Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body’s chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens. The cutting edge laser technology has helped to attract .[click link for full article]
Archive for August, 2008
Microscopic Life, Live Using Cutting Edge Laser Technology
Published at August 31st, 2008Rapid Changes In Key Alzheimer’s Protein Described In Humans
Published at August 31st, 2008For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease, in the human brain. A collaborative team of scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Milan report their results in [...]
Delegates At Asia-pacific Meeting Call For Increased Efforts To Fight Hiv/aids In Region
Published at August 30th, 2008Health officials and experts from countries in the Asia-Pacific region with a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS Thursday in Manila, Philippines, pledged to intensify national efforts to curb the spread of the disease, the Independent Online reports. The delegates at the three-day meeting also said that there is a need for governments, civil society groups and [...]
Maine Hiv/aids Housing Facility To Close, Cites Declining Demand
Published at August 30th, 2008The only assisted living facility in Maine that cares specifically for HIV-positive people, Peabody House, will close by the end of the year because of declining demand, officials at the Frannie Peabody Center said Tuesday, the Portland Press Herald reports. Patti Capouch, executive director of the Frannie Peabody Center, said the closing of Peabody House, [...]
Uganda’s Health Ministry Orders $1.8m Worth Of Antiretrovirals To Address Drug Shortage
Published at August 29th, 2008Uganda’s Ministry of Health is expecting a batch of antiretroviral drugs to “arrive any time,” Sam Zaramba, director-general of health services, announced on Tuesday following a drug shortage confirmed by health officials in the country last week, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. The government order for $1.8 million worth of antiretrovirals was placed with Quality [...]
Maine Hiv/aids Housing Facility To Close, Cites Declining Demand
Published at August 29th, 2008The only assisted living facility in Maine that cares specifically for HIV-positive people, Peabody House, will close by the end of the year because of declining demand, officials at the Frannie Peabody Center said Tuesday, the Portland Press Herald reports. Patti Capouch, executive director of the Frannie Peabody Center, said the closing of Peabody House, [...]
Uganda’s Health Ministry Orders $1.8m Worth Of Antiretrovirals To Address Drug Shortage
Published at August 29th, 2008Uganda’s Ministry of Health is expecting a batch of antiretroviral drugs to “arrive any time,” Sam Zaramba, director-general of health services, announced on Tuesday following a drug shortage confirmed by health officials in the country last week, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. The government order for $1.8 million worth of antiretrovirals was placed with Quality [...]
Uganda Facing Challenges With Its Efforts To Prevent Mother-to-child Hiv Transmission
Published at August 29th, 2008Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Government figures estimate 20,000 children contract the virus annually, accounting for 42% of all new cases in the country, according to IRIN/PlusNews. “The large and growing unmet need for pediatric HIV/AIDS (services) demonstrates that failure [...]
Uganda Facing Challenges With Its Efforts To Prevent Mother-to-child Hiv Transmission
Published at August 28th, 2008Mother-to-child HIV transmission rates remain high in Uganda, despite services made available by the government to prevent MTCT, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Government figures estimate 20,000 children contract the virus annually, accounting for 42% of all new cases in the country, according to IRIN/PlusNews. “The large and growing unmet need for pediatric HIV/AIDS (services) demonstrates that failure [...]
Hiv Spreading In New York City At About Three Times The National Rate, Study Finds
Published at August 28th, 2008HIV is spreading in New York City at about three times the national rate, with an incidence of 72 new HIV infections per 100,000 people, compared with 23 new infections per 100,000 people nationwide, according to a study released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York Times [...]