http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/aids-hiv-common-opportunistic-infections-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:47:43 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/gene-therapy-aids-kids-with-rare-untreatable-brain-disease-for-the-better-101550-1.htm Employing gene transfer methods initiated by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some mobility in four children confined to bed with a rare, critical neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful for more common diseases such as Parkinson's that involve nerve cell damage caused by lack of a crucial molecule in brain tissue. The results are reported today (May 16) in the journal iScience Translational Medicine/i. The children in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gene-therapy-aids-kids-with-rare-untreatable-brain-disease-for-the-better-101550-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/commonly-used-chemo-drug-could-aid-the-spread-of-cancer-cells-into-bones-by-fertilizing-bone-marrow-101405-1.htm A new study conducted by researchers at University of Michigan School of Dentistry has found that instead of preventing the spread of cancer, a commonly used chemotherapy drug fertilizes the bone marrow, allowing cancer cells to multiply and spread easily, if it is administered before bone tumors took root. The findings provide valuable insight as to why some cancers metastasize to bone, and could eventually result in new metastasis-prevention drugs, said Laurie McCauley, professor in the Department ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/commonly-used-chemo-drug-could-aid-the-spread-of-cancer-cells-into-bones-by-fertilizing-bone-marrow-101405-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study-101370-1.htm A US aid program with the goal of helping foreign countries to fight the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, states a US study published on Tuesday. The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, was started by former president George W. Bush in 2003 with a five-year, (Dollor) 15 billion investment in global AIDS in 15 countries. The analysis by scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine in California examined health and survival information for 1.5 million adults in 27 African countries....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study-101370-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/domestic-funding-sufficient-to-move-on-with-aids-programme-101316-1.htm The chief of the coveted Gates Foundation-led Avahan project said India is competent in taking the programme forward through domestic funding, as global fund donors withdrawing from India's next AIDS control programme (2012-2017). "Avahan had long ago taken the task of reaching out to highly vulnerable communities affected by HIV-AIDS in India. But now, over a transition phase, the Indian government will take it on its shoulders," said Ashok Alexander, Director of Avahan's country office here....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/domestic-funding-sufficient-to-move-on-with-aids-programme-101316-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-rearing-system-may-aid-sterile-insect-technique-against-mosquitoes-research-101042-1.htm One of the major obstacles preventing the large scale application of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) against mosquitoes is the requirement for efficient mosquito mass-rearing technology. However, according to a new article in the next issue of the iJournal of Medical Entomology/i, scientists at the Untited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have developed a larval rearing unit based on the use of a stainless steel rack that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-rearing-system-may-aid-sterile-insect-technique-against-mosquitoes-research-101042-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/online-crowd-sourcing-game-allows-public-to-aid-in-malaria-diagnosis-100962-1.htm The general public can now help diagnose malaria after researchers at UCLA revealed that they have developed a new crowd-sourcing online game that allows people to differentiate between infected and healthy red blood cells. In the game players distinguish malaria-infected red blood cells from healthy ones by viewing digital images obtained from microscopes. Online crowd-sourcing - in which a task is presented to the public, who respond, for free, with various solutions and suggestions - ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/online-crowd-sourcing-game-allows-public-to-aid-in-malaria-diagnosis-100962-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/slash-in-over-100-jobs-by-global-fund-to-fight-aids-100860-1.htm The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Wednesday that it is cutting over 100 jobs. The decision came in an overhaul after a rough financial period and a scandal in which millions of dollars went missing. "The reorganisation process is nearing completion and we estimate that between 110 and 120 people will leave the Global Fund," said spokeswoman Veronique Taveau. "Some of them decided to leave, while others were unsuccessful in finding new positions within the organisation....