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Last week, an Ohio man who has the hepatitis C virus was sentenced to 18 months in prison for spitting at Cleveland police and medics. ...
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All kids should be screened for cholesterol, depression and HIV
All kids should be screened for high cholesterol, depression and HIV, with some tests starting as early as age 9, a leading group of U.S. ...
Read More »Smartphone Accessory Could Help Detect HIV, Syphilis
THURSDAY, Feb. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A smartphone accessory that can detect HIV and syphilis has been developed by Columbia University researchers. The findings ...
Read More »CDC Endorses Circumcision for Health Reasons
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are poised to endorse circumcision as a means of preventing HIV ...
Read More »Even Doctors Stigmatize Patients Taking HIV Prevention Meds
By Jim Burress, WABE In order to slow the spread of HIV, certain people who do not have the virus but are at risk should take medication ...
Read More »100 Leading AIDS Researchers Killed on Flight 17
The field of HIV/AIDS research suffered a major setback with the announcement that over 100 of the world’s top researchers were among the 298 passengers ...
Read More »Physicians Issue New Guidelines for Child Well-Visits
By Alan Lyndon Pediatricians and family docs should be aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated the Periodicity Schedule for child well-visits. The ...
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