HIV cases rose, funds to prevent spread disease sought

... in July, the highest monthly number since DOH started recording infections in 1984. "By institutionalizing the HIV/Aids policy intervention in cities and municipalities, the problem is insulated from partisan politics and transforms the approach ...

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/09/01/hiv-cases-rose-funds-prevent-spread-disease-sought-300821

HIV infection rates climb in rural Colorado

AIDS and HIV infection rates in Colorado have remained steady the past few years, but numbers are revealing a new problem in rural areas - an already difficult area to serve.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23991147/hiv-infection-rates-climb-rural-colorado?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-local+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Local%3A+All+Local+News%29

Weekend Doctor

By LISA SALTZMAN RPH It is estimated that 1 out of 3 people in the United States will develop shingles at some point during their lifetime.

http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2013/Sep/01/ar_news_090113_story7.asp?d=090113_story7,2013,Sep,01&c=n

AIDS Walk Tampa Bay

The tenth annual AIDS Walk Tampa Bay will be held at Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg on Saturday, September 7. The AIDS Walk will benefit the organization AIDS Service Association of Pinellas , which, despite its name, serves people with HIV/AIDS not just in Pinellas County but all across the Tampa Bay area.

http://www.edgeftlauderdale.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148791

Continue reading a '

... available. Some people don't want to be seen coming to the agency," Ross said. Though the focus of the rally was HIV/AIDS prevention and testing, other health and safety information also was available. Sexual Trauma Awareness Response volunteers ...

http://theadvocate.com/home/6914559-125/aids-rally-organizers-offer-testing

Myanmar Facing 'Urgent' Drug-Resistant TB Threat

A clinic for HIV and Tuberculosis patients, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148567

Banned4Life founders protest FDA ban on gay men donating blood

When Blake Lynch went to donate blood last spring, hoping to help a friend with sickle-cell anemia , he was turned away.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-gay-men-donating-blood-20130830,0,2636294.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+orlandosentinel%2Fnews+%28OrlandoSentinel.com+-+News%29

Penny Stocks Under Consideration - Great American Group Inc...

Value Stock Pick is a leading Investment Newsletter. Our Research Team conducts research on different stocks, doing their due diligence to provide a detailed report, including both technical and fundamental analysis, on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, OTCBB and Pink Sheet Stocks.

http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/penny-stocks-under-consideration-great-american-group-inc-otcbbgamr-nutra-pharma-corp-otcmktsnphc-patient-safety-technologies-inc-otcmktspstx-ecosphere-technologies-inc-otcbbesph-319217.htm

The Affordable Care Act Finally Unrolls the Carpet

A revolution in health care is just weeks away. Since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in March 2010 and the Supreme Court validated most of the law in June 2012, the federal and state governments have been steadily laying the groundwork for a massive expansion of health insurance coverage.

http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/ACA_Obamacare_401_24464.shtml

Janssen Engages HIV Community on Tumblr: Build It and They Will Come?

... Kamaria Laffrey, a member of The Positively Together Team. According to her LinkedIn profile , Kamaria Laffrey is a HIV/AIDS consultant specializing in teens and college students empowerment and sexual responsibility with a focus on women and young ...

http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2013/08/janssen-engages-hiv-community-on-tumblr.html

Brazil To Test New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys

Brazilian scientists announced that they would begin testing a new HIV vaccine on monkeys later this year.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148541

Human Papillomavirus infection causes various types of skin warts

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 30, : A Kuwaiti physician indicated here on Thursday that various types of skin warts that infect old and young males and females are caused by Human Papillomavirus infection, noting that 10 percent of the total infection cases are accounted for student categories.

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/RSS/tabid/69/smid/414/ArticleID/199388/t/Human-Papillomavirus-infection-causes-various-types-of-skin-warts/Default.aspx

Are Healthcare workers Tuberculosis Proof? By Alice Tembe

'I had to choose between being deaf and being dead', this is what Dalene von Delft, a Medical Doctor from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, said in her testimony at a two-day Southern Africa meeting held recently to strengthen and scale up TB /HIV responses in the workplace.

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=1728

NY Historical Society Screens "How to Survive a Plague"

On September 3, in conjunction with the exhibition "AIDS in New York: The First Five Year," David France will screen his documentary "How to Survive a Plague," a look at how AIDS activists in ACT UP targeted Washington lawmakers and the medical establishment to advance HIV/AIDS treatment.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148593

Multilateralism-lite Might Miss the Big Picture

... prioritization across the foreign assistance "budget pie". Over the past decade, bilateral spending for global HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has quickly become the largest pot of US foreign assistance ...

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/multilateralism-lite-might-miss-big-picture-0

Award-winning journalist and HIV/AIDS activist to speak at UF

... as a U.S. delegate under both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama at the United Nations' Special Session on HIV/AIDS; and was appointed to the HIV/AIDS advisory committee for the Center for Disease Control in 2009. Hofmann is a board member ...

http://news.ufl.edu/2013/08/30/aids-activist/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UniversityOfFloridaNews+%28University+of+Florida+News%29

CMA honours 12 during 2013 awards ceremony

The CMA's 2013 awards, presented Aug. 21 during the 146th annual meeting in Calgary, honoured a breadth of achievements that ranged from leading the fight against HIV/AIDS to providing physical activity and support for 200,000 young people.

http://www.cma.ca/cma-honours-12-2013-ceremony

Awareness on sexual health necessary: Experts

New Delhi, Aug 30 : More awareness on sexual health can help reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among married women, a group of experts said Friday.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/60886/awareness-on-sexual-health-necessary-experts.html

Her Ugandan work means relief for AIDS patients

... middle-income countries. Tymon says palliative care has earned international recognition in part due to the African HIV/AIDS pandemic, as those patients require a great deal of pain and symptom management. But there can't be palliative care if there ...

http://www.kansas.com/2013/08/31/2968859/her-ugandan-work-means-relief.html

Bolton: HIV/AIDS: How do you get rid of it? You don't

... were having sex with other men. The litany of questions the young woman asked made it clear she knew nothing about HIV/AIDS. It was as if she thought she could take a pill or have a procedure and be rid of the virus. Even after our 45-minute ...

http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/19/2730768/bolton-hivaids-how-do-you-get.html#RSS=Warren Bolton

Fulbright Scholar focuses on illnesses other than HIV

... in Norfolk. Agyei spent an academic year as a Fulbright scholar in Botswana, where he conducted research on non-HIV/AIDS sexually transmitted infections. Rightfully so, says William K.A. Agyei, a demographer and sociology professor at Norfolk State ...

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/fulbright-scholar-focuses-illnesses-other-hiv

New function for a well-known immune messenger molecule

The molecule interleukin-7 is an important immune messenger protein which ensures that a sufficient number of T cells are present in our body for immune defence.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3060800/posts

Kindergarten Sex Education

... From the fifth through the 12th grade, the emphasis will be on reproduction, the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, and other sexually-transmitted diseases, bullying and contraception, including abstinence. For the first time in Chicago, ...

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/130830_18730.shtml?wap=0

Vandervort on HIV, Fraud, Non-Disclosure, and Consent

The reasons for judgment by the Supreme Court of Canada on the appeal in Mabior fail to address or resolve a number of significant questions.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2013/08/vandervort-on-hiv-fraud-non-disclosure-and-consent.html

Prevention Strategies the Focus of First Animal Study for Sexual Transmission of HIV

A new study by researcher Mary Jane Potash and colleagues from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, is attempting to understand heterosexual transmission of HIV via vaginal intercourse.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148597

Swift treatment halves early death risk in HIV babies

TIME is of the essence. Giving HIV-positive infants prompt treatment halves their risk of dying early in childhood.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929323.700-swift-treatment-halves-early-death-risk-in-hiv-babies.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Chealth

Neglected disease approvals up

The annual number of new drug approvals globally to treat neglected diseases has nearly doubled in recent years, with HIV/AIDS and malaria drugs accounting for 60 percent of the most recent approvals, according to research by The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.

http://www.drugs.com/news/neglected-approvals-up-47113.html?

More opioid dependence treatment needed

... continues to be limited, says Nosyk, who is also a health economist with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS . "In the absence of readily-available treatment, some of the prescribed opioid users who are becoming dependent will switch from ...

http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2013/more-opioid-dependence-treatment-needed.html

New Movie Trailer: Watch Matthew McConaughey waste away in Dallas Buyers Club

Synopsis : " Matthew McConaughey stars in Dallas Buyers Club as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-movie-trailer-watch-matthew-mcconaughey-waste-away-dallas-buyers-club?cid=rss

Love is in the Air for HIV Positive Individuals at PositiveSingles.com

HIV positive individuals now have a "poz personals" relationship platform at PositiveSingles.com to give them a chance at love.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11064322.htm

Awareness on sexual health necessary Experts

More awareness on sexual health can help reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among married women, a group of experts said Friday.

http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/216734485/scat/701ee96610c884a6

Scientists Say Claims of HIV Cure "Within Months" Misleading

It has been nearly half a year since news sources inaccurately reported that Danish scientists were "within months" of finding a cure for HIV for their ongoing, and as-yet-unpublished, research of histone deacetylase inhibitors.

