Binge drinking — or the consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion — may be contributing to an increased risk of HIV among men who have sex with men in New York City, according to a study released Monday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York Times‘ [...]
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Binge Drinking Among Msm In New York City Linked To Increased Hiv Risk, Study Says
Published at Januar 7th, 2009India Introduces Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment In Eight States
Published at Januar 7th, 2009India’s National AIDS Control Organization is expanding the availability of second-line antiretroviral treatment to HIV-positive people resistant to first-line drugs, the Times of India reports. Now available in eight states, previously, only Mumbai’s J. J. Hospital and Chennai’s Tambaram ART Center offered second-line treatment. Under the program, the drugs will be available from the School [...]
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution To Lose Weight
Published at Januar 5th, 2009With the sumptuous food and treats available during the holiday season, it’s easy for us overdo it - even while we are adopting a New Year’s resolution to lose weight and be active. “Making a resolution to lose weight today is an important first step to a long and healthy life,” [...]
Hawai’i Doh Launches Enhanced Online Licensing For Clinical Laboratory Professionals
Published at Januar 4th, 2009Renewing Hawai’i state clinical laboratory personnel licenses just got easier. The Hawai’i State Department of Health (DOH) State Laboratories Division (SLD) now allows clinical laboratory professionals to update their profiles and pay license renewal fees online.[click link for full article]
Court Orders Schwarzenegger Administration To Enforce Hiv/aids Law, Says Ahf
Published at Dezember 24th, 2008The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles has entered a judgment and will issue a writ ordering California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement a landmark 2002 law intended to extend Medi-Cal (Medicaid) coverage to HIV-positive Californians.[click link for full article]
Malaysian Government Will Encourage Hiv Tests For Non-muslim Couples Before Marriage, Deputy Prime Minister Says
Published at Dezember 24th, 2008Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Saturday announced that non-Muslim couples will be urged to take voluntary HIV tests before marriage, AFP/Google.com reports. The statement follows a recent announcement by Najib that pre-marital courses for Muslim couples in the country will include mandatory HIV tests beginning in 2009. Najib said that the [...]
Study Looks At Male Circumcision As Hiv Prevention Among Black Men In Baltimore
Published at Dezember 19th, 2008HIV risk appears to be lower among U.S. black men who have been circumcised and are considered at high risk of contracting the virus than among black men who have not been circumcised, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Reuters reports. Two other studies in the journal also [...]
Women Can Contract Hiv Through Healthy Tissue, Study Says
Published at Dezember 19th, 2008A new study has found that HIV appears to attack normal, healthy genital tissue in women and does not require breaks in the skin to infiltrate cells, offering new perspectives on how the virus is spread, researchers said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Thomas Hope, a study author from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said [...]
Advocates Urge Obama To Increase Global Health Spending, Others Call For Freeze On Foreign Aid
Published at Dezember 18th, 2008While more than 100 global health and development organizations have signed on to several policy papers urging President-elect Barack Obama’s administration to increase spending for HIV/AIDS, global health and development assistance, one dozen House Republicans argue that the current economic downturn necessitates a freeze on foreign aid, CQ Today reports. One letter, submitted by the [...]
Washington, D.c.-based Whitman-walker Clinic Announces Staff, Program Reductions
Published at Dezember 18th, 2008The Whitman-Walker Clinic — a not-for-profit health organization that is the largest HIV/AIDS service provider in the Washington, D.C., area — on Tuesday announced that it will be reducing some staff and programs, the Washington Post reports. The clinic announced that it plans to close its office in Northern Virginia, which provides services to [...]