]> http://www.healthedia.com/popular/articles/hiv HIV - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/884312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Summary of a recent talk by Dr. Anthony Fauci at the Bloomberg School of Public Health is worth reading as he notes that treatment seems to have reached a stone wall where the only way to improve to battle against HIV is through prevention. Those of... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:30:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/884312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883753?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Part of viruses genius is their simplicity. Nothing more than a little genetic information wrapped in a protein coat, they hijack their human hosts, putting our cells to work to create more virus. But the reliance on host cells also creates a poss... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:26:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/883753?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/883219?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 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 tells me that 2007 was a banner year. I am currently compiling the 2007 list and hope to publish it this week or ear... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:19:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/883219?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/883034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 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 bacon are getting a bad rap. Here s some of this harebrained article: Even burgers and meatballs can be light f... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:02:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/883034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Filed under: Making a Difference, Current Studies and Research, In the NewsComedian Chris Rock once did a bit on AIDS saying that it would never be cured because there ain't no money in the cure. The money's in the medicine. That's how you get paid,... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:01:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882940?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/882472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 (Stylized rendering of a cross section of the AIDS virus)New HIV infections are averaging around 2.5m per annum worldwide, and growing.Most people infected with HIV produce antibodies against the virus within several weeks following infection, th... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:12:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/882472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/882430?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Here's a fascinating story from the Hindustan Times on using celebrities to promote health awareness: Big B is social ad superstar- Hindustan Times href= http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=86ac34dd-76cb-40dd-acb7-97cf978a3716... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:53:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/882430?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/882104?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 A group of intellectuals concluded that the most effective way to provide medical care to the worlds poor is to... If we train village health workers, and make sure they're compensated, he said, then the resources intended for the world's poorest--... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:44:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/882104?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Filed under: Health and Safety, Pregnancy and Birth, High-risk pregnancyThe state of New Jersey has moved to make HIV testing mandatory for all pregnant women, both at the start of the pregnancy and again during the third trimester. If a woman declin... Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:03:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Filed under: Health and Safety, Lifestyle, MediaThe British Department for Children, Schools and Families says that parents and caregivers should suppress any natural instinct they possess to stop little boys from playing with toy guns.According to... Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:04:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/882025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881897?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Richard Miller, an oncologist and the CEO of the small biotech shop Pharmacyclics, lands on the WSJ s op-ed page again today arguing that the FDA needs to shepherd new cancer drugs to market more quickly. Efforts should mirror those that allowed th... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:18:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881897?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/achoo-the-blog/881876?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 MRSA, a staph infection which has become resistant to antiobiotics, now kills more Americans than AIDS. ... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:46:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/achoo-the-blog/881876?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881746?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Pregnant women in New Jersey will get routine HIV tests under a law signed Wednesday. Because the virus is transmitted largely through sexual activity and intravenous drug use, the move may take some of the stigma out of HIV testing by integrating it... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:29:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/881746?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/881766?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Combine These Essential Oils:10 drops Pine essential oil5 drops Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica) essential oil3 drops Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) essential oil2 drops Frankincense (Boswellia carteri) essential oil2 drops Myrtle (Myrtus communis) ess... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:53:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/881766?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/womens-health-news/881682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Visit Women's Health News at its new home - http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.comA roundup of recent posts:Science vs. Spin: Reactions to New Research on Sex Ed and AbortionCDC Releases Data on the Pre-PregnantPretty Bird Woman House Needs Your Help ... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:03:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/womens-health-news/881682?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/881441?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Hello and welcome to Grand Rounds at Medgadget! Grand Rounds is the weekly collection of the best in online medical blogging, with posts collected from doctors, nurses, students, researchers, policy wonks, and patients. Today's edition falls on Chris... Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:55:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/881441?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Filed under: Child Development, Feeding & Nutrition, Health and Safety, MediaProgress for Children is UNICEF's yearly review on how the world is doing in meeting its commitments for fundamental rights for the world's children. Those commitments were... Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881245?