It wasn’t too long ago that the annual mortality from HIV infection exceeded 20 percent/yr. Much to the credit of the scientific community which aggressively researched this disease and to the credit of our society as a whole for accepting the reality of HIV and making it a major public health issue, the annual mortality rate is now less than 2 percent/yr in just over a decade of therapy. The continued development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is largely responsible for this...
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HIV is #1 killer of women worldwide
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) are reporting that HIV is now the top killer of women ages 14 to 49 worldwide. WHO experts say of... Read more »
FDA Warns of Liver Problems from HIV Drugs
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning users of the HIV drugs Videx and Videx EC that the medications can cause a rare... Read more »
Sudden cardiac death genes found
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A new study links painkillers to one in five deaths among people who have had spinal fusion surgery (also known as lumbar fusion) to help relieve... Read more »
Brain hemorrhage may explain Natasha Richardson's death
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