HIV :: Condoms – a standard practice for all!
Around the world the use of condoms is seen as a trusted weapon in the prevention of HIV infection. However, these efforts are often hampered by religious beliefs.
Infection
Adenitis :: Tubercular Cervical Adenitis cured with Sepia
Cervical adenitis is a bacterial infection of a lymph node in the neck. Lymph nodes are part of our immune system, which helps fight infections. Sometimes nodes in the neck become infected and these infections are called cervical adenitis.
HIV :: HIV infection growing in women in every part of world
The epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection is growing more rapidly in women than in men in almost every part of the world, according to a new report.
HIV :: Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS
In this area, the focus has been on prevention of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that prevention of MTCT should be seen as one part of the comprehensive care of the HIV positive pregnant woman i.e., a holistic and life span approach.
Balanitis :: Inflammation of the head of the penis and foreskin
Inflammation of the head of the penis and foreskin. The disorder can be caused by a bacterial infection, a fungal infection or an allergic reaction. It may also be due to a sexually transmitted infection, such as trichomoniasis. A tighter than normal foreskin may also increase the risk of infection by preventive effective cleaning of the head of the penis. Men with Diabetes Mellitus are more susceptible to the condition. More common in children also.
Endometriosis :: Homeopathic remedies and Endometriosis
To understand endometriosis let us quickly and briefly revise our knowledge about the anatomy of uterus. Uterus consists of three layers – the outermost peritoneal covering or perimetrium, the middle muscle layer or myometrium, the innermost mucus membrane or endometrium.
Pregnancy :: Survival of the fittest – pregnancy or abortion
Reproduction is one of the basic characteristics of a living organism. By this mode it not only maintains its own harmony but also helps in propagation of its own kind. In mammals, pregnancy is the hallmark of reproduction and in humans in particular a female takes 9 months to let the fetus grow in her womb so that it becomes viable and can live or can endure the circumstances outside the womb, of course still under parents love and care.
Alternative Medicine :: Science of today and conventional medicine
What is non-science today may indeed become the science of tomorrow, & with these thoughts in mind the complacencies of both schools of thought must be shaken. (Michael Baum, Brit. Prof. Of Surgery; Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 80, June, 1987 336-337.)
Diabetes :: Islet transplants results in patients with type 1 diabetes
Researchers from 12 medical centers in the United States and Canada, who have performed islet transplants in 86 patients with type 1 diabetes, published their results today in the first annual report of the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR). The report (www.citregistry.org) analyzes many factors that can affect the outcome of this experimental procedure for people with severe or complicated type 1 diabetes.
HIV :: How HIV causes abnormalities in antibody producing cells
HIV wreaks much of its damage by targeting the “orchestra conductor” of the immune system, a key class of T cells — CD4+ T cells — whose destructive relationship with HIV has been well-studied by AIDS researchers. More poorly understood has been the effect of HIV on another key class of immune cells, antibody-producing B cells. The malfunction of B cells in HIV-infected patients was first described more than 20 years ago by H. Clifford Lane, M.D., Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and colleagues at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).