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/slash-in-over-100-jobs-by-global-fund-to-fight-aids-100860-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/rigging-heart-specific-gene-pathway-perhaps-aids-in-treating-obesity-diabetes-100721-1.htm Premiering a demonstration by scientists of a heart that can regulate energy balance throughout the body, a result that may lead to effective treatments for obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Using mice fed a high-fat diet, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found that manipulating a heart-specific genetic pathway prevents obesity and protects against harmful blood-sugar changes associated with type 2 diabetes. "Obesity, diabetes, and coronary artery disease are major causes ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/rigging-heart-specific-gene-pathway-perhaps-aids-in-treating-obesity-diabetes-100721-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/computers-may-aid-to-assess-teens-with-stis-risk-100667-1.htm Millions of youths aged between 15-24 who are affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are unaware of their infection because they have not been tested. Technology can change that, according to preliminary data from a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston. The study showed that adolescents visiting a pediatric emergency department (ED) are willing to disclose information about their sexual activity when filling out a computerized questionnaire, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/computers-may-aid-to-assess-teens-with-stis-risk-100667-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/music-therapy-aids-psychological-counselling-100557-1.htm Music has the power to go deep into the mind and heal abused children, victims of domestic violence and give palliative care to patients, says a music therapy counsellor. From rock to world beat, pop to blues, music has the power to do much beyond causing the toe to tap. It can inspire, transport, educate, entertain - and in the right hands, it can even bring about healing. For Concordia University's Sandra Curtis, a professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, music is akin to medicine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/music-therapy-aids-psychological-counselling-100557-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/administration-of-second-generation-drug-for-hypertension-aids-heart-function-independent-of-blood-pressure-effect-100494-1.htm All over the world heart failure is the frequent cause of death, typically the result of chronic high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. As a result, research efforts have focused on an array of approaches aimed at preventing and treating high blood pressure. Recently, Japanese researchers examined the utility of an anti-hypertensive drug, moxonidine, which acts on the imidazoline receptors in the cardiovascular center of the brainstem. They found, using an animal model, that the drug ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/administration-of-second-generation-drug-for-hypertension-aids-heart-function-independent-of-blood-pressure-effect-100494-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/probable-halve-need-for-cd4-tests-with-new-aids-math-after-art-in-developing-countries-100406-1.htm Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has modified AIDS into an often-manageable chronic condition in affluent countries, as patients can obtain both the therapeutics and the constant watch ensuring that the therapies remain effective. Developing nations, however, frequently need to balance expansion of treatment access versus the economic resources to sustain the routine blood testing that ART requires. At a time when global funding commitments for AIDS therapy programs are being cut, there is a great need ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/probable-halve-need-for-cd4-tests-with-new-aids-math-after-art-in-developing-countries-100406-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/resource-use-in-aids-treatment-in-poor-nations-may-be-improved-by-biostatistics-research-100368-1.htm The limited availability of laboratories and trained medical staff to conduct blood tests of immune system CD-4 T-cell levels that indicate when to start ART is one of the major problems that has slowed progress toward universal access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat AIDS in developing nations. Now, biostatistician Andrea Foulkes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at Philadelphia's Wistar Institute and elsewhere, propose a tool for prioritizing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/resource-use-in-aids-treatment-in-poor-nations-may-be-improved-by-biostatistics-research-100368-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/improve-aids-treatment-in-impoverished-nations-via-biostats-tool-100306-1.htm Among the major problems retarding progress of global access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat AIDS in developing nations has been restricted availability of laboratories and trained medical staff to perform blood tests of immune system CD-4 T-cell levels that indicate when to start ART. Now, biostatistician Andrea Foulkes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at Philadelphia''s Wistar Institute and elsewhere, propose a tool for prioritizing laboratory-based ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/improve-aids-treatment-in-impoverished-nations-via-biostats-tool-100306-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/ocular-tremors-aid-early-diagnosis-of-parkinsons-disease-99924-1.htm Persistent ocular tremors appear to be common among patients with Parkinson's disease, suggesting that oculomotor testing could provide an early biomarker for diagnosing PD, shows study published in Archives of Neurology. "Although a number of studies describe various oculomotor abnormalities in subjects with PD, conflicts about the specific deficits remain," writes George T. Gitchel, M.S., of the Southeast Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Va....