Taking Stock of the Fight Against AIDS
Summary of a recent talk by Dr. Anthony Fauci at the Bloomberg School of Public Health is worth reading as he notes that treatment seem...

Figuring Out HIV s Protein Diet
Part of viruses genius is their simplicity. Nothing more than a little genetic information wrapped in a protein coat, they hijack th...

Impact of Approvable Letters 2007 - Part 1
I do not currently have a way of counting and comparing the number of approvable letters issued over the past few years, but my gut tel...

Bad Foods that are Actually Great for Your Waist?
What the hell does that mean! The obviously coo-coo, Camille Noe Pag n of Health thinks red meat, ice cream, eggs, pizza, and Canadian...

Parents fund raise to pay for research for their kids
Filed under: Making a Difference, Current Studies and Research, In the NewsComedian Chris Rock once did a bit on AIDS saying that it wo...

Kenyan woman may provide clues to effective AIDS vaccine
(Stylized rendering of a cross section of the AIDS virus)New HIV infections are averaging around 2.5m per annum worldwide, and grow...

India: Establishing brand connect for bird flu
Here's a fascinating story from the Hindustan Times on using celebrities to promote health awareness: Big B is social ad superstar- Hi...

How to Care for the World's Poor
A group of intellectuals concluded that the most effective way to provide medical care to the worlds poor is to... If we train village ...

New Jersey to test pregnant women for HIV
Filed under: Health and Safety, Pregnancy and Birth, High-risk pregnancyThe state of New Jersey has moved to make HIV testing mandatory...