AIDS Weekly articles from June 2002

AIDS Weekly archives from June 2002

Cytokine mediators identified.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified some of the cytokines likely responsible for the development of HIV induced neurodegeneration. ...

Protease inhibitors may increase atherosclerosis risk.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Protease inhibitors used to treat HIV infection may heighten the risk of occlusive vascular disorders, researchers in Italy warn. "Lipid disorders...

Chicago researchers testing HIV vaccine for healthy people.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infectious disease researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago have embarked on a search to find a vaccine to prevent people from contracting the human immuodeficiency virus...

Protease inhibitors enhance life expectancies but can cause adverse effects.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breakthroughs in protease inhibitors (PIs), drug therapies designed to combat HIV, have enhanced the life expectancies of those infected with the virus. However, there is increasing evidence that PI...

Cyclosporin A may be unsuitable for use during organ transplants.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The immunosuppressant cyclosporin A may not be a suitable treatment for HIV[superscript]+ patients undergoing solid organ transplantation, researchers in the...

Lamivudine can heighten transplacental zidovudine toxicity.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antiretroviral agent lamivudine may increase the toxicity of zidovudine when the two drugs are used to prevent peripartum transmission of HIV, researchers...

Bioption, IAVI partnering to develop globally accessible AIDS vaccines.(International AIDS Vaccine Initiative )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Swedish biotechnology firm Bioption AB is partnering with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) to develop and test a new approach for vaccines that can train the immune system to protect...

'Highly active' drugs cut hospital days for HIV/AIDS patients.(highly active antiretroviral therapy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from a nationwide network of HIV clinics, published in the May 2002 issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, suggest that current highly active antiretroviral therapy...

Antiretroviral therapy cut hospital days for HIV/AIDS patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from a nationwide network of HIV clinics - published in the May issue of Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes - suggest that current highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has...

Drug warning issued by Glaxo.(GlaxoSmithKline PLC)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients prescribed the AIDS drug Combivir should immediately make sure they got the right pills, the manufacturer says, after people in four states bought Combivir bottles that actually contained...

Tenofovir cytotoxicity lower than that of similar agents.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) tenofovir is less toxic to cells than similar agents, researchers in the United States report. ...

AcroMetrix introduces HIV Drug Resistance Genotype Controls to the clinical lab market.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AcroMetrix Corporation announced at the 18th Clinical Virology Symposium that it is introducing a new set of quality control products for laboratories conducting genotypic analyses to identify drug...

CDC urges gay men to get HIV tests.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hoping to head off a new surge of infections, the U.S. government has recommended for the first time that sexually active gay and bisexual men get tested once a year for the AIDS virus. Previous...

Company provides update of progress.(Human Genome Sciences Inc.)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc., (HGSI) recently told financial analysts in New York that the company expects to file four investigational new drug (IND) applications in 2002, seeking clearance from the...

Trimeris and Neokimia sign antiviral drug discovery and development agreement.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trimeris, Inc., (TRMS) and Neokimia Inc., announced the execution of a collaborative agreement to discover and develop small molecule fusion inhibitors of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Number of seniors contracting AIDS growing.
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Newly divorced after 23 years of marriage, Jane P. Fowler was hesitant to reenter the dating scene. When the then 50-year-old woman finally began seeing someone, it was a man she had known for years -...

Triangle reports financial results for first quarter 2002.(Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VIRS) reported that for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, it had a net loss of $1,787,000, or $0.02 per share, compared with a net loss of $22,858,000, or $0.55 per...

CDC warns of possible HIV test kit shortage.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federal health officials are warning about a possible shortage of a kit used to confirm HIV test results that initially come back positive. The possible shortage means some patients may have to wait...

Genelabs Technologies, University of Iowa Research Foundation collaborate on HGV, HIV research.(hepatitis G virus)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genelabs Technologies, Inc., (GNLB) announced that it has entered into a collaboration with the University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF) to study the impact of the hepatitis G virus (HGV, also...