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148598

We Need a Woman To Guide U.S. Global AIDS Programs

A decision is imminent about who will be the next head of U.S.-funded AIDS programs around the world-known as PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/08/30/we-need-a-woman-to-guide-u-s-global-aids-programs/

NIH observes 20th anniversary of Women's Interagency HIV Study

The largest and longest-running study to investigate the impact of HIV on women in the United States marks its 20th anniversary this month.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2013/niaid-30.htm

Health, biomedical industries jump in value

... Giants such as Foster City-based Gilead Sciences ( GILD ), which has a portfolio of 15 marketed treatments for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, serious respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic conditions, cancer and inflammation, ranked ninth overall among ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/sv150/ci_23064559/sv-150-health-biomedical-industries-jump-value?source=rss

Super Strength Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

What if the cure for cancer could be found in the body's own immune system, with a little help from modern science? Now a new clinical trial is giving patients hope.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23114714/super-strength-immune-cells-fighting-cancer

Hit by fire, HIV, AIDS center to resume services soon

The Albany Damien Center was Terri Gonhue's home away from home and a place that provided support on days she was too sick to even care for her dog.

http://m.timesunion.com/tu/db_39921/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=67T9uMRd&detailindex=1&pn=0&ps=6

Prevalence and determinants of adherence to HAART amongst PLHIV in a...

Adherence to Highly active antiretroviral therapy is a major predictor of the success of HIV/AIDS treatment.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/401/abstract

Mutations in a gene that impacts immune function increase susceptibility to prostate cancer

... teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch's pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, ...

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/mutations_a_gene_impacts_immune_function_increase_219107.html

Multiple same-day laser treatment may be effective for unwanted tattoos

When it comes to removing unwanted tattoos with lasers, repetitive treatments on the same day appear to expedite tattoo clearance compared with a single treatment, a small study has shown.

http://www.cutis.com/home/latest-news-listing/article/multiple-same-day-laser-treatment-may-be-effective-for-unwanted-tattoos/316e268c6dffdd47db7920f552070582.html

Minn. Supreme Court Sides With HIV-Positive Man

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reinstate Daniel James Rick, who is HIV-positive, conviction of knowingly passing the the HIV virus to another man The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's effort to reinstate the conviction of an HIV-positive man accused of passing the virus to another man, ruling Wednesday that the ... (more)

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148640

Hit by fire, HIV, AIDS center to resume services soon

Charred plant on stairway to second floor in the Albany Damien Center Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Hit-by-fire-HIV-AIDS-center-to-resume-services-4770445.php

Fire destroys Albany HIV, AIDS center

The Albany Damien Center was Terri Gonhue's home away from home and a place that provided support on days she was too sick to even care for her dog.

http://m.timesunion.com/tu/db_39921/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=67T9uMRd&detailindex=3&pn=0&ps=6

First trailer for 'Dallas Buyers Club' starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto - watch

... 'play' to watch it. The film is inspired by the real-life story of Rod Woodroof, a Texan electrician diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1986 who began smuggling alternative drugs into America to help himself and other AIDS patients. McConaughey stars as ...

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/first-trailer-for-dallas-buyers-club-starring-matthew/318229

Fire destroys Albany HIV, AIDS center

Charred plant on stairway to second floor in the Albany Damien Center Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Fire-destroys-Albany-HIV-AIDS-center-4770445.php

UCLA receives major funding for stem cell research

... no other applicant institution received more than one award. The research projects embrace many areas including HIV/AIDS , sickle cell disease , and prostate cancer . Dr. Jerome Zack professor of medicine and microbiology, immunology and molecular ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/ucla-receives-major-funding-for-stem-cell-research

Mutations in a Gene That Impacts Immune Function Increase Susceptibility to Prostate Cancer

... teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch's pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, ...

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/607154/?sc=rsmn&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewswiseMednews+%28Newswise%3A+MedNews%29

Mutations in a gene that impacts immune function increase susceptibility to prostate cancer

... teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch's pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/fhcr-mia082913.php

Alabama Shakes song featured in buzzed-about upcoming Matthew McConaughey film 'Dallas...

... already getting some Oscar buzz for his role as Ron Woodruff, a hard-living Texan, that after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1986, started a underground business importing unregulated AIDS treatments from abroad. Alabama Shakes songs have also ...

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/08/alabama_shakes_song_featured_i.html

2013 Avant-Garde Awards explore HIV without AIDS, protective genes

With proposals ranging from a combined cocaine/HIV vaccine to unlocking the mystery of genes that protect some people from the ill effects of HIV, three American scientists have been chosen to receive the 2013 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse , part of the National Institutes of Health.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/niod-2aa082913.php

Increased risk of neurological, cognitive deficits in youth with HIV

... Lauderdale, Fla.; the University of Miami; UCSD; and collaborators in the NIH-funded Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions . In addition to the NICHD, the researchers received support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the ...

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2013/nichd-29.htm

2013 Avant-Garde Awards explore HIV without AIDS, protective genes

With proposals ranging from a combined cocaine/HIV vaccine to unlocking the mystery of genes that protect some people from the ill effects of HIV, three American scientists have been chosen to receive the 2013 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse , part of the National Institutes of Health.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2013/nida-29.htm

First Kidney Transplant Between People With HIV Is a Success

Israeli physicians have successfully conducted the world's first kidney transplant between two living people who have HIV, The Jerusalem Post reports.

http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/kidney_transplant_761_24457.shtml

Fire damages Albany HIV, AIDS center

The basement of an HIV and AIDS support center on South Lake Avenue was burned out Thursday morning, and damage was caused in other parts of the building as well.

http://m.timesunion.com/tu/db_39921/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=67T9uMRd&detailindex=2&pn=0&ps=6

Nutra Pharma Announces Delivery of Nyloxina to New Vitality

Nutra Pharma Corporation , a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Multiple Sclerosis , Human Immunodeficiency Virus , Adrenomyeloneuropathy and Pain, announced today that New , a marketing and distribution company, has placed and received their first order of the Company's all-natural, non-addictive pain reliever, Nyloxin.

http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2013/08/29/7374718.htm

Election 2013 - Meet the Candidates

Ahead of the federal election on September 7, Andrew Shaw canvases candidates in three Queensland electorates with large LGBTIQ populations to find out what they think about key issues.

http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/election-2013-meet-the-candidates-2-11784.html

Nutra Pharma Announces Delivery of Nyloxin(tm) to New Vitality

The order was pursuant to New Vitality's successful test radio campaign to gauge the market acceptance of the product.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/8/29/nutra_pharma_announces_delivery_of_nyloxin.htm

Keeping pace with HIV: A clinical overview for nurse practitioners

Abstract: Improved treatment options, advances in prevention, and changes in health policy have transformed HIV into a chronic disease.

http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/CEArticle?Journal_ID=54012&Issue_ID=1583209&an=00006205-201308000-00009

Prolacta Bioscience to Donate the Processing of Nearly 17,000 Ounces...

... is the only organization in the world to provide large provisions of donor breast milk to infants suffering from HIV/AIDS, malnourishment, poverty and disease in Africa. As of this year, IBMP has provided over 300,000 ounces, or 79,000 bottles, of ...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130829005349/en

Brazil To Test New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys

Brazilian scientists announced that they would begin testing a new HIV vaccine on monkeys later this year.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148541

The impact of different definitions on the estimated rate of...

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes , Vol. 49, No. 2. , pp. 196-204, doi:10.1097/qai.0b013e318185725f The use of different lists of resistance mutations has resulted in estimates of transmitted HIV drug resistance that are often not comparable.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/gioceroni/article/12601125

Bwindi hospital puts food on the table of undernourished Batwa

As part of its annual series, Ugandans Making a Difference, New Vision will, until October 3, publish articles on individuals and organisations that have dedicated their efforts to fighting malnutrition in the country.

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/646641-bwindi-hospital-puts-food-on-the-table-of-undernourished-batwa.html

Fire damages Albany HIV, AIDS center

The basement of an HIV and AIDS support center on South Lake Avenue was burned out Thursday morning, and damage was caused in other parts of the building as well.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Fire-damages-Albany-HIV-AIDS-center-4770445.php

Suboptimal, dissatisfying treatment affects many psoriasis patients

Despite advancements in therapies for psoriasis, a large proportion of patients are not treated or are receiving suboptimal treatment, according to analysis of a series of comprehensive patient surveys.

http://www.cutis.com/home/latest-news-listing/article/suboptimal-dissatisfying-treatment-affects-many-psoriasis-patients/808507b749fe391b760685bc9e863185.html

Nutra Pharma Announces Delivery of Nyloxina to New Vitality

Nutra Pharma Corporation , a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Multiple Sclerosis , Human Immunodeficiency Virus , Adrenomyeloneuropathy and Pain, announced today that New Vitality, a marketing and distribution company, has placed and received their first order of the Company's all-natural, non-addictive pain reliever, ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130829005257/en

Ethiopia reduced HIV infection 50 per cent since 2009 - Report - Thursday, 29 August 2013 12:58

... can be born free from HIV," said Michel SidibA , Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). "But progress has stalled in some countries with high numbers of new HIV infections. We need to find out why and ...

http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php/explore/10143-ethiopia-reduced-hiv-infection-50-per-cent-since-2009-report

90% of China's new HIV infections through sex

Ninety percent of newly reported HIV/AIDS patients in China over the past ten years were infected through sexual contact, a disease prevention official said Thursday.

http://english.people.com.cn/90782/90880/8382961.html

Global development's winning goals

... was slow, the poverty rate was high (and rising), and there was an increasingly heavy disease burden, including HIV/AIDS and malaria. The adoption of the MDGs focused increased attention by African governments, non-governmental organizations, UN ...

http://www.today.az/news/regions/125739.html

NY Historical Society Screens "How to Survive a Plague"

On September 3, in conjunction with the exhibition "AIDS in New York: The First Five Year," David France will screen his documentary "How to Survive a Plague," a look at how AIDS activists in ACT UP targeted Washington lawmakers and the medical establishment to advance HIV/AIDS treatment.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148593

Myanmar Facing 'Urgent' Drug-Resistant TB Threat

A clinic for HIV and Tuberculosis patients, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148567

Too few high risk people take HIV tests

The local health authorities are concerned that far too few people who are at risk of contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, are coming forward for tests.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?icid=3&d_str=20130829&id=40358

Some HIV-infected patients with certain gene at increased risk for fungal disease

Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis among HIV-infected individuals.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=265332

Some HIV-infected patients with certain gene at increased risk for fungal disease

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Genetics Article Date: 29 Aug 2013 - 1:00 PDT HIV-infected people who carry a gene for a specific protein face a 20-fold greater risk of contracting cryptococcal disease, according to a study published in mBio , the online open-access journal of the American ... (more)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/265332.php

Multiple stages of the HIV-1 life cycle involved in protease inhibitor resistance

These drugs target HIV-1 proteases, which are required for viral replication. Despite the success of protease inhibitors for suppressing HIV-1, some patients do not respond to protease inhibitor therapy.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/265315.php

It is essential to treat pediatric AIDS in the elimination agenda

Scott Kellerman and colleagues argue that the scope of the current HIV elimination agenda must be broadened in order to ensure access to care and treatment for all children living with HIV.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/265318.php

Gay Male Specialist Psychotherapist Offers Gay-Affirmative Therapy...