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ocular-tremors-aid-early-diagnosis-of-parkinsons-disease-99924-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-diabetes-therapies-could-get-aid-from-sugar-production-switch-in-liver-99901-1.htm An over-the-top quest to decode human metabolism, a pair of molecules that regulates the liver's production of glucose, the simple sugar that is the source of energy in human cells and the key player in diabetes has been discovered by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. br / br / In a paper published April 8 in iNature/i, the scientists say that controlling the activity of these two molecules---- which work together to allow more or less glucose production---- could ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-diabetes-therapies-could-get-aid-from-sugar-production-switch-in-liver-99901-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/mechanism-behind-success-of-aids-vaccine-99784-1.htm Researchers have revealed that the success of an AIDS vaccine trial may have been due to varying levels of antibody responses in the patients. This particular vaccine was shown to protect 31 percent of people studied in 2009. Different types of antibody responses were associated with who became infected and who did not, according to an analysis of the results published in the April 5 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. For instance, a type of antibody produced by the body to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/mechanism-behind-success-of-aids-vaccine-99784-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fish-oil-mixed-with-yogurt-may-aid-in-meeting-routine-nutritional-requisite-99570-1.htm Lot of consumers crave to increase their heart-healthy n-3 fatty acids intake, found naturally in fish and fish products, but find it hard to consume the suggested levels by the American Heart Association. Scientists at Virginia Tech have demonstrated that it may be possible to achieve the suggested daily intake in a single serving of a savory-flavored yogurt, providing an easily incorporated dietary source for these valuable fatty acids. Their work is detailed in the April issue of the iJournal of Dairy Science/i (Regd) ....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fish-oil-mixed-with-yogurt-may-aid-in-meeting-routine-nutritional-requisite-99570-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fat-lady-seeks-government-aid-for-medical-bill-99506-1.htm In a bizarre development, a British woman wants the government to pay 14,000 pounds for her gastric band surgery as she is too fat to earn. Weighing 33 stone (about 210 kg), Sara Agintas, who once used to splash out 200 pounds a week on takeaways, already receives 17,000 pounds a year in benefits. But she says she now requires the taxpayers' help, the Sun reported. Agintas, 43, of Buckinghamshire's Milton Keynes town, says: "I can't work because I'm too fat to fit in an office chair and can only stand for two minutes at a time....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fat-lady-seeks-government-aid-for-medical-bill-99506-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/multipurpose-aid-center-for-drug-users-in-sao-paulo-99461-1.htm A multipurpose aid center has been opened up in Sao Paulo to provide care for hundreds of drug users and street squatters. The move comes two months after police shut down a thriving downtown crack cocaine market. A little more than two years before Brazil's largest city is due to host the opening game of the 2014 World Cup, authorities made good on a promise to assist a large street population in so-called "Cracolandia," a 10-block central area of dilapidated buildings. Sao Paulo state ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/multipurpose-aid-center-for-drug-users-in-sao-paulo-99461-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sleeping-shortly-past-learning-something-new-aids-in-memory-boost-99360-1.htm Shortly after learning new material, a person going to sleep will find it most beneficial to recall, states new research. Notre Dame Psychologist Jessica Payne and colleagues studied 207 students who habitually slept for at least six hours per night. Participants were randomly assigned to study declarative, semantically related or unrelated word pairs at 9:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m., and returned for testing 30 minutes, 12 hours or 24 hours later. Declarative memory refers to the ability ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sleeping-shortly-past-learning-something-new-aids-in-memory-boost-99360-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/reining-neurons-in-mouse-brains-aids-partial-control-of-memory-99336-1.htm