http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/hives-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:35 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/red-hair-pigment-may-increase-risk-of-melanoma-skin-cancer-119235-1.htm Fair skin is associated with increased risk of skin cancer. However, recent animal studies reveal that factors other than UV radiations are involved in increasing the risk of melanoma in fair-skinned people with red hair. Dr. David Fisher, chief of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and his team had previously experimented with genetically modified mice and bfound that mice with pheomelanin, pigment responsible for red hair, still had high incidence of melanoma even in the absence of UV radiations....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/red-hair-pigment-may-increase-risk-of-melanoma-skin-cancer-119235-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fish-therapy-to-treat-skin-disease-in-gaza-strip-119200-1.htm Fish therapy has found its way to the Gaza Strip with Fouad Yahya, who learnt about it on the internet, becoming one of the first patients to be treated for his skin disease by a fish. "I smiled as I inserted both of my feet in a vessel filled with warm freshwater containing dozens of Garra Rufa fish, a toothless kind of fish used for such kind of therapy," Xinhua quoted him as saying. "I relaxed as the fish started to nibble at the dead skin of my feet, a process that activated the blood cycle in my feet," said Yahia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fish-therapy-to-treat-skin-disease-in-gaza-strip-119200-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/latest-setback-sheds-light-on-gap-for-hiv-vaccine-efforts-119152-1.htm The failure of the most recent efficacy trial for HIV vaccine has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts. With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers now say there is a "void" or a "gap" in current clinical trial efforts to test whether a vaccine may be safe and effective in people. A kind of ongoing autopsy of the last four major bids to make an HIV vaccine has informed the field as to what does not work, with the latest casualty being a trial called ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/latest-setback-sheds-light-on-gap-for-hiv-vaccine-efforts-119152-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/device-as-thin-as-skin-to-track-heart-health-119127-1.htm Stanford engineers have com out with a heart monitor which is as thin as skin. The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist, is sensitive enough to help doctors detect stiff arteries and cardiovascular problems. The devices could one day be used to continuously track heart health and provide doctors a safer method of measuring a key vital sign for newborn and other high-risk surgery patients. "The pulse is related to the condition of the artery and the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/device-as-thin-as-skin-to-track-heart-health-119127-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-skin-cancer-and-lower-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-identified-119064-1.htm According to a recent study people who have skin cancer are at a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. The link does not apply to melanoma, a less common but more aggressive type of skin cancer. The study involved 1,102 people with an average age of 79 who did not have dementia at the start of the study. The participants were followed for an average of 3.7 years. At the start of the study, 109 people reported that they had skin cancer in the past. During the study, 32 people developed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-skin-cancer-and-lower-risk-of-alzheimers-disease-identified-119064-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/embryonic-stem-cells-from-skin-created-118963-1.htm For the first time US researchers have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells. The method described Wednesday by Oregon State University scientists in the journal Cell, would not likely be able to create human clones, said Shoukhrat Mitalipov, senior scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. But it is an important step in research because it does not require the use of embryos in creating the type of stem cell capable of transforming into any other type of cell in the body....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/embryonic-stem-cells-from-skin-created-118963-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/obsession-for-a-soft-skin-causes-a-korean-woman-to-inject-cooking-oil-in-her-face-118953-1.htm Hang Mioku, a former model, always wished to have soft skin and this turned out to be quite an obsession when she continued to approach doctors for silicone injections. She was advised to see a psychiatrist as they found that her obsession with soft skin stemmed from low self esteem. Having undergone many cosmetic injections, doctors refused any further cosmetic treatment on her face. In a desperate attempt, she took to injecting cooking oil into her face after doctors refused to give her ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/obsession-for-a-soft-skin-causes-a-korean-woman-to-inject-cooking-oil-in-her-face-118953-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/over-180000-teenagers-living-with-hiv-in-nigeria-says-unicef-118932-1.htm The United Nation Children Education Fund (UNICEF) said that more than 180,000 teenagers are living with HIV in Nigeria. The figure was released during a national dialogue on adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria to bring relief to the young patients. The dialogue was organized by the Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA) in collaboration with UNICEF and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), a non-governmental organization working to ensure that every individual has access to equitable health services....