Cost-effectiveness assessments important for HIV response in Africa.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A systematic review in the May 11, 2002, issue of the Lancet highlights the importance of cost-effectiveness evaluation to identify realistic intervention programs to tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa (p....

India's politicians bury differences in fight on HIV/AIDS.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2002... 2002 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Faced with an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic, India's ruling and opposition party leaders have buried their differences to map out a campaign to tackle the disease. "This is a concern that is shared...

New guidelines developed for Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have developed a new policy for administration of Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis to HIV patients. "Human...

DC-SIGN intercellular interactions not crucial for transmission.(dendritic cell type II membrane-spanning C-type lectin)(HIV transmission)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have cast doubt on a putative mechanism for intracellular HIV transmission. "DC-SIGN, a type II membrane-spanning C-type...

Simplified antiretroviral regimen safe, effective.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Anti-HIV maintenence therapy consisting solely of reverse transcriptase inhibitors provides benefits comparable with those of conventional regimens, with...

Protease inhibitors may reduce hepatitis C load in people coinfected with HIV.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - People coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus may see reductions in HCV loads in the liver as a result of taking HIV...

HIV Tat protein can trigger cardiac mitochondrial damage.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The HIV Tat protein may promote heart disease in infected patients, researchers in the United States report. Dr. Scott M. Raidel and colleagues at Emory...

Novel contraceptive antimicrobial agent can prevent pregnancy, STDs.(sexually transmitted diseases)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel topical antimicrobial and contraceptive agent can protect againist unwanted pregancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection,...

Both infections associated with reduced (gamma) (delta) T-cell counts.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients infected with tuberculosis, HIV, or both carry reduced levels of an important T-cell subset, researchers report. "Several recent studies suggest...

Christian leaders challenge America's response to the AIDS pandemic.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading Christian HIV/AIDS experts from around the world gathered May 17 and 18 in New York to examine the emerging role the Christian community must play in helping alleviate the growing AIDS pandemic...

Company highlights pharmaceutical product developments at annual meeting.(Abbott Laboratories)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the annual meeting of Abbott Laboratories (ABT) shareholders, chairman and CEO Miles D. White highlighted the company's scientific efforts; the successful integration of Knoll; and the performance...

First quarter 2002 performance: net loss of $0.29 per share.(GenVec Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), a biopharmaceutical company developing gene-based medicines, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002. GenVec reported a net loss of $6.4 million or...

First quarter net loss: $0.02 per share.(CytRx Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CytRx Corporation (CYTR) announced its financial performance for the 3-month period ended March 31, 2002. For the quarter, the company reported a loss of $179,000, or $0.02 loss per share, versus a...

First quarter net loss: $0.09 per share.(Epimmune Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN), a biotechnology company focused on the development of pharmaceutical products using multiple, specific epitopes to activate the body's immune system, announced its financial...

Sam68 expression can restore some Rev function in infected astrocytes.(mitosis protein)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified a cellular protein that appears to facilitate viral RNA export by the HIV Rev protein. "Human...

Vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- May 18, 2002 marked the Fifth Annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which highlighted research advances and the challenges of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and underscored why developing preventive HIV vaccines...

GlaxoSmithKline alerts patients, pharmacists, physicians to watch for incorrectly labeled Combivir.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the company has received four reports of suspect bottles containing 60 tablets of Combivir (lamivudine plus zidovudine) that actually contained another medicine,...

Dimethaid Research completes purchase agreement for Oxo Chemie AG.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dimethaid Research, Inc., announced that it has completed the agreement to acquire Oxo Chemie AG of Switzerland. This US$36.96 million acquisition will expand its existing product pipeline to...

AIDS drug program stops new enrollments.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public health officials have put a temporary freeze on new enrollments into Oregon's prescription drug assistance program for people with HIV and AIDS. Dr. Mel Kohn, state epidemiologist, said the...

Cambodian HIV victims rally against discrimination.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2002... 2002 JUN 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 600 Cambodians infected with the virus that causes AIDS and humanitarian workers marched in Phnom Penh on May 17, 2002, to call for an end to discrimination against people with the deadly...

env not solely responsible for CD4 cell death.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - CD4 cell death triggered by HIV infection relies on factors other than the gene coding for the viral Env protein, researchers in the United States argue. ...

Apoptosis not necessary for CD4 cell death.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on mechanisms of CD4 T-cell loss associated with HIV infection. "A better understanding of the death...

Dendritic cell subsets drop even during successful antiretroviral therapy.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Some dendritic cell (DC) subsets are depleted in HIV patients, even after otherwise successful antiretroviral therapy, researchers report. "In humans, at...

Antiretroviral therapy improves survival.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Potent antiretroviral therapy improves outcomes for patients suffering from malignancies associated with HIV infection, researchers in the United States...

Older age of male partners makes young women more susceptible to HIV-1 infection.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a field study in Zimbabwe published in the June 1, 2002, issue of the Lancet highlight how cultural aspects of sexual behavior are closely associated with an increased rate of HIV-1...

Brand-new science may offer HIV treatment.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an exciting illustration of just how clever medical science can be, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have exploited a naturally occurring biological phenomenon to come up with a...

Panacos Pharmaceuticals awarded NIH grant supporting development of PA-457.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that it has been awarded a phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant for $125,000 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award, from...

Advanced Viral Research names Dr. Mark H. Kaplan to scientific advisory board.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Viral Research Corp. announced that Mark H. Kaplan, MD, has joined the company's scientific advisory board. Dr. Kaplan brings specialized expertise in AIDS treatment and research, including...

BioErgonomics patents method for detection of binding pair complexes.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Paul, Minnesota-based BioErgonomics, Inc., (BioE) has received a patent for technology that makes detection and identification of diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV possible at a much earlier...

ViroLogic launches PhenoScreen to help screen new HIV drugs.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) announced that it has launched PhenoScreen, a new high throughput screening product designed to help drug companies more quickly and cost-efficiently screen clinical drug...

ViroLogic announces first quarter 2002 financial results.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) reported revenue of $5.7 million for the first quarter, an increase of 85% over revenue of $3.1 million for the same period in 2001. "We achieved our revenue goal for the...

Los Angeles County officials issue raw oyster warning.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- County health officials warned May 31, 2002 that people suffering from liver problems or who drink alcohol regularly should avoid eating raw oysters because of risk of infection by deadly bacteria. ...

Roche, Qiagen to develop diagnostic system for hepatitis and HIV PCR testing.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., (RMS), a business area of Roche Diagnostics and Roche Diagnostics Corp. (RDC), the U.S. sales and marketing arm of Roche Diagnostics, and Qiagen GmbH, a wholly owned...

Drug used in treatment of alcoholism may have role in treatment of HIV.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Naltrexone, a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction and alcoholism, may increase the effectiveness of the antiretroviral drugs zidovudine (AZT) and indinavir, which are used in the treatment...

HIV vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- May 18th marked the 5th annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, which highlights research advances and the challenges of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and underscores why developing preventive HIV vaccines offers...

California's Davis protects increase to life-saving HIV drugs.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation - the nation's largest AIDS organization - praised Governor Gray Davis' "brave leadership" for keeping his pledge in the face of massive state-wide cuts to protect...

Methotrexate interferes with KS virus gene transcription.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The anti-inflammatory drug methotrexate (MTX) disrupts gene activity by the virus responsible for Kaposi's sarcoma, researchers say. "Kaposi's...

Kenya to offer free drug to combat mother-to-child HIV.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kenya is about to become one of the few African countries offering HIV-positive pregnant women a free drug that prevents transmission of the virus causing AIDS to their unborn children, a health...

Zimbabwe lifts restrictions on AIDS drugs.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2002... 2002 JUN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zimbabwe has suspended import restrictions on drugs to treat the deadly AIDS pandemic, which claims more than 2000 lives a week in the southern African nation. The Justice Ministry notice,...

DC-SIGN could be therapeutic target.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Spain say that they may have found a novel target for immnotherapy against HIV infection. "Dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3 grabbing...

Plasma treatment appears to be cause of hyperfibrinolysis in transplant recipients.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Procedures used for ridding plasma of viral contaminants may be causing liver transplant recipients to develop hyperfibrinolysis after transplantation. ...