Scientists have discovered a method to partially control a specific memory in mice by turning neurons in their brains on and off, according to a new study. The work, conducted by researchers from Scripps Research Institute, advances understanding of how memories form and offers new insight into disorders such as schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder Though just an initial step, the researchers hope such work will eventually lead to better understanding of how memories form in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/reining-neurons-in-mouse-brains-aids-partial-control-of-memory-99336-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/treatment-induced-menopause-symptoms-in-breast-cancer-patients-alleviated-with-aid-of-non-drug-treatments-99331-1.htm The menopausal symptoms induced by giving chemotherapy or hormonal therapy to younger women with breast cancer can be developed greatly by using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)[1] and physical exercise (PE), researchers from The Netherlands have discovered. These interventions can be effective in dealing with such distressing symptoms as hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, weight gain, urinary incontinence and sexual problems, a researcher will tell the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) today (Thursday)....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/treatment-induced-menopause-symptoms-in-breast-cancer-patients-alleviated-with-aid-of-non-drug-treatments-99331-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/state-all-set-to-give-money-to-aids-victims-kin-98992-1.htm A one-time assistance of Rs.1 lakh to the next kin or relatives of those who die of AIDS will be provided by the Assam government. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday made the announcement and said Assam will be the first state to introduce such a scheme, which will become effective from April 1. "There are still many wrong notions about HIV and AIDS and it is kind of a taboo. Even relatives of those who die are isolated in the society. They face embarrassment for no fault of theirs," Sarma said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/state-all-set-to-give-money-to-aids-victims-kin-98992-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/smartphones-can-aid-to-assess-and-treat-schizophrenia-98974-1.htm Psychiatrists are trying to use smartphone technology as an innovative tool in the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia and other serious mental illness. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that makes it difficult to distinguish between real and unreal experience, think logically, have normal emotional responses, and behave normally in social situations. Dror Ben-Zeev - an assistant professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School and director of the Thresholds-Dartmouth Research ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/smartphones-can-aid-to-assess-and-treat-schizophrenia-98974-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/show-and-tell-compounds-in-cocoa-grapes-and-apples-may-aid-human-health-98577-1.htm Fresh study offers new insights on how flavanols and procyanidins, natural compounds found in foods, such as cocoa, grapes, and apples ,may work in the body to wield cardiovascular benefits. Researchers from Mars, Incorporated and the University of California, Davis have described the distinct roles of flavanols and procyanidins in the human body, which could provides a basis for improving the design and interpretation of future studies. Flavanols and procyanidins are sub-classes of a group of natural compounds called flavonoids....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/show-and-tell-compounds-in-cocoa-grapes-and-apples-may-aid-human-health-98577-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-guidelines-for-therapy-entry-and-adherence-in-aids-care-98553-1.htm The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) have published a novel set of evidence-based guidelines for therapy entry and adherence. The "Guidelines for Improving Entry into and Retention in Care and Antiretroviral Adherence for Persons with HIV" were developed by an expert IAPAC Panel and e-published today by the IAnnals of Internal Medicine/I. The guidelines include recommendations in several key areas, including: entry into and retention in care; monitoring ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-guidelines-for-therapy-entry-and-adherence-in-aids-care-98553-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/human-trials-of-new-aids-vaccine-98428-1.htm Cuba to soon test new AIDS vaccine on humans, says researcher. "The new AIDS trial vaccine already was tested successfully (on mice) and now we are preparing a very small, tightly controlled phase one clinical trial" with HIV-positive patients who are not in the advanced stages of disease, researcher Enrique Iglesias said. Iglesias, who heads up the vaccine development team at the Biotech and Genetic Engineering Center (CIGB) here, was speaking at the International Biotech Conference-Havana 2012, which started Monday in Cuba's capital....