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Combivir (lamivudine and zidovudine)0
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Opioids by Injection May Drive HIV Outbreaks0
WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. prescription drug abuse epidemic has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks in rural and suburban communities, where up to now the virus has posed little threat, warns a new case ...
Mixed Progress in Worldwide Fight Against HIV/AIDS0
TUESDAY, July 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The number of HIV/AIDS deaths worldwide each year has fallen since peaking in 2005, but the number of new HIV infections is up in 74 countries, according to a new study. Deaths from HIV/AIDS fell to ...
Cash Rewards Won't Change Outcomes for HIV-Infected Drug Addicts: Study0
WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Giving drug-addicted, HIV-positive people cash incentives to help improve unhealthy behaviors doesn't work, a new study finds. The study, funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, tracked ...
How Safe Is Condomless Sex When Partner With HIV Takes Meds?0
TUESDAY, July 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- HIV transmission is highly unlikely among straight couples who have sex without condoms when one partner carries the virus but takes medication, new research suggests. For gay couples in the same ...
Do More to Fight HIV in Africa: Study0
TUESDAY, July 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- New HIV infections in African men could be prevented by increasing male circumcision rates and providing more women with HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART), a new study finds. Researchers said these ...
Stigma Prolongs Global HIV Epidemic Among Gays0
THURSDAY, July 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- High rates of HIV among gay and bisexual men continue in many regions of the world because of discriminatory laws and lack of access to preventive services, a new study finds. "While HIV rates have ...
New HIV Treatment Shows Promise in Early Research0
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary new research raises the prospect that a recently discovered antibody -- an important component of the immune system -- could be enlisted to boost the body's response to HIV, the virus that ...
FDA Lifts 30-Year Ban on Blood Donations by Gay Men0
MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Gay and bisexual men who have abstained from sex for one year will now be allowed to donate blood in the United States. The new policy, announced Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ...
HIV Rates Fall, But Not All Groups Benefit, U.S. Study Finds0
MONDAY, Dec. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans diagnosed with HIV each year declined by about one-fifth during the past decade, but not all groups saw drops in prevalence, a federal government study shows. Between 2005 and ...
HIV Prevention Pill May Not Need to Be Taken Daily0
TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that men at risk for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can benefit from a preventive medication taken before and after sex instead of every day. The findings offer more support for ...
More Could Benefit from HIV Prevention Pill Truvada0
TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Too few Americans who are at risk for HIV infection are taking Truvada -- a daily pill that could protect them against the virus that causes AIDS, federal health officials report. Health care providers ...
Charlie Sheen: I'm HIV-Positive0
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Actor Charlie Sheen acknowledged Tuesday that he is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. "It's a hard three letters to absorb. It's a turning point in one's life," Sheen, who is 50, said ...
zidovudine (Retrovir)0
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Zidovudine is an oral and injectable medication that is used for the treatment of infections with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is in a class of drugs called reverse transcriptase inhibitors which also includes ...
Churches a Good Place for HIV Testing, Treatment in Africa0
TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Churches and other faith-based centers are good locations to offer HIV testing and treatment for pregnant women in isolated areas of sub-Saharan Africa, a new study shows. Worldwide, about 87 percent ...
HIV/AIDS Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ0
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HIV Therapy May Also Lower Risk for Hepatitis B, Study Says0
MONDAY, Oct. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Not only does effective HIV therapy thwart the AIDS-causing virus, it may also reduce the risk for hepatitis B infection, a new study says. "What this means to us is that effective HIV therapy appears ...
Low-Income HIV Patients May Be Doing Better on Obamacare0
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Low-income HIV patients who enrolled in Obamacare may be faring better than they did on traditional state assistance, a new study suggests. At least that's the case in Virginia, where the study was ...
As HIV Patients Live Longer, Certain Cancer Risks Rise: Study0
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Antiretroviral therapy has extended the lives of people with HIV, but living longer may increase these patients' risk for certain cancers. A study of nearly 90,000 HIV patients revealed a rise in three ...
Antibody Holds Promise as Weapon Against HIV0
WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Therapy with a human antibody appears to reduce levels of the HIV virus in the blood for at least a month, preliminary research suggests. Antibodies are the part of the immune system that develop to ...
HIV-Infected People Often Do Well After Kidney Transplant0
FRIDAY, April 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- For years, it's been thought that people living with HIV wouldn't be good candidates to receive a new kidney. But a new study finds that these patients actually have better outcomes than those infected ...
