http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/pharmaceutical/fda/edurant.php FDA Approvals The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Edurant (rilpivirine) in combination with other antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who have never taken HIV therapy (treatment-naive). Fri, 20 May 2011 18:27:00 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/pharmaceutical/fda/edurant.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-vaccine.php HIV and Aids Information On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day AVAC Calls For Continued Commitment to HIV Vaccine Research - Argues AIDS vaccine research is a key part of the HIV prevention revolution. Wed, 18 May 2011 11:40:43 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-vaccine.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/macrophage.php HIV and Aids Information Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV - HIV’s Trickery within the Macrophage Revealed. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:07:07 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/macrophage.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/rates-hiv.php HIV and Aids Information While the overall hospitalization rate for stroke has declined in recent years, the numbers have jumped dramatically for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), suggesting they may be up to three times more likely to suffer a stroke than people uninfected by the virus that causes AIDS. Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:25:21 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/rates-hiv.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-disabilities.php HIV and Aids Information Imagine going to a clinic to be tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, if you are deaf and cannot read or use formal sign language. The doctor gives a "thumbs-up" sign. Does it mean "yes, you have HIV" or "yes, you are OK"? Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:02:00 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-disabilities.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-epidemic.php HIV and Aids Information Despite Progress in Testing Americans for HIV, Lack of Federal/Private Insurance Impedes Expansion. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:37:29 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-epidemic.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hervs.php HIV and Aids Information Why is it so hard to isolate and purify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Why has no one been able to see, by electron microscopy, a single HIV particle in the blood of AIDS patients, even those who have a "high viral load"? Why does HIV seem to mutate with startling rapidity? AIDS researchers have not been able to come up with answers to these questions. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:27:41 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hervs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-revaccination.php HIV and Aids Information HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may require revaccination to maintain immunity against preventable diseases. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:27:46 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-revaccination.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-drugs.php HIV and Aids Information Researchers at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:58:19 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-drugs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-drug.php HIV and Aids Information University of Utah biochemist hopes to begin human clinical trials in two to three years. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:27:10 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-drug.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-rights.php HIV and Aids Information Release of important new research that could empower women to lower risk of HIV infection highlights the intersection of science and human rights. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:17:25 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-rights.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/circumcision.php HIV and Aids Information PSI and Partners Join Call for Male Circumcision Scale Up - WHO, US Global AIDS Coordinator, and noted academic highlight ways to maximize impact of the life-saving intervention at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:26:36 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/circumcision.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-treatment.php HIV and Aids Information Study highlights need for earlier diagnosis and treatment - Despite growing evidence that the earlier people are diagnosed with HIV and get access to care, the better their clinical outcomes, many HIV-infected people in the United States and Canada are not receiving the care they need early enough. Sat, 29 May 2010 13:50:16 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-treatment.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-puzzle.php HIV and Aids Information Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV, in a study published today in the journal Nature. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:10:03 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-puzzle.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-cd.php HIV and Aids Information The Tech-Aid Institute, the award-winning software group gaining national recognition for its unprecedented work, has released another interactive CD-ROM for people with intellectual disabilities: Live Safe: Preventing HIV/AIDS for Women with Intellectual Disabilities. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:47:39 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-cd.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-vaccine-progress.php HIV and Aids Information Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:07:04 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-vaccine-progress.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-research.php HIV and Aids Information Researchers from the newly-established VGTI Florida and the University of Montreal have uncovered a possible method for eradicating HIV infection in the human body. The researchers have also revealed new information which demonstrates how HIV persists in the body - even in patients receiving drug treatments - and how the virus continues to replicate itself in individuals undergoing treatment. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:43:17 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-research.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-virulent.php HIV and Aids Information Damage to patients immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning of the HIV epidemic, suggesting the virus has become more virulent, according to a new study in the May 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:02:15 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-virulent.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-vaccine.php HIV and Aids Information Rutgers AIDS researchers Gail Ferstandig Arnold and Eddy Arnold may have turned a corner in their search for a HIV vaccine. In a paper just published in the Journal of Virology, the husband and wife duo and their colleagues report on their research progress. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:20:21 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/aids-vaccine.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-testing.php HIV and Aids Information Data collected from HIV surveillance are crucial to guide public health interventions, planning, and prevention efforts. But developing countries face several challenges to implementing surveillance programs says a team of researchers from the US and the Democratic Republic of Congo in this week's PLoS Medicine. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:40:57 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/aids/hiv-testing.php