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/human-trials-of-new-aids-vaccine-98428-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/un-says-collaboration-shields-aids-patients-from-tb-98309-1.htm The World Health Organization has said that some 910,000 lives have been saved so far under a six-year-old policy of cooperation between AIDS and tuberculosis health services. The stepped-up collaboration has brought about better protection of AIDS patients against TB, a leading killer of people living with HIV, the Geneva-based UN agency said in a statement. The number of HIV-positive patients tested for TB grew nearly 12-fold between 2005 and 2010, from 200,000 to more than 2.3 million....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/un-says-collaboration-shields-aids-patients-from-tb-98309-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/collapsing-cancers-defence-in-aid-of-future-vaccines-98035-1.htm A vital mechanism that could result in the design of more effective cancer vaccines has been keyed out by researchers at the EPFL.Their discovery of a new-found role of the lymphatic system in tumour growth shows how tumours evade detection by using a patient's own immune system. Tumour cells present antigens or protein markers on their surfaces which make them identifiable to the host immune system. In the last decade, cancer vaccines have been designed that work by exposing the patient's immune ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/collapsing-cancers-defence-in-aid-of-future-vaccines-98035-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/rift-in-hearing-aid-leaves-deserving-millions-untreated-97535-1.htm While an approximate 26.7 million Americans of age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one out of seven use a hearing aid, reveals a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers. The finding adds clarity to less rigorous estimates by device manufacturers and demonstrates how widespread undertreatment of hearing loss is in the United States, the study investigators say. "Understanding current rates of hearing loss treatment is important, as evidence is beginning to surface that hearing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/rift-in-hearing-aid-leaves-deserving-millions-untreated-97535-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-drug-venture-in-south-africa-worth-208-million-97367-1.htm New plans for a 1.6 billion rand ( (Dollor) 208 million, 157 million euro) pharmaceutical plant have been unveiled by South Africa. This plant will be developed in a joint venture with Swiss biochemicals group Lonza to produce anti-AIDS drugs. The plant will produce the key ingredients needed to make the anti-retroviral drugs that have turned AIDS into a chronic condition, rather than a death sentence in a nation where 5.6 million people have HIV. "This joint venture, named Ketlaphela, will establish ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-drug-venture-in-south-africa-worth-208-million-97367-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/strained-global-aids-fund-moves-focus-ten-years-on-96781-1.htm Established to repel diseases killing about four million people annually, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is shifting focus under new leadership while yet struggling to ward off corruption charges and keep its coffers full. Founded on January 28, 2002, the Geneva-based fund has grown quickly into a major player in global health and can take credit for saving millions of lives, mostly in low income nations. In 2009 it accounted for 20 percent of international public ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/strained-global-aids-fund-moves-focus-ten-years-on-96781-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/family-focus-could-aid-obese-kids-to-thrive-in-treatment-96592-1.htm Parents ought to involve in treatment programs for their obese children, states to a new scientific statement published in ICirculation: Journal of the American Heart Association/I. "In many cases, the adults in a family may be the most effective change agents to help obese children attain and maintain a healthier weight," said Myles S. Faith, Ph.D., chair of the American Heart Association's statement writing group and associate professor of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/family-focus-could-aid-obese-kids-to-thrive-in-treatment-96592-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/global-aids-fund-confirms-head-will-quit-denies-allegations-96556-1.htm The Global Fund to Fight AIDS confirmed on Tuesday that its head Michel Kazatchkine will quit but denied media allegations that it was connected to his links with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Kazatchkine, a French clinician and health advocate, said in a statement he had decided to step down as executive director in March following the organisation's decision to appoint a general manager. But the chairman of the fund's board denied a report by France's Liberation newspaper Tuesday ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/global-aids-fund-confirms-head-will-quit-denies-allegations-96556-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/AIDS-Has-Claimed-28000-Lives-in-China-in-2011-96396-1.htm AIDS have claimed about 28,000 lives in China in 2011, and another 48,000 new HIV cases were discovered in the country, according to a report. In China 780,000 people live with the HIV virus, of which 154,000 developed AIDS, a report jointly produced by China's Ministry of Health, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization said. In September 2011 there were 136,000 people receiving anti-viral treatment for the disease, it said, making the treatment coverage rate 73....