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  • Less resistance with FTC than 3TC when combined with tenofovir

    John S James
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:57 pm
    "Amongst patients experiencing a rebound in viral load, those taking 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir) in combination with tenofovir (Viread) were more likely than those taking FTC (emtricitabine, Emtriva) and tenofovir to develop a number of key resistance mutations." Read more in Aidsmap, February 8, 2010.

  • Rights of vulnerable people and the future of HIV/AIDS

    John S James
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm
    "Despite these gains, prejudice, discrimination, and stigmatisation of people with HIV/AIDS, and key groups most affected by and at most risk of the disease, continue to hamper efforts to tackle the pandemic. The welcome news that the USA has at last lifted a 22 year travel restriction that prevented people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, and that South Korea has removed a similar ban, reminds us that almost 30 countries worldwide still block entry by and repatriate foreign nationals with HIV/AIDS. And in Uganda, the attempt to introduce the death penalty for people…

  • Tesamorelin safe and effective for fat accumulation in patients taking HIV treatment

    John S James
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm
    "Treatment with tesamorelin significantly improves visceral fat accumulation in patients with HIV, an international team of investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. "Preliminary results of the study were reported at the 2008 International Conference in Mexico City. "The results of a 26-week study, followed by a further six-months of analysis showed that therapy with the drug reduced levels of visceral fat and waist circumference without having detrimental metabolic effects." Read more in Aidsnews, February 3, 2010.

  • FDA revises ddI product label to warn of serious liver side-effect

    John S James
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm
    "Medicine regulatory authorities in the US have updated the product information for ddI (didanosine, Videx) to warn that treatment with the drug can cause a serious liver problem. "A communication was circulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 29th stating that the label for ddI would be altered and caution that the drug can cause non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. Read more in Aidsmap, February 1, 2010.

  • Compound found that targets wide range of viruses

    John S James
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:52 pm
    "Now, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, UCLA, Harvard University, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Cornell University have teamed up to develop and test a broad-spectrum antiviral compound capable of stopping a wide range of highly dangerous viruses, including Ebola, HIV, hepatitis C virus, West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever virus and yellow fever virus, among others. "UCLA researchers led by Dr. Benhur Lee — corresponding author on a paper on the work appearing this week on the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
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  • Quality Of Caregiver Relationship Is Crucial For HIV-Infected Children

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development...

  • Recent Releases In Global Health

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am
    Lancet Study Examines Childbirth Practices, Outcomes In Asian Countries A Lancet study examines childbirth practices and the relationship between these practices and maternal and perinatal outcomes in nine Asian countries, as assessed by a WHO global survey...

  • Congressmen, Citing Reports Of Fraud, Seek Accounting For AIDS Funding

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am
    "Two Republican congressmen who help oversee billions of dollars for people with AIDS are asking the federal government for an accounting of fraud and mismanagement complaints leveled against AIDS programs nationwide," The Washington Post reports. "Reps. Joe L. Barton (Tex.) and Greg Walden (Ore.) sent a letter Thursday to the U.S...

  • $4.25 Million For HIV Research In Geneva

    5 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    The Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research in Geneva announced today that the Wellcome Trust, London, has awarded it approximately CHF 4,500,000 to meet the remaining costs of bringing its flagship product, an anti-HIV microbicide known as 5P12-RANTES, to a first safety trial in the clinic. Every year, there are millions of new infections from HIV...

  • U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Condemning Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a congressional resolution condemning an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament, "calling it an attack on human rights and an obstacle to battling HIV/AIDS," Agence France-Presse reports...
 
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  • etravirine, Intelence

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: etravirine, IntelenceCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:35:42 PM

  • darunavir, TMC-114; Prezista

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: darunavir, TMC-114; PrezistaCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 3:03:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 3:03:34 PM

  • maraviroc, Selzentry

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: maraviroc, SelzentryCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 3:21:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 3:21:48 PM

  • raltegravir, Isentress

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: raltegravir, IsentressCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:42:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:42:24 PM

  • enfuvirtide, T-20; Fuzeon

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
    Title: enfuvirtide, T-20; FuzeonCategory: MedicationsCreated: 2/5/2010 2:22:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/5/2010 2:22:24 PM
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  • Biofilms: Discovery of a new mechanism of virus propagation

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Researchers have shown for the first time that certain viruses are capable of forming complex biofilm-like assemblies, similar to bacterial biofilms. These extracellular infectious structures may protect viruses from the immune system and enable them to spread efficiently from cell to cell. "Viral biofilms" would appear to be a major mechanism of propagation for certain viruses. They are therefore emerging as new and particularly attractive therapeutic targets.

