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Five days after her kidney transplant, Natalie Cole, 59, has been discharged from the hospital. Cole was undergoing dialysis thrice a week along with the treatment for hepatitis C until she got a call that a donor organ was available. She lost her...
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There is a myth which is doing rounds since the time HIV appeared in the modern world scenario. It must have been the outcome of some depraved thinking, if one has HIV+...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Women in Africa are being sterilised without their consent after being told the procedure is a routine treatment for Aids, a lawsuit will claim.
Forty HIV-positive...
made popular Jun 23 2009
The nationwide initiative — funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ‘Population Services International’ (PSI) —...
made popular Jun 19 2009
The adult film industry said it was the first case since the 2004 outbreak, the LA Times reported.
In fact, 22 performers have tested positive, including last...
made popular Jun 13 2009
Indian feminists, backed by National Commission of Women and Women and Child Development ministry coupled with sick Indian society allegedly blame HUSBANDS if women...
made popular Jun 1 2009
Since 1993, renowned personalities and artists have lent their voices and support to Life Ball, Europe’s most spectacular annual charity event dedicated to...
made popular May 4 2009
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fifth patient has tested positive for HIV and another seven have tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to...
made popular May 1 2009
AP, Chattanooga
A 60-year-old Navy veteran who had a colonoscopy last year got an unimaginable phone call recently _ a blood test showed he had HIV. A second test by the Veterans...
made popular Apr 24 2009
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fourth person exposed to dirty equipment at its hospitals has tested positive for HIV.
made popular Apr 24 2009
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A summary of federal government figures on syphilis and HIV:
made popular Apr 18 2009
Punch: 0.6in condom promotes safe sex
Theme: Use condoms, stay safe!
My take: Though, this is about safe-sex promoters educating young people about HIV and the...
made popular Apr 18 2009
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Three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at Veterans Affairs hospitals have tested positive for HIV, the agency said Friday.
made popular Apr 17 2009
AP, Chattanooga
The Department of Veterans Affairs says three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment have now tested positive for HIV.
made popular Apr 17 2009
AP, London
Drug makers GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Pfizer Inc. said Thursday they plan to create a new company to invest in the research and development of HIV treatments.
made popular Apr 16 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has donated 2 Million dollars to the Ministry of Public Health to establish centers for the identification,...
made popular Apr 9 2009
Hundreds or even thousands of Kenyans and Ugandans may have been told that they are infected with HIV when they are not, thanks to faulty rapid, 15-minute tests...
made popular Mar 18 2009
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Pope Benedict XVI said on his way to Africa Tuesday that condoms were not the answer in the continent’s fight against HIV, his first explicit statement on an...
made popular Mar 17 2009
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A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3 percent of residents in the nation’s capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission...
made popular Mar 16 2009
AP, Georgetown
Guyana says a U.S.-funded AIDS prevention program has helped slash the HIV infection rate in the South American country from nearly 3 percent to about 1 percent.
made popular Mar 14 2009
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A report into the use of contaminated blood that infected roughly 5,000 hemophiliacs in Britain with hepatitis C and HIV called Monday for increased financial help to...
made popular Feb 23 2009
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In February 2008 the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas was shut down by public health officials for violating a number of health codes. For nearly four...
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How would it be if the viruses causing HIV and hepatitis C could be zapped out from the blood stream of an infected patient? No, this is no another Hollywood creation...
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Hepatitis C may lead people to suffer from sexual dysfunction. The age and depression level does not matter if people with hepatitis C also having sexual...
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Viropharma Inc announced that the drug, it is developing with Wyeth Inc., successfully reduces the hepatitis C virus. It shows during the fourteen-day experimental...
made popular May 22 2006
Diabetics could be two to three times more likely to develop cancer of the liver, according to researchers. True, chronic infections with hepatitis C and B, cirrhosis...
made popular Mar 10 2006
Be aware people with bleeding disorders! a€’ I mean people who have disorders such as hemophilia. You are more vulnerable to risk from emerging infectious...
made popular Feb 15 2006
A special report appearing in a section of the UK press talks of growing drug addiction among Londoners. Based on surveys, this report claims that no less than 50,000...
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Hepatitis C infection has claimed no less than 100,000 lives in Britain alone. However, contrary to their reactionary sting, Brits were initially quite indifferent to...
made popular Oct 6 2005
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