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03/09/2010 01:00 AM
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South Africa: Delayed drug registrations hard to swallow
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-Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world's largest tender for medicines.
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03/09/2010 01:00 AM
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Hospital admissions remain high amongst those with HIV
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Hospital admissions remain high amongst patient with HIV, even in the era of modern antiretroviral therapy, investigators from the US military report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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03/08/2010 01:00 AM
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International AIDS Society launches HIV research agenda for women and children
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A consensus statement designed to address key gaps in clinical and programme knowledge that hinder access to effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for women and children was issued today by the International AIDS Society together with 15 other leading public and private sector organisations.
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03/08/2010 01:00 AM
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Viral load in early HIV infection predicted by that of transmitting partner
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Viral load in individuals recently infected with HIV is closely related to that of the individual who transmitted the virus, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS.
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03/04/2010 01:00 AM
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Beliefs about reduced infection risk on ART linked to STI risk
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People who believed that having undetectable viral load on antiretroviral therapy reduces the risk of passing on HIV were more likely to have a sexually transmitted infection in a US study, published this week in HIV Medicine.
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03/04/2010 01:00 AM
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Ugandans who think they have HIV are less likely to refer family members for testing
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A study presented at the recent Seventeenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) found that Ugandans presenting at a TB clinic grossly overestimated the likelihood that they had HIV.
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03/04/2010 01:00 AM
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Kinsey Institute study finds no consensus in definitions of 'had sex'
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When people say they "had sex", what transpired is anyone's guess. A new study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University found that no uniform consensus existed when a representative sample of 18- to 96-year-olds was asked what the term meant to them.
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03/03/2010 01:00 AM
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UNAIDS launches action framework for women, girls and HIV
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UNAIDS has launched an Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV (2010–2014), which has been developed to address gender inequalities and human rights violations that continue to put women and girls at risk of HIV infection.
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03/03/2010 01:00 AM
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HIV associated with poorer sexual function for women
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Sexual function is poorer in HIV-positive women than in women who are HIV-negative, US investigators report in a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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03/03/2010 01:00 AM
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Smoking is sole risk for lung cancer for women with HIV
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Cigarette smoking was the sole risk factor for the development of lung cancer in women with or at risk of HIV in a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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