Seeking to prevent life-threatening side effects, the Food and Drug Administration is urging doctors to use a genetic test to screen patients before prescribing a drug widely used for H.I.V. infection and AIDS.
In an advisory it is expected to issue Thursday, the agency says that patients with a particular variation in an immune system gene [...]
F.D.A. Urges Genetic Test Before Giving AIDS Drug
Study shows improvement in AIDS/HIV survival rates
AIDS drugs have so improved the survival prospects of people with HIV that death rates among the recently diagnosed in industrialized countries have become comparable to those never exposed to the virus, according to a newly published European study.
Medical records show that, before 1996 - when combinations of antiviral drugs became available - the death [...]
Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa
It has been proven that using at least two antiretroviral medications dramatically reduces the likelihood of transmitting HIV during childbirth. President Mbeki’s past sex scandal involved him having sex with an HIV-positive woman, which he denies, speaks to a government that is harming its citizens through inaction. There is a widely held belief that pharmaceutical [...]
Possible New Targets for AIDS Drugs
The good people at Harvard University took another step in the combat against HIV/AIDS.
HIV is a relatively simple virus, consisting of a handful of genes. But somehow it is able to infiltrate, infect and replicate within healthy cells. Accordingly, researchers observe that HIV works only on a selected group of proteins, which they dub “HIV [...]
‘Black MSM Have Higher HIV Rates Despite Similar Risks’
According to a new study released at the 2007 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, “ Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are seven times more likely than their white counterparts to be infected with HIV.”
The studies found that black MSM were no more likely than white MSM to have [...]
Study: Depression Worsens HIV Treatment
While not necessarily surprising, a new study reveals that individuals living with depression have much lower levels of medical adherence, would greatly reduces the efficacy of HIV antiretrovirals than those who do not. But that discrepancy is greatly minimized with patients who take antidepressants.
“HIV and depression often go hand in hand. If you are HIV-infected, [...]