The most recent AIDs vaccine trials have not yielded success, in terms of discovering a vaccine that can prevent the AIDs infection, so health officials are looking for other ways to maximize use of already proven therapies. And they are hoping to use them as prevention opportunities.
What do we already have? Well, if an AIDs... Read more
Having non-invasive ways of diagnosing diseases, especially hard to reach cancers, is a huge step forward in scientific research - when it happens. Well a new study published in the Clinical Cancer Research validates a new potential screening tool of HPV induced head and neck cancers. In this particular study, researchers from Johns... Read more
It's all about shingles (herpes zoster) and how stress can "bring it on."
Check it out at http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/6898/46810/anxious-shingles
As soon as someone is diagnosed with HIV, a new study suggests that they should start treatment. The study shows that the sooner you start treatment, the more likely you are to extend your life and to create a "manageable, chronic disease" situation. Delay treatment, and the study indicates that you can nearly double your risk of... Read more
We now send invitations, love letters, announcements, news bulletins, baby births, even divorce notices by e-mail. So why not let someone know that they may have been inadvertently exposed to an STD?? That's exactly what inSPOT, a service born in San Francisco, California does. And it seems to be an innovative and effective way... Read more