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/over-180000-teenagers-living-with-hiv-in-nigeria-says-unicef-118932-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-class-of-drugs-for-skin-cancer-successfully-tested-in-humans-118792-1.htm A new class of drugs that can target a rouge protein responsible for proliferation of skin cancer has been successfully tested in humans, a new study reveals. The research involves the drug Dz13, a targeted molecular therapy, which was developed at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and has now been found to be safe in a clinical trial of patients with the common skin cancer, basal-cell carcinoma. "This is the first report of a drug of this type to be used in humans," says UNSW Medicine's ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-class-of-drugs-for-skin-cancer-successfully-tested-in-humans-118792-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/natural-remedies-to-the-aid-of-skin-problems-118743-1.htm Rose water and aloe vera may offer some natural remedies to get rid of skin related problems. Navin Sharma, head of research and Development at Cholayil Private Limited shares some useful tips that can help in attaining a "healthy" skin. Pearl pack: It improves the skin texture, balances moisture and makes the skin glow. It helps reduce dark marks, pimples and acne. It can be used both in form of paste and powder. Pearl helps in minimising the large pores on the skin and therefore reduces redness....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/natural-remedies-to-the-aid-of-skin-problems-118743-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-strategies-to-reduce-the-risk-of-skin-cancer-118710-1.htm A coordinated approach is required to prevent skin cancer by using indoor tanning devices. Evidence has shown that use of indoor tanning devices increases the risk of developing skin cancer, including melanoma, and these papers discuss approaches that could help reduce use of indoor tanning devices and prevent future incidence of skin cancers. Melanoma is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among adolescents and young adults in the United States. Skin cancer is an urgent public health problem, with treatment costing an estimated (Dollor) 1....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-strategies-to-reduce-the-risk-of-skin-cancer-118710-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/cambodia-can-end-hiv-infections-by-2020-who-118698-1.htm Cambodia is on track to successfully reverse HIV epidemic and may eliminate new infections by 2020, says the World Health Organization. The Southeast Asian nation has reduced its HIV prevalence rate from a 1998 peak of 1.7 percent among people aged 15-49 to 0.7 percent in 2012 across the whole population, the WHO said in a joint statement with the Cambodian health ministry. "Cambodia is moving towards an AIDS-free generation and is one of the few countries globally to have successfully ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/cambodia-can-end-hiv-infections-by-2020-who-118698-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/personalized-bone-substitutes-made-from-skin-cells-118666-1.htm Patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells may help repair large bone defects, a team of scientists at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute say. The study, led by Darja Marolt, PhD, a NYSCF-Helmsley Investigator and Giuseppe Maria de Peppo, PhD, a NYSCF Research Fellow, and published in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i of the USA, represents a major advance in personalized reconstructive treatments for patients with bone defects resulting from disease or trauma....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/personalized-bone-substitutes-made-from-skin-cells-118666-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-tool-in-hiv-vaccine-fight-developed-118647-1.htm A new test to identify antibodies capable of fighting most strains of HIV has been developed by US researchers. A report published in the journal Science on Thursday said that scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had studied HIV-infected individuals whose blood had shown "powerful neutralization" qualities of the virus. The new tool allowed scientists to precisely determine the broadly neutralizing antibodies in a given sample by analyzing the neutralized HIV strains....