HIV :: China’s reported AIDS/HIV cases up nearly 30%
The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, warning the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public.
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HIV :: Number of People with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean Rises to 2 Million
Almost two million people with HIV live in Latin America and the Caribbean today, and the number of new infections in 2006 rose to 167,000, 12,000 more than in 2004, according to the new AIDS Epidemic Update, an annual report on the latest developments in the epidemic released today by UNAIDS/WHO. By the end of 2006, the total number of people with the virus was estimated to reach 1,950,000, 210,000 more than in 2004, the report said.
HIV :: 40 million HIV/AIDS cases – UN update
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.
HIV :: Africa having more HIV cases – UNAids
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.
Hospital-acquired infections — Inevitable?
In a press conference held earlier today at Washington D.C.’s Press Club, David B. Nash, MD, editor of the American Journal of Medical Quality, addressed hospital-acquired infections and the widespread anchoring belief — by both health-care professionals and patients — that acquiring infections in the hospital is unavoidable.
Diabetes :: Holiday gluttony can spell disaster for undiagnosed diabetics
Hearty feasts and couch-potato marathons are holiday traditions, but UT Southwestern Medical Center experts warn that packing on pounds and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don’t even know it.
SARS :: Setting the stage to find drugs against SARS
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.
Healthcare :: Health Inequalities Are a Growing Problem Worldwide
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.
HIV :: New HIV statistics indicate increasing toll of AIDS on African-American community
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.
Diabetes :: Joslin?s Latino Diabetes Initiative Launches Its First Audio-Novella
Rosa?s Story, an audio-novella from the Joslin Diabetes Center Latino Diabetes Initiative, uses the art of storytelling to educate listeners about the challenges of diabetes faced by the Hispanic/Latino population. The first-person accounts of a fictitious Latino woman with type 2 diabetes, and a teenager with pre-diabetes, are told in the new educational package. Designed for Spanish-speaking Latinos with diabetes and their families, the three-CD set is being launched on Nov. 14, World Diabetes Day, a day set aside by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization to increase public awareness of the global diabetes epidemic.