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Filed under: Pregnancy and Birth, Pregnant celebrities, Celebrity kids, Television, Rumors, In the NewsIn light of the Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy announcement, the children's network Nickelodeon (home of Spear's popular Zoey 101 show) is said to be... Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/881245?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/880530?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 A bit of old school investigative reporting by the Seattle Times has led the FDA, and even Congress, to look into companies selling two fake medical devices that apparently promise to cure everything from AIDS to colon cancer. Because the FDA allows... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:32 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/880530?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/880390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 At certain, very specific times, it seems that nothing is more important nothing is more central to our very existence than producing sperm. (And then we fall asleep.)A male-centric, lust-blinded attitude? Sure. But maybe we're right.New research... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:22:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/880390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/880308?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have created a first-ever educational video on rapid HIV testing. The video available for free online is aimed at increasing testing rates and slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS,... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:37:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/880308?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/880195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Via The Post: H5N1 virus among chickens scares buyers.After the conformation by the Health Ministry of the presence of H5N1 virus among chickens, residents of twin cities have avoided buying chickens.The National Institute of Health under the auspice... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:40:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/880195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/880133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Via the Weekly Observer in Kampala: First Ebola Victims Ate Monkey - Govt. Excerpt:Four months since the deadly Ebola fever broke out in western Uganda, there is still no clear explanation of where the original victim contracted the virus from. But g... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:54:12 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/880133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/880118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Neuroplasticity is defined as the ability of the brain to rewire itself through experience . Something we always encourage SharpBrains readers is to seek for novelty, variety and challenge, as guidelines for brain exercise that will help build ne... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:11:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/880118?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/880077?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Atherosclerotic disease is increased in recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: a critical role for inflammation Arthritis Research & Therapy ORIGINAL ARTICLE: RA patients have increased mortality and morbidity as a result of cardiovascular and cerebro-... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:08:09 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/880077?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/880079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Orphanet Journal of Rare DiseasesOriginal article: Deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activity is an inborn error of purine metabolism associated with uric acid overproduction and a continuum spectrum of neurological ... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:41:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/880079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-dietitians-view/879864?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Health benefits: Cranberries -- a good source of vitamins A and C -- contain antioxidants and flavonoids that help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke and protect you from cancer. They also contain fiber, which aids in digestion and helps low... Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:14:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/a-dietitians-view/879864?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mrsa-notes/879693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 I guess the whole world isn t in to Project Runway like I am - but I have just read some spoilers for the episode coming up here in 15 minutes, and Ill be darned if one of the most lovable contenders doesn t have MRSA. It s amazing how my two ... Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:57:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mrsa-notes/879693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/879636?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 By fall, we mean how his weight fell several years ago.We don't get into politics much at Men's Health except to tweak former President Clinton for his (former) burger habit, or Al Gore for his expanding waistline.So it's in keeping with this theme... Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:29:03 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mh-today/879636?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/879519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 By Pat SalberIf you haven t spent time in emergency rooms or drug treatment centers, then what I am about to tell you may seem (to use 60 s jargon) really far out. But, stay with me to the end. I think this new approach to opiate overdose has th... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:56:48 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/879519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/879242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 One of the many confounding things about the AIDS epidemic is the radical shift of the HIV disease burden to populations of countries with the least ability to payfor therapy. That creates a number of dilemmas and conundrums. One, those infected ... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:10:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/879242?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/879212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Concern about cutting down the rain forests is not just a conservationists hobby horse. As more and more trees are cut down for their wood and the land cleared for agricultural use the unplanned consequence is that more an more mobile and traveling h... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:01:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/879212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/879217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 [EDITORIAL NOTE: Darlene Costner does not keep a blog, but her name should be familiar to you from her many comments in the elder blogosphere. When she told me via email that she would soon be getting a cochlear implant and if all went well, would b... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:01:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/879217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/planet-lactose/879163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 The fantastically swift and widespread mutation that gave 30% of the world's humans tolerance to lactose as adults is one indicator that human evolution has speeded up in recent years. That's the conclusion that anthropologist Gregory Cochran and his... Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:13:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/planet-lactose/879163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/878970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 The most common surgical procedure performed on males is circumcision. Previously conducted because of cultural and religious reasons, now medical evidence suggests that circumcision is medically beneficial: reduced risk of sexually transmitted infec... Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:32:03 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/878970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/878969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 A rare Sunday posting in response to some of the outrageous weekend news regarding candidate Huckabee and his position on AIDS while governor of the state of Arkansas.In a 1992 questionnaire sponsored by The Associated Press, then Governor Huckabee a... Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:03:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/eye-on-fda/878969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/878890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Visiting allAfrica's Health and Medicine page is not for the faint of heart. It's a litany of news stories on AIDS, XDR-TB, malaria, and a host of other disasters that the rest of the world rarely considers.While I've been aware of the Ebola outbreak... Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:14:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/878890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/878416?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 A positive is normally confirmed with a Western Blot, making false positives exceedingly rare. However, that usual step wasn't done for some reason:Serrano's ordeal began in 1994 after an anonymous test at a clinic in Fitchburg showed that she was H... Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:19:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/878416?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/behind-the-headlines/878359?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Whatever the reason for the failure of the vaccine, this unfortunate outcome raises concern that people will be unwilling to participate in future trials of HIV or other new vaccines.... Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:42:56 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/behind-the-headlines/878359?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/878212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Yale school of Medicine, New Haven has developed the means to establish the depletion of B cells in diabetes and proven to reverse the disease that was established in mice.Pretty darn cool. Up to now scientists have been able to do this with RA, rheu... Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:44:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/878212?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-check-blog/878126?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 The government is working on a revised estimate for new HIV infections occurring annually in the United States. For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been putting the number at 40,000. But AIDS advocates say that figure...... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:40:21 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-check-blog/878126?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/878052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 The Health Blog looked for stories you might have missed over the weekend. Here s our short list.It turns out that the number of Americans infected with HIV has been underestimated by as much as 50% annually, and U.S. health officials are finalizin... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:16:14 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/878052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/877996?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Susan Blumenthal updates us on World Aids Day which was last Saturday.... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:49:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/877996?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fruit-of-the-womb/877913?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Today is World AIDS Day and the headlines on all the newswires sadden me tremendously, partly because of the devastating toll this epidemic is taking on women and children around the world, but also because we seem to be losing the battle even on our... Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:43:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fruit-of-the-womb/877913?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/877897?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 I ve found some interesting news about Second Life. First, it s my pleasure to announce that a new Scifoo lives on session will take place on the Second Nature island at 17:00 GMT on Monday. The idea is based on my 10 Reasons Why Nature is the Be... Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:15:17 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/877897?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/877845?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 It's still November 30 as I write this, but for most of the world it's already December 1: World AIDS Day. An excerpt from Dr. Margaret Chan's message:The first World AIDS Day was staged by WHO in 1988, at a time when the world was waking up to this ... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:32:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/877845?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/877846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Via the International Herald Tribune, an AP story: WHO Director-General uses musical diplomacy to fight health problems. Excerpt:Fighting global health problems like bird flu, AIDS and malaria requires money, drugs and in some cases, a bit of sin... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:51:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/877846?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/877761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 I have been working at CNN for six years, and I am delighted that this international network has let me report on HIV/AIDS every single year. From our documentary RU+, to the special House Call airing this weekend, I have tried my level best t... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:38:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/877761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/877811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 A while ago I was called to the Psych floor to see a patient with a cardiac arrhythmia. I thought I would check on the patient s history via our fancy electronic medical record (EMR) before making the trek to an area rarely visited by this outside... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:14:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/877811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/877749?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92 Lots of awareness days in December.December 1st is World AIDS DayThis global awareness day was established by the World Health Organization in 1988 to focus attention on the HIV andAIDS. Leadership is the theme for 2007 - with the slogan Stop AIDS... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:07:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-deborah-serani/877749?rsstype=populararticles&cid=92