Alcohol may expose mouth to HIV
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Contact with alcohol makes cells in the mouth more susceptible to HIV during oral sex, a recent study has found. A team of researchers from UCLA announced their finding in the Dec. 1, 2004, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
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Scientists have identified a protein which plays a key role in the changes that alcohol abuse causes in the brain.
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No-one is immune to HIV. But this is not to say the peril is equal, for some people are at greater risk of getting infected by the Aids virus than others.
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Casual sexual behaviour, often fuelled by alcohol, is causing an alarming rise in sexually transmitted infections among teenage girls and young men, the Health Protection Agency said yesterday.
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Eating red meat and drinking alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer, scientists are set to warn.
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HIV and hepatitis C infections are &quot;[r]ampant&quot; in Canadian prisons and present a &quot;clear and present health risk&quot; to inmate populations, prison guards and the general public, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ontario Medical Association
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Whether or not HIV-infected intravenous drug users (IDUs) disclose their status to their sex partners depends on different factors, according to a report in the journal AIDS Patient Care and STDs.
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India, home to the world&#39;s second-largest HIV population, may have found a perfect cocktail for safe sex -- a free condom with every bottle of alcohol sold at liquor shops.
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HIV can dodge destruction by powerful antiretroviral drugs by hiding out in the testicles, scientists say.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy alcohol use increases mortality with hepatitis C virus (HCV) to a greater extent in women than in men, according to a report.
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People on anti-HIV drug Viracept are being warned batches of the drug may have been infected with cancer-causing chemicals.
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A gel has been created which protects women from getting AIDS during sexual intercourse when the man does not wear a condom. The chemical blocks the route the AIDS virus takes when it invades the woman&#39;s body during sex.
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A harmless version of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.
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A naturally occurring molecule saves vital immune system cells from cellular suicide during the onslaught of the AIDS virus and might help keep the body's natural defenses working in HIV-infected people, a study found.
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Researchers report that a new topical cream appears to stop female monkeys from getting an HIV-like virus. The treatment, which aims to protect cells in the vagina from
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HUNDREDS of patients are being warned they could have contracted hepatitis or HIV after undergoing a hospital procedure. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust said there was a &quot;very low&quot; risk of
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The sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women is poised to become one of the leading causes of oral cancer in men, according to a new study.