  • Antiretroviral therapy associated with increase in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A new study conducted in a multi-country HIV treatment program in sub-Saharan Africa has found that pregnancy rates increase in HIV-infected women after they start antiretroviral therapy.

  • First measurement of energy released from a virus during infection

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    For the first time, scientists have directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process.

  • For HIV-infected children, quality of caregiver relationship is crucial

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Researchers examined the effects of HIV infection and being raised in institutions on the development of 58 infected and uninfected Ukrainian 4-year-olds. Some of the children lived in institutions from shortly after birth while others lived with their biological families. Results show that the quality of the relationships between the children and their caregivers had a bigger impact on children's physical growth and cognitive performance than the presence of the HIV infection.

  • Immune protein fends off exotic virus

    4 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
    A study shows that antiviral proteins called type I interferons (IFNs) are needed to fend off infection with an exotic mosquito-borne virus called Chikungunya virus. This pathogen, which causes high fevers and severe joint pain, triggered a recent epidemic in Southeast Asia, infecting more than 30 percent of the population in some areas.
 
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  • Possible Hep C Cure?

    David
    27 Jan 2010 | 3:45 am
    Researchers have identified two cellular proteins that are important factors in hepatitis C virus infection, a finding that may result in the approval of new and less toxic treatments for the disease, which can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.An...

  • The Dawn Patrol

    David
    22 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    5 a.m.: The light of dawn is barely visible in the eastern sky, but the roosters have already begun to crow and our dogs, Pepper, Robin and Brownie, are eager to take me out to Tulubhan Beach for their morning...

  • Oy!

    David
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:39 pm
    Sony Pictures will make a fortune, but will anyone be around to spend it?Here's the trailer:   2012 - The Movie...

  • Read This Book!

    David
    20 Oct 2009 | 4:05 pm
    One of my best friends, David Colton, has written an interview with R.Crumb. Read it athttp://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-10-18-r-crumb-old-testament_N.htm.If someone will mail me a copy of the book, I will allow him to walk our dogs at 6 a.m....

  • Uh...

    David
    9 Oct 2009 | 4:33 pm
    It's six a.m. Our dogs are barking, my girlfriend is snoring (quietly!), and a mosquito just bit my ear. Does this mean the apocalypse is near? Will the environment collapse? Will Obama and our government manage to reform health care?...
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  • Racist stereotypes are inherent in HIV/AIDS theory

    Henry Bauer
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am
    “HIV” is spread primarily through sexual intercourse, according to official dogma. Particularly as a result of promiscuity, carelessness, irresponsibility in sexual behavior. Africans and African Americans test “HIV-positive” at rates far exceeding those of any other identifiable racial group, and they do so in every social and economic sector: among repeat blood donors, pregnant women, gay men, newborns, military cohorts, applicants for marriage licenses, in prisons, in hospitals . . . . (see, for example, Tables 6-8, 10, 21, 22, 28 in The Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS…

  • The unqualified (= without qualifications) gurus of Wikipedia

    Henry Bauer
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:47 pm
    Further insight into Wikipedia as an in-group cult comes from looking at the posted procedures for resolution of problems,  and especially at the people in charge: 11 names are given that may well be genuine names of real persons, plus 11 IDs; 3 of the latter are linked to pages that give apparently real names, and another couple yield photos, but half-a-dozen remain completely anonymous. But even more informative is the make-up of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Let’s do a thought experiment. If you wanted knowledgeable people to organize and supervise a world-class…

