Twitter 'big data' can be used to monitor HIV, drug-related behavior

Real-time social media like Twitter could be used to track HIV incidence and drug-related behaviors with the aim of detecting and potentially preventing outbreaks.

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Kids born with HIV may face heart risks later

... over time. Siberry and colleagues came to their conclusions after examining results from from the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, a long-term research project that has monitored children and young people infected with HIV -- the virus that causes ...

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Taste of the South End Raises Funds for AIDS Action

... by eliminating new infections, improving the health of those already infected, and attacking the root cause of HIV/AIDS. Their work has contributed to the state's reduction of new HIV diagnoses by 52 percent since 1999, which will save Massachusetts ...

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"You've Got This" Helps Those Newly Diagnosed With HIV

... with HIV a message of hope for their future. Healthline's website "You've Got This" allows people living with HIV/AIDS to upload short videos that will give hope to the more than 2 million people recently diagnosed with HIV. "Many people who are ...

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Ask the Doc: False Cures and Real Breakthroughs

Q: Dear Doc, It seems that news reports that were once hot on HIV vaccines have changed to potential cures from Russian mushrooms or fungal foot creams.

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Drinking water linked to infections in many countries

Brisbane's water supply has been found to contain disease carrying bugs which can be directly linked to infections in some patients, according to a new study.

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Author Night: The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience

For young gay men who came of age in the United States in the 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a formative experience in fear, hardship, and loss.

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