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The slippery slope of AIDS drugs
15 hours ago ago from resistance is fruitful
A review of this week's list of research into current treatments for so-called HIV infection shows how patients seeking care in their doctor's office can end up being on a long list of pharmaceutical drugs, mostly to treat the effects of ARVs (antiretroviral drugs). There is a push to get more and more people on these drugs, regardless of whether they are actually presenting with any symptoms of illness. Some AIDS proponents even want ...
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17 hours ago ago from High Diet
A panel of the Food and Drug Administration said that the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor ought to be offered to more people because it could help save lives and prevent heart attacks and strokes even among people who don't have high cholesterol. That recommendation is based on the findings of a study funded by drugmaker AstraZeneca involving almost 18,000 people, which found that patients with normal or slightly elevated cholesterol ...
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12 hours ago ago from HIV Symptoms Info
I would just like to give you a brief commentary on some recent results that came back to us from an AIDS sufferer in South Africa. Some Results Mr S was admitted to hospital in South Africa. His CD4 count was lab tested at 50cells/uL. He was diagnosed as having full blown AIDS with a variety of serious opportunistic infections. The Hospital has about 1000 Aids deaths per year and is very experienced with this condition; they were able to ...
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18 hours ago ago from LGBT POV
UPDATED: ASSEMBLYMEMBER JONE'S FULL LETTER AT THE END What California AIDS activists fear the most may be about to happen: it appears that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has blue penciled cuts to the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program. Assemblymember Dave Jones , who chairs the Assembly Health Committee, held a special public hearing Dec. 1 in Los Angeles regarding ADAP funding. Today he issued a letter, signed by 37 ...
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15 hours ago ago from Union of Catholic Asian News » Home
MYITKYINA, Myanmar (UCAN) The Catholic Church in Myitkyina, northern Myanmar, is battling a sharp rise in HIV/AIDS infections due to an epidemic of intravenous drug-use among the young. An HIV-positive man and former drug user shares his experiences with participants at a recent AIDS awareness event at St. Columban Cathedral in Myitkyina There are around 300,000 drug users in the country, according to the United Nations, but ...
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BBC News - The legacy of South Africa's 'Dr Beetroot'
21 hours ago ago from BBC
By Karen Allen BBC News, Johannesburg Manto Tshabalala-Msimang promoted healthy eating to fight HIV The death of former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang marks the end of an era - a period which many South Africans feel deeply embarrassed about. Without doubt, Dr Tshabalala-Msimang was a brave liberation fighter, a deeply loyal comrade in the ruling ANC, and a woman with a formidable ...
Related contentFDA warns docs about tainted hypertension drug
16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
FDA warns docs about tainted hypertension drug WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators are warning doctors about 11 recalled lots of an intravenous hypertension drug made by the Medicines Co. that are contaminated with bits of steel. The Parsippany, N.J.-based company recalled the affected lots of Cleviprex on Wednesday after detecting tiny particles of stainless steel during a routine inspection. The Food and Drug Administration ...
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