  • Highfalutin B***S*** from the Pooh-Bahs of HIV/AIDS

    Henry Bauer
    4 Feb 2010 | 7:31 pm
    Recall Professor Harry Frankfurt’s definition of BS: “a lack of concern with the truth” [B***S*** about HIV from academe via the press, 4 March 2008]. That applies across the board to HIV/AIDS activists and Pooh-Bahs, whose only concern in public statements is to underscore the desperate need for more attention to and more funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS. So even when there’s a truly devastating earthquake in Haiti, “In Rebuilding Haiti, Fighting HIV/AIDS Must be a Top Priority” according to David Furnish, Executive Board Member, Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF): “With the…

  • Grabbing a monster by the tail

    Henry Bauer
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:13 pm
    The monster is HIV/AIDS. The thoughtless action has been to wage ceaseless propaganda that everyone should be tested, even as a positive test is said to mean stigma, lifelong disability, and an early death. Some consequences are coming home to roost in South Africa: “The national health department and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) have added their voices to condemning the use of HIV home testing kits, saying they are risky to use at home and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. This follows a warning from the SA Medical Association (Sama), which cautioned that home testing for HIV…

  • Another horror story about Wikipedia

    Henry Bauer
    29 Jan 2010 | 1:48 pm
    I received quite a few private messages after posting my view that Wikipedia is best understood as a cult. Here’s one of them: “Dear Henry Bauer, I just got around to reading your article as published on the Intersect website, and I can only applaud to your criticism of Wikipedia. Your description of it as sharing the features of a cult rings absolutely true to me. With a lifetime experience of observing various cults, both in the political and the religious spheres, I have no doubt that many Wikipedia members, and the most attached and influential among them, behave and think as if they…
 
 
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  • The faith part of Faith-based Organizations

    Arnau van Wyngaard
    7 Feb 2010 | 11:15 pm
    I’m probably biased when I say that missionaries seem to experience God’s providence in more practical ways than Christians who are not involved in spiritual work of that nature. Or possibly it’s not only missionaries, but anyone part of faith-based organizations where they have to rely on the goodwill of people for the daily running of their organization. I recently had an experience that still gives me gooseflesh when I tell others about it. We have a client in Swaziland who hurt his leg in 1993. What started as a small sore on his leg, developed into a massive sore which just became…

  • On Zuma Leadership and Africa’s Youth

    yipe
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:31 am
    Leadership can be described as a process of social influence. It is not just the ability to lead a group of followers effectively. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle cited character as the foundation of leadership – “to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way …” (Aristotle, Ethics II.9) But for those who may say that Aristotle represents western values, what about African traditional leadership? What made the chiefs of  Mali and Songhai, or for that matter Great Zimbabwe or Buganda leaders? Traditional leadership was…

  • In all fairness...

    lennymaysay
    3 Feb 2010 | 11:14 am
    I hate having to defend dirt-bag politicians like Jacob Zuma, but in this one instance he’s been treated unfairly, especially by the media and his political opponents. Over the last few days, Zuma’s been getting a right rollicking from all quarters over an extra-marital affair he conducted with the daughter of a close friend, which resulted in the birth of a baby girl. You know how the media love scandals, and this one seemed to be made in heaven – the most high-profile [dirt-bag] politician in South Africa getting it on with the daughter of a mega-rich, high-profile…

  • Bill Gates says innovation can leverage change

    ILRI Communications
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:46 pm
    The needs of the poor are greater than the money available to help them, but that’s not enough to discourage Bill Gates in his work as co-chair of the world’s largest charitable foundation. In his second annual letter, issued Monday, Gates says investment in science and technology can leverage those dollars and make more of a difference than charity and government aid alone. In his 19-page letter, Gates says the foundation currently is backing 30 areas of innovation including online learning, teacher improvement, malaria vaccine development, HIV prevention, and genetically…

  • Rhino Repetion and Impact of HIV-AIDS on Conservation

    Hugh Paxton
    27 Jan 2010 | 6:31 am
    The more astute readers of this Blog will have noticed that identical articles on rhino poaching were posted. Sloppy! Apologies! And now for something completely different. Conservation Threatened by HIV-AIDS Etosha National Park and the Namib Naukluft National Park are two of Africa’s greatest and most internationally famous protected areas. Both recently celebrated their centenaries but behind the festivities, commemorative events and speeches there was a skeleton at the feast – HIV/AIDS. While the impacts of the pandemic on the economic sector are well documented it is only very…
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  • President's Budget for HIV/AIDS at HHS

