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Heroin Vaccine Found To Work On Rats

Posted 09.25.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Drug Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Treatment, Immunopharmacotherapy, Hiv Infection, Heroin Addiction, Intravenous Drugs, Heroin Treatment, Drugs, Heroin, Heroin Vaccine, Sharing Needles, Vaccines, Video, Healthy Living News

In what could be a breakthrough for addiction treatment, researchers have found it's possible to vaccinate lab rats against the effects of heroin. ...

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30 Years of HIV/AIDS: How Many More?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 08.02.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Antiretroviral Drugs, Healthy Living Body, HIV/AIDS Treatment, 30 Years of HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS 30th Anniversary, Hiv Infection, AIDs Epidemic, Healthy Living News
Mark Ishaug

But make no mistake -- despite numerous advances, HIV/AIDS is not over. Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States becomes infected with the virus.

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The Pope And Condoms: How AIDS Changed Catholicism

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Light of the World, Peter Seewald, Hiv Infection, Public Heath, Pope Benedict XVI, Male Prostitutes, Dangers of Unprotected Sex, Condoms and Catholicism, Pope Condom Comments, Pope Public Health, Aids and Condoms, Religion News
Stanton Peele

The Pope is now aware that there are male prostitutes and condoms, neither of which had he previously acknowledged.

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Saving the Lives of Mothers Worldwide

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infection, Mother's Day, Africa, Aids, Sub-Saharan African, Obstetrical Care, Maternal Mortality, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Every hour, 40 pregnant women and new mothers around the world die -- and seven of those 40 perish not because of a lack of emergency obstetrical care, but because of HIV/AIDS.

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National HIV Testing Day: An Epidemic in Our Nation's Capital

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infection, US Hiv Rates, Hiv Msm, Hiv, Science, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Health Care, Hiv Washington Dc, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country is succumbing to "AIDS fatigue" as infection rates have stayed high. But complacency does not save lives; more commitment, funding and science-based policies will.

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