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-tool-in-hiv-vaccine-fight-developed-118647-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/thailand-hiv-vaccine-study-sheds-more-light-on-limit-protection-provided-by-hiv-vaccines-118624-1.htm The ongoing HIV vaccine trial currently being conducted in Thailand is shedding more light on how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine is not effective in more people. In a study appearing May 6, 2013, in the journal iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, an international team of researchers led by the Duke Human Vaccine Institute describe a previously unknown interaction between antibodies that worked to block the vaccine's protective powers. The vaccine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/thailand-hiv-vaccine-study-sheds-more-light-on-limit-protection-provided-by-hiv-vaccines-118624-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/feuding-antibodies-blocked-high-profile-hiv-vaccine-trial-118526-1.htm A high-profile HIV vaccine trial that was shown to work in just under a third of patients may have been hindered by feuding antibodies, says US researchers. The vaccine trial, known as RV144, involved more than 16,000 HIV negative volunteers in Thailand and used two investigational vaccines in combination. When its results were first published in 2009, experts hailed its 31 percent protection rate as a pioneering achievement, even though it fell short of hopes by providing only a partial shield against HIV....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/feuding-antibodies-blocked-high-profile-hiv-vaccine-trial-118526-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/simple-tips-to-prevent-skin-cancer-118445-1.htm Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) has listed down six tips for prevention and early detection of melanoma. When left untreated, melanoma is the most dangerous and aggressive form of skin cancer, accounting for more than 9,000 of the 12,000-plus skin cancer deaths each year. "While SCCA doctors have developed successful and innovative methods to treat skin cancer, the true fight against melanoma starts with the simple routines each of us do daily to protect our skin," said Dr. Kim ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/simple-tips-to-prevent-skin-cancer-118445-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-cancer-survivors-shy-away-from-sunscreen-118440-1.htm A recent study has revealed that one fourth of skin cancer survivors do not wear sunscreen; some even continue to use tanning beds. In a recent survey carried out by the bAmerican Association for Cancer Research/b it was found that 27.3 percent of those who have had bmelanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer/b, do not use sunscreen. Besides this shocker, the study also revealed that 21.5 percent of them continue to use tanning beds, which have been proven to increase a person's risk ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-cancer-survivors-shy-away-from-sunscreen-118440-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/less-used-regimen-for-treating-children-in-africa-with-hiv-is-more-effective-finds-study-118383-1.htm Researchers conducted the first large-scale comparison of first-line treatments for HIV-positive children, finding that initial treatment with efavirenz was more effective than nevirapine in suppressing the virus in children ages 3 to 16. The researchers are from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, along with colleagues at the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence. However, the less effective nevirapine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/less-used-regimen-for-treating-children-in-africa-with-hiv-is-more-effective-finds-study-118383-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/study-less-used-drug-better-for-children-with-hiv-118377-1.htm According to a study, the antiretroviral drug efavirenz is more effective at treating children infected with HIV than the more commonly used and cheaper nevirapine. The study is being billed as the first large-scale comparison of first-line treatments for HIV-positive children, and could have an impact on care in poor parts of the world, where most of them live. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the findings show initial treatment with efavirenz was more effective ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/study-less-used-drug-better-for-children-with-hiv-118377-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/recommending-surgery-for-skin-cancer-among-elderly-patients-may-not-be-the-best-option-118359-1.htm Researchers suggest that recommending surgery for elderly patients suffering from skin cancer may not be the best option as they often suffer from complications from such surgeries and may not live long enough to benefit from the treatment. A new study led by UC San Francisco focused on the vexing problem of how best to handle skin cancers among frail, elderly patients. In the study sample, the researchers found that most non-melanoma skin cancers were typically treated surgically, regardless ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/recommending-surgery-for-skin-cancer-among-elderly-patients-may-not-be-the-best-option-118359-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/synthetic-agents-weaken-hiv-infection-118338-1.htm Inspite of drug therapy, HIV has a tendency to hide certain types of cells, which then reproduce and give rise to chronic inflammation. Now, researchers at Temple University School of Medicine's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) have discovered that synthetic anti-inflammatory substances distantly related to the active ingredient of marijuana might be able to take the punch out of HIV while inside one of its major hideouts - immune cells known as macrophages....