    AIDS.gov
    5 Feb 2010 | 2:16 pm
    By Miguel Gomez The President’s budget was released this week with an investment of more than $3 billion at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment activities to expand access to affordable healthcare and prevention services. (GPOAccesss.gov (PDF 324 KB), retrieved 2/1/10). According to the HHS Budget in Brief, this increase includes $31 million for CDC to integrate surveillance and monitoring systems, address high-risk populations, and support HIV/AIDS coordination and service integration with other infectious diseases. It also…

  • Reaching the Right People with the Right Tools for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

    AIDS.gov
    3 Feb 2010 | 12:17 pm
    By Deb LeBel I recently had a conversation with LaMont “Montee” Evans of Healthy Black Communities to talk about plans for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). On February 7, 2010, the nation will recognize NBHAAD for the 10th year. Evans serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Healthy Black Communities, Inc., the lead organization on the Strategic Leadership Council (SLC) which plans and directs this day annually. This year’s theme is “HIV/AIDS Prevention: A Choice and Lifestyle.” In thinking about the longevity of this observance, I wondered how…

  • Secretary Sebelius Welcomes Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

    AIDS.gov
    2 Feb 2010 | 2:16 pm
    By Miguel Gomez Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius welcomed 24 new members to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). PACHA’s role is to work with the Secretary and provide information, advice, and recommendations on domestic and global HIV/AIDS policy issues to the President. PACHA also serves to further the policy goals of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and will play an important role in providing input for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. PACHA Members Today’s meeting was PACHA’s first under the Obama administration. Dr.

  • Help for Haiti

    AIDS.gov
    28 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm
    By Miguel Gomez The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, caused devastating damage and cost thousands of lives in and around the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Our heartfelt condolences are with those feeling the repercussions of the this tragedy around the world, including members of our own AIDS.gov team. The U.S. Federal Government has joined people and organizations around the world to respond promptly in the relief and recovery efforts, sending supplies, funds, people, and sharing information widely on and offline. Like many other agencies, the U.S. Department of Health and…

  • A Conversation with the Director of the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health

    AIDS.gov
    26 Jan 2010 | 11:51 am
    Guest post by JoAnne Keatley, Director of the UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health The transgender community has been disproportionately affected by HIV, and often faces challenges finding and accessing appropriate services. JoAnne Keatley, Director of the UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health , is one of the leaders in the larger national conversation about increasing access to culturally competent healthcare for transgender people. At AIDS.gov, we are committed to working with leadership in the transgender community to support this important work, and to consider how…
 
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  • Living Near Normal Life Spans with HIV

    7 Feb 2010 | 11:58 pm
    The results of a new study are being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it relates different issues dealing with the AIDS epidemic and drugs that were introduced to fight the symptoms of the disease in the 1990's. The most notable item to come out of this study is that the life expectancy of people with HIV is nearing that of people without the disease. Experts agree that HIV medication cocktails are the reason HIV life expectancies are getting longer. Read more in this article from EON of Canada. Related Information How is HIV Treated? Taking Your Medications…

  • National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

    6 Feb 2010 | 2:24 pm
    December 7, 2010 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. While making up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than 49 percent of AIDS cases. AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African American women ages 25 to 34, and the second leading cause of death for African American men ages 35 to 44. This year marks the tenth year of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Organizations celebrate the day in hopes of raising awareness of the problem of HIV/AIDS in the African American community. Related…

  • A New Warning for Users of Videx and Videx EC (didanosine)

    5 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am
    The Food and Drug Administration is alerting HIV specialists and medical providers about a serious liver problem that could arise in those people taking Videx or Videx EC. Also known as didanosine, the drug is now being linked to a rare disorder of the liver called non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is caused by the slowing of blood through the liver's venous system. As the blood slows, back pressure can occur throughout the venus system, causing enlarged blood vessels in the esophagus called varices. Varices are dangerous because if they rupture, a person can have massive…

  • New Study Suggests Abstinence Only Teaching May Work After All

    2 Feb 2010 | 12:44 pm
    As an HIV educator, I have taught people that abstinence only teaching doesn't help slow the rate of HIV infection or the spread of other sexually transmitted diseases. Well, I may have to change my tune. A federally funded study has provided us with the first evidence that abstince only teaching can have a positive influence on the sexual behavior of teens. The study published in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine showed that 33% of sixth and seventh graders who took an abstinence only course had sex within two years of the course compared to 52% who were taught only safer sex and…