Ken Howard, MSW, LCSW, founder of GayTherapyLA.com, is a gay male licensed psychotherapist in private practice based in West Hollywood, California, who has specialized in providing therapy and coaching for gay men, gay male couples, and people living with HIV/AIDS, for over 20 years.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11064090.htm

Multiple stages of the HIV-1 life cycle involved in protease inhibitor resistance

These drugs target HIV-1 proteases, which are required for viral replication. Despite the success of protease inhibitors for suppressing HIV-1, some patients do not respond to protease inhibitor therapy.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=265315

Ethiopia: A Land of Opportunity

... the world's next major success story." Some of that success is attributable to US investments in health care from HIV/AIDs prevention, malaria and tuberculosis treatments as well as maternal health. Particularly in HIV/AIDS the establishment of ...

http://indepthafrica.com/ethiopia-a-land-of-opportunity/

Love is in the Air for HIV Positive Individuals at PositiveSingles.com

HIV positive individuals now have a "poz personals" relationship platform at PositiveSingles.com to give them a chance at love.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11064322.htm

FDA approves test for illness-causing bacteria

... of testing, with each test taking about one minute. People with immune systems that are compromised or weakened by HIV/AIDS, cancer treatment, or anti-rejection therapy following an organ transplant are particularly vulnerable to yeast and bacterial ...

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/fda-approves-test-for-illness-causing-bacteria-cms-36718

Scientists Say Claims of HIV Cure "Within Months" Misleading

It has been nearly half a year since news sources inaccurately reported that Danish scientists were "within months" of finding a cure for HIV for their ongoing, and as-yet-unpublished, research of histone deacetylase inhibitors.

http://www.edgelasvegas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148598

Cautious optimism on Burma's HIV/AIDS programme

Efforts are under way in Burma to bolster access to life-prolonging drugs for people with HIV/AIDS, but tens of thousands will probably still be left out, say health experts.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/112622/cautious-optimism-on-burmas-hivaids-programme/

AHF: Porn Industry's Move to Resume Filming "Ill-advised"

AIDS Healthcare Foundation today sharply decried a decision by the Free Speech Coalition , the porn industry's trade group, to lift a self-imposed moratorium on industry filming, which FSC put in place last week after a female performer disclosed that she was HIV-positive.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/08/28/7373076.htm

Free Rapid HIV Testing, PRONTO

On Wednesday August 16, the Minister for Health, David Davis opened PRONTO! the first free HIV rapid testing site in Victoria.

http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/viewpoint/free-rapid-hiv-testing-pronto-11819.html

In South Africa, A Clinic Focuses On Prostitutes To Fight HIV

... runs the project, says the biggest health issues facing her patients are sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. "We've got about 2,123 sex workers in our database, and about 68 percent of them are HIV positive," she says. It's hard for ...

http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/08/28/in-south-africa-a-clinic-focuses-on-prostitutes-to-fight-hiv?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GPBNewsFeed+%28GPB+News%29

AHF: Porn Industry's Move to Resume Filming "Ill-advised"

Last week, the porn industry halted production and declared a moratorium on filming after a female performer disclosed she was HIV-positive and had apparently sero-converted-and worked-since July Earlier today, the Free Speech Coalition , the porn industry's trade group, lifted its moratorium and encouraged producers to resume production without ... (more)

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130828006339/en/AHF-Porn-Industry%E2%80%99s-Move-Resume-Filming-%E2%80%9CIll-advised%E2%80%9D

AHF: Porn Industry's Move to Resume Filming "Ill-advised"

AIDS Healthcare Foundation today sharply decried a decision by the Free Speech Coalition , the porn industry's trade group, to lift a self-imposed moratorium on industry filming, which FSC put in place last week after a female performer disclosed that she was HIV-positive.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130828006336&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Super Strength Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

What if the cure for cancer could be found in the body's own immune system, with a little help from modern science? Now a new clinical trial is giving patients hope.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23114714/super-strength-immune-cells-fighting-cancer

AHF: Porn Industrya s Move to Resume Filming a oeIll-adviseda

Last week, the porn industry halted production and declared a moratorium on filming after a female performer disclosed she was HIV-positive and had apparently sero-converted-and worked-since July Earlier today, the Free Speech Coalition , the porn industry's trade group, lifted its moratorium and encouraged producers to resume production without ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130828006336/en/AHF-Porn-Industry%E2%80%99s-Move-Resume-Filming-%E2%80%9CIll-advised%E2%80%9D

In South Africa, A Clinic Focuses On Prostitutes To Fight HIV

... runs the project, says the biggest health issues facing her patients are sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. "We've got about 2,123 sex workers in our database, and about 68 percent of them are HIV positive," she says. It's hard for ...

http://www.wnyc.org/npr_articles/2013/aug/28/in-south-africa-a-clinic-focuses-on-prostitutes-to-fight-hiv/

Forum to address HIV among black gays

With nearly 30,000 Marylanders living with HIV/AIDS, Baltimore Black Pride, Inc. along with members of the Maryland Prevention and Health Promotion Administration, local health departments and community based-organizations have created an alliance to address specifically HIV infections among MSM in the state.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/28/forum-to-address-hiv-among-black-gays-baltimore-maryland/

HIV researchers use Grindr to recruit participants

... Grindr to be the most effective, the article said. The project is HVTN 505 at the University of Pennsylvania's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division Recruiters for HVTN 505 cherry-picked times with peak traffic and for a total of 22 days since the ...

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/28/hiv-researchers-use-grindr-to-recruit-participants-gay-health-news/

Good Afternoon Michigan

It is so amazing to see so many family members here at the reunion! Thanks for coming! We are gay, straight, questioning, transgender, asexual, pansexual, bisexual - we are a massive and diverse family and you are beautiful! So let me ask you all a question.

http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=61924

Health, biomedical industries jump in value

... Giants such as Foster City-based Gilead Sciences ( GILD ), which has a portfolio of 15 marketed treatments for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, serious respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic conditions, cancer and inflammation, ranked ninth overall among ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/sv150/ci_23064559/sv-150-health-biomedical-industries-jump-value?source=rss

Matthew McConaughey Stuns In First Look At "Dallas Buyers Club"

Matthew McConaughey underwent a scary transformation for his role in the upcoming film " The Dallas Buyers Club ", and the first trailers are hitting the web this week with a look at just how much he changed his body.

http://www.webpronews.com/matthew-mcconaughey-stuns-in-first-look-at-dallas-buyers-club-2013-08

Matthew McConaughey Undergoes Dramatic Emotional And Physical...

Remember those photos of scary-skinny Matthew McConaughey from last year? Well, it was all part of his DeNiro-esque transformation to star in Dallas Buyers Club .

http://www.queerty.com/watch-matthew-mcconaughey-undergoes-dramatic-emotional-and-physical-transformation-in-dallas-buyers-club-20130828/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

[Report] Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune Sensor of HIV and Other Retroviruses

Despite it being one of the most highly studied viruses, there are still many unknowns when it comes to HIV-including how it triggers the innate immune response.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/903.short

San Fernando Valley porn production back on track after clean HIV tests

A moratorium that called on the adult film industry to temporarily halt production because a performer tested positive for HIV has been lifted, it was announced Wednesday.

http://www.dailynews.com/health/20130828/san-fernando-valley-porn-production-back-on-track-after-clean-hiv-tests

Peers Keep It Real addresses HIV treatment

Maithe Enriquez, an associate professor of nursing, is trying to help HIV-positive patients to better follow their treatment plans.

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/8/28/peers-keep-it-real-addresses-hiv-treatment/

Dallas Buyers Club Will Probably Make You (and Me and Everyone We Know) Cry

After months of waiting -- and seeing a painfully skinny Jared Leto in various kinds of drag -- the trailer for Dallas Buyers Club is here.

http://www.papermag.com/2013/08/dallas_buyers_club_will_probab.php

Swift treatment halves early death risk in HIV babies

TIME is of the essence. Giving HIV-positive infants prompt treatment halves their risk of dying early in childhood.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929323.700-swift-treatment-halves-early-death-risk-in-hiv-babies.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cmagcontents

McConaughey, Leto, and HIV in New 'Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer

Late last year, photos of Matthew McConaughey looking sickly hit tabloids. The actor had lost more than 30 pounds off his frame to star in the upcoming movie Dallas Buyers Club .

http://www.webpronews.com/mcconaughey-leto-and-hiv-in-new-dallas-buyers-club-trailer-2013-08

'Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer Shows Gaunt Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey shows a remarkable physical transformation in the trailer for his upcoming movie Dallas Buyers Club .