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/AIDS-Has-Claimed-28000-Lives-in-China-in-2011-96396-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Platelet-Inhibition-Retained-With-Aid-of-Drug-and-Anti-Clotting-Levels-Prior-to-Heart-Surgery-96382-1.htm Patients who cease to use an antiplatelet agent like clopidogrel before undergoing cardiac surgery to lower their bleeding risk and got intravenously the platelet inhibitor cangrelor attained a higher rate of maintenance of platelet inhibition, than patients who received placebo, states a study in the January 18 issue of IJAMA/I. "Thienopyridines [antiplatelet agents] are among the most widely prescribed medications, but their use can be complicated by the unanticipated need for surgery....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Platelet-Inhibition-Retained-With-Aid-of-Drug-and-Anti-Clotting-Levels-Prior-to-Heart-Surgery-96382-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Fall-in-AIDS-Cases-Expected-in-South-Africa-96331-1.htm South Africa should see a major drop in HIV infections by the end of the decade after a change in government policy, say UN officials. "It now has more people with HIV infections than any country in the world, with 5.6 million. That is because a lack of political commitment before," said Sheila Tlou, UNAIDS regional director for East and Southern Africa. "However there is a turnaround in the new government under President (Jacob) Zuma which is committed," in its fight against HIV and AIDS, she said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Fall-in-AIDS-Cases-Expected-in-South-Africa-96331-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Twitter-can-be-a-Good-Teaching-Aid-96243-1.htm Students often ask questions in the classroom to clarify the information they have received. Theyask questions by raising their hands to attract the attention of the teacher and other students. This method may seem like a huge ordeal for shy students who are uncomfortable with the whole class staring at them. Being terribly self conscious and lacking the confidence to speak out in the classroom, the shy ones simply keep quiet. Technology in the form of Twitter has come to the aid of such students, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Twitter-can-be-a-Good-Teaching-Aid-96243-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Eating-from-Red-Color-Plate-may-Aid-Weight-Loss-Initiatives-96191-1.htm Opting to eat from a red colored plate could aid in your fight against excess weight after a new study found that using a red colored plate will mean that you are likely to eat less than normal. Swiss and German researchers conducted two separate experiments to test whether color has any bearing on a person's appetite. The first test included 41 male participants who were given a choice of drinking tea from cup labeled red or blue and found that those who drank tea from red cups consumed 44 percent ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Eating-from-Red-Color-Plate-may-Aid-Weight-Loss-Initiatives-96191-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Deal-for-Book-on-AIDS-Epidemic-for-Sir-Elton-John-96058-1.htm The first book detailing Sir Elton John's personal experiences of the global AIDS epidemic, is all set to be published. Proceeds from the sale of 'Love Is The Cure' will go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). "This is a disease that must be cured not by a miraculous vaccine, but by changing hearts and minds," the BBC quoted John as saying. The book to be published by Hodder 'n' Stoughton will be released in July to coincide with an international Aids conference in Washington DC....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Deal-for-Book-on-AIDS-Epidemic-for-Sir-Elton-John-96058-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Music-can-Aid-in-Relearning-to-Walk-and-Talk-in-Brain-Damaged-Patients-95926-1.htm Music-based therapy may well engage in serving brain-damaged patients to heal while songs can facilitate in creating new speech pathways in the brain that evade damaged regions, opine researchers. But scientists are still in anticipation of solid data to prove what seems to work in case study after case study. "It used to be thought that music was a superfluous thing, and no one understood why it developed from an evolutionary standpoint," Discover News quoted Michael De Georgia, director ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Music-can-Aid-in-Relearning-to-Walk-and-Talk-in-Brain-Damaged-Patients-95926-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-carb-Diet-Aids-Diabetic-Patients-95793-1.htm bDietary restriction, in conjunction with the anti-diabetic drugs metformin and liraglutide, is effective in patients with advanced diabetes/b. Diabetes and obesity go hand in hand. The epidemic is rampant globally, engulfing both developed and developing countries. Westernized eating habits and lifestyle are the factors predominantly held responsible for this. Diets with low fat content and high amounts of carbohydrates are recommended by official guidelines although these have never been proved effective....