Posts Tagged ‘aids’

 What is Epivir? Epivir is an anti-HIV medication. It is in a category of HIV medications called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). Epivir prevents HIV from altering the genetic material of healthy T-cells. This prevents the cells from producing new virus and ... Full story

  What is Atripla? Atripla is an anti-HIV medication. It contains two different types of anti-HIV drugs: one non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) and two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).   Atripla is marketed by two companies: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... Full story

Affordable Medication Since the introduction of HIV medications, statistics have shown that fewer people are dying of AIDS and people are now living long, productive lives despite their HIV infection. Unfortunately, the cost of HIV medications is sometimes an obstacle to getting people on therapy. While ... Full story

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Scientists at major medical centers in the United States, the drug industry and AIDS advocates are calling for a new research effort to defeat, once and for all, the viral infections that have caused the global AIDS epidemic that kills more than two million people each year worldwide, despite the antiviral drugs that are keeping other ... Full story

A video game in Kenya -- called Pamoja Mtaani and launched through a partnership between Warner Bros. Entertainment and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- is teaching young people in the capital of Nairobi about HIV/AIDS risks and prevention strategies, VOA News reports. The game, which ... Full story

Hong Kong in 2008 recorded 435 new HIV cases, the highest number of annual new cases since record-keeping began in 1984 and a 5% increase from the 414 cases reported in 2007, Hong Kong's The Standard reports. Wong Ka-hing, a consultant for the Center for Health Protection, said ... Full story

HIV/AIDS advocates in Thailand plan to meet with officials to urge the government not to restrict its compulsory license program, which allows people in the country to access low-cost, generic versions of drugs such as antiretroviral medications, AFP/Google.com reports. The program suspends patent protections for brand-name drugs to ... Full story

An experimental microbicide containing a naturally occurring compound provides protection in monkeys against the simian version of HIV by diminishing immune responses to the virus, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the Los Angeles Times reports. HIV typically spreads in the body by entering CD4+ T cells, which the immune system sends ... Full story

Mar 02, 2009 Although the response to HIV/AIDS in China has evolved from "denial and inertia to pragmatic prevention and treatment programs," there still are "massive challenges" to addressing the disease in the country, a Lancet editorial says. Chinese health officials recently reported that in 2008, HIV/AIDS was the country's "leading killer among infectious diseases for the ... Full story