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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES TURN (RED)TO ‘LACE UP. SAVE LIVES’
London, UK (March 9, 2010) - Three leading European football leagues will turn (RED)™ this weekend as Nike introduces a special edition (PRODUCT)RED™ ball in the leagues’ home fixtures to raise awareness of the (NIKE) RED ‘Lace Up. Save Lives’ partnership.
Fresh hope for HIV patients
Mar 9, 2010 - n a welcome news for HIV patients, Canadian and American researchers have found new ways to increase effectiveness
of the current drugs to fight the deadly disease.
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Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup
9 March 2010 - Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults
Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend
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Expert Panel Releases Comprehensive New Research Agenda to Improve HIV Responses for Women and Children
8 March (Geneva, Switzerland) - On International Women's Day, IAS-Convened Panel Seeks Significant New Focus on Women and Children,
Who Make up the Majority of People Living with HIV Worldwide
As the HIV pandemic continues to exact an increasing toll on women and children, the International AIDS Society (IAS) and 15 other leading public and private
sector organizations have released a comprehensive new research agenda designed to significantly advance global responses to HIV in women and children.
New Approach to Immune Cell Analysis Seen as First Step to Better Distinguish Health and Disease
March 8, 2010 - Investigators have developed a new mathematical approach to analyze molecular data derived from
complex mixtures of immune cells. This approach, when combined with well-established techniques, readily identifies changes in small samples of human whole
blood, and has the potential to distinguish between health and disease states.
HIV cases surge 20% in Manitoba
Mar 08, 2010 - RALEIGH - Experts analyze potential causes
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A plea to change Catholic HIV stance
Mar 08, 2010 - RALEIGH - The controversy concerning the Catholic Church's prohibition against condom use for HIV prevention has a background unfamiliar to many people.
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Occult Hepatitis B Virus infection in ART-Naive HIV-Infected Patients seen at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India
7 March 2010 - Co-infections of hepatitis B and C viruses are frequent with HIV due to shared routes of transmission.
U-M scientists identify reservoirs where HIV-infected cells can lie in wait
March 07, 2010 - ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Targeting these reservoirs of latent cells may open door to new treatments
scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. The findings, which appear online today in Nature Medicine, indicate a new target for curing the disease so those infected with the virus may someday no longer rely on AIDS drugs for a lifetime.
 
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS DELIVER WARNING ON INADEQUATE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV
March 7, 2010 - Landmark study on HIV prevention for injecting drug users appears in The Lancet
The provision of HIV prevention services for injecting drug users, essential to contain the spread of HIV, is inadequate in most
countries around the world and presents a critical public health problem according to a landmark review by Australian researchers published in this week’s edition of The Lancet.
Vitamin D 'triggers and arms' the immune system
March 7, 2010 - Vitamin D is crucial to the fending off of infections, claims new research.
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HIV disclosure: AIDS conference discusses guidelines for prosecutors in criminal cases
March 7, 2010 - Criminal charges for non- disclosure of HIV infection should not be considered unless the HIV-infected person intended to transmit the virus to another person and succeeded in doing so, according to a coalition of Quebec AIDS service groups.
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The two faces of HIV/AIDS in the brain
March 6, 2010 - HIV/AIDS is a public health concern with about 40 million cases worldwide – 95 % of
them are found in relatively low income countries. HIV is a retrovirus entering the brain within 2 hours and 2 days.
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D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS
March 6, 2010 - The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will
make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates.
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Author with HIV refused China visa
March 6, 2010 - THE prizewinning author Robert Dessaix, who was to be part of an Australian delegation of authors and publishers to China next week, has been refused a visa because he is HIV-positive.
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OPPOSITES ATTRACT
WEEKEND WORKSHOP for HIV+/HIV- Couples
May 21 - 24 2010 Victoria Day Weekend
Alongside a serene lake, workshop participamts will join other HIV+/HIV- couples, peer leaders and professionals at a weekend
designed to strengthen, affirm and enhance their relationships.
Periodontal pathogens enhance HIV-1 promoter activation in T cells
5-Mar-2010 - Washington, DC, USA - Although oral co-infections (e.g. periodontal disease) are highly
prevalent in HIV-1 patients and appear to positively correlate with viral load levels, the potential for oral bacteria to induce HIV-1 reactivation in latently infected cells has received little attention.
Ludacris, Foxx target black youth in social media push on HIV
Actor Jamie Foxx and recording artist Chris "Ludacris" Bridges today join the ranks of celebrities who have lent their popularity to push
HIV prevention as part of a social media effort targeting young African Americans.
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Dining Out For Life Corporate Challenge
March 5 2010 - Does your team have what it takes to WIN the Dining Out For Life CORPORATE CHALLENGE?
HIV/AIDs network invites B.C. businesses to support Dining Out For Life, Thursday, March 25
Ham it up and say cheese. A Loving Spoonful and Friends For Life are challenging B.C. businesses to participate in Dining Out For Life and its new photo contest on Thursday, March 25.