HIV Can Damage Brain Early On, Study Says0
THURSDAY, April 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- HIV can spread to and develop in people's brains in the early stages of infection, new research shows. The findings highlight the need for screening and early treatment of infection with HIV, the ...
HIV Patients May Fare as Well as Others With Kidney Transplants0
THURSDAY, March 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney transplant patients with HIV have similar survival rates as those without HIV, a new study finds. The study included 510 HIV-positive adults who had kidney transplants in the United States ...
Herpes Drug Might Help Control Spread of HIV, Too0
TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A widely used herpes drug also seems to help people with the HIV virus, even if those people don't also have herpes, a new small study found. The researchers said their findings challenge the belief ...
Half of Known Strains of HIV Originated in Gorillas0
MONDAY, March 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Since HIV first appeared in humans in the early 1980s, scientists have been laboring to discover where and how the AIDS-causing virus first developed. Now, an international team of researchers says it ...
Taking Pill Before, After Sex Cuts HIV Infection for Gay Men: Study0
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- There's new evidence that gay men not infected with HIV can stay that way if they take a pill called Truvada in the days before and after a sexual encounter with an infected partner. The strategy is ...
Most HIV Infections Come From Undiagnosed or Untreated People: Study0
MONDAY, Feb. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- If an American becomes infected with HIV, chances are he or she contracted the virus from someone who didn't know they were infected or wasn't getting proper treatment. That's the message of a new U.S. ...
raltegravir, Isentress0
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Raltegravir (Isentress) is an antiretroviral medicine approved for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Raltegravir is an integrase inhibitor similar to elvitegravir (Vitekta) and dolutegravir ...
Some HIV Strains Cause Early Damage to Immune System, Study Finds0
THURSDAY, Feb. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Fast-replicating strains of HIV damage the immune system in the very early stages of infection, resulting in quicker disease progression, a new study says. The results confirmed previous findings that ...
Doctors Pinpoint Why Child Who Appeared Free of HIV Suffered Relapse0
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- HIV hid deep inside a young Mississippi girl born with the virus who suffered a disappointing relapse last July, after more than two years in which she appeared to have been cured by early, aggressive drug ...
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Kidneys From HIV Donors May Be OK for HIV Patients, Study Finds0
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- New research from South Africa suggests that HIV may not be a barrier for kidney transplants between people infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The findings are good news for HIV-positive ...
Blacks Account for More Than Half of New HIV Diagnoses: CDC0
THURSDAY, Feb. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks are diagnosed with HIV more often than any other group of Americans, and while their death rate from the disease is declining, it is still higher than in other racial/ethnic group. Those are the ...
HIV Tied to Worse Hearing in Older Adults0
FRIDAY, Dec. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that adults with HIV tend to have worse hearing than those not infected with the AIDS-causing virus. Researchers led by Peter Torre, of San Diego State University, assessed the hearing ...
Picture of HIV/AIDS0
HIV: Acronym for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the cause of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus type III, the lymphadenopathy-associated virus and the lymphadenopathy virus. No matter ...
Is HIV Becoming Less Contagious?0
MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- New research in Africa suggests that the AIDS virus is getting smarter about evading the immune system while evolving into a less contagious and less lethal infection overall. In the country of Botswana, ...
Unprotected Sex Between HIV-Infected Partners: What's the Harm?0
Medical Author: Eric S. Daar, M.D.Medical Editor: Leslie J. Schoenfield, M.D., Ph.D.Medical Reviewing Editor: Jay W. Marks, M.D. At least once a week, I am asked by one of my HIV-infected patients whether they need to continue to practice safe ...
Most Americans With HIV Don't Have Virus Under Control, CDC Says0
TUESDAY, Nov. 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer than one-third of Americans living with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, with many either not receiving regular medical care or unaware they carry the virus, a new U.S. study finds. The ...
Less Than Half of HIV-Positive U.S. Hispanics Are Getting Proper Care0
THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Even though Hispanics in the United States become infected with HIV at rates triple those of whites, less than half of Hispanics with the virus are receiving adequate treatment, a new report finds. The ...
HIV May Have Emerged in Congo in 1920s: Study0
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new study into the origins of the AIDS virus suggests one strain of the disease appeared in the early 20th century in the western region of Congo and spread through a swath of Africa over the next several ...
2nd Baby 'Cured' of HIV Suffers Relapse0
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- An Italian toddler thought cured of HIV with early aggressive treatment following birth has suffered a relapse, his doctors report. The 3-year-old child's viral levels of HIV rebounded two weeks after ...