  • Raising AIDS Awareness

    30 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm
    Both on a global level and in your own community, raising AIDS awareness lifts the veil of mystery and ignorance from a disease that can be prevented. All people have to do is be willing to learn about HIV. If that happens, prevention is a natural next step. The resources assembled here are perfect places to start. More Important Information AIDS Awareness and Complacency Fighting the AIDS Epidemic Statistics Tell the Story Raising AIDS Awareness originally appeared on About.com AIDS / HIV on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 23:00:34.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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  • The Drama of it all.......

    Michelle
    25 Jan 2010 | 8:34 am
    I guess it is time for another entry.One of the reasons I decided to blog was to use blogging as a sort of therapy. And I still feel that some where out there someone who can relate. I have a lot of pent...

  • Adjusting but I love New York!!!

    Michelle
    22 Sep 2009 | 10:47 am
    I am finally in New York. I have been here for three weeks now. I kinda feel like Eva or was it Zsa Zsa Gabor from Green Acres. Except I am from a small city and moved to an even...

  • One door closes as the next one opens.

    Michelle
    13 Aug 2009 | 8:10 pm
    At the present moment, I am in New York visiting Papi. Once again soaking up all the diversity. And also trying to learn my way around. It's definitely going to take awhile. I have been here going on two weeks...

  • Love is still possible

    Michelle
    12 Jun 2009 | 3:08 pm
    Due to extreme peer pressure, I was asked to write an entry about the new man in my life.Ok, well not extreme, I guess inquiring minds just want to know since the last entry. I have been dying to spill...

  • Everything is location,location,location......

    Michelle
    1 Jun 2009 | 11:04 am
    Howdy folks, it's been awhile. Well, not really, just a month. It's not like anyone has missed my quirky little blog entries anyway. One person did and I will be letting him know about this one later. I am blogging...
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  • That's a Lot of Vivid Dreaming

    Peter Staley
    27 Jan 2010 | 1:40 pm
    It seems Gilead is selling tons of Atripla these days:try{for(var lastpass_iter=0; lastpass_iter Gilead 4Q Profit Rises 43 Percent On Atripla SalesGilead Sciences said yesterday its profit climbed 43 percent in the fourth quarter due to rising sales of its three-in-one...

  • Studies Show Huge Drop in Meth Use Among Gay Men in NYC

    Peter Staley
    11 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am
    We did it!  In 2004, gay men in New York City decided to confront what had been our dirty little secret up until then -- crystal meth had become our party-drug du jour.We forced the city council to appropriate funds...

  • Told ya

    Peter Staley
    2 Dec 2009 | 11:03 am
    A prediction from a little over 13 months ago:"...the next big change in the guidelines will come within two years, and recommend starting treatment when CD4's fall below 500."AIDSmeds.com has a great overview of the latest updates to the HIV...

  • Don't Let 1 Be Like 8

    Peter Staley
    27 Oct 2009 | 9:27 am
    Prop 1 in Maine is a week away.  Let's not lose this one like we lost Prop 8, by sitting back, hoping for the best, and only becoming active after the vote.You can do something now.  Donate online to No...

  • ACT UP, "Terrorist Group"

    Peter Staley
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:40 am
    Now the Catholic League has dittoed the futile smear campaign tying Kevin Jennings to ACT UP.  Bill Donohue, their president (or according to Kathy Griffin, "one man in a room with a computer"), describes ACT UP as a "homosexual urban...
 
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  • RIP Howard Zinn

    Paul Dalton
    27 Jan 2010 | 5:05 pm
    One of my greatest heroes has passed. Howard Zinn was one of the great minds, a man who looked at history not as tales of triumph, but as the stories of normal people, the struggles of the everyday- who never...

  • Merck Announces Abandonment of CCR5 drug for Treatment Experienced Patients

    Paul Dalton
    21 Jan 2010 | 1:01 pm
    In yet another setback for the star-crossed CCR5 drug class, Merck has announced it will not seek approval for the drug vicriviroc in treatment experienced patients. Merck acquired Vicriviroc, once known as Schering D, when they merged with Schering-Plough...

