Combine Aids/TB treatment - Achmat
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Aids activist Zackie Achmat has joined the chorus of calls for TB treatment to be combined with HIV testing and anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, echoing claims that it could save the lives of up to 500 000 HIV-infected Africans a year.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - More than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, many drugs are used to treat HIV, but an alarming number of patients are becoming resistant to therapy, driving research into new ways to combat the virus.
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An antibiotic used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis is showing promise as a therapy for Parkinson's disease.
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Measures aimed at stopping the threat of tuberculosis (TB) will be pioneered at a new research centre in Latvia.
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Deaths among children infected with HIV in Africa could be almost halved if all those with symptoms were put on a simple, cheap and readily available antibiotic, new research has established.
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German scientists announced on Monday that they have developed a new treatment for HIV that was useful in targeted mutated strains of the Aids virus that have become impervious to drugs.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- The spread of HIV and AIDS is fuelling a massive tuberculosis crisis that could see one billion people infected in the next two decades, the UN warned yesterday.
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Breast-feeding, which helps build a baby's immune system, may be the best option for HIV-infected mothers in developing countries, despite the risk of transmitting the virus that causes AIDS to their babies, according to new studies presented on Monday.
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Two new AIDS drugs, each of which works in a novel way, have proved safe and highly successful in large studies.
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Tests and medicines used to diagnose and  combat tuberculosis (TB) in poor countries are outdated and  ineffective and new treatments must be developed to fight the  disease, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday.
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More than 130,000 lives could be saved if the world implements a two-year strategy to stop the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization and partners said Thursday.
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Children with HIV in third world countries have a new hope today. In clinical tests, the use of an inexpensive antibiotic, co-trimoxazole, drastically reduced the number of deaths in children with HIV by preventing secondary infections like pneumonia.
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Tuberculosis may reach the point where most new cases in some countries are resistant to many drugs unless far greater efforts are made now.
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Combining medicines with food could help improve their effectiveness and so reduce costs, experts say.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Sept. 20, 2004 - The spread of HIV/AIDS is fueling a massive tuberculosis crisis that could see one billion people infected in the next 20 years, the UN warned Monday.
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Nov. 8, 2004 -- A drug used to treat tuberculosis may help people overcome their fear of heights and other phobias. Researchers found adding the drug to behavioral therapy using virtual reality helped people
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Taking AIDS drugs exactly as  prescribed is the best way to prevent the virus from mutating  and becoming resistant to those drugs, researchers said on  Thursday.