Dining Out For Life Vancouver 2010
March 5 2010 - What is Dining out for Life? Dining Out For Life® is an annual fundraising event involving B.C. restaurants and
corporate sponsors to support people in Vancouver living with HIV/AIDS. The one-day event is scheduled for March 25, 2010. The organizers and beneficiaries of the event are A Loving Spoonful and the Vancouver
Friends for Life Society. Formed in 1991, Dining Out For Life® is organized in 55 cities throughout the United States and Canada.
Women Arise— A New Global Coalition Focused on Women, Girls And HIV— Launches and Calls on Governments and UN to Take Action on UNAIDS Agenda for Women and Girls
March 4, 2010 - United Nations - Women leaders of diverse networks and organizations from every region of the world announced today at the United Nations
the creation of a new global coalition called Women ARISE. The initiative was developed and is sponsored by 35 international women’s groups and regional and global networks, including those that advocate for the rights
of and are run by HIV positive women, sex workers, and young people.
Canadian AIDS Society Builds Capacity through Community at Leading Together 2010: The 6th Canadian HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium Montreal, March 4, 2010
Montreal, March 4, 2010 - March 4-7, at the Delta Centre-ville in Montreal, the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) presents Leading Together 2010: The 6th Canadian
HIV/AIDS Skills Building Symposium. With the theme: Building Capacity through Community, the event will focus on assembling all players in the field of HIV/AIDS to build on the common vision of a future without HIV/AIDS.
Ugandans who think they have HIV are less likely to refer family members for testing
March 04, 2010 - A study presented at the recent Seventeenth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) found that Ugandans
presenting at a TB clinic grossly overestimated the likelihood that they had HIV. It also found that those who thought they had HIV were significantly less likely to refer members of their household for HIV testing than those who did not think so.
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UN Launches Initiative to Help Tackle Health Problems in Developing Countries
March 4, 2010 - Travelers in the United States will now be able to help reduce health problems - including malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS - around
the world with a simple $2 donation when they purchase plane tickets, rent a car or book a hotel room. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the unique initiative on Thursday.
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US Study Suggests Circumcision Is Unlikely to Prevent HIV, STIs in MSM
04 March 2010 - Analysis of nearly 4000 circumcised and uncircumcised men who have sex with men (MSM) in Seattle, Washington found no evidence that circumcision lowers the risk of HIV infection or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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Kerry Calls on FDA to Lift Longstanding Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
March 4 2010 - Sen. John Kerry called on the government Thursday to abolish a "discriminatory" law that bars homosexual men in the U.S. from donating blood, saying "not a single piece of scientific evidence supports the ban."
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Ann-Margret to Receive Desert AIDS Project Award
March 4 2010 - Legendary star Ann-Margret will receive the 2010 "Arts & Activism" award from the Desert AIDS Project next Thursday.
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Women for Positive Action: an International Partnership Dedicated to Enhancing the Lives of Women Living with HIV
March 4, 2010 - To mark International Women's Day (March 8, 2010) Women for Positive Action
are launching a series of tools to raise awareness of the challenges facing women living with HIV/AIDS today.
Women for Positive Action (WFPA) is led by a broad coalition of healthcare professionals, women living with HIV and community
representatives from Europe, Canada and Latin America
LifeSciences British Columbia Hosts World-Class Summit on HIV/AIDS During Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games
March 3, 2010 - LifeSciences British Columbia, the BC Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the University of British Columbia and the International AIDS Society,
hosted a world-class summit against the backdrop of the 2010 Olympic games entitled “The Impact of Science & Innovation in the Evolving Global Health Paradigm: HIV and AIDS – A Global Challenge of Olympic Proportion.”
HIV associated with poorer sexual function for women
March 03, 2010 - For women with HIV, increasing age and a lower CD4 cell count were associated with lower sexual functioning.
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Human gut microbes hold genome'
3 March 2010 - A study published in the journal Nature details the analysis of the genes, carried out to better understand how the gut flora is affected by disease.
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Pfizer pneumonia shot helps HIV-infected patients
LONDON (Reuters) Results of a trial of Pfizer's Prevnar 7 vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis showed on Wednesday that
it can prevent three out of four cases of re-infection in HIV-infected adults in Africa.
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Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper on anti-AIDS mission
March 3 2010 - London, England (CNN) Lady Gaga has paid tribute to pop icon Cyndi Lauper as they join forces to raise HIV and AIDS awareness among women.
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Stopping Tenofovir Doesn’t Always Reverse Kidney Damage
Kidney damage caused by tenofovir (found in Viread, Truvada and Atripla) may not reverse itself after a year of discontinuing the drug, according to new study results published ahead
of print on the website for the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS).
