Pope Benedict XVI is greatly concerned by HIV pandemic and considering about use of condoms to fight against HIV / AIDS, Vatican sources confirms. The Vatican’s office for health care has concluded a study on the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS, and a long-awaited report on it is now being examined by the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, a senior cardinal said.
Some 2.9 million people have died this year from AIDS-related illnesses, and 4.3 more million were infected with HIV, according to the U.N.’s AIDS epidemic update report. The disease’s spread was most notable in East Asia, eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Chinese state media said that reported cases of HIV/AIDS increased upto 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection. Of the reported cases, 40,667 have developed into AIDS, it said.
An estimated 40 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS and the global epidemic continues to grow, according to new figures published by UNAids and the World Health Organization.
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and ConvaTec, a world-leading manufacturer of ostomy and wound care products, announced today the recipients of the Great Comebacks(R) Program 2006 Ina Brudnick Scholarship and the Comeback Kids awards. Abby Ryan, the 2006 Ina Brudnick Scholar, was honored alongside Lauren Belanger, Becca Davis and Michelle Flude, the 2006 Comeback Kids, in New York City on November 18th at CCFA’s annual meeting.
Results of a new survey conducted among more than 1,000 Americans age 45 and older reveal that most adults are not concerned about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a lung disease that is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. According to the survey, only 1 in 10 adults could correctly identify what COPD is, and only 4 percent consider COPD to be a health condition they worry ?the most? about getting, compared against other common chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer?s disease, heart disease, diabetes, or lung cancer. However, more people die from COPD than breast cancer or prostate cancer each year.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have set the stage for the rapid identification of compounds to fight against severe acquired respiratory syndrome (SARS), the atypical pneumonia responsible for about 800 deaths worldwide since first recognized in late 2002.
Global health inequalities are substantial, growing, and influenced by economic, social and health-sector variables as well as geography, a study concludes in the November issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
The country’s leading African-American lawmakers, civil rights leaders and medical experts today called on the federal government to adopt and implement a new blueprint to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community.
Prescription sleep aids may do little to improve the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A new study published in the November issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), finds that patients with OSA who were given prescription sleep aids were no more likely to use their CPAP machines than patients with OSA taking a placebo.