| Title |
Date |
| Hypoglycemia poses a serious health threat for patients with chronic kidney disease |
05/11/09 |
| Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, poses a serious health threat for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). |
| New device for patients too sick for open-heart surgery |
05/11/09 |
| An innovative device that acts like a belt to reshape an enlarged, leaky heart valve is providing a minimally invasive treatment option for patients who are too sick for open-heart surgery. |
| Study reveals current multi-component vaccines may need reworking |
05/11/09 |
| Current strategies for designing vaccines against HIV and cancers, for instance, may enable some components in multi-component vaccines to cancel the effect of others on the immune system, eliminating their ability to provide protection, according to an a |
| When having an extremely high body image can lead to health problems |
05/11/09 |
| For many women, body image is a constant struggle; a poor self-image can lead to a host of both mental and physical health problems. But a new study out of Temple University finds that an extremely good body image can also take its toll on a woman's healt |
| .4 billion increase in NIH funding could increase HIV/AIDS research |
05/11/09 |
| Bloomberg on Wednesday examined how the .4 billion increase in NIH funding that is part of the 7 billion economic stimulus plan could boost funding for HIV/AIDS research. |
| British scientists win grant to develop hand-held self-monitoring test for HIV viral loads |
05/11/09 |
| Scientists in the United Kingdom have received a grant worth two million euros, or about .67 million, to develop a self-monitoring system for HIV-positive people that measures viral loads through a finger-prick of blood, BBC News reports. |
| Africa prepares for possible H1N1 flu outbreak amid concerns about HIV/AIDS, other diseases |
05/11/09 |
| African countries are preparing for the possibility that the H1N1 flu virus could expand in the continent, which already is experiencing epidemics of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. |
| Obama's billion global health initiative 'will sustain' PEPFAR, editorial says |
05/11/09 |
| "President Obama's push to reenergize the fight against the AIDS epidemic in the United States led to concern that he was going to allow U.S. global leadership in fighting the disease to languish," a Washington Post editorial says, adding, "Those fears ou |
| New Jersey should continue efforts to provide no-cost HIV testing, editorial says |
05/11/09 |
| No-cost HIV testing "should continue to be available and easily accessible" in Bergen County, New Jersey, a NorthJersey.com editorial says, adding, "Anyone who is worried about whether he or she has been infected with [HIV] should be able to learn the tru |
| Sen. Grassley says he is confident President Obama wants bipartisan agreement on health reform |
05/11/09 |
| Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday said that President Obama during a lunch meeting to discuss plans to proceed with health care reform legislation indicated that he favors a bipartisan solution, the Des Moines Re |
| Senate HELP committee to hold confirmation hearing on FDA commissioner nominee |
05/11/09 |
| The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday will hold a confirmation hearing for Margaret Hamburg, President Obama's nominee for FDA commissioner, the New York Times reports. |