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Low-carb-Diet-Aids-Diabetic-Patients-95793-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nepals-AIDS-Orphans-Forced-into-Parental-Role-95301-1.htm It is a tough life for AIDS orphans in Nepal. As dawn breaks, Nirmala Nepali steels herself for another day of cooking, cleaning, and back-breaking work to get food on the table - a struggle she has faced for many years. Yet she is still a child herself, thrown into the role of head of the household at the age of just six after her mother died of AIDS. Nirmala, now 15, has never been to school, never learned to read and write, and never had the sort of childhood enjoyed by her friends ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nepals-AIDS-Orphans-Forced-into-Parental-Role-95301-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Says-Combating-AIDS-Among-Gay-Men-Will-Depend-on-Improvement-in-Human-Rights-94392-1.htm The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that vast improvements in human rights and access to treatment are needed to protect gay men against HIV/AIDS. "If you want to achieve zero new infections, you have to address the human rights issues," WHO official Ying-Ru Lo said after a meeting about infection rates among gay men at the International Conference for AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in Africa (ICASA). She said stigmatisation and high levels of discrimination blocked access ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Says-Combating-AIDS-Among-Gay-Men-Will-Depend-on-Improvement-in-Human-Rights-94392-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Funding-Crunch-Slows-Down-AIDS-Fight-94335-1.htm Philippines struggles with AIDS problem, with limited funding, say health experts. The government will have to prioritise its funding to concentrate on helping the most at-risk communities as it faces a budget shortfall of up to (Dollor) 370 million over the next five years, health department assistant secretary Eric Tayag said. "If we only have so much, we have to prioritise the scope of our programmes, choosing the target populations, choosing the specific areas," Tayag told AFP. "It ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Funding-Crunch-Slows-Down-AIDS-Fight-94335-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traditional-Chinese-Medicines-Can-Cure-AIDS-94321-1.htm Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has helped in the recovery of at least 17,000 HIV carriers and AIDS patients in China since 2004, claim experts. Speaking on the eve of World AIDS Day, which is observed on December 1, Wang Jian, deputy director of the TCM Center for AIDS Prevention and Treatment with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: "TCM performs as an effective supplement to Western therapy in terms of alleviating patients' symptoms, including fever, cough, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traditional-Chinese-Medicines-Can-Cure-AIDS-94321-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Measures-to-Help-AIDS-Patients-Will-be-Implemented-Says-Chinese-Premier-94312-1.htm New measures to help citizens living with HIV/AIDS obtain affordable drug treatment, get fair job treatment and education chances will be implemented soon, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed. China's State Council would send inspection teams to regions having high HIV/AIDS prevalence to oversee the implementation of government policies, he added. Jiabao promised that the Chinese Government would increase financial aid to families suffering from AIDS, Xinhua reports. The Chinese Government ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Measures-to-Help-AIDS-Patients-Will-be-Implemented-Says-Chinese-Premier-94312-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Mumbai-Sex-Workers-Pay-Homage-to-AIDS-Victims-94249-1.htm On the occasion of World AIDS Day, sex workers in Mumbai, paid tribute to people who have died of AIDS in the country. As a part of an event on AIDS awareness programme organised by a voluntary forum, sex workers along with television actor Anant Jog laid wreath on the coffin of an AIDS victim. On the occasion, social activist, Rohit Mangeshkar voiced his concern at the discrimination faced by the HIV-AIDS infected persons from the society across the country. "The problem that we are ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Mumbai-Sex-Workers-Pay-Homage-to-AIDS-Victims-94249-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/HIV-Spreads-AIDS-Subsides-in-Europe-Study-94239-1.htm In 2010 HIV infections continued to rise however treatment ensured that a number of cases of full-blown AIDS have dramatically reduced in recent years, states a report published on Wednesday. "The new data raises concern about the continuing transmission of HIV in Europe," the World Health Organisation's Europe office and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in their joint report, published a day before World AIDS Day. Last year, 27,116 new cases of HIV infections ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/HIV-Spreads-AIDS-Subsides-in-Europe-Study-94239-1.htm