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/dallas-buyers-club-trailer-shows-gaunt-matthew-mcconaughey-20130828

'Dallas Buyers Club,' shot in New Orleans, gets its first trailer

" Dallas Buyers Club " earlier this week saw its release date moved up a month. Now, the fact-based, New Orleans-shot drama, starring Matthew McConaughey as a man determined to smuggle AIDS medications into the country, has a trailer.

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/08/dallas_buyers_club_shot_in_new.html

Today's Movie Trailer: Dallas Buyers Club

A movie starring Matthew McConaughey as an amateur cowboy and gambler living a wild life in 1980s Dallas wouldn't be surprising at all-nor would it sound, on its face, like particularly serious material.

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/28/todays-movie-trailer-dallas-buyers-club/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fentertainment+%28TIME%3A+Entertainment%29

Multilateralism-lite Might Miss the Big Picture

... prioritization across the foreign assistance "budget pie". Over the past decade, bilateral spending for global HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has quickly become the largest pot of US foreign assistance ...

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/multilateralism-lite-might-miss-big-picture-0

Minn. Supreme Court Sides With HIV-Positive Man

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reinstate Daniel James Rick, who is HIV-positive, conviction of knowingly passing the the HIV virus to another man The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's effort to reinstate the conviction of an HIV-positive man accused of passing the virus to another man, ruling Wednesday that the ... (more)

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148640

The Female Health Company (FHCO): What We're Looking For

... keep up its progress? Let's dig a little deeper to find out. In 2011, an estimated 1.7 million people died due to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases , and more than 2.5 million new cases of HIV-infected people were reported. The U.S. ...

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/the-female-health-company-fhco-what-were-looking-for-229906/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsiderMonkey+%28Insider+Monkey%29

Cautious optimism on Myanmar's HIV/AIDS programme

Efforts are under way in Myanmar to bolster access to life-prolonging drugs for people with HIV/AIDS, but tens of thousands will probably still be left out, say health experts.

http://www.IRINnews.org/report/98652/cautious-optimism-on-myanmar-s-hiv-aids-programme

Fitchburg event aims for record in youth HIV testing

... in public, and it will happen in Riverfront Park on what has been named Fitchburg Youth AIDS Awareness Day. He said HIV/AIDS is still an epidemic for young people in Massachusetts, with pockets of high incidence scattered throughout the state, and a ...

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_23961922/fitchburg-event-aims-record-youth-hiv-testing?source=rss

Most common diseases in the world

... disease. Infectious diseases are more common in developing parts of the world, but they don't recognize borders. HIV/AIDS The prevalence of AIDS is highest in Africa, but the disease, which is caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus ...

http://www.helium.com/items/2480014-infectious-genetic-and-chronic-disease

Watch: First trailer for Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew...

Based on a true story, the film follows a Texan electrician who is diagnosed with HIV and begins smuggling alternative preventative drugs into the US Daisy Wyatt has newly joined the Independent online team as an arts and entertainment writer.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/watch-first-trailer-for-dallas-buyers-club-starring-matthew-mcconaughey-jennifer-garner-and-jared-leto-8787266.html

Closing the 'innovation deficit'

... of one of the world's most serious health and development challenges. Thanks to support from NIH, advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention may now make it possible for us to have the first AIDS-free generation in 30 years. Building on our ...

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democratandchronicle.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013308280008%26nclick_check%3D1

Prevention Strategies the Focus of First Animal Study for Sexual Transmission of HIV

A new study by researcher Mary Jane Potash and colleagues from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, is attempting to understand heterosexual transmission of HIV via vaginal intercourse.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148597

Suboptimal, dissatisfying treatment affects many psoriasis patients

Despite advancements in therapies for psoriasis, a large proportion of patients are not treated or are receiving suboptimal treatment, according to analysis of a series of comprehensive patient surveys.

http://www.cutis.com/home/latest-news-listing/article/suboptimal-dissatisfying-treatment-affects-many-psoriasis-patients/808507b749fe391b760685bc9e863185.html

Fast and furious' spread of HIV alarms PNAC

THE Philippine National Aids Council is seeking the proper implementation of intervention programs to prevent the "fast and furious" spread of human immunodeficiency virus in the country.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2013/08/28/fast-and-furious-spread-hiv-alarms-pnac-300172

No dangerous offender label for HIV-positive Jennifer Murphy

The Crown attorney will no longer seek a dangerous offender designation for a woman had unprotected sex with without revealing she is infected with the HIV virus, a court heard Tuesday.

http://www.lfpress.com/2013/08/27/no-dangerous-offender-label-for-hiv-positive-jennifer-murphy

Keeping pace with HIV: A clinical overview for nurse practitioners

Abstract: Improved treatment options, advances in prevention, and changes in health policy have transformed HIV into a chronic disease.

http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/CEArticle?Journal_ID=54012&Issue_ID=1583209&an=00006205-201308000-00009

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline AIDS Drug Tivicay

On August 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug Tivicay to treat the most common strain of HIV.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148492

First trailer for 'Dallas Buyers Club' starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto - watch

... 'play' to watch it. The film is inspired by the real-life story of Rod Woodroof, a Texan electrician diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1986 who began smuggling alternative drugs into America to help himself and other AIDS patients. McConaughey stars as ...

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/first-trailer-for-dallas-buyers-club-starring-matthew/318229

Excellent new trailer for McConaughey's Dallas Buyers Club

Remember when Matthew McConaughey was a hilarious punchline? When his mere presence in innumerable, witless, risible rom-coms was a warning as much as a boast? Well since starring in 2011's impressive The Lincoln Lawyer , McConaughey is on a stunning run of form that has reminded us how his career started with such promise.

http://skymovies.sky.com/excellent-new-trailer-for-mcconaugheys-dallas-buyers-club

ADAP Crisis Task Force and ViiV Agree on Discounted Price for Dolutegravir

... to the ACTF. Founded in 1992, NASTAD is a nonprofit national association of state and territorial health department HIV/AIDS program directors who have programmatic responsibility for administering HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis health care, ...

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hiv-policy-advocacy/336,339-hiv-adap/4267-adap-crisis-task-force-and-viiv-agree-on-discounted-price-for-dolutegravir-tivicay

Matthew McConaughey Sparks Oscars Buzz With 'The Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer

Matthew McConaughey has a very real chance of scoring his first ever Oscar nomination for The Dallas Buyers Club .

http://www.contactmusic.com/article/the-dallas-buyers-club-trailer_3839428

HIV Cure: 10 Frightening Truths on HIV/AIDS We Cannot Ignore or Laugh About

Prof. Isaiah Ibeh of the University of Benin, announced the development of a new drug that can cure HIV and AIDS.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/501938/20130828/hiv-cure-10-frightening-truths-aids-ignore.htm

HIV-Negative AIDS?

Allied NATO Government is hiding millions of infectious NON HIV AIDS cases under the "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome " ICD-code.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104013

First trailer of Matthew McConaughey's 'Dallas Buyers Club' premieres

The first trailer for Jean-Marc Vallee's Dallas Buyers Club burst onto iTunes today, giving the world a look at Matthew McConaughey's highly anticipated performance.

http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/08/matthew-mcconaugheys-dallas-buyers-club-premieres-first-trailer

VIDEO: First Look At Frail Matthew McConaughey In The Dallas Buyers Club Trailer

Matthew plays Ron Woodruff, a hard living Texas cowboy who in the mid '80s is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live.

http://www.mix96tulsa.com/feed/entertainment/video-first-look-at-frail-matthew-mcconaughey-in/fT6yQ/

Campbell Mayor Evan Low pushing for change in FDA rules banning gays from donating blood

... donating blood," Low said. When the ban was imposed, in 1983, no reliable tests were available to screen blood for HIV/AIDS. During that same period, there was medical confusion and cultural homophobia associated with the disease. "The current FDA ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/campbell/ci_23913135/campbell-mayor-evan-low-pushing-change-fda-rules?source=rss

Is Female Health Destined for Greatness?

... keep up its progress? Let's dig a little deeper to find out. In 2011, an estimated 1.7 million people died due to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases , and more than 2.5 million new cases of HIV-infected people were reported. The U.S. ...

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/08/27/is-female-health-destined-for-greatness.aspx

Brazil To Test New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys

Brazilian scientists announced that they would begin testing a new HIV vaccine on monkeys later this year.

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148541

HIV infection rate among gay men 'worrying'

The infection rate among homosexual men described as "worrying" by the consultant for the government's special preventive programme.

