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HIV :: Condoms – our most trusted method to prevent HIV infection and AIDS

These three words echo around the world . . . AIDS CRISIS WORSENS! – 40 million people infected worldwide – 37.2 million adults – 2.2 million children under 15.

HIV :: Early symptoms of HIV

The only way to know if one is infected is to be tested for HIV infection. You cannot rely on symptoms to know whether or not you are infected. Many people who are infected with HIV do not have any symptoms at all for many years.

HIV :: FDA approves generic zidovudine oral solution

FDA announced the tentative approval of zidovudine oral solution, a generic version of a child-friendly oral solution to help keep AIDS virus from reproducing.

HIV :: Surprising attitudes towards HIV vaccine research

A survey of U.S. adults has found that a majority believe that HIV vaccines are the best hope for controlling the global AIDS epidemic and are confident such vaccines can be made.

Stress :: Managing Stress with Good Health and Stress management

The fast pace of life is taking toll on very city dweller, right from students to home makers and workers to managers, every body is hit by the bug of the stress. Modern technological development and communication aids are adding to the stress because of their high speed.

HIV :: Confusion and Conflict when it comes to HIV and AIDS

In Canada, HIV was first diagnosed among gay men. Later, hemophiliacs and others with health problems were infected due to tainted blood received through blood transfusions. People infected early on had no treatment available! A new and strange virus was weakening the immune system and causing illness in various ways, (what we now know as opportunistic. infections). That?s all we knew! Those who were infected looked for ways to boost their immune system. Not everyone affected by the disease was dying. Unfortunately, the media wrote only about those who were being ravaged by the disease and dying.

HIV :: Fixed dose combination drug product lamivudine and zidovudine tablets

The Food and Drug Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/FDA) announced the tentative approval of the fixed-dose combination drug product lamivudine and zidovudine tablets manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. of Hyderabad, India.

HIV :: Silicon Reverses Facial Wasting in AIDS Patients

AIDS patients with a disfiguring skin complication caused by HIV infection can be treated safely and successfully with applications of an inexpensive silicone oil preparation, according to research reported in Dermatologic Surgery, the medical journal of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS).

HIV :: First Generic Nevirapine for AIDS Relief

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the tentative approval of two applications for nevirapine tablets manufactured by Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Guragon, India and Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Hyderabad, India. These are the first generic versions of Viramune Tablets manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim. These products will now be available for consideration for purchase under the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

HIV :: Efavirenz for AIDS Relief

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the tentative approval of efavirenz tablets manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma LTD. of Hyderabad, India. This product is the first tentatively approved generic version of Sustiva Tablets (manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb). Efavirnez will now be available for consideration for purchase under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).