India’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 [...]
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India Introduces Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment In Eight States
Published at Januar 7th, 2009Glivec Receives Us Approval As First Treatment To Reduce Risk Of Cancer Returning In Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Published at Dezember 27th, 2008Novartis announced that Glivec® (imatinib) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the post-surgery treatment of adult patients following complete surgical removal of Kit (CD117)-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).[click link for full article]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Cytokinetics Announces Clinical And Preclinical Data Regarding Ispinesib For Breast Cancer Treatment
Published at Dezember 15th, 2008Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CYTK) announced today that two posters, one summarizing interim Phase I clinical trial data evaluating ispinesib in the treatment of breast cancer and another containing preclinical data for ispinesib, were presented at the 31st Annual San [...]
Recent London Improvements In Curative Radiation Therapy For Relevant Early Prostate Cancer
Published at Dezember 14th, 2008UroToday.com - The most effective form of treatment for localized prostate cancer remains a matter of great debate. There are no randomized controlled trials comparing radiotherapy with prostatectomy.[click link for full article]
President-elect Obama Nominates Daschle As Head Of Hhs, Director Of New White House Office Of Health Reform
Published at Dezember 13th, 2008President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday during a press conference in Chicago officially nominated former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as the next HHS secretary, Reuters reports. Daschle also will serve as director of a new White House Office of Health Reform (Reuters, 12/11).Jeanne Lambrew, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress [...]
Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak Puts Hiv-positive People At Risk, Health Officials Say
Published at Dezember 13th, 2008People living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to contracting cholera in Zimbabwe, which currently is experiencing an outbreak of the waterborne illness, Stanley Takaona, Deputy President of the Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Activist Union, said recently, IRIN/PlusNews reports. HIV-positive people with weakened immune systems have a more difficult time recovering from cholera and are at an increased [...]
Pope Discusses Hiv, Tb, Malaria In Annual Peace Address
Published at Dezember 12th, 2008Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday during his annual peace address discussed HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and said that the three diseases are a common cause of poverty, Agence France-Presse reports (Agence France-Presse, 12/11).Benedict in his address, titled “Fighting Poverty To Build Peace,” added that HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria are a “significant factor in the overall [...]