AIDS and HIV

Breast is Best: It even protects babies against HIV infection

Another piece of bad news for our friends at Nestle, who are keen to move African babies off the breast and onto their excellent milk substitutes. more>

Aids and hiv: the steroid connection - How steroids cause aids: a systematic assault on the body

Steroids have extreme and far-reaching effects on many systems of the body. Immune system * Reduce functions and numbers of T and B cells and other lymphocytes and macrophages more>

Aids and hiv: the steroid connection - Protease inhibitors: miracle drugs or not?

Several years ago, protease inhibitors were the Great White Hope of AIDS therapy. These drugs work by inhibiting the enzyme protease, which is crucial to HIV’s ability to reproduce. more>

Aids and hiv: the steroid connection - How others get aids: what about the other high-risk groups?

* AIDS in haemophiliacs is clearly related to the use of corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive agents used to prevent the development of antibodies to factors VIII and IX, more>

Aids and hiv - The steroid connection

Dr Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati is a toxicologist and pathologist whose California-based company, Toxi-Health, investigates the toxicity of chemicals and prescription drugs in the environment and the workpl... more>

Aids: new warning about biopsy

People with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) should beware of biopsies, according to doctors in the USA. more>

Aids antiviral drug may raise risk of developing diabetes

A recent report suggests that AIDS patients taking the antiviral drug abacavir may develop diabetes. ... more>

Aids research hampered by drug company infighting

Squabbling among drug companies is preventing proper research into AIDS therapy from taking place, a leading AIDS researcher has complained. Dr Joep Lange, from the AIDS therapy evaluation centre ... more>

Aids defining illnesses

AIDS is usually characterized by a number of "opportunistic" diseases, which can become active in a body whose immune system has been severely compromised. These include Pheumocystic carinii pneu ... more>

Hiv blindness

In the world of medicine, the old conundrum which comes first, the chicken or the egg? has transformed into: which comes first, the disease or the medication? This is most apparent in AIDS diagno ... more>

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