HIV patients are living longer because of effective medications, but many are aging more rapidly than they should. They have memory and learning problems as well as premature heart disease, bone dise   .. more …

It is also recommended that men in these areas are offered HIV tests when admitted to hospital. The figures for the numbers of new HIV diagnoses have been released by the Health Protection Agency (HP   .. more …

Medical practitioners in the two counties have raised concern that more than half of expectant mothers in the region risk contracting HIV/Aids during child birth in the hands of traditional birth att   .. more …

KARACHI, March 1: At least three thalassaemic children have been found to have contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in recent months, indicating that children suffering from thalassaemia are   .. more …

A number of American men who have sex with men are supportive of couples-based voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT), in which couples receive counseling and their HIV test results together, ac   .. more …

A new diagnostic device promises confirmation of HIV, TB and other conditions in around 10 minutes. The 'lab-on-chip' device is entirely self-powered, using pressure differences and gravity t   .. more …

Gannett/Stephen J Boitano Steve Driehaus, the West Price Hill Democrat who lost his bid for a second term in Congress last fall, will leave the US in June to become the Peace Corps' director of H   .. more …