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Inexpensive blood test for major parasitic diseases

The National Reference Centre for Parasitology (NRCP), based at the MUHC, is developing a comprehensive and inexpensive blood safety test that will allow clinicians to check for all major parasitic diseases in patients' blood.

5 Dec 2005

Needle-free methods of immunization

Samir Mitragotri, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says the myriad shortcomings of injections have led to active research and development of needle-free methods of immunization.

2 Dec 2005

EU advice for Africans - ignore Bush when it comes to AIDS

In what is seen as a major split with the United States over the AIDS pandemic, Europe, led by the UK, is tacitly urging African governments not to listen to the abstinence-focused agenda of the Bush administration.

2 Dec 2005

More men pay for sex in the UK

Researchers at Imperial College London, say that the number of British men paying for sex has doubled during the last decade and the men were more likely to have had a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

2 Dec 2005

Truckers in Cameroon get free condoms in fight against AIDS

In an attempt to curb high AIDS rates in the West African country of Cameroon, long-distance truck drivers will receive free condoms during the next five years.

30 Nov 2005

Real numbers of HIV/AIDS in China hard to confirm

The real scale of the AIDS epidemic in China is obscured by poor monitoring and official obstruction say China's top AIDS official who says a confirmed rise of 50% in cases is an underestimation.

30 Nov 2005

Door knock HIV tests to deal with AIDS in Lesotho

Lesotho, the tiny African kingdom is about to launch its own campaign to mark World AIDS Day.

29 Nov 2005

Drug partners in fight against AIDS say measles shot could be the answer!

Major drug company GlaxoSmithKline is hoping to develop an experimental AIDS vaccine by "piggy-backing" on a shot against measles.

29 Nov 2005

Nothing changes - AIDS drug goal defeated by bureaucracy

A recent report on the failure of the United Nations "3 by 5" AIDS initiative, says that because of bureaucracy, poor management and inadequate funding, a global drive to put 3 million poor people on life-saving AIDS drugs by the end of 2005, has been defeated.

28 Nov 2005

Zinc supplements shown to be good for children with HIV

According to new research zinc supplements are a safe and effective way to reduce illness in children with HIV.

28 Nov 2005

How is HIV transmitted from mother to child?

Without intervention, between 25% and 35% of the children born to HIV-positive mothers will themselves be infected.

28 Nov 2005

Health reform needs to be championed by health leaders

Health reform needs to be championed by health leaders, responsive to community needs and securely funded, to be sustained and benefit the health of Australians according to a new research published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

28 Nov 2005

Megestrol acetate may combat weight loss during radiation treatments

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues shows that a drug originally used to treat breast cancer may help combat the severe weight loss that can plague patients undergoing radiation treatment for lung and head and neck cancer.

28 Nov 2005

Zinc supplements safe for chidren with HIV

Zinc-deficient children living in communities where they do not receive adequate amounts of zinc from their diet should be given supplements, even if they are HIV-infected, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.

26 Nov 2005

United Kingdom has among the highest reported rates of primary resistance to HIV drugs worldwide

Those infected with HIV in the UK have one of the highest rates of resistance to anti-HIV drugs of anywhere in the world, prompting fears of a second wave epidemic of resistant virus, a new study claims in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

26 Nov 2005

Personal computers will help fight AIDS

A new project, called FightAIDS@Home, is hoping to tap into the unused power of individual and business computers to help research and identify drugs used to combat the HIV virus.

24 Nov 2005

New worldwide high for AIDS numbers

A new report says that worldwide the number of AIDS cases has reached record levels, with more than 40 million people now living with the disease.

22 Nov 2005

Carbonic anhydrase and CO2 sensing during Cryptococcus neoformans growth, differentiation, and virulence

By using pathogenic fungi as model systems for understanding fungal diseases, two groups of researchers are reporting new work that offers insight into how carbon dioxide (CO2) governs the morphogenic changes that allow pathogenic fungi to survive in different environments and invade the human body

21 Nov 2005

Africa worst hit by AIDS - 2.4m dead, 3.2m infected in sub-Sahara

According to a new UN report, levels of HIV infection in the Middle East and North Africa are increasing and there is an urgent need for better education and prevention strategies.

21 Nov 2005