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1299878/hiv-infection-rate-among-gay-men-worrying

Dallas Buyers Club: Matthew McConaughey And Jared Leto Are Transformed As HIV Patients

Matthew McConaughey had so many strong performances last year, in so many different films, that it seemed possible to many of us that the actor could snag his first-ever Oscar nomination.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Dallas-Buyers-Club-Matthew-McConaughey-Jared-Leto-Transformed-HIV-Patients-39178.html

After Missteps In HIV Care, South Africa Finds Its Way

Roughly 5.5 million of its 53 million citizens are infected with the virus. In some of the hardest hit parts of the country, one-third of women of childbearing age are HIV positive.

http://www.wnyc.org/npr_articles/2013/aug/27/after-missteps-in-hiv-care-south-africa-finds-its-way/

Getting health insurance is no bar to a green card

Immigration officials are wary of issuing green cards to those who are 'likely' to receive 'public cash assistance' from the government.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/citizenship-now/health-insurance-bar-green-card-article-1.1438499

After Missteps In HIV Care, South Africa Finds Its Way

Sibongile Tshabalala, 37, counts herself as one of the people saved by the new HIV treatment program.

http://capeandislands.org/post/after-missteps-hiv-care-south-africa-finds-its-way

After Missteps In HIV Care, South Africa Finds Its Way

Roughly 5.5 million of its 53 million citizens are infected with the virus. In some of the hardest hit parts of the country, one-third of women of childbearing age are HIV positive.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/27/215734826/after-missteps-in-hiv-care-south-africa-finds-its-way?ft=1&f=1128

Conflict of interest among many troubles in Colorado's HIV/AIDS program

... happen again going forward." Since its inception in 2006, the program has awarded $11.4 million in grants aimed at HIV/AIDS prevention, outreach, counseling and education. The money comes from Colorado's cut of the Tobacco Master Settlement ...

http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/27/conflict-of-interest-among-many-troubles-in-colorados-hivaids-program/

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/27/as-myanmar-tackling-tuberculosis/

Can This HIV Drug Challenge Gilead's Domination?

... drugs -- including single selling agents and combination drugs -- have been approved by the FDA for treatment of HIV/AIDS. Despite patent expirations of early HIV drugs in mid 2000s, the industry continued to innovate and was able to come up with ...

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/08/27/can-this-hiv-drug-challenge-gileads-domination.aspx

'The Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer: Is This Matthew McConaughey's Oscar-Winning Performance?

The trailer for Jean-Marc Valle's drama about real-life Texan Ron Woodroof , The Dallas Buyers Club , has arrived.

http://www.movies.com/movie-news/the-dallas-buyers-club-trailer/13352?wssac=164&wssaffid=news

Viral protein R of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 induces...

BACKGROUND:Viral protein R , a protein of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 with various biological functions, was shown to be present in the blood of HIV-1-positive patients.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/memerman/article/12548750

[Movies] Trailer And Poster Released For Dallas Buyers Club

Here's a synopsis: McConaughey plays real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/295553

AHF Cal/OSHA Safety Complaint Targets Kink Studios LLC re: Porn Industrya s Latest HIV Case

Last week, the industry halted production and declared a moratorium on filming after a female performer working for Kink disclosed that she was HIV-positive and had apparently sero-converted since July AHF filed a formal 'Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazards' complaint with Cal/OSHA against Bay Area adult film production company Kink Studios, ... (more)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130827006320/en/AHF-CalOSHA-Safety-Complaint%C2%A0Targets-Kink-Studios-LLC

Matthew McConaughey Fights HIV in 'Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer: VIDEO

... tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug taking, women loving, homophobic man who, in 1986 was diagnosed with full blown HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live. He started taking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved AZT, the only legal drug available ...

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/08/dbc.html

Dan Glickman: Africa: A Continent of Opportunity

... the world's next major success story." Some of that success is attributable to US investments in health care from HIV/AIDs prevention, malaria and tuberculosis treatments as well as maternal health. Particularly in HIV/AIDS the establishment of ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-glickman/africa-a-continent-of-opp_b_3822827.html

UNITAID Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Report on HIV Prevention Products

... ts that are aligned with UNITAID's 2013-2016 Strategic Objectives. These objectives include prevention products for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11060774.htm

Healthline Partners with Timothy Ray Brown Foundation to Launch 'You've Got This'

Many people who are faced with a recent diagnosis of HIV feel completely alone. This initiative is meant to provide them with some hope and a feeling of community.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11061855.htm

The Mark ofa Runner

My running look used to be complete with sunglasses, shorts, and a TEAM TO END AIDS singlet--the mark of a training program that fights HIV/AIDS with endurance sports.

http://blogs.poz.com/davidmunar/2013/08/the_mark_of_a_runner.html

Photo Flash: First Look - Matthew McConaughey Stars in Dallas Buyers Club

Focus Features has released new images from its upcoming drama DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-First-Look-Matthew-McConaughey-Stars-in-DALLAS-BUYERS-CLUB-20130827

Matthew McConaughey Fights HIV in First 'Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer

With roles in films like Magic Mike, Mud, Bernie, Killer Joe, The Paperyboy and the upcoming Wolf of Wall Street , Matthew McConaughey is enjoying a low profile rejuvenation of his career with a variety of different roles, making him a sort of renaissance man.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/matthew-mcconaughey-fights-hiv-in-first-dallas-buyers-club-trailer/

Video: First Look - Matthew McConaughy Stars in Dallas Buyers Club

Focus Features has released the trailer for its upcoming drama DALLAS BUYERS CLUB .

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/VIDEO-First-Look-Matthew-McConaughy-Stars-in-DALLAS-BUYERS-CLUB-20130827

Protease inhibitor resistance involves multiple stages of the HIV-1 life cycle

These drugs target HIV-1 proteases, which are required for viral replication. Despite the success of protease inhibitors for suppressing HIV-1, some patients do not respond to protease inhibitor therapy.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/joci-pir082013.php

The Trailer, Poster and Photos for Dallas Buyers Club, Starring Matthew McConaughey

Focus Features has released the trailer, poster and new photos for Dallas Buyers Club , the November 1st release starring Matthew McConaughy, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=108219

Gene Makes Some HIV-Infected Patients More at Risk for Fungal Disease

Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis among HIV-infected individuals.

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/08/gene-makes-some-hivinfected-patients-more-at-risk-for-fungal-disease.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+News-ICT+%28ICT_News%29

Adult Film Actress Cameron Bay Confirms She Has HIV

Cameron Bay, an adult film actress, has tested HIV positive, AVN News reports. According to a statement by the Free Speech Coalition , a porn industry trade association, two separate agencies confirmed the results.

http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/cameron_bay_1_24421.shtml

'Dallas Buyers Club' Trailer: Matthew McConaughey's Renaissance Continues

Commenting Rules: Keep the conversation civil and on topic. If your comment does not add to the conversation, it will be removed.

http://www.slashfilm.com/dallas-buyers-club-trailer-matthew-mcconaugheys-renaissance-continues/

First Trailer and New Images for Dallas Buyers Club Starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner

The first trailer for Dallas Buyers Club has gone online. Based on a true story, the film stars Matthew McConaughey as a Texas electrician who, after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, began to smuggle alternative and illegal treatments into the US and into the hands of other patients.

http://collider.com/dallas-buyers-club-trailer-images/

Minn. Supreme Court Sides With HIV-Positive Man

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reinstate Daniel James Rick, who is HIV-positive, conviction of knowingly passing the the HIV virus to another man The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's effort to reinstate the conviction of an HIV-positive man accused of passing the virus to another man, ruling Wednesday that the ... (more)

http://www.edgenewengland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148640

New Function for a Well-Known Immune Messenger Molecule

In the future, the scientists plan to investigate whether this molecule could be used to prevent or treat lymphedema.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826113336.htm

HIV Rates Soaring in London

HIV infections among gay men in London are soaring, and sexual health workers attribute it to a "chaotic and harmful" link between high-risk drug use and gay sex in the capital.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148317

Exposure and impact of a mass media campaign targeting sexual health...

Exposure and impact of a mass media campaign targeting sexual health amongst Scottish men who have sex with men: an outcome evaluation BACKGROUND:This paper explores the exposure and impact of a Scottish mass media campaign: Make Your Position Clear.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/denraymachin/article/12548670

The Checkup: Town hall meetings set for HIV/AIDS programs feedback

... of Public Health are holding a series of town hall meetings across the state to get community feedback on HIV/AIDS programs and services. Experts in the field of HIV treatment and prevention also will be there to answer questions from the public. ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013308270007%26nclick_check%3D1

Racial/ethnic differences in young people with cancer

... sarcoma, a malignancy that occurs in blood vessel walls that often affects people with immune deficiencies, such as HIV/AIDS; fibrosarcoma - tumors in fibrous tissue in the arms, legs, or trunk; liposarcoma - tumors in fatty tissue, often in the ...

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=265224

Prevention Strategies the Focus of First Animal Study for Sexual Transmission of HIV

A new study by researcher Mary Jane Potash and colleagues from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, is attempting to understand heterosexual transmission of HIV via vaginal intercourse.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148597

Gene makes some HIV-infected patients more at risk for fungal disease

Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis among HIV-infected individuals.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/asfm-gms082313.php

New function for a well-known immune messenger molecule

In the future, the scientists plan to investigate whether this molecule could be used to prevent or treat lymphedema.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826113336.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News%29

Russian lawmaker proposes banning gays from donating blood

A Russian lawmaker has said parliament should ban blood donations from homosexuals, news agencies reported on Monday, upsetting activists already angry at a nationwide ban on gay 'propaganda'.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2013/08/27/Russian-lawmaker-proposes-banning-gays-from-donating-blood.aspx

[Report] Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune Sensor of HIV and Other Retroviruses

Despite it being one of the most highly studied viruses, there are still many unknowns when it comes to HIV-including how it triggers the innate immune response.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/903.short

CMA honours 12 during 2013 awards ceremony

The CMA's 2013 awards, presented Aug. 21 during the 146th annual meeting in Calgary, honoured a breadth of achievements that ranged from leading the fight against HIV/AIDS to providing physical activity and support for 200,000 young people.

http://www.cma.ca/cma-honours-12-2013-ceremony

Colorado HIV grant program audit finds funds not reaching rural areas

A state program that awards competitive grants for HIV and AIDS prevention and education has largely concentrated on urban counties, despite Colorado law that requires the grants to also reach rural residents, a state audit found.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23949179/colorado-hiv-grant-program-audit-finds-funds-not?source=rss

Minn. Supreme Court sides with HIV-positive man

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's effort to reinstate the conviction of an HIV-positive man accused of passing the virus to another man, ruling Wednesday that the statute under which he was convicted was ambiguous.

http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2013/08/21/2033612/minn-supreme-court-sides-with.html

Texas nonprofit seeks to provide Nigerian students with HIV/AIDS preventing education

Aug. 26, 2013 - HOUSTON -- Having been based in San Antonio for more than 4-years,Project AIDS Nigeria provides HIV/AIDS preventive education to secondary school students in Nigeria.

http://www.prlog.org/12199781-texas-nonprofit-seeks-to-provide-nigerian-students-with-hivaids-preventing-education.html

Russian lawmaker proposes banning gays from donating blood

A Russian lawmaker has said parliament should ban blood donations from homosexuals, news agencies reported on Monday, upsetting activists already angry at a nationwide ban on gay 'propaganda'.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-rt-us-russia-gay-20130826,0,6308797.story?track=rss

New function for a well-known immune messenger molecule

The molecule interleukin-7 is an important immune messenger protein which ensures that a sufficient number of T cells are present in our body for immune defence.

