Aids Medecine
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Why AIDS is spinning out of control
For a while now, the AIDS epidemic was believed to have stabilised but now there's concern that it may be on the rise once again. Countries in Eastern Europe and former CIS states are now reporting an exponential rise in HIV cases all because of unsafe injectible drug use. Injecting drug users or IDUs, whose numbers are rising alarmingly across the...
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AIDS breakthrough: Gel to help prevent infection
For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus. It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms.The results need to be confirmed in another study, and t...
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Why AIDS is spinning out of control
For a while now, the AIDS epidemic was believed to have stabilised but now there's concern that it may be on the rise once again. Countries in Eastern Europe and former CIS states are now reporting an exponential rise in HIV cases all because of unsafe injectible drug use. Injecting drug users or IDUs, whose numbers are rising alarmingly across the...
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AIDS breakthrough: Gel to help prevent infection
For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus. It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms.The results need to be confirmed in another study, and t...
