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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: conclusive + hiv + evidence  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)


Hindu
AIDS: importance of nutrition confirmed
Hindu, India - Jul 30, 2008
... has found conclusive evidence that providing micro and macronutrients to people living with HIV/AIDS greatly improves their health and quality of life. ...
Evidence is in, but no change in medical marijuana laws
TheReporter.com, CA - Jul 27, 2008
This study illustrates that medical cannabis provides much-needed relief from suffering for people living with HIV/AIDS and other disorders that cause ...
Swiss court rules all people with HIV can be criminally liable for ...
Aidsmap, UK - Jul 18, 2008
... because there is no law mandating HIV testing or disclosure after unprotected sex ? but also that the scientific evidence was not conclusive enough to ...
RP Catholics bash groups opposed to contraceptives ban
Inquirer.net, Philippines - Jul 28, 2008
?There has been no conclusive empirical data and statistical evidence presented by any group, including these lay groups, [to support that],? he said. ...
Philippines Catholics rebuke dissenting Catholics
Catholic News Agency, CO - Jul 30, 2008
?There has been no conclusive empirical data and statistical evidence presented by any group? to support such a statement, Contreras said. ...

eMaxHealth.com
Junkfood Science Special: Statin Kids
eMaxHealth.com, NC - Jul 9, 2008
Several other medical conditions can place a child at high risk for lipid disorders, such as organ transplantation, HIV infection, systemic lupus ...
Maintaining the US strategic advantage
ISN, Switzerland - Jul 9, 2008
World politics is returning to its traditional form?a continuing stream of problems that defy a conclusive solution, but which must instead be continuously ...
SEC Form 8-K Current Report.pdf
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 8, 2008
Data from pre-clinical and clinical activities is not always conclusive and may be susceptible to varying interpretations which could delay or prevent ...
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Evidence for coinfection by multiple strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B in an … -
T Zhu, N Wang, A Carr, S Wolinsky, DD Ho - Journal of Virology, 1995 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
... This case of acute seroconversion provides clear and conclusive evidence that
coinfection by multiple HIV-1 strains can indeed occur in vivo. ...

The Ugandan success story? Evidence and claims of HIV-1 prevention -
JO Parkhurst - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier
... might also feel under pressure to present successful examples of HIV-1 prevention ...
success that are not, in fact, based on any conclusive evidence, but which ...

… therapy be started for HIV infection? Interpreting the evidence from observational studies. -
AN Phillips, AC Lepri, F Lampe, M Johnson, CA … - AIDS, 2003 - aidsonline.com
... Therefore, existing available evidence strongly suggests that the ... analysis from the
Swiss HIV Cohort, in ... not considered to provide conclusive evidence that ART ...

… Infection Treatment on Prevention of HIV Infection: A Synthesis of Evidence from the Mwanza, Rakai, … -
EL Korenromp, RG White, KK Orroth, R Bakker, A … - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005 - UChicago Press
... the trial do not provide clear evidence for or ... these findings cannot be regarded
as conclusive, they may indicate that the incidence of HIV infection would ...

Recent upturn in mortality in rural Zimbabwe: evidence for an early demographic impact of HIV-1 … -
S Gregson, RM Anderson, J Ndlovu, T Zhuwau, SK … - AIDS, 1997 - aidsonline.com
... and the result of this test was taken as being conclusive. ... with the young age
distribution of HIV-1 prevalence ... pregnant women and the absence of evidence for a ...

… between Patients with and without AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC): Evidence for Neurotropic HIV … -
TK Smit, B Wang, T Ng, R Osborne, B Brew, NK … - Virology, 2001 - Elsevier
... IL-2-stimulated donor PBMCs, there is no evidence for CXCR4 use ... data are conclusive
in showing that the brain-derived ... in tropism of brain-derived HIV-1 isolates ...

… , and women's susceptibility to HIV infection: epidemiological evidence and biological mechanisms -
L Myer, L Kuhn, ZA Stein, TC Wright, L Denny - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2005 - Elsevier
... 32 Although by no means conclusive, these findings ... studies have suggested that
HIV-infected women ... to have clinical and/or microbiological evidence of bacterial ...

… for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection (Cochrane Review) -
CU Shey Wiysonge, P Brocklehurst, JAC Sterne - The Cochrane Library, 2004 - medscape.com
... At the present time there is no conclusive evidence that the antenatal and intrapartum
use of vitamin A supplementation to reduce MTCT of HIV and adverse ...

HIV-1 rebound after anti-retroviral therapy -
DD Ho, L Zhang - Nature Medicine, 2000 - nature.com
... However, over the past year, many studies 4, 5 have provided conclusive evidence
that HIV-1 replication is incompletely inhibited by current anti-retroviral ...

[PDF] Micronutrients and HIV infection: a review of current evidence -
H Friis - THIS PUBLICATION - who.int
... World Health Organization for consideration by technical departments of WHO and
at a "Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence, lessons and ...

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Heterosexual Male? Circumcision Helps You Avoid HIV - The Evidence Is Conclusive

Article Date: 14 Dec 2006 - 5:00 PST
Research recently conducted in Kenya and Uganda is said to show conclusively that circumcised men are half as likely to become infected with the HIV virus through heterosexual sex than non-circumcised men. This confirms the findings of an earlier trial in South Africa which showed a 60 per cent reduction in HIV infections in circumcised compared to non-circumcised men.

This may partly account for the different rates of spread of HIV throughout Africa, where routine circumcision varies widely.

The research was sponsored by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the The US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

It is thought that circumcision protects men against HIV because the male foreskin, which is mostly removed by circumcision, offers a way into the body for the virus. It is lined with Langerhans' cells which act as receptors for HIV, and the lining is prone to tiny scratches and tears that can also become infected.

It is possible that a similar theory applies to HIV infection in women since the clitoris and labia are also lined with Langerhans' cells. The question of whether the reduced infection rate in African men will lead to lower infection rate in African women is the focus of a separate project, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and due to complete in two years.

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While the research is conclusive, implementation in practice is messy and full of risk. Can sufficient African men, bound by wide ranging ethnic and cultural traditions be persuaded to become circumcised? How easy will it be to get male infants circumcised? Some scientists are suggesting that in Africa, some populations are already increasing routine male circumcision.

Also, it is important that this new message gets across clearly. Circumcision does not eliminate HIV infection, it merely reduces the likelihood of infection, albeit significantly, and men will still need to use condoms. But if the message gets across badly, they could stop using condoms thinking that circumcision gives total protection and this could turn into a general message that condoms are ineffective.

The cost of mass scale circumcision programmes will also be vast, but in comparison to the present alternative, which is to treat HIV post-infection, it is not. Again, it is a matter of who pays and whether it will be enough.

Also, circumcisions can go wrong - they become infected and cause further healthcare and social problems.

Plus, there still remains the issue of HIV transmission through infected needles and anal-receptive sex.

The war against HIV/AIDs is complex, and success will depend on the careful management of different strategies, all working together. It now rests with policy makers to take this new data and make it work, on the ground.

Click here for HIV/AIDs articles on Development in Practice (Oxfam).

Written by: Catharine Paddock
Writer: Medical News Today
 
 
 
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