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/08/26/new_function_for_a_wellknown_immune_messenger_molecule.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+biologynews%2Fheadlines+%28Biology+News+Net%29

Suboptimal, dissatisfying treatment affects many psoriasis patients

Despite advancements in therapies for psoriasis, a large proportion of patients are not treated or are receiving suboptimal treatment, according to analysis of a series of comprehensive patient surveys.

http://www.cutis.com/home/latest-news-listing/article/suboptimal-dissatisfying-treatment-affects-many-psoriasis-patients/808507b749fe391b760685bc9e863185.html

Russian lawmaker proposes banning gay people from donating blood

Activists holding placards depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, participate at a protest against Russia's new law on gays, in central London, on Aug. 10, 2013.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/russian-lawmaker-proposes-banning-gay-people-from-donating-blood/article13956201/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-International+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+World+News%29

AIDS Project RI moving to new digs, planning 28th Walk for Life

... offers an array of services to prevent the spread of HIV, facilitate HIV testing, and care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Services include case management, emergency financial assistance, mental health counseling and psychiatric care, HIV testing ...

http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/08/aids-project-ri-moving-to-new-digs-planning-28th-walk-for-life.html

Russian lawmaker proposes banning gays from donating blood

Over 2000 persons gather on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on August 25, 2013, for the 'To Russia with Love' concert, a protest against the gala concert.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russian-lawmaker-proposes-banning-gays-from-donating-blood.aspx?pageID=238&nid=53295&NewsCatID=353

Russian lawmaker proposes banning gays from donating blood

A Russian lawmaker has said parliament should ban blood donations from homosexuals, news agencies reported on Monday, upsetting activists already angry at a nationwide ban on gay 'propaganda'.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/26/us-russia-gay-idUSBRE97P0T220130826?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Poz Youth Find Buddies Thanks to Foundation

In an Aug. 13 statement, the groups announced its intention to launch Buddy+, which is exactly what it sounds like - youth can sign up and get a year's worth of one-on-one "emotional support from mentors trained by HIV professionals, all provided free of charge," the announcement reads.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148601

Brazil To Test New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys

Brazilian scientists announced that they would begin testing a new HIV vaccine on monkeys later this year.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148541

FDA Approves New U.S. Labeling for ISENTRESSA (raltegravir) to...

FDA Approves New U.S. Labeling for ISENTRESS to Include 240-Week Results from STARTMRK Study of ISENTRESS Containing Regimen in Previously Untreated HIV-1 Infected Adult Patients Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved new labeling for ISENTRESS Film-coated ... (more)

http://www.pmpnews.com/news/fda-approves-new-us-labeling-isentress%C2%AE-raltegravir-include-240-week-results-startmrk-study-ise

NY Historical Society Screens "How to Survive a Plague"

On September 3, in conjunction with the exhibition "AIDS in New York: The First Five Year," David France will screen his documentary "How to Survive a Plague," a look at how AIDS activists in ACT UP targeted Washington lawmakers and the medical establishment to advance HIV/AIDS treatment.

http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148593

A safe and convenient pseudovirus-based inhibition assay to detect...

Evidence points to the emergence of a novel human coronavirus, MERS-CoV, which causes a severe acute respiratory syndrome -like disease.

http://www.virologyj.com/content/10/1/266/abstract

FDA Oks HIV drug from Glaxo-Pfizer joint venture

Federal regulators have approved a new HIV treatment from ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture between pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Pfizer Inc. The Food and Drug Administration approved 50-milligram tablets of the drug Tivicay to be combined with other medications for the treatment of HIV-1 in adults and some children, the company said ... (more)

http://www.pmpnews.com/news/fda-oks-hiv-drug-glaxo-pfizer-joint-venture

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline AIDS Drug Tivicay

On August 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug Tivicay to treat the most common strain of HIV.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148492

Russia may bring back gay blood donor ban

Russia could soon reintroduce the ban on blood and organ donations for gay men, but offer them free treatment facilitating 'conversion' to heterosexuals, a senior Russian MP has said.

http://rt.com/politics/gay-russian-donors-law-993/

New function for a messenger molecule

ETH scientists have studied the drainage function of lymphatic vessels. This picture shows a close-up view of a mouse ear.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-function-messenger-molecule.html

Activists Shine Light On Stigma Surrounding AIDS

... "It's not hard to understand and get deeper into and realize that obviously you can live, you can live with HIV/AIDS," she says. "It's not a death sentence anymore." They also encouraged people take their conversations to social media in the hopes ...

http://www.ny1.com/content/lifestyles/health/187685/activists-shine-light-on-stigma-surrounding-aids

Ma Aa C Cosmetics announces second store opening at the Palms Shopping Center, Lagos, Nigeria.

... that is replicated across the world. In keeping with Ma Aa C AIDS Fund's (MAF) longstanding commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS globally, MAF has announced two grants totaling $350,000 to support programs in Nigeria. Ma Aa C AIDS Fund is the U.S. ...

http://www.prlog.org/12199249-mac-cosmetics-announces-second-store-opening-at-the-palms-shopping-center-lagos-nigeria.html

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/26/as-myanmar-tackling-tuberculosis/

Re: Lee Daniels and The Black Myths That Need To Die

... Dr. Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease Control explained to NPR's Michele Martin that the issue of rising HIV/AIDS infection rates among Black women is a complicated matter that research has proven cannot solely be attributed to purported "down ...

http://newsone.com/2690154/lee-daniels-larry-king/

Consultant honoured for work fighting sexually transmitted diseases

Dr Raj Patel a sexual health expert at Solent NHS Trust, has become only the fifth person in 90 years to receive a gold medal from an international society that leads on research into STIs.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10634135.Consultant_honoured_for_work_fighting_sexually_transmitted_diseases/

Overcoming barriers in evaluating outbreaks of diarrheal disease in...

Diarrheal illness remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, with the majority of deaths occurring in children =5 age class .

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/775/abstract

HIV/AIDS-related attitudes and oral impacts on daily performances: a...

... and cleaning teeth. In total, 26.3% of the participants had HIV transmission knowledge, 75.6% knew people with HIV/AIDS and 58.7% perceived a high risk of cross-infection in dental environments. After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, ...

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/13/335/abstract

Ethiopia: Antiretroviral Drugs to Be Manufactured Locally

... the need to strengthen fight against the epidemic. In a joint press briefing on Friday, institutions working on HIV/AIDS called for intensified efforts against HIV/AIDS. Dr. Yibeltal Assefa of the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute ...

http://allafrica.com/stories/201308260069.html

HIV Cure: Antiretroviral Drug, Tenofovir, Discovered to Reduce Risk...

New antiretroviral drug has been found to cut risk of drug addicts from contracting HIV by nearly 50 per cent according to a new study.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/501340/20130826/hiv-cure-antiretroviral-drug-tenofovir-discovered-reduce.htm

Alicia Keys' has a New Project: "Empowered"

For the past 10 years, Alicia Keys has been working within her organization, Keep a Child Alive, to help those children in Africa that are suffering from HIV-AIDS.

http://www.webpronews.com/alicia-keys-has-a-new-project-empowered-2013-08

Identifying 193 different harmful bacteria and yeasts made easier

... harmful microorganisms can improve the care of critically ill patients, including those with diabetes, cancer and HIV/AIDS." What many people may now realize is that yeast. is a fungus that lives just about everywhere, including in the human body, ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/identifying-193-different-harmful-bacteria-and-yeasts-made-easier?cid=rss

'Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Revenge' actor proves hard to kill

... will be out of the convention circuit, Mr Patton will continue to use his influence and his candour to advocate for HIV/AIDS patients and awareness of how the virus is spread. For more information, Mark Patton's facebook page can be found here , ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/nightmare-on-elm-street-freddy-s-revenge-actor-proves-hard-to-kill?cid=rss

HIV researchers turn to Grindr for recruits

... taken hold. Gays aren't signing up as quickly as before, says Debora Dunbar, a nurse involved in HVTN 505 at Penn's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Division. "There are those with the magical thinking that HIV is not what it used to be: 'I'll go to the ...

