Hiv: strain resistant to azt - The use of zidovudine (AZT) to combat AIDS and HIV may be causing mutations of the HIV virus which are resistant to the drug. ...

Hiv virus: missing link - American researchers are claiming that at least one strain of the HIV virus which is thought to cause AIDS originated in some species of African monke...

News - * An increasing number of people newly infected with HIV have strains of the virus which are drug-resistant (JAMA, 1999; 282: 1135-41, 1142-9, 1177-9)...

Organ transplant patients risk drug resistant virus - Analysis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease among 240 liver, kidney and pancreas recipients has shown that the incidence of CMV is higher than previousl...

Contact dermatitis - Q I would like your advice for the son of a friend of mine. James, 22, had eczema as a child. His passion in life is motorcycles and, thus, he comes i...

The drugs don't work: - Resistance isn't such bad news - The consequence of over-prescribing is a resistance to drugs. It has already happened to antibiotics, and now the same thing is being seen with the a...

Aids: possible vaccine link - A strain of the polio vaccine could have been responsible for transferring the HIV virus to humans, according to a recent article in Rolling Stone, e...

Heart attacks and back strain - Is there a link between back strain and heart attacks? In his book The Heart Revolution (Arrow, £6.99), Dr Paul Sherwood believes that the key to hea...