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, 2009Ace-011 Phase 1 Results Published In The Journal Of Bone And Mineral Research
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Diamyd Medical: New Study Application To Vaccinate Against Juvenile Diabetes With Diamyd®
Published at Januar 1st, 2009Diamyd Medical AB (publ.) (Pink Sheets:DMYDY) (STO:DIAMB): A renowned research group at Lund University has filed an application with the Swedish Medical Products Agency to carry out a study of the diabetes vaccine Diamyd® for the prevention of type 1 diabetes in Swedish children.[click link for full article]
Vitamin Supplements Do Not Reduce Cancer Risk, More Evidence
Published at Dezember 31st, 2008US researchers studying the effect of beta carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E, either singly or in combination, on over 7,000 women found the supplements did not reduce their risk of getting cancer compared to women who did not take the supplements.[click link for full article]
Binge Drinking A Socially Acceptable British Pastime
Published at Dezember 28th, 2008A new study carried out by Professor Christina Griffin, University of Bath, England, and team indicates that young people’s alcohol consumption in Britain seems to be levelling off. Extreme drinking and planned drunkenness is still perceived as the norm amongst young people, the researchers report.[click link for full article]
washington Post Profiles Hiv/aids Advocate, Singer Sherri Lewis
Published at Dezember 23rd, 2008The Washington Post on Tuesday profiled HIV/AIDS advocate and singer Sherri Lewis, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. Soon after her diagnosis, Lewis met a researcher at Harvard University who encouraged her to take a position in Boston counseling HIV-positive drug users. Over the past few years, she has managed support groups [...]
Researchers Find Evidence About Evolution Of Hiv In Lemurs
Published at Dezember 20th, 2008Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a virus related to HIV in the genetic makeup of the Madagascar grey mouse lemur, a finding that could provide new evidence about the origins of HIV, according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IRIN/PlusNews reports. [...]
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 [...]
washington Post Examines History Of Whitman Walker Clinic
Published at Dezember 16th, 2008The Washington Post on Tuesday examined the history of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, a not-for-profit community health organization in Washington, D.C., that runs special programs for people living with HIV/AIDS. The clinic recently sold its property for $8 million to “beat back mounting debt,” the Post reports, adding that the organization will continue to operate in [...]