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Hearing Aids: Needed but Shunned

MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 02/14/2012 - 08:35

(MedPage Today) -- Only 14% of older adults with hearing loss use hearing aids, according to estimates from a nationwide survey.


 

Kenya HIV families torn between health or food

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 12/22/2011 - 02:52

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Rising food prices are taking a toll in East Africa on low-income people who have the virus that causes AIDS....


 

Bronx mother happy to be alive to celebrate World AIDS Day

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Wed, 11/30/2011 - 22:48

For this Bronx mom, the fact that she’s still here - 22 years after she was diagnosed with AIDS - is a source of constant amazement.

So on Thursday, when New York and the nation mark World AIDS Day, Gonzalez will remember all the friends who died of the dread disease.


 

Only 1 in 4 with HIV have virus under control

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 21:11

Only about 1 in 4 Americans with the AIDS virus have the infection under control with medications, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Part of the reason is that about 20 percent of those infected with HIV don't know it.


 

China expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 20:09

China expects 48,000 new HIV cases this year BEIJING (AP) — State media say China will have about 780,000 people infected with the AIDS virus by the end of this year, with most having contracted it through heterosexual sex.


 

Just 1 in 4 with HIV have infection under control

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:01

Just 1 in 4 with HIV have infection under control Associated Press


 

Aids deaths 'down 21% from peak'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Mon, 11/21/2011 - 07:15

New HIV infections and Aids-related deaths are at the lowest levels since their peaks, figures from UNAids suggest.


 

Benefit of Early HIV Therapy Questioned (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 09/26/2011 - 14:00

(MedPage Today) -- Starting HIV therapy when a patient's immune system is still strong does not reduce the risk of AIDS or death, an international cohort study showed.


 

Ultrasonic Bone Removal Aids Nose Sculpting (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Surgery  Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:00

(MedPage Today) -- Outcomes in cosmetic rhinoplasty improved with subtle structural refinements facilitated by an ultrasonic bone aspirator, investigators reported.


 

UN urges more funds for HIV drugs

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sat, 06/04/2011 - 04:56

The UN Programme on HIV/Aids calls for more money to treat people with HIV early, as a report shows infection rates fell by 25% in 10 years.