Devastating blood-borne fungal infections that can be lethal for HIV/AIDS, cancer and organ transplant patients may be treated more successfully, thanks to a new drug delivery method developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
An article in Current Directions in Psychological Science argues that happiness levels do change, adaptation is not inevitable, and life events do matter.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria enthusiastically welcomes Japan?s announcement of a new contribution of US$186 million.
At this week’s major HIV/AIDS research meeting, Pfizer presented pivotal data of its experimental medicine, maraviroc, which tackles HIV in an entirely new way. A 24 week analysis showed that approximately twice as many patients receiving maraviroc with an optimized background regimen achieved undetectable virus in the blood than if an optimized regimen was given alone.
Sweat may be another way to pass on hepatitis B infection during contact sports, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
In celebration of National Sleep Awareness Week, March 5 ? 11, Loyola University Health System?s Center for Sleep Disorders is encouraging people who snore loudly, hear themselves (or are told that they) gasp for air at night or wake up groggy to be evaluated for sleep apnea, a potentially deadly, but easily treatable, sleep disorder that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Representatives of governments, donor organizations and international agencies meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva February 28 agreed to improve and sustain protections against polio in certain high-risk areas.
Secondhand smoke is an “invisible killer”, according to a shocking new advertising campaign, launched by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint today. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and odourless, but it causes just as much harm to people’s health as the smoke that is visible.
Hispanic women’s heart disease risk is comparable to the heart disease risk level of Caucasian women who are about a decade older.
Cancer Research UK has said that the “jury is still out” on the health benefits of vitamin supplements following research saying that some may be associated with reduced lifespan.