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20130825_HIV_researchers_turn_to_social_media_for_recruits.html

HIV Advocacy

... change. Effective advocacy will have a diverse group of advocates working toward a common goal. In the face of HIV/AIDS advocacy has taken an almost new meaning and it is not so cut and dry. HIV/AIDS is multifaceted, diverse, and has a perceived ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/hiv-advocacy?cid=rss

Africa: Limited HIV Therapy Beneficial for Infants Immediately After Diagnosis

Researchers have found that giving antiviral therapy for a limited time to HIV-infected babies soon after diagnosis prevents damage to their immune systems and delays the need for long-term drug therapy.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201308250142.html

Actress is HIV positive, porn production suspended

A porn industry trade group Saturday called for a moratorium on production after a Los Angeles actress tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2013/08/24/Actress-is-HIV-positive-porn-production-suspended/UPI-57141377396337/

News Release: LDN 2013 Conference to be held in Chicago Oct 5th

A conference to review, compares and contrast the most recent data and treatments for a variety of Auto-Immune and Immuno-modulated Conditions will be held in Chicago on October 5 2013.

http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/nrid/1202/scat/c8ac3000ee01c7aa

Fifteen years of HIV Protease Inhibitors: raising the barrier to resistance

Antiviral Research , Vol. 85, No. 1. , pp. 59-74, doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.10.003 HIV protease plays a crucial role in the viral life cycle and is essential for the generation of mature infectious virus particles.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/chriswillmott/article/6006597

Myanmar Facing 'Urgent' Drug-Resistant TB Threat

A clinic for HIV and Tuberculosis patients, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=148567

Pentecostal Minister Convinces HIV Patient To Refuse Medicine, Leading Him To His Death Bed

... under regular care for HIV/AIDS can we recognize the full benefits of treatment and prevention," Irene Hall, an epidemiologist at the CDC and one of the authors of the report, told HealthDay. CORRECTION : The first sentence ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/24/pentecostal-minister-hiv_n_3806693.html

Two setbacks for porn industry - New HIV+ finding as federal court upholds LA condom ordinance

... one that will go a long way to safeguard the health and safety of those adult performers working in the industry.' HIV/AIDS activists began to advocate public health laws regulating the porn industry after several well-publicized HIV scares ...

http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews41_34/page8.cfm

Confidential Patient Services (CPS) Launches New Services in Palm...

... VIP doctor's visit and their goal is to improve the overall wellness and life styles of all individuals living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. All profits raised will go towards building a free wellness center for the HIV positive community in the ...

http://www.pr.com/press-release/511618

AbbVie's Investigational HCV Regimen Receives Breakthrough...

AbbVie today announced that its investigational direct-acting antiviral combination with and without ribavirin for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection has been designated as a Breakthrough Therapy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

http://www.pmpnews.com/news/abbvies-investigational-hcv-regimen-receives-breakthrough-therapy-designation-us-food-and-dru-0

Alicia Keys Pushing HIV-AIDS Awareness Back into US Spotlight

For the past decade, Alicia Keys has been quietly using her voice to save others, pushing prevention and treatment for HIV, with her organization Keep a Child Alive, in the towns and villages of Africa.

http://www.wtma.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1377325205&article=375C7B600C8511E386DEFEFDADE6840A&mode=2

5 (of 10) amazing HIV positive gay men

GREG LOUGANIS Los Angeles Olympic Diver Greg Louganis is an actor, dancer, dog trainer, and AIDS, equality, and diversity activist, and he's also considered the greatest diver in history.

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/80872692.html

Burma facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

Only a tiny fraction of those have gotten proper treatment, all in the last few years, creating what health experts say is an "urgent" threat.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/112413/burma-facing-urgent-drug-resistant-tb-threat/

STI specialist gets a gong for services

AN EXPERT in sexual health from the Portsmouth area has become only the fifth person in 90 years to receive a medal to reward his dedication.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/sti-specialist-gets-a-gong-for-services-1-5417371

Super Strength Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

What if the cure for cancer could be found in the body's own immune system, with a little help from modern science? Now a new clinical trial is giving patients hope.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23114714/super-strength-immune-cells-fighting-cancer

New HIV positive test 'hits home' for former porn performer

News that an adult film actress tested positive for HIV was all too familiar for Derrick Burts.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hiv-porn-performer-20130823,0,4747412.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29

HIV Rates Soaring in London

HIV infections among gay men in London are soaring, and sexual health workers attribute it to a "chaotic and harmful" link between high-risk drug use and gay sex in the capital.

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148317

Alicia Keys Pushing HIV-AIDS Awareness Back Into U.S. Spotlight

For the past decade, Alicia Keys has been quietly using her voice to save others, pushing prevention and treatment for HIV, with her organization Keep a Child Alive , in the towns and villages of Africa.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/08/alicia-keys-pushing-hiv-aids-awareness-back-into-u-s-spotlight/

Wells Fargo honors Portland team member Eric Garcia as its top...

... and S.W. Washington. Its mission is to prevent HIV infections, support and empower people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS, and eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma. With a staff of 60, and a volunteer corps that includes over 700 individuals ...

http://blog.oregonlive.com/my-portland/2013/08/wells_fargo_honors_portland_te.html

Limited HIV Therapy Beneficial for Infants Immediately After Diagnosis

Researchers have found that giving antiviral therapy for a limited time to HIV-infected babies soon after diagnosis prevents damage to their immune systems and delays the need for long-term drug therapy.

http://www.voanews.com/content/limited-hiv-therapy-is-beneficial-for-infants-immediately-after-diagnosis/1736018.html

HIV-positive porn actress 'coming to terms' with test results

The adult film actress who has tested positive for HIV said Friday she was "still coming to terms with all this" but thanked those who had expressed their support, saying "this will not hold me down."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-porn-hiv-actress-20130823,0,1613135.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29

Dating After 50: Are Condoms Still Necessary?

Most singles over age 50 think they're no longer at risk for sexually transmitted infections .

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201308/dating-after-50-are-condoms-still-necessary

Porn Star Cameron Bay Opens Up About HIV Scare

A porn industry trade group has confirmed that adult film star Cameron Bay tested positive for HIV.

http://www.wtma.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1377288310&article=50C46CFE0C2F11E386DEFEFDADE6840A&mode=2

Cameron Bay, Porn Star, Tests Positive For HIV; Adult Film Industry Halts Until Others Are Tested

When 28-year-old porn star Cameron Bay tested positive for HIV, the adult film industry stopped production temporarily to test all of her sexual partners.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/cameron-bay-porn-star-tests-positive-hiv-adult-film-industry-halts-until-others-are-tested-253875

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children

New research marks the latest advance in knowledge about antiretroviral drugs, which revolutionized the fight against AIDS from 1996.

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=33777&rss=67&rid=999999&news_channel_id=1050&channel_id=1050&rot=3

Startling Top Ten Facts about adolescent girls in today's world

... . More than one in 70 percent of girls in developing nation head households due to losing parents and caregivers to HIV/AIDS or armed conflict, which usually means dropping out of school and looking for a job.

http://www.catholic.org/hf/family/story.php?id=52153&wf=rsscol

U.S. Porn industry shuts down temporarily after performer tests positive for HIV

Follow-up testing has confirmed that an adult film actress is HIV -positive, according to a porn industry trade association.

http://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/sns-porn-industry-shuts-down-temporarily-after-performers-positive-hiv-test-confirmed-20130823,0,3195681.story

Epigenetic regulation of polyomavirus JC

Polyomavirus JC causes the CNS demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , which occurs almost exclusively in people with immune deficiencies, such as HIV-1/AIDS patients.

http://www.virologyj.com/content/10/1/264/abstract

CMA honours 12 during 2013 awards ceremony

The CMA's 2013 awards, presented Aug. 21 during the 146th annual meeting in Calgary, honoured a breadth of achievements that ranged from leading the fight against HIV/AIDS to providing physical activity and support for 200,000 young people.

http://www.cma.ca/cma-honours-12-2013-ceremony

Brazil To Test New HIV Vaccine on Rhesus Monkeys

Brazilian scientists announced that they would begin testing a new HIV vaccine on monkeys later this year.

http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148541

New Images from Her, Gravity, Captain Phillips, Machete Kills, and More

As part of their fall preview, Entertainment Weekly has released new images from some upcoming films.

http://collider.com/machete-kills-images-wolf-of-wall-street-images/

Myanmar Facing 'Urgent' Drug-resistant TB Threat

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/08/myanmar-facing-urgent-drug-resistant-tb-threat

Study reports racial, ethnic differences in young people with cancer

... sarcoma, a malignancy that occurs in blood vessel walls that often affects people with immune deficiencies, such as HIV/AIDS; fibrosarcoma - tumors in fibrous tissue in the arms, legs, or trunk; liposarcoma - tumors in fatty tissue, often in the ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-racial-ethnic-differences-young-people.html

Safer Sex this Weekend with Condom Nation in Fort Worth

... everyone has access to them whenever they need them." AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to over 230,000 individuals in 28 countries ...

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130823005072&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Act Up Succeeds in Getting Department of Health to Support Anti-HIV Programs

Last week the Voice reported that ACT UP, one the nation's leading HIV/AIDS activist organizations, was protesting in front of New York's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Queens over its lousy data collection and even lousier education initiatives about disease treatment.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/08/act_up_succeeds.php

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline AIDS Drug Tivicay

On August 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's drug Tivicay to treat the most common strain of HIV.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=148492

Positive HIV test by Cameron Bay halts porn industry

The resulting halt of all porn filming has brought the multi-billion dollar industry to a complete stand still.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/political-potpourri/2013/aug/23/positive-hiv-test-cameron-bay-brings-porn-films-ha/

LSUHSC study reports racial/ethnic differences in young people with cancer

... sarcoma, a malignancy that occurs in blood vessel walls that often affects people with immune deficiencies, such as HIV/AIDS; fibrosarcoma - tumors in fibrous tissue in the arms, legs, or trunk; liposarcoma - tumors in fatty tissue, often in the ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/lsuh-lsr082313.php

Myanmar facing a urgenta drug-resistant TB threat

YANGON, Myanmar Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130823/NEWS0402/130829802/1006/NEWS

[Report] Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune Sensor of HIV and Other Retroviruses

Despite it being one of the most highly studied viruses, there are still many unknowns when it comes to HIV-including how it triggers the innate immune response.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/903.short

Nice genes! What makes you genetically compatible with your partner?