  • The Power of Anecdotes and Roadblocks Against Research

    Paul Dalton
    19 Jan 2010 | 12:56 pm
    The New York Times today ran an article detailing the ongoing hurdles that researchers face when trying to study marijuana for medical uses. It got me thinking about both the power of anecdote and the influence of politics on...

  • Natural Disaster, Unnatural Destruction

    Paul Dalton
    14 Jan 2010 | 12:19 pm
    The earthquake in Haiti is one of those events so vast in scope as to be impossible to really comprehend from afar. While no place deserves this kind of devastation, Haiti is perhaps the worst place for such a...

  • On Risk and Harm

    Paul Dalton
    11 Jan 2010 | 12:37 pm
    I am part way through the book, 'Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives,' by Michael Specter. I will review the book properly when I am done reading it. Right now though,...
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  • Harvard and Haiti: A collaborative response to the January 12 earthquake

    Sophie Beauvais
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:05 am
    Dr. Paul Farmer and his colleagues from Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital will provide an update on the situation in Haiti since the January 12 earthquake on Thursday, February 11 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA. Dr. Paul Farmer [...]

  • G-Lab Day: Learn about all 12 projects from the students themselves

    Anjali Sastry
    7 Feb 2010 | 4:16 pm
    In this year’s three sections of Global Entrepreneurship Laboratory, 188 MIT students–MBA, Sloan Fellow, and other graduate students–carried out intensive, critical projects at 47 entrepreneurial firms and health delivery organizations in 18 countries around the world. Come join us!  Meet the students, see posters describing their projects, and talk to them about their extraordinary experiences and [...]

  • Setting an agenda for global e-health

    Sarah Arnquist
    3 Feb 2010 | 12:23 pm
    My twitter feed fills daily with announcements of new electronic or mobile technology projects aimed at improving health in the developing world. Given all this excitement around global e-health and the corresponding funding increases for new projects, it is timely that “Health Affairs” dedicated its latest issue to the topic. The journal articles address many current [...]

  • Global Health and Human Rights: GHD Seminar, Feb. 2

    Sophie Beauvais
    1 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am
    Students for Global Health (SGH) in collaboration with the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine invites all students to: Global Health and Human Rights:  synergies, disconnects, and a few practical examples, a talk by Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Associate Professor on Health and Human Rights, Director of the Program on International Health and Human [...]

  • Cleft Surgery in the Developing World: GHD Seminar, Jan. 28

    Sophie Beauvais
    27 Jan 2010 | 10:33 am
    Cleft Surgery in the Developing World: the Global Smile Foundation Experience, A talk by Kyle R. Eberlin, M.D. Harvard Plastic Surgery Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Co-Developer, Global Smile Foundation Thursday, January 28th 12:30 – 1:30 PM TMEC 227 2nd Floor, Harvard Medical School 260 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA From the Global Smile Foundation website: Global Smile Foundation (GSF) was formed in 2008 as a [...]
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  • When the Saints Go Marching In

    Regan Hofmann
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:49 am
    Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day...and it is Superbowl XLIV in Miami.Sadly, the fanfare of the second is overshadowing awareness of the first.There's a big hubbub among feminists, pro-choicers, pro-lifers and the Christian Right about the Pam and Tim...

  • POSITIVELY PACHA

    Regan Hofmann
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:56 pm
    This past Tuesday, I was in Washington, DC to cover the announcement and swearing in of the 24 new members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Headed by Dr. Helene Gayle, the council of experts represents a diverse...

  • Kenneth Cole "Awearness" Blog...

    Regan Hofmann
    10 Dec 2009 | 5:55 pm
    I did this for World AIDS Day...please check it out. Also for World AIDS Day, I wrote an entry for Kenneth Cole's 'Awearness' blog. Here's an excerpt: "I have come to understand that HIV isn't something that happens only to...

  • Since I Have HIV, Would You Still Kiss Me?

    Regan Hofmann
    30 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm
    That is the $100,000 question of the day. It's similar to the one posed by the British Red Cross in their newly released World AIDS Day (tomorrow! December 1st!) video that shows sexy Konnie Huq being repeatedly shut down whilst...

