Battling Aids

Approximately 5 to 6 million South Africans are infected with HIV. Nineteen percent of the country’s adult population aged between 15 and 49 carries the deadly virus. Unfortunately, only one-third of the HIV infected South Africans have access to...

AIDS, the word which rings disaster has been included in the report submitted by the International federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which called on the government and humanitarian agencies to pay more attention to AIDS in their...

Young gay men in America face an increased danger from AIDS. The situation is worst amongst the black community in the country. These are the finding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a federal body. It says the incidence of AIDS...

Science now seems close to winning the war against AIDS, as FDA approves of a new drug which has a different course of action as compared to the already existing ones. The new drug, known as 'Isentress' acts upon the HIV virus in a different manner...

No matter how many vows we make to annihilate AIDS from the world-map; how much we fuel our fight against it, and how loudly we talk in favor of AIDS-afflicted people; the fact remains standstill - despite many efforts - we haven’t been able to...

After more than a decade of researching better treatments for HIV patients, a new drug had been found in UK to lengthen the life expectancy of the victims. The recent introduction of Pfizer's Celsentri (Maraviroc) is truly helpful for the HIV...

Homeopathy is often observed as second fiddle to allopathic treatment and Saturday's workshop in south London that will be attended by 80 homeopaths will be attempting to wipe out that notion. The homeopaths will try and convince the medical world...

According to a new research the AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than first believed. After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished and spread worldwide. The...

Years ago, a HIV+ woman always kept family planning as the last thing on her mind. The fear of transmitting her HIV to her unborn baby during pregnancy was naturally too great for most women. It is also so, that pregnancy and HIV was too much for.

There is good news for those AIDS patients who have stopped responding to available drugs in the name of Isentress [also called raltegravir], a new drug developed by Merck. The lack of response to existing drugs occurs because the HIV virus mutates...