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AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

Feature article: HIV infection: what is it?
HIV infection is a viral infection that progressively destroys the immune system, causing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases that result from the impaired immunity >> More
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Related Headlines
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so (Sunday, November 30, 2008)
As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing...>>More
Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)
The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested...>>More
HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks (Thursday, November 20, 2008)
Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with...>>More
Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS (Thursday, November 13, 2008)
An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally...>>More
More countries make spreading HIV a crime (Thursday, November 13, 2008)
An increasing number of countries worldwide are making spreading HIV a crime, according to a new report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation...>>More
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Serostim (somatropin (Serostim))
Sustiva (efavirenz)
Rescriptor (delavirdine)
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