try something a little different. Resolve to make healthy choices that will improve... Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:02:23 +0100
Pneumococcal Vaccine Does Not Appear To Protect Against Pneumonia
Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a new study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 EST
Gene Expression And Splicing Vary Widely From One Tissue To The Next
Genes talk to themselves and to each other to control how a given cell manufactures proteins. But variation in the control of the same gene in two different tissues may contribute to certain human traits, including the likelihood of getting a disease, said a team of geneticists and neuroscientists. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST
Defensive Protein Killed Ancient Primate Retroviruses, Research Suggests
Retroviruses are the worst sort of guest. Over eons, these molecular parasites have insinuated themselves into their hosts' DNA and caused a ruckus. The poor hosts can't even be rid of the intruders by killing them, because they stubbornly remain after death. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST
Prolonged Nevirapine In Breast-fed Babies Prevents HIV Infection But Leads To Drug-resistant HIV
Babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given the antiretroviral drug nevirapine through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected anyway, a team of researchers report. But the investigators highlight the proven superiority of the six-week regimen in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in breast-fed infants. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST