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Two compounds discovered that pave the way for new class of AIDS drug
La Jolla, Calif., March 2, 2010 - IBM World Community Grid’s computing strength powers breakthrough research that will guide their development
A team of researchers at the renowned Scripps Research Institute has discovered two new compounds that prove the existence of new binding sites on HIV protease. Associate
Professor C. David Stout, senior author of the study, explained “These results open the door to a whole new approach to drug design against HIV protease,” which is an enzyme used by HIV to create new, infectious viral particles.
Hep C sufferers endangering health to get treatment
March 3 2010 - B.C., Ont. won't cover antiviral drugs without liver damage, so patients binge drink
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Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 10, 2010
March 2, 2010 - As we commemorate the fifth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day,
we are reminded that in the United States, women and teenage girls accounted for more than a quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007
and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS. Black women in this country suffer disproportionately from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as they
acquire new HIV infections at nearly 15 times the rate of white women. Worldwide, half of the estimated 33.4 million people living with
HIV in 2008 were female, and HIV was the leading cause of disease and death for women of childbearing age.
Normal Life Expectancy With Maintenance of CD4s Above 500
March 2, 2010 - Survival among HIV-positive men who keep their CD4 counts above 500 cells for at least three years is comparable with that of the general population,
according to optimistic data from a large European cohort reported on Friday, February 19, at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). More sobering findings were documented among
HIV-positive women: mortality rates, even among those responding well to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, were still lower compared with HIV-negative women.
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Protecting HIV-positive mothers and their children after the quake in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 2 March 2010 - According to Haiti's Ministry of Health, there are 120,000 people living with HIV in the country. Some 63,000 of them are women,
7,000 are pregnant and 8,500 are children. The incidence of HIV among adolescents is alarmingly high – particularly among young girls, who are being infected at twice the rate of boys.
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Twenty-Five Years of HIV Blood Testing Helped to Positively Transform Global Health Crisis
Abbott Park, Ill., March 2, 2010 - Imagine delaying a life-saving surgery or being afraid to receive or donate blood for fear of contracting HIV. It seems unbelievable today,
but twenty-five years ago, this was the reality as the world struggled to keep the deadly virus out of the blood supply.
UNAIDS takes action to empower women and girls to protect themselves from HIV
New York/Geneva, 2 March 2010 - UNAIDS, together with celebrated artist and activist for women and HIV, Annie Lennox, has launched an Agenda for Accelerated Country
Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV (2010–2014), which has been developed to address gender
inequalities and human rights violations that continue to put women and girls at risk of HIV infection.
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Lady Gaga boosts Estée Lauder Aids campaign
March 2 2010 - Proceeds from the Viva Glam sales will be allocated entirely to the MAC Aids Fund, run by MAC Cosmetics, which was acquired in 1998 by Estée Lauder.
The fund contributes to HIV/Aids causes around the world, including distribution of the female condom and poverty-relief work.
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Vancouver medals in condom distribution
March 1 2010 - (CNN) - The medals have been presented, the caldron extinguished and the crowds dispersed, but there's one record from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that may have been overlooked: Most condoms distributed at a Winter Games.
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HIV positive painters create healing art
March 1 2010 - (CNN) - The medals have been presented, the caldron extinguished and the crowds dispersed, but there's one record from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that may have been overlooked: Most condoms distributed at a Winter Games.
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HIV and noncommunicable diseases hinder the progress of poor countries' Millennium Development Goals
1-Mar-2010 - A study published in PLoS Medicine this week examines why poor countries are falling behind with the UN Millennium Development Goals for health, finding
that noncommunicable diseases and HIV prevalence are strongly associated with the difficulty countries have meeting these targets.
Ex-boxer Paul Banke battles on after AIDS diagnosis
March 1 2010 - The fighter says he is sober after years of drug abuse and still calls
himself 'lucky' 15 years after his AIDS diagnosis.
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Masalila Takes Up Fight Against Stigma
01 March 2010 - FRANCISTOWN: If there is anything that will make Francinah Masalila more content,
it would be to see HIV-positive people in this country living self-assured lives free from stigma.
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Petition against Anti-Gay Bill Delivered to Ugandan Parliament
01 March 2010 - Critics say bill's passage could set precedent for other African countries, which have criminalized homosexuality, homosexual behavior in recent years
An Anglican priest and an activist for HIV/AIDS patient rights delivered the petition to Uganda's parliament speaker Monday on behalf of ordinary citizens and 500,000 people around the world, who signed the petition in support.
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Kampala lab to monitor HIV drug resistance
March 1 2010 - Medical experts say for the drugs to work properly, adherence to ART is crucial. That is, patients need to take all the pills and stick to a consistent schedule.
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Failure to aid drug users drives HIV spread
Mar 01, 2010 - LONDON - More than 90 percent of the world's 16 million injecting drug users are offered no help to avoid
contracting AIDS, and governments that ignore them risk a spiralling public health crisis, drugs experts said on Monday.
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