New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals

2010-03-16T03:45:23Z

<div id="subtitle">UN AIDS chief says new HIV infections increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes</div><div><p>New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.</p><p>Michel Sidibe, the head of UNAIDS

Preventing Yeast Infections

2010-03-16T07:47:47Z

In order to be victorious with protecting against yeast infections, you need to have some knowledge of the reason why they generally occur in the first place. Various over the counter drugs and lotions are effective in dealing with the symptoms of yeast infections, nonetheless to really avoid all of them recurring might need some hygiene and lifestyle changes.<br><br>Yeast infections are generally caused by a build up of candida albicans in the system. These are present in all bod...

Impotence plus heart disease ups death risk: study

2010-03-15T13:18:04Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients, researchers reported on Monday.</p><p>They found that men who had both conditions were twice as likely to die from any cause and twice as likely to have a heart attack than men with heart disease alone.</p><p>The researchers expressed concern that using drugs...

FDA To Reconsider Gay Blood Ban

2010-03-15T07:30:43Z

<div id="subtitle">The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood</div><div><p> <p>The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it would reexamine its policy that bans gay men from donating blood, the 'Los Angeles Times...

Growing doubts over standard prostate cancer test

2010-03-13T12:15:38Z

<div><p>The most commonly used prostate cancer screening procedure, PSA, is at the center of a growing debate after its discoverer said it had become a "hugely expensive public health disaster."</p><p>In a commentary in The New York Times, Richard Ablin of the Uni...

Women on the pill live longer: study

2010-03-12T14:15:22Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.</p><p>British researchers said their study, which should reassure many millions of women across the world who have taken oral birth control pills, found no link between the drugs a...

Women on the pill may live longer

2010-03-12T10:15:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Study: Women who took the birth control pill starting in the late 1960s lived longer</div><div><p>Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.</p><p>British researchers observed more than 46,000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number of deaths in women on the pill to those who never took it.</p><p>In the study, women on th...

Watson says FDA approves 6-month dose Trelstar

2010-03-11T15:00:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Watson Pharmaceuticals says FDA approves 6-month dose of prostate cancer drug Trelstar</div><div><p>Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration approved a six-month dose of the prostate cancer drug Trelstar, which already was available in one- and three-month d...

Chancroid: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

2010-03-11T19:19:31Z

Haemophilus ducreyi is what is responsible for Chancroid. This is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease, but is curable. Genital ulcers are caused by Chancroid. This is associated with painful lymph glands in the groin area. This is curable and should be treated as and when the symptoms start to surface. If it is left untreated would give way to HIV. The Chancroid is very common in The US and Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.</p><p>Reporting in the journal Addiction, researchers say that based on their study -- an analysis of five pr...

Australian authors protest China visa refusal

2010-03-11T01:00:12Z

<div><p>CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.</p><p>Robert Dessaix, whose 1996 nove...

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea

2010-03-10T16:16:34Z

<div><p>Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations.</p><p>The leading philanthropists went to

Prostate test 'public health disaster': discoverer

2010-03-10T14:18:31Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer, routine PSA screening, has become "a hugely expensive public health disaster," its discoverer said on Wednesday.</p><p>Dr. Richard Ablin of the University of Arizona joined the ongoing deb...

CORRECTED: U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC

2010-03-10T14:16:29Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, according to an analysis by the Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.</p><p>Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, according to an analysis by the Vienna later this year, will focus on marginalised groups living with the disease, such as injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, organisers said Wednesday.</p><p>"AIDS 2010 will be the conference for people without a voice," the head of U...

Chinese medicine 'no help to get pregnant'

2010-03-10T04:16:14Z

<div><p>Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.</p><p>The British Fertility Society (BFS), which represents fertility clinics, issued the guidelines after collecting information from 14 studies involving 2,670 patients.</p><p>Adam Balen, ...

Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms

2010-03-09T16:15:50Z

<div><p>Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.</p><p>The money, equivalent to 1.1 million euros or 1.5 million dollars, is to bolster the host's condom s...

Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men

2010-03-09T11:32:32Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.</p><p>A number of studies in African nations have found that circumcised heterosexual men were up to 60 percent l...

oscars elton john party 3

2010-03-08T19:01:49Z

Katie Price 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards (Oscars) Viewing Party - Arrivals held at the Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California - 07.03.10

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