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An article published in a special HIV/AIDS issue of JAMA on August 6 reports that there is little difference in the survival rates between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-injection drug users (non-IDUs) who receive highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for four to five years. This research, conducted by Julio S. G. Montaner, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

New data, generated in mice by Riko Nishimura and colleagues, at Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Japan, have provided insight into the formation of cartilage, a process that is known as chondrogenesis and that is an important event in bone development. Previous studies have indicated an essential role for the protein Sox9 in promoting chondrogenesis.

A large-scale survey of Africans in England shows that targeted HIV prevention services are required to improve people's confidence and skills in order to avoid passing on or getting HIV. More than 4,000 Africans took part in the BASS Line 2007 Survey undertaken by Sigma Research of the University of Portsmouth.

University of Illinois researchers report this week that chronic exposure to estradiol, the main estrogen in the body, diminishes some cognitive functions. Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol were impaired on tasks involving working memory and response inhibition, the researchers found. Their report appears this week in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience.

The guidelines and recommendations for how to treat adults suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have been updated after an evaluation of recent data. Scott M. Hammer, M.D.

The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.

Toxic drugs, toxic system: Sociologist predicts drug disasters, says prescription drug harm growing, drug testing, approval and marketing flaws Americans are likely to be exposed to unacceptable side effects of FDA-approved drugs such as Vioxx in the future because of fatal flaws in the way new dru

According to an article published on August 6 in a special HIV/AIDS issue of JAMA, a low-dose hormone treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients who have treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency resulted in gains in fat and blood pressure measurements. However, Steven Grinspoon, M.D.

Today, fpa launches It's My Right! - a groundbreaking campaign for Sexual Health Week[1], about the rights of people with learning disabilities to have sex and relationships. As part of the week fpa are releasing the results of surveys for professionals[2] working with people with learning disabilities and people with learning disabilities.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that their first-of-its-kind study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer desktop or even laptop to the patient's bedside, using highly sophisticated video, audio and Internet technology, could have an immediate and profound impact on the treatment of stroke patients throughout the world.