According to the report, titled HIV in Asia and the Pacific: Getting to Zero, the number of new HIV infections in Asia and Pacific dropped from about 450,000 in 2001 to 360,000 in 2009, thanks to government-invested preventative programs and increased access to antiretroviral drugs. About 4.7 million people in the region are currently [...]
About 7,000 people are being infected with AIDS each day and about half of the 34 million people with HIV do not know they have it, according to a U.N. report released to mark the disease’s 30th anniversary. The UNAIDS agency said more money, less waste and smarter programs are urgently needed to consolidate gains [...]
The world had made a significant progress in fighting against HIV/AIDS in the last ten years, said Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua, ahead of the World AIDS Day which is due on December 1. [...]
Taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs such as Viagra may enhance the possibility of developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a new study shows. But it’s the behavior that raises STDs rates, not the medication itself, according to the study jointly conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California. The researchers examined [...]
Long-term use of marijuana can lead to increased risk of developing hallucinations, delusions and , a new study shows. Australian researchers asked nearly 3,100 young adults averaging about 20 years of age about marijuana use. They found that almost 18 percent reported using the drug for three or fewer years, about 16 percent for four [...]
The introduction of effective drugs against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has not changed gay men’s risk of contracting the virus during a single act of anal sex, new research from Australia shows. This finding was “unexpected,” the study’s authors admit, given that treatment with AIDS drugs sharply reduces the concentration of HIV in [...]
Sure on the high end of the scale, according to the CIA World Factbook are Lesotho at 28,1% infection rate, followed by Swaziland at 26% and Zimbabwe at 24%. In Europe, the highest rates are Ukraine at 1,06% and Spain at ,7%. Russia’s ,6% places it in the same category as the United States and [...]
The US government outlawed drop-side cribs on Wednesday after the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers in the past decade and millions of recalls. It’s the end of the traditional crib that has cradled millions of babies for generations. It was a unanimous vote by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban the [...]
Avandia, a drug often prescribed to patients with diabetes, may have caused millions of heart attacks around the world. This is the conclusion of a 334-page report submitted by the U.S. Senate. According to the American authorities, the GlaxoSmith-Kline (GSK), pharmaceutical company that produces the drug, knew the risks to which patients were exposed, but [...]
Measles, mumps, rubella, Marek’s disease, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, adenoviruses, and the commercial evolution of vaccines against meningococci and pneumococci were the diseases targeted by the pioneering American microbiologist Dr. Maurice Hilleman. If the allegations of the man who developed the poliomyelitis vaccine programme for a large pharmaceutical company are . . . [...]
May be linked with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)based their conclusion on analysis of 5,422 participants for an average of about nine years. During the study, 193 participants had a stroke – 85 men (of 2, [...]
If teens could reduce salt intake by three grams daily, they would enjoy a much healthier life in adulthood, the American Heart Association said in a press release. Teens who consume less salt would be less likely to develop high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke in later life, a new study suggests. The release [...]
For many years sexologists have been saying that role games are the best aids in sex. Yet, some are so interested in trying on other people’s image that they use it not only in bed but in real life as well. The most intriguing thing is that they get incredibly satisfied by it. Rich people [...]
There is no evidence to prove that using a cell phone can increase the risks of brain cancer, suggested a lastest study by Danish researchers. To arrive at the result, the researchers examined the health records from 1990 to 2007 for 358,403 Danish cell phone plan subscribers. They found that among people using [...]