  • Viva VIV!

    Regan Hofmann
    14 Oct 2009 | 10:46 am
    VIV mag rocks...and not just because they wrote nice things about me! ; )  I was unaware of them until I saw this piece they did on the book two days ago. But after checking out their site, I wanted...
 
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  • ACT UP’s Latest Act

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    After almost 20 years, AIDS activist group ACT UP is making news again. But what are their targets in 2010, and who is joining their fight?

  • Study: Demand for HIV Vaccine Will Depend on How Good It Is

    25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    If an HIV vaccine became available tomorrow, would the world line up for it? It depends on the level of protection it affords, says a research team from the University of California at Los Angeles.

  • Helping One at a Time

    19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Travis McCoy, frontman for the Gym Class Heroes and ambassador for MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation, dishes on his new role as a global AIDS advocate. 

  • Catastrophe in Haiti

    12 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A devastating earthquake struck Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince and its surrounding communities January 12, reducing many of the city’s homes, government buildings and foreign aid headquarters to rubble. 

  • Up in the Air No Longer

    5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    POZ speaks with Clemens Ruland from the Netherlands, believed to be the first HIV-positive person to enter the United States freely following the removal of the long-standing HIV travel ban.
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  • Targeting Hidden HIV: Research Group Licenses New Prostratin Technology

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Los Angeles-based AIDS Research Alliance (ARA) has been granted exclusive rights to novel technology that will allow researchers to synthesize prostratin, a natural compound believed to target HIV hiding in inactive CD4 cells in the body, according to a February 8 press release.

  • ViiV Drug Co-Pay Program Extended to Selzentry, Viracept and Rescriptor

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    ViiV Healthcare—an HIV-focused company established by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer—announced it will continue a drug co-payment assistance program for drugs formerly sold by GSK and will extend the program to cover Selzentry (maraviroc), Viracept (nelfinavir) and Rescriptor (delavirdine), formerly sold by Pfizer. Co-pay assistance programs allow companies to reduce the out-of-pocket costs of medications for people with health insurance.

  • HIV Drug Abacavir Increased Heart Attack Risk by 95 Percent in Danish Study

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A study conducted in Denmark suggests abacavir (found in Ziagen, Epzicom and Trizivir) increases the risk of a heart attack by 95 percent—a risk that remains elevated even after the drug is stopped—according to a study published in the February edition of HIV Medicine and reported by aidsmap.
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  • San Francisco Clinic Is First Health Care Facility for Ex-Prisoners

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The San Francisco-based Transitions Clinic is the first health care facility specifically helping former prisoners, The New York Times reports. According to a 2009 report from the RAND Corporation, HIV rates in prison populations are nine times higher than in the general population because of intravenous drug use, unprotected sex and tattoos made with unsterilized needles. 

  • HIV Research Forum Offers Full Scholarships for HIV Advocates

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    An HIV research forum held April 20 through 23 in Baltimore is offering 150 full scholarships to advocates working in HIV/AIDS or related fields. The event is titled The HIV Research Catalyst Forum: Treatment, Prevention, Advocacy. The deadline for submissions is February 19.

  • National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Is February 7

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    February 7 marks the 10th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), a national HIV testing, treatment and awareness initiative targeting African Americans across the United States. 

  • "Abstinence-Only" Study Reignites Sex Education Debate

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A recent study found that abstinence-only sex education programs delayed the onset of sexual activity in pre-teens and reduced the amount of sexual activity among those who were sexually active. The New York Times reports that the study is already beginning to shake up the debate over how to best reduce incidence of sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy in teenagers.

  • Syringe Access Fund Gives Out $2 Million in Grants for HIV Prevention

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Syringe Access Fund (SAF) has awarded 46 grants, totaling about $2 million, for syringe exchanges and other programs working to prevent the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other blood-borne illnesses among intravenous drug users. 
 
