Most women return to work after breast cancer
Women who worked before a breast cancer diagnosis often return to their normal job routine after treatment, a study in Swedish women found.
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Leadership key in getting people to protect against HIV
Leadership is key in influencing people to protectthemselves against HIV, according to the latest HIV Communication Survey released yesterday (24 July).
Mental illness tied to cancer risk
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder 2.6 times increased risk of developing cancer, according to a recent study in Psychiatric Services.
UNAIDS and PEPFAR spotlight global progress in eliminating new HIV infections among children
WASHINGTON '€” Speaking at a satellite session today at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), commended countries and their international partners for recent progress in preventing new HIV infections among children and saving mothers'€™ lives.
Vitamin D may help smokers’€™ lungs
Lung function may decline slower in smokers with sufficient vitamin D levels compared to smokers who are vitamin D deficient. This is according to a recent report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Health-e board member addresses world AIDS Conference with Elton John
Washington DC - "I play before capacity crowds and get an awful sense of fulfillment from that. But the emotion cannot compare to listening to Florence this morning," so said Sir Elton John at a Congressional Global Aids breakfast meeting he hosted yesterday in the Kennedy Caucus Room in partnership with UNAIDS.
First-ever study of HIV treatment policies in 23 countries
Washington '€“ A first-of-its-kind study released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. The results show that governments have made improvements to get better antiretroviral treatment (ART) to more people, but implementation of innovative community-based strategies is lagging in some countries.
New drug combination offers hope in fight against tuberculosis
A new combination of drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB) could offer renewed hope in the fight against the disease, thought to kill around 1.4 million people every year. The results of a Phase II trial involving 85 patients, and reported in The Lancet, show that the new combination could kill more than 99% of patients'€™ TB bacteria within two weeks, and could lead to improved treatment for patients infected with forms of TB that are resistant to existing drug treatments, as well as those infected with drug-susceptible TB.
Family planning key in maternal health outcomes
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says it'€™s time that the country focuses on family planning programmes to reduce the scourge of maternal and child mortality. The minister was speaking at the opening of a new health facility whose primary purpose is child and maternal health.
HIV/AIDS: Better paediatric HIV formulations
WASHINGTON DC, 23 July 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Fewer babies are being born HIV-positive, but treatment for the more than three million children living with HIV remains under-researched and underfunded. As part of efforts to boost access to paediatric HIV treatment, researchers are getting creative, moving to better pills, kid-friendly treatment "sprinkles", micro-tabs and even medicine-dispensing pacifiers.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s address at the International AIDS Conference
Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe addressed the delegates at the opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington. Read it here.
Effective ways to get people exercising
Researchers have identified various successful and promising interventions from around the world that could be used to improve opportunities for regular physical activity and encourage more people to be physically active.
Cellphones could get people moving
Information and communication technologies, especially mobile phones, could be an effective way of encouraging millions of people worldwide to become more physically active.
The pandemic of physical inactivity
The high prevalence, global reach, and colossal harms of physical inactivity means it should be recognised as pandemic, according to a paper in The Lancet.
The Lancet physical activity series: special release
With the world'€™s biggest sporting showcase kicking off in London Friday, researchers are warning that physical inactivity has become a contributor to the burden of disease similar to tobacco smoking or obesity, responsible for 5,3 million of the 57 million deaths that occurred globally in 2008.