Back to basics in search for HIV vaccine
MEXICO CITY: Leaders in the quest for a vaccine against HIV acknowledged on Monday that their mission was dogged by many problems and cautioned that any breakthrough lay years in the future. In a workshop at the International AIDS Conference, they said the AIDS pandemic would only be defeated by a preventative vaccine, rather than [...]
US HIV infections rate higher than estimate!!!
WASHINGTON: US health authorities acknowledged on Saturday that they have substantially underestimated the number of new HIV infections in the country, in a study showing that the epidemic is worse than previously thought. About 56,300 people were infected with the virus that causes AIDS in 2006, a figure 40% higher than the previous estimate of [...]
Hope for Diabetic Heart Patients
An oral anti-diabetic drug, pioglitazone, has been shown to reduce clogging of arteries, lowered blood pressure, raised good cholesterol and improved on other cardio-vascular risk factors. In the study presented at the recent 57th annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago, it was discovered that pioglitazone caused a regression of coronary atherosclerosis. [...]
