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HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a virus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, HIV can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). People with AIDS have a hard time fighting off infections, which can be potentially life-threatening. There's no cure for HIV, but it can take years—10 or more—for AIDS to develop, even without treatment. And with treatment (there are many types of drugs that fight HIV), people with HIV can remain symptom-free for much longer.
HIV News
HIV Severity, Treatment Unrelated to Kids’ Mental Woes: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) – There’s little evidence linking disease severity or antiretroviral treatment with the degree of psychiatric symptoms in HIV-positive children and teens infected around the time of birth, according to a new study. Some experts were concerned that more severe HIV illness — the virus that causes AIDS — or use of specific [...]
Many Gay Men Would Support ‘Home HIV Test’: Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — Many gay men who regularly have risky sex would be willing to ask partners to use a new, rapid-result HIV test, a new study shows. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. The tests, which use a mouth swab and detect HIV antibodies in less than 20 minutes, are currently used [...]
Pets Help Women Cope With HIV/AIDS
MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Having a pet helps women with HIV/AIDS cope with their condition and may also help those with other chronic diseases, a new study says. Researchers conducted 12 focus groups with 48 women with HIV/AIDS to find out how they stay healthy. The women, whose average age was 42, said that [...]
Study Looks at Possible HIV Drugs-Birth Defect Link
MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women with HIV can prevent passing the AIDS-causing virus to their babies by taking antiretroviral drugs, but there remains a possibility that some of these medications might cause birth defects, such as cleft lip and palate, according to a new study. Antiretroviral drugs have been found to reduce [...]
Partner’s ‘Viral Load’ a Major Factor in HIV Transmission: Study
THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) — The level of the HIV-1 virus in the blood of an HIV-infected person is the single most important risk factor for sexual transmission of HIV to an uninfected partner, a new study of heterosexual couples has found. The research, published online Jan. 12 in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, also [...]
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