UN Integrated Regional Information Network - May 28, 2008 GARISSA (PLUSNEWS) - The recent suicide of a secondary school student in Kenya's North Eastern Province after he was diagnosed as HIV positive has highlighted the shortage of qualified counsellors in
UN Integrated Regional Information Network - May 29, 2008 JOHANNESBURG, 29 May 2008 (PLUSNEWS) - The links between HIV and mental illness are so multi-layered, and little understood, that doctors often struggle to determine which came first. Mental hea ...
UN Integrated Regional Information Network - May 29, 2008 JOHANNESBURG (PLUSNEWS) - It is 5 a.m., but the winter night sky is yet to lighten over Johannesburg, South Africa; M decins Sans Fronti res ...
S.F. AIDS funding likely spared budget knife San Francisco Chronicle - May 28, 2008 Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer http://www.aegis.org/news/sc/2008/SC080510.htmlAs his staff puts the finishing touches on Mayo ...
BCL mine yesterday launched the HIV prevalence survey to enable the mine to assess if the current prevention efforts are effective. BCL mine has been in the past applauded for its excellent HIV/AIDS interventions.
Walking often tops the list of good ways to get exercise. But walking isn't easy for everyone. A number of conditions can cause leg pain that makes walking difficult. The June 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter looks at
A University of Adelaide study has revealed that effects of the drug ecstasy are compounded when taken in warm environments.Preclinical research undertaken by Pharmacology PhD student Emily Jaehne shows that ecstasy deaths, which are invariably related to elevated body temperature,
Electrolux and Kelly Ripa have teamed up for a charity auction featuring a stylish collection of designer handbags from Ripa's personal collection. All proceeds will go to help fight ovarian cancer.
MAMA'S Club, a Ugandan community-based organisation helping people living with HIV/AIDS, has emerged one of the best 25 groups of the Red Ribbon for 2008.
Sixty community activists based in Moxico-Velho locality, eastern Moxico province, are attending from Wednesday a workshop, as part of a fight against HIV/AIDS in the region.
That's the conclusion of a new scorecard produced by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that seeks to promote better health care for all Americans.
The protease, which is necessary for HIV replication, is a common target in the treatment of HIV patients. But this is the first new HIV protease inhibitor compound to be developed in 20 years and could lead to a new