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/synthetic-agents-weaken-hiv-infection-118338-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/artificial-skin-that-is-so-close-to-human-skin-118216-1.htm U.S. and Chinese Scientists have created artificial skin which they say is very close to human skin. This development is a boon to those with unsuccessful skin grafts, revealed scientists. According to experts, artificial skin is more sensitive and close to human skin. Scientists worked on creating experimental sensors that can enable robots with artificial skin get sensitive to feeling. This level of sensitivity is as good as what the human skin experiences. Scientists used flexible ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/artificial-skin-that-is-so-close-to-human-skin-118216-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-factor-that-may-contribute-to-skin-ageing-118088-1.htm A new study reveals evidences that longwave ultraviolet radiation may induce the formation of a protein that could result in premature skin ageing. The findings demonstrate that aspects of photoaging, the process of skin aging by chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation, could be linked to genetic factors that accelerate the aging process when induced by the environment. The study, published in the iJournal of Investigative Dermatology/i, was led by BUSM co-authors Thomas M. Ruenger MD, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-factor-that-may-contribute-to-skin-ageing-118088-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/study-links-skin-cancer-to-future-risk-of-other-cancers-117848-1.htm A new study by US researchers published in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i finds white people who have types of skin cancer other than melanoma (non-melanoma skin cancer) may be at increased risk of having other forms of cancer in the future. The analysis, led by Dr. Jiali Han, an Associate Professor from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in the US, found that men and women with a history of non-melanoma skin cancers-the most common form of cancer in the United States and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/study-links-skin-cancer-to-future-risk-of-other-cancers-117848-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-identify-possible-culprit-behind-eczema-and-allergic-skin-diseases-117840-1.htm Scientists have discovered a possible culprit behind eczema and allergic skin diseases. Researchers from the Immune Imaging and T cell Laboratories at the Centenary Institute worked with colleagues from SA Pathology in Adelaide, the Malaghan Institute in Wellington, New Zealand and the USA. The new cell type is part of a family known as group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), which was discovered less than five years ago in the gut and the lung, where it has been linked to asthma. But ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-identify-possible-culprit-behind-eczema-and-allergic-skin-diseases-117840-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/researchers-discovery-may-help-prevent-hiv-reservoirs-from-forming-117789-1.htm Researchers have discovered how the protein that blocks HIV-1 from multiplying in white blood cells is regulated. The researchers are from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/a of Yeshiva University. HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS, and the discovery could lead to novel approaches for addressing HIV-1 "in hiding" - namely eliminating reservoirs of HIV-1 that persist in patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy. The study was published today in the online edition of the journal iCell Host (and) Microbe/i....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/researchers-discovery-may-help-prevent-hiv-reservoirs-from-forming-117789-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/risk-of-transmitting-hiv-to-babies-lowest-among-hiv-infected-moms-who-exclusively-breast-feed-for-the-first-four-months-117767-1.htm A new study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the risk of transmitting HIV virus to babies is the lowest among HIV infected mothers who breast feed their babies exclusively for more than the first four months of life. Women who stopped breast feeding earlier than four months had the highest concentrations of HIV in their breast milk, and those who continued to breastfeed, but not exclusively, had concentration levels in-between the two practices....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/risk-of-transmitting-hiv-to-babies-lowest-among-hiv-infected-moms-who-exclusively-breast-feed-for-the-first-four-months-117767-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/transcription-factors-linked-to-skin-cancer-melanoma-research-117691-1.htm At the University of North Carolina, researchers have discovered that transcription factors regulating the levels of oxygen in the blood also play a role in the spread of the skin cancer melanoma. In research published April 8 in the iJournal of Clinical Investigation/i, a research team led by William Kim, MD, member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and graduate student and first author Sara Hanna, linked melanoma metastases to a pair of transcription factors known as HIF1 and HIF2....