Cell cycle protein expression altered during HIV encephalitis.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Proteins that regulate cell cycle activity show abnormal function during HIV-induced encephalitis (HIVE), researchers in the United States report. "Cell...

Attenuated infection can create powerful antiviral T cells.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in New York have developed a novel immunotherapy technique for preventing and treating HIV infection. Dr. Malgorzata Simm and colleagues at...

HIV repressor factor linked to viral quiescence.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have elucidated the factors leading to HIV quiescence in response to successful antiviral treatment. "Repression of human...

RNA splicing regulators can be used to modulate viral protein function.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Factors which control HIV RNA splicing can be used to reduce the functional capacity of key viral proteins, researchers in Canada say. "Expression of the...

Herpes simplex vectors can enhance immunogenecity.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Herpes simplex-based vectors may be the best choice for antigen delivery by HIV vaccines, researchers report. "Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infects...

Preclinical results: Onconase a potential antiviral agent.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alfacell Corp. (ACEL) announced preclinical results which demonstrate that Onconase exerts its antiviral activity at two stages in the HIV-1 life-cycle. These findings were published in the Journal...

Roche adds MV026048 to its HIV treatment portfolio.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche has signed a licensing agreement with Medivir, a Swedish biotechnology company, for MV026048, a treatment in development for HIV. A novel nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor...

Access to antiretroviral treatment improving for poor, minority patients.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Access to powerful antiretroviral HIV treatment has improved for disadvantaged patients, researchers in the United States argue. Jeanne C. Keruly and...

Grapefruit juice does not affect amprenavir levels.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The HIV protease inhibitor amprenavir may be safely taken with grapefruit juice, researchers in France report. Dr. D. Demarles and colleagues at the...

Patients with negative sputum smear have higher mortality risk.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Delayed diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis is common in HIV patients, researchers in Italy warn. "HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis...

HIV killing teachers faster than they can be trained.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV/AIDS kills teachers faster than they can be trained, makes orphans of students, and threatens to derail efforts by highly infected countries to get all boys and girls into primary school by 2015....

U.N. says AIDS rapidly reaching epidemic proportions in Asia-Pacific region.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV/AIDS is rapidly reaching epidemic proportions in parts of Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations has warned Monday, adding that the newest threats are in India and China. At the present rate...

Company reports 17.7% sales increase in the first quarter.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories reported increases in both sales and earnings for the first quarter of 2002. The company also announced that it had submitted U.S. and European regulatory packages to the FDA...

Prevention regimens in Africa need to deter women from breastfeeding.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries needs to be accompanied by ways to deter women from breastfeeding, researchers...

Rapid HIV test for at-risk pregnant women to help reduce infection to newborns.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women who receive little or no prenatal care and who are at risk for contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS will soon be offered a rapid HIV test aimed at reducing...

Horizon gets FDA clearance on new lifeguard safety needle.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Horizon Medical Products, Inc., (HMP) announced that it has received clearance on its 510k submission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the commercial sale and distribution of its new...

AIDS activists optimistic about change in South Africa policy.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After more than 2 years of despair over South Africa's stubborn AIDS policy, activists and critics have expressed guarded optimism over the government's announcement of major changes to its...

African kingdom plans to fight the spread HIV by rewarding virginity.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An African kingdom has a plan to stop the spread of HIV. It's going to revive an old tradition by rewarding virginity. Those who remain virgins into their early 20s will get a gift to launch them...

To help AIDS orphans, prolong life of parents, Population Council researcher tells U.S. lawmakers.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- What can be done to help children affected by HIV/AIDS? According to a Population Council researcher who recently presented findings to a congressional committee, an important approach is to work with...

Improved treatment in Zimbabwe is goal of collaboration between UB and University of Zimbabwe.(Brief Article)
June 24, 2002... 2002 JUN 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving treatment of patients with HIV in Zimbabwe and potentially other developing nations by adapting approaches that have been successful in the U.S. is the goal of a new collaborative effort...