A University of Manchester professor and his wife have had their own DNA analysed for compatibility as part of the research for a new book out on 1 October in the US and next week in the UK.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/uom-ngw082313.php

Re: Lee Daniels and The Black Myths That Need To Die

... Dr. Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease Control explained to NPR's Michele Martin that the issue of rising HIV/AIDS infection rates among Black women is a complicated matter that research has proven cannot solely be attributed to purported "down ...

http://newsone.com/2690154/lee-daniels-larry-king/

Emerging researcher: violence against women

... grant in 2012 and headed a project that investigated violence, sexuality and women's empowerment in the context of HIV/Aids and women's health. Aligned with her critical passion for women's health issues is her published research into the subtle- ...

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-23-00-emerging-researcher-violence-against-women/

Rapid recall to fight familiar foes

Figure 1: Memory B cells quickly recognize threats previously encountered by the immune system to mount a rapid and robust antibody response.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-rapid-recall-familiar-foes.html

AHC the first teaching hospital for children in the Kingdom

... "The most common ailments treated at the hospital include pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration, diarrheal illness, HIV/AIDS, dengue fever, malaria and other tropical diseases," she said. "The majority of patients travel from rural areas to seek ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/ahc-first%C2%A0teaching-hospital-children-kingdom

Health reform will help curb anti-LGBT bias

... system in decades. There are particularly exciting implications for the LGBT community and for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The ACA's sweeping prohibition of health care discrimination on the basis of sex promises to give advocates and the federal ...

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/22/health-reform-will-help-curb-anti-lgbt-bias/

Nice genes: What makes you genetically compatible with your partner?

A University of Manchester professor and his wife have had their own DNA analysed for compatibility as part of the research for a new book out next week .

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-nice-genes-genetically-compatible-partner.html

Adding Amprenavir To HIV Drugs By Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) Assay

Amprenavir is a second generation human immunodeficiency viral protease inhibitor marketed as Agenerase by GlaxoWellcome under license from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

http://www.pharmaceuticalonline.com/doc/adding-amprenavir-drugs-chromatography-spectrometry-assay-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat Twice a month, Min...

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.news.net/article/438377/Business/?

Aurora Snow on Sydney Leathers' Possible HIV Exposure: 'I Don't Have Much to Add'

Porn actor Cameron Bay came forward Wednesday admitting that her recent unconfirm HIV diagnosis is the reason why the porn industry is on ice until further notice.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/08/aurora_snow_sydney_leathers_hiv.php

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children

A LANDMARK five-year trial has strengthened evidence that early use of antiretroviral drugs helps children combat the AIDS virus, doctors reported on Thursday.

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Health/2013/08/23/Long-term-study-backs-early-HIV-drugs-for-children.aspx

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

In this Aug 21, 2013 photo, patients wait outside a medical consultation room at a clinic for HIV and Tuberculosis patients run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/08/23/2535796/myanmar-facing-urgent-drug-resistant.html

The burden of AIDS growing in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing in unexpected ways in countries around the world, showing that greater attention and financial investment may be needed in places where the disease has not reached epidemic levels, according to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/265105.php

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2013/08/23/2036170/myanmar-facing-urgent-drug-resistant.html

Myanmar facing 'urgent' drug-resistant TB threat

Twice a month, Min Naing Oo visits emaciated patients at a Myanmar clinic, urging them through his face-mask to keep taking their medicine no matter how sick it makes them.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/medical/article/Myanmar-facing-urgent-drug-resistant-TB-threat-4754884.php

Patent Issued for Dual Path Immunoassay Device

More particularly, this invention relates to chromatographic rapid test strips for detection of a ligand in a body fluid.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/8/22/patent_issued_for_dual_path_immunoassay.htm

A Simple Whole-Blood Test for Detecting Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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http://www.citeulike.org/user/narora/article/12592797

HIV Deaths in Uganda Drop

A study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, USA has revealed that there is a slight decline in HIV/Aids in Uganda compared to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.ugandapicks.com/2013/08/hiv-deaths-in-uganda-drop-69898.html

Weiner woman in 'HIV' shock

Anthony Weiner's online sext partner Sydney Leathers may have been exposed to the virus as she cashed in on the scandal by having unprotected sex in her XXX debut, "Weiner and Me," it emerged yesterday.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/weiner_woman_in_hiv_shock_qqVd1ySjVdgWjci7JTmIqJ?

Porn industry shuts down with immediate effect after...

The adult film industry in San Fernando Valley in California, announced a moratorium on the making of porn films Wednesday after an actor tested positive for HIV.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3057840/posts

Don't disclose identity of HIV patients, HC tells govt, media

Acting on a public interest litigation, Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued directions to the state authorities regarding non-disclosure of the identity of an HIV-infected person.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dont-disclose-identity-of-hiv-patients-hc-tells-govt-media/1159034/

Inovio Pharmaceuticals' Malaria DNA Vaccine Demonstrates Robust Immune Responses in Animal Models

With these strong preclinical results, Inovio plans to initiate a phase I/IIa clinical trial next year .

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/8/22/inovio_pharmaceuticals_malaria_dna_vaccine_demonstrates.htm

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children

New research marks the latest advance in knowledge about antiretroviral drugs, which revolutionised the fight against AIDS from 1996.

http://www.nashobapublishing.com/health/ci_23919844/long-term-study-backs-early-hiv-drugs-children

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children

New research marks the latest advance in knowledge about antiretroviral drugs, which revolutionised the fight against AIDS from 1996.

http://www.ydr.com/ci_23919844/long-term-study-backs-early-hiv-drugs-children

Safer Sex this Weekend with Condom Nation in Fort Worth

... everyone has access to them whenever they need them." AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to over 230,000 individuals in 28 countries ...

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130822006167/en/Safer-Sex-Weekend-Condom-Nation-Fort-Worth%21

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children

New research marks the latest advance in knowledge about antiretroviral drugs, which revolutionized the fight against AIDS from 1996.

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=33777&rss=67&rid=999999&news_channel_id=16&channel_id=16&rot=3

Rep. Barbara Lee: The National HIV/AIDS Strategy at Three: Time for...

When President Obama took office in 2009, America had been neglecting its domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic for many years.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-barbara-lee/the-national-hivaids-stra_b_3798046.html

Doctor: Marijuana is a needed option

Dr. Blick sits in the pharmacy at the Circle Care Center in Norwalk, Conn. Along with synthetic medications, Dr. Blick looks forward to utilizing the benefits of medical marijuana for patients with a variety of medical conditions including cancer, glaucoma and HIV/AIDS.

http://www.norwalkcitizenonline.com/news/articleGallery/Doctor-Marijuana-is-a-needed-option-4743780.php

New Test System Identifies 193 Yeasts and Bacteria Known to Cause Illness

The FDA has allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious illness in humans.

http://www.formkit.com/news/DailyDetail.cfm?chosen=67715

AHF Partners with Florida Department of Health on New Wellness Center

... and shepherded a budget reallocation bill through Congress that radically increased access to government-funded HIV/AIDS treatment and care through AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP). The 'Hastings Amendment' redistributed $42 million to relieve ...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130822006134/en

New Device IDs Disease-Causing Germs

A new spectrometer system designed to identify 193 yeast and bacteria that are capable of making people sick has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/679508.html

The Past, Present, and Future of HIV Treatments

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has become one of the world's most devastating diseases since it was first recognized more than three decades ago.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/08/22/the-past-present-and-future-of-hiv-treatments.aspx

AHF Partners with Florida Department of Health on New Wellness Center

... and shepherded a budget reallocation bill through Congress that radically increased access to government-funded HIV/AIDS treatment and care through AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP). The 'Hastings Amendment' redistributed $42 million to relieve ...

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130822006134&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

Safer Sex this Weekend with Condom Nation in Fort Worth

... everyone has access to them whenever they need them." AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care and/or services to over 230,000 individuals in 28 countries ...

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20130822006163&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1000639&vnsId=41

New Test System Identifies 193 Different Yeasts and Bacteria Known to Cause Illness

... pneumonia, meningitis and bloodstream infections. People with immune systems that are compromised or weakened by HIV/AIDS, cancer treatment, or anti-rejection therapy following an organ transplant are particularly vulnerable to these infections. ...

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/08/new-test-system-identifies-193-different-yeasts-and-bacteria-known-to-cause-illness.aspx

Confidential Patient Services Launches a New Program in Palm Springs: The Desert Concierge Club

... VIP doctor's visit and their goal is to improve the overall wellness and life styles of all individuals living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. All profits raised will go towards building a free wellness center for the HIV positive community in the ...

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/confidential-patient-services-launches-new-program-palm-springs-desert-concierge-club

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... community leaders and residents of Harlem today, hosting a community conversation aimed at tackling the issue of HIV/AIDS. Hosted by Harlem Hospital together with Greater Than AIDS, Ms. Keys was joined by Congressman , in an open and honest ...

http://www.cw15kxvo.com/story/23230886/alicia-keys-congressman-charlie-rangel-and-community-leaders-partner-with-harlem-community-to-address-high-rates-of-hivaids

Porn industry halted after positive HIV test

Former adult film performer Derrick Burts, who tested HIV positive in 2010, is seen at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Election Headquarters victory party on Nov. 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57599751/porn-industry-halted-after-positive-hiv-test/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29