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/transcription-factors-linked-to-skin-cancer-melanoma-research-117691-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/english-speaking-hispanics-in-us-take-fewer-protections-against-skin-cancer-than-spanish-speaking-hispanics-117672-1.htm English-speaking Hispanics in the US were found to be more likely to put themselves at a risk for skin cancer and took fewer cancer protection practices compared to Spanish-speaking Hispanics, a new study conducted by researchers at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey reveals. Investigators say their findings show a need to consider linguistic acculturation - the way one adapts to the multiple languages to which he or she is exposed - in developing interventions for this population. The Cancer ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/english-speaking-hispanics-in-us-take-fewer-protections-against-skin-cancer-than-spanish-speaking-hispanics-117672-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/hiv-protection-offered-by-circumcision-down-to-alteration-of-penis-microbiome-117669-1.htm One of the reasons why circumcision provides some protection against HIV and other viral infection could be because it alters the microbiome of the penis, a new study reveals. In a study to be published on April 16 in imBio/i (Regd) , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers studied the effects of adult male circumcision on the types of bacteria that live under the foreskin before and after circumcision. By one year post-procedure, the total bacterial ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/hiv-protection-offered-by-circumcision-down-to-alteration-of-penis-microbiome-117669-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/study-shows-women-infected-with-hiv-have-elevated-resting-energy-expenditure-117668-1.htm A team of American researchers has conducted a matched, prospective, cross-sectional study which reveals that women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have elevated resting energy expenditure and their bodies use more kilocalories to perform basic functions such as breathing, blood circulation and body temperature. The results are featured in a new report published by the iJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/i. "To our knowledge, no studies have been conducted ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/study-shows-women-infected-with-hiv-have-elevated-resting-energy-expenditure-117668-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-turn-skin-cells-into-the-cells-that-insulate-neurons-117527-1.htm Researchers have succeeded in transforming skin cells directly into oligodendrocyte precursor cells, the cells that wrap nerve cells in the insulating myelin sheaths that help nerve signals propagate. The research took place at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the current research was done in mice and rats. If the approach also works with human cells, it could eventually lead to cell therapies for diseases like inherited leukodystrophies - disorders of the brain's white matter ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-turn-skin-cells-into-the-cells-that-insulate-neurons-117527-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/spiny-worm-solves-skin-graft-problem-on-wet-wound-surface-117509-1.htm A remarkable invention for keeping skin grafts in place, even when the surface of the wound is wet was inspired by a parasitic worm that latches onto the intestines of fish by inflating its head. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, US researchers devised a patch studded with tiny cone-shaped needles as a replacement for surgical staples, a potential source of tissue damage and infection. The needles are made of a stiff core made of plastic and a tip that is rigid ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/spiny-worm-solves-skin-graft-problem-on-wet-wound-surface-117509-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/16-month-old-russian-girl-contracts-hiv-from-blood-transfusion-117473-1.htm During a blood transfusion, doctors in Russia accidentally infected a 16-month-old girl with HIV, said investigators, opening a criminal probe into the case. The toddler was given blood from an HIV-infected donor at the Number 5 children's hospital in Saint Petersburg, the city's Investigative Committee said in a statement. It opened a criminal investigation into "providing dangerous services to children", an offence carrying a maximum sentence of six years in prison. The child underwent ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/16-month-old-russian-girl-contracts-hiv-from-blood-transfusion-117473-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-technique-converts-skin-cells-to-functional-brain-cells-117385-1.htm Case Western Reserve School of Medicine scientists have identified a novel way to convert skin cells to functional brain cells to treat patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin disorders. This breakthrough now enables "on demand" production of myelinating cells, which provide a vital sheath of insulation that protects neurons and enables the delivery of brain impulses to the rest of the body. In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-technique-converts-skin-cells-to-functional-brain-cells-117385-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/your-skin-can-indicate-health-problems-117154-1.htm