HIV/AIDS patients get 1st once-daily pill
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People infected with the virus that causes AIDS will soon be able to take a once-a-day pill that combines three drugs in a &quot;cocktail&quot; therapy that can be swallowed in a single dose.
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Among HIV-infected adults who have not been previously treated with HIV drugs who start on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), less than perfect adherence to medication schedules and high levels of HIV in the blood before therapy are two major predictors of drug resistance.
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Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults
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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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Two drug-manufacturing firms this week launched a collaboration to develop the first single-dose daily combination antiretroviral drug to treat HIV-positive people.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Access to life-extending HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries has improved during the past three years, but new infections still dramatically outpace efforts to bring treatment to patients, health officials said Monday.
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About 1.2 million people in countries hard hit by AIDS are receiving life-extending drugs thanks to two major U.S. and international funds, double from a year ago, but many millions more need help, the funds said on Friday.
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The number of AIDS patients receiving  life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000  from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday,  but warned much more needed to be done.
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The FDA has appoved a drug called alli, the first diet pill that can be bought without a prescription
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The drugmakers' alliance will benefit both the companies and HIV patients.
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Diabetes patients could soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections.
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HIV-infected babies given antiretroviral drugs in the first weeks of life were four times more likely to survive than those left untreated, raising hopes that more young lives can be saved, new research suggests.
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South Africa launched a revamped national AIDS plan on Wednesday as new research showed the high cost of government inaction on the epidemic -- 1,500 South Africans infected with HIV every day.
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Circumcision, microbicides and microfinance. These are some of the most promising options being examined as potential ways to prevent AIDS. As World AIDS Day is marked Friday, some public health experts are saying the current focus on universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs has had an unintended effect: sidelining prevention. Without a vaccine, preventing HIV infections is key to controlling the pandemic.
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Two drug companies announced Monday they will collaborate on developing the first all-in-one, once-a-day pill to treat HIV infection - a long-sought goal that would make it
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Eli Lilly's erectile dysfunction drug can now be taken daily.
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Inside the corps of doctors trying to stem the tide of HIV among the continent's youngest patients