Over 70 percent of people on ARV treatment will be affected in the next 12 months as health organisations cut on their budgets due to the crunch, a new report warns.

WHAT was billed as a landmark case in the fight against HIV-AIDS discrimination, yesterday ended in an out-of-court settlement between 22 current and past employees of the Oshakati Country Lodge, their former employer and the medical doctor they said tested

Nigerian Army has officially protested to the Ministry of Defence to use diplomatic means to get the United State Government to retract the statement that Nigerian peacekeepers in operation zones have high rate of HIV/AIDS or be sued, THISDAY investigations

THE global economic crisis threatens HIV prevention and treatment gains made by 22 poor countries over the last few years, according to a new UNAIDS and World Bank report.

Finally there is a small light flickering at the end of the dark tunnel. The political will and urgency, so severely lacking for nine long years while Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang were in charge, is on

Next generation' microbicides containing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are in early clinical testing and may hold out the best hope of protecting women from HIV/AIDS, a conference has heard.

The world's largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS ended in Cape Town this week with a sense of optimism over future possibilities to stem the epidemic, outrage over funding cutbacks and revelations over failure to steadfastly implement tried and tested

American Thoracic Society) Ozone exposure, even at levels deemed safe by current clean air standards, can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California Davis.

American Thoracic Society) Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. "In this study we have shown that coal mine

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory) The US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies Inc., of Toronto, Canada, have won a 2009 R&D 100 Award for developing a compact gamma camera for high-resolution imaging of prostate cancer. The camera

American Thoracic Society) Lung volume reduction surgery can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or nonsurgical medical care.

University of New South Wales) A novel drug that targets a master disease-causing gene can dramatically reduce heart muscle damage after a heart attack and may lead to significantly improved patient outcomes, researchers at the University of New South Wales

World Journal of Gastroenterology) Cystic echinococcosis is kind of helminthic zoonoses that can occasionally affected human beings. The organs most frequently involved are the liver and lungs. For many years, elective treatment has been surgery, i.e. organ resection, cysto-pericystectomy. A

Wiley-Blackwell) Experts in intensive care and anesthesia have predicted that the current swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds and ventilators in England, with hospitals on the southeast coast, and in the southwest, east of England and East Midlands,

University of Michigan) New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a shift from performance-based to prevention-based athletic training programs.

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine) Researchers in Israel and Kenya have shown that the contribution of variable degrees of immune suppression, either due to existing chronic infections such as parasitemias and/or nutrition, in different populations may influence and prolong

INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, French researchers from Inserm, the CNRS and the UPMC have just developed a strategy that could promote

Clemson University) A gift from California-based Ozen Engineering Inc. to Clemson University is enabling researchers to create detailed computer models of the human body, which can be used to explore a variety of issues, from improving hip replacements to making

Burnham Institute) Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have found that the Caspase-8 protein, long known to play a major role in promoting programmed cell death (apoptosis), helps relay signals that can cause cancer cells to proliferate, migrate and