Archive for September, 2009

Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop 2% Annually (HealthDay)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Fewer women in the United
States are dying from breast cancer, but disparities in death rates still
exist between whites and blacks, a new report shows.

Non-AIDS-Related Cancers Growing Among HIV Patients (HealthDay)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Non-AIDS-related cancers
such as anal and lung cancer have become more common among HIV patients
than among people without HIV since antiretroviral therapies were
introduced in the mid-1990s to treat people with the virus, U.S.
researchers say.

HIV spreading faster than treatment in Africa: UNAIDS (AFP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

An AIDS symbol in Dakar. New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as anti-retroviral drugs are rolled out, despite a 39 percent hike in treatment access, UNAIDS said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Seyllou)AFP - New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as anti-retroviral drugs are rolled out, despite a 39 percent hike in treatment access, UNAIDS said Wednesday.

Tenfold rise in HIV treatment for poor: UN (AFP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A South African patient prepares her anti-retrovirals at a HIV/AIDS clinic in Cape Town. The UN said more than four million people from poor and middle-income countries received HIV/AIDS treatment in 2008, marking a tenfold increase in access to medication over five years.(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)AFP - More than four million people from poor and middle-income countries received HIV/AIDS treatment in 2008, marking a tenfold increase in access to medication over five years, a UN report said Wednesday.

Obama awards five billion dollars for cancer research (AFP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

US President Barack Obama, seen here on September 29. Obama on Wednesday unveiled five billion dollars in funding from his mammoth economic stimulus plan to fund cutting-edge research on diseases such as cancer and AIDS.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled five billion dollars in funding from his mammoth economic stimulus plan to fund cutting-edge research on diseases such as cancer and AIDS.

U.S. family doctors prescribe most mental health drugs (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Reuters - Fifty-nine percent of U.S. mental health drug prescriptions are written by family doctors, not psychiatrists, raising concerns about the quality of some treatments, according to a study released on Wednesday.

A relief? Lower back pain unlikely to mean cancer (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Reuters - Your lower back pain may be killing you, but there’s some good news: Such pain is very unlikely to mean serious problems such as broken vertebrae or cancer, according to a study by Australian researchers.

U.N. says millions still lack access to AIDS drugs (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A Bhutanese child stands in front of a billboard during an AIDS awareness campaign organised by the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) at a fair in Thimphu September 26, 2009. An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said on Thursday. REUTERS/Singye Wangchuk (BHUTAN SOCIETY HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the world are still infected with the virus that causes it, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.

UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in need (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Zimbabweans march in Harare in 2005 to mark World AIDS Day. Zimbabwe on Thursday reported new progress in its fight against AIDS, saying its HIV infection rate has declined to 13.7 percent of youths and adults, from an estimated 14.1 percent last year.(AFP/File)AP - About 4 million people are now getting AIDS drugs worldwide ? a 10-fold jump in five years ? but 5 million others are still in dire need of the medicine, U.N. health officials estimated in a report issued Wednesday.

Younger Women With Colon Cancer Outlive Men (HealthDay)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that
estrogen or other hormones could help younger women with colorectal cancer
live longer than men with the disease.