Jul 21
FRIDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — As melanoma rates have jumped nearly 29 percent among U.S. Latinos since 1992, their adoption of American cultural beliefs is associated with more sunscreen use, but not sun-protective clothing, new research finds.
“Acculturated Latinos might have increased exposure to sun safety information via health-care access, education and expanded social networks, but display decreased engagement in some sun-safe behaviors,” the study authors wrote.
In conducting the study, published in the July issue of the Archives of Dermatology, researchers analyzed survey data from the U.S.
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Tags: Latinos, Sunscreen Use
Jul 20
Two consecutive sessions at the sixth IAS conference in Rome yesterday were devoted, now we have convincing scientific data on the benefits of treatment as prevention and PrEP, to putting these new prevention methods into practice.
“We have moved from ‘What if’ to ‘What now’”, was the comment of Mitchell Warren, Executive Director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy coalition (AVAC), on what else we needed to know, what barriers needed to be addressed , and what resources might be required, to maximise the promise of ARV-based prevention.
Anthony Fauci, Director of the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said: “We now have a solid scientific foundation to say that even in the absence of a vaccine we have the capacity to end the epidemic. I can’t go to
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Tags: New Prevention, Prevention
Jul 18
Results from a trial showing that antiretroviral treatment prevents HIV from being passed onto uninfected partners received a standing ovation today at the Sixth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Rome.
HPTN 052 showed that early treatment – started at a CD4 count between 350 and 550 – reduced the risk of HIV transmission to an uninfected partner – by at least 96%. Almost all the study participants were heterosexual couples.
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Tags: Hivpositive Partner, Treatment
Jul 17
WEDNESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — The value of annual mammograms for women in their 40s — the topic of a lingering debate among health policy and advocacy groups — has drawn resounding support from the nation’s largest group of obstetricians/gynecologists.
On Wednesday, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued new guidelines calling for mammograms to be done every year beginning at age 40. This is a departure from its previous recommendations, which advised mammograms every one to two years beginning at 40 and then annually beginning at age 50, based on the incidence of breast cancer in younger women and its typically more rapid progression, guidelines co-author Dr.
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Tags: 40s, Annual Mammograms