Half of HIV-Positive Gay Men in U.S. Aren't Getting Proper Treatment0
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Even though gay and bisexual men make up the majority of Americans infected with HIV, half aren't receiving ongoing care or getting the virus-suppressing drugs they need to stay healthy, a new report ...
California Trees Harbor Fungus Deadly to People With HIV0
THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A potentially deadly fungus that has been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades grows on trees, a new study finds. The team of scientists who published the research note that ...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus0
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the cause of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV is a type of virus called a retrovirus, which infects humans when it comes in contact with a break in the skin or tissues such as those that line the ...
People With HIV May Be at Lower Risk for Multiple Sclerosis0
MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People with HIV seem to have a much lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than those who don't have the virus, a new study finds. This lower risk may be due to constant suppression of the ...
Bacteria in Semen May Affect HIV Transmission, Levels: Study0
THURSDAY, July 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Human semen is naturally colonized by bacteria, and a new study suggests the microbes might have a role to play in both HIV transmission and levels in infected men. U.S. researchers found that ...
Lift U.S. Ban on Blood Donations by Gay Men, Experts Say0
FRIDAY, July 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The United States should repeal a 30-year policy that bans blood donations from gay and bisexual men, according to a team of medical and legal experts writing this week in the Journal of the American ...
New HIV Guidelines Released by WHO0
By Pam Harrison July 23, 2014 (MELBOURNE, Australia) -- Five groups of people are driving the global HIV epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in its new guidelines. Men who have sex with men, sex workers, ...
Animal Experiments Shed Light on HIV's Ability to Hide0
MONDAY, July 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The "viral reservoir" in which HIV can lie dormant for years, avoiding detection and elimination, is established much earlier than previously thought, new animal research indicates. This discovery poses ...
Scientists Snipped HIV Out of Human DNA0
MONDAY, July 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A recently developed molecular tool allowed researchers to remove HIV from cultured human cells in the lab. The team of scientists at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia said their ...
HIV Diagnoses Down in U.S., Except for Young Gay Males: CDC0
SATURDAY, July 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new report offers good and bad news about the AIDS epidemic in the United States: The annual diagnosis rate of HIV, the virus that causes the disease, has dropped by one-third in the general population but ...
Those With HIV Living Longer, International Study Finds0
THURSDAY, July 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Overall death rates for HIV-positive adults living in Australia, Europe and the United States have been cut 28 percent since 1999, according to new international research. Deaths from AIDS-related ...
Many Sexually Active U.S. Teens Not Tested for HIV: CDC0
FRIDAY, July 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in five sexually active U.S. teens has been tested for HIV, a new government report shows. That percentage is concerning because teens make up a significant share of new HIV infections, ...
AIDS Epidemic May Be Subsiding: Report0
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new United Nations report suggests that the AIDS epidemic might be waning: The number of new HIV infections worldwide is at a record low, AIDS-related deaths are down 35 percent, and more people with HIV ...
Mississippi Girl Thought Cured of HIV Shows Signs of Infection0
THURSDAY, July 10, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A Mississippi girl born with HIV who was thought to be cured by immediate and aggressive drug treatment has relapsed, with new tests showing detectable levels of the AIDS-causing virus in her bloodstream, ...
Study: Common HIV Drug May Boost Suicide Risk0
MONDAY, June 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A medication commonly used to treat HIV appears to double the risk that patients will develop suicidal thoughts or take their lives, new research contends. The finding concerns the anti-HIV drug ...
HIV Patients Less Likely to Get Cancer Treatment: Study0
TUESDAY, July 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- While medications are helping HIV-positive people avoid developing full-blown AIDS indefinitely, a new study finds that cancer patients with HIV are up to four times less likely to be treated for their ...
Many Unaware of Their HIV Status Until It's Advanced0
THURSDAY, June 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Few patients treated at U.S. emergency departments have HIV, but those who do test positive for the virus are in the most infectious stage or have already developed AIDS, a new study says. "People may ...
Kids More Likely Than Adults To Be Resistant to HIV Meds: Study0
TUESDAY, May 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Children born with HIV face a greater risk of developing resistance to life-saving antiretroviral drugs than HIV-infected adults do, according to new research. Antiretroviral drugs are used to treat ...
CDC Urges Anti-HIV Pill for People at High Risk of Infection0
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- People deemed to be at high risk for contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, should take anti-HIV medicines that seem to cut transmission risk, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
enfuvirtide - injection, Fuzeon0
Medication Uses | How To Use | Side Effects | Precautions | Drug Interactions | Overdose | Notes | Missed Dose | Storage USES: This drug is used with other HIV medications to help control HIV infection. It helps to decrease the ...
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