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  • How is HIV transmitted

    Admin
    19 Jan 2010 | 7:18 am
    Do you know how HIV is transmitted? If you have not already know this story will help you learn how can you get HIV infection and in which way and that way you can not get HIV. The person with HIV in their blood carries this infection and if your blood merge with his blood, you will be infected because it will come to direct contact between you and the person who is infected with the virus. The number percent of the latest research most people in the World HIV infection through sex. In the second place by transferring the transmission with the help of needles. Are frequent cases where two…

  • Early HIV symptoms in women

    Admin
    19 Jan 2010 | 6:07 am
    Early HIV symptoms in women are somewhat different than in men. Early symptoms can be recognized by the woman that happens changes, such as some skin changes, women feel a great fatigue and sudden weight loss. It all depends on women to women, but these symptoms depend on the person. For example, if a woman has a very strong immune system it will have different symptoms than women with weak immune systems. Symptoms can cause cancer to appear in the mouth but this is not often the case. When women can appear more symptoms such as sudden loss of the will for food, strong and constant headache,…

  • Signs and symptoms of HIV AIDS

    Admin
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:50 pm
    Symptoms of HIV AIDS infectionAt the very beginning, many people do not develop symptoms of infection when infected with the virus HIV.Often it takes a certain times to appear first symptoms.To most depends on the individual more capable person who is infected and has symptoms of initial HIV virus.Happen that some patients,but after a month of developing symptoms of the person who usually colds.To leads to symptoms such as severe headaches, fever and great pain stomach.This symptoms most often occur the first month and then disappear, and usually this is another viral disease that causes…

  • Whats the difference between HIV and AIDS

    Admin
    15 Nov 2009 | 5:54 pm
    What is difference between HIV and AIDS virus?The Difference between HIV and AIDS virus is that if a person infected with the virus it is infected and HIV is positive.If you would not be confusion here we talk about HIV and AIDS virus because usually writes the same everywhere,and these two things are not nearly all.The person who is infected with HIV,it is not a sign that a person has AIDS.Person that is infected can look completely natural and does not show signs disease.Disease AIDS can take a long period of one to ten years.In that period when the persons infected with it can act normal…

  • What are the chances of getting HIV virus

    Admin
    15 Nov 2009 | 4:25 pm
    Chances of getting HIVRemember when you had the common cold and the people around you, you did not want to approach too close to them would not be infected with this virus.As with the common cold and similar to the AIDS virus, but you will not be infected in this way as is possible with the common cold.HIV virus is in the blood of people who are infected but also in body fluids such as semen and vaginal secretions.Chances for obtaininig HIV virus and that it is not in the body fluids are very small because the HIV virus can not survive outside the body.To a person infected by the virus it…
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  • Astrology Forcast For February 8th, 2010

    SoulGarden TV
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:55 am
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  • SPECIAL EDITION!! IM SNOWED IN!!! RESCUE ME!!

    Danny Miller
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm
    OK so I normally only write to you once a week, but I'm in desperate times!! I'M SNOWED IN!! I don't know if you have been following the news down here, but as of this past Friday, the east cost of the US was hit with what everyone is calling a blizzard!! The news is calling this the worst snow storm to hit southern Maryland since the famous "Ice Storm of 94".   Now I dunno if I would call this an actually blizzard, yes we did get up to about 4 feet of snow in placed, and there are a bunch of people who lost power, (mine went out for about 3 hours,…

  • Memoirs of a Stripper Part 3

    Danny Miller
    6 Feb 2010 | 4:21 pm
    So I spent the better part of my 20's living in Chicago, and working as a stripper in a rather notorious gay bar that tried desperately to have a high class reputation. But I mean really how classy can you be with half naked men shaking their asses at your patrons?? The owner of the place made the bartenders wear tuxedo shirts and red bow ties, and we were told not to call ourselves "strippers" but "dancers", I dunno who he thought he was fooling, the place was a dive but had  good regulars that came in almost every night, and for the most they weren't…

  • Furry Friends Friday

    Bob Leahy
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:39 pm
      This video made me cry happy tears.  Military/US trappings aside, which I normally shy away from, I’m a dog person through and through. So I can relate.   But here’s the thing. I’m not sure those who don’t have pets will quite get the video’s appeal. For the rest of us, it’s likely fair to say our pets are a HUGE part of our lives; they expand the definition of family, in fact, in ways non-pet owners can perhaps only guess at, I don't know. Notice here, btw how the returning soldier's not fussing over his…
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