U.S. Recommends AIDS Drugs for Rape Victims
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The government recommended for the first time Thursday that people exposed to the AIDS virus from rapes, accidents or occasional drug use or unsafe sex receive drug cocktails that can keep them from becoming infected.
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Press Secretary Scott McClellan notes the drug, nevirapine, is still approved for use in America, but he acknowledged the National Institutes of Health has ordered a study of the drug because of concerns it may cause resistance in patients who use it.
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-- A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not win government approval until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, federal health advisers recommended Thursday.
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KAMPALA, Uganda Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried that news reports about an aids drug may prompt some governments to ban the medication.
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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.
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December 13, 2004 -- Researchers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ, have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a medical journal report.
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An experimental HIV drug from Merck &amp; Co. Inc. should be quickly approved for use by patients running out of treatment options, federal advisers recommended Wednesday.
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A chemical specially designed to thwart how the AIDS virus invades during sex offers scientists a new lead in the long quest for a vaginal gel that women could apply to protect themselves when men don't use a condom.
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LONDON -- Organizations concerned with reproductive health and sex education sharply criticized the Bush administration yesterday, saying that its policies are contributing to the worldwide AIDS pandemic and the deaths of women during childbirth and from unsafe abortions.
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IBADAN, Nigeria -- Crude paintings of women and rows of dimly lit bedrooms make clear the purpose of a shabby building just off a main road in this sprawling city. But for the next year, this brothel will have another function as well: testing a drug that could help stop HIV infections before they begin.
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Improving women's rights could boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries, where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.
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Despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence, some people are already using antiretrovirals as preventives, hoping to halt HIV transmission during risky sex
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The Bush administration&#39;s global AIDS plan has helped put at least 25,000 people on antiretroviral therapy since it began disbursing money in February to organizations and governments in 15 targeted countries.
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A combination of two experimental AIDS drugs can help control the deadly virus in people who are infected with highly resistant forms, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Even a couple brief sessions with a counselor may help prevent cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among people at greatest risk, new research suggests.
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South African AIDS activists said on Wednesday they hoped clinical trials of a microbicide gel designed to help women protect themselves against HIV could restart after they were halted last month by a U.S. group.
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A "morning after" treatment for the  AIDS virus can help prevent infection after a rape, contact  with a contaminated needle or even a night of passion without a  condom, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.