Doctors say that your skin can be a crucial early-warning system that can alert you about a wide range of health problems. They said signs of brittle bones, diabetes and vitamin deficiencies may surface on skin before other symptoms appears, the Huffington Post reported. A study of 114 recently postmenopausal women found that deep wrinkles on the face and neck could indicate an increased risk for broken bones. The reason is that women with such wrinkles were more likely to have lower ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/your-skin-can-indicate-health-problems-117154-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/current-hpv-vaccine-may-not-help-female-hiv-patients-117107-1.htm Female HIV patients acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix. This is according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center being presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7. "People with issues in their immune system such as HIV will be at risk of acquiring HPV, as well - and the current vaccine may not fully protect them," says study author Elizabeth Blackman, MPH, research specialist at Fox Chase....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/current-hpv-vaccine-may-not-help-female-hiv-patients-117107-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/georgia-davis-who-was-the-fattest-teenager-in-britain-is-suffering-from-skin-infection-and-is-fighting-for-life-117071-1.htm The 20-year-old, Georgia Davis, who was the fattest teenager in Britain is admitted to hospital with skin infection cellulitis and is fighting for life. Cellulitis is a bacterial infection due to wound on the skin. Obese people are more prone to the condition due to increased risk of skin breaking and thinning at fat folds. Stepdad Arthur Treloar, Georgia's father, has been informed by the doctors that his daughter's condition is very critical and she is put on support system for breathing. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/georgia-davis-who-was-the-fattest-teenager-in-britain-is-suffering-from-skin-infection-and-is-fighting-for-life-117071-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/oscars-nominated-hiv-documentary-screened-in-new-delhi-117033-1.htm A documentary that tracked the history of AIDS epidemic in the US, and which had been nominated for Academy Awards, was screened in New Delhi on Saturday. Directed by David France, "How to survive a plague" is a detailed narrative of HIV/AIDS activism in the US during 1980's and the activists who campaigned for more research and effective treatment for such patients. "The documentary highlights the power of people, power of activism, and success of struggle against the AIDS," said Colleen ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/oscars-nominated-hiv-documentary-screened-in-new-delhi-117033-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/anti-hiv-gel-safe-and-acceptable-to-prevent-hiv-from-anal-sex-116954-1.htm A reformulated version of an anti-HIV gel was found safe and acceptable by HIV-negative men and women who used it rectally. The gel is developed for vaginal use. This is according to a Phase I clinical trial published in iPLOS ONE/i. The study, led by researchers with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Microbicide Trials Network (MTN), tested a reduced glycerin formulation of tenofovir gel, and has spurred the development of an expanded safety study of the gel, expected to launch later this year....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/anti-hiv-gel-safe-and-acceptable-to-prevent-hiv-from-anal-sex-116954-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-vaccine-design-that-can-help-development-of-effective-drugs-against-hiv-and-other-similar-viruses-developed-116603-1.htm A team of American researchers has developed a new technique for vaccine design that can help researchers in their fight against HIV and other fast mutating viruses. The report, which appears March 28, 2013, in iScience Express/i, the early online edition of the journal iScience/i, offers a step toward solving what has been one of the central problems of modern vaccine design: how to stimulate the immune system to produce the right kind of antibody response to protect against a wide range of viral strains....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-vaccine-design-that-can-help-development-of-effective-drugs-against-hiv-and-other-similar-viruses-developed-116603-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/research-sheds-light-on-hiv-antibodies-that-are-worth-the-wait-116596-1.htm One promising strategy for an effective vaccine against HIV-1 focuses on designer antibodies that have much broader potency than most specific antibodies. These broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) can handle the high mutation rate of HIV particles that makes normal, very specific antibodies useless within a short space of time. A study published by Cell Press on March 28th in the journal iCell/i reveals surprising mutations in these antibodies that are crucial for strong protection against HIV-1....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/research-sheds-light-on-hiv-antibodies-that-are-worth-the-wait-116596-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/when-a-viral-gene-is-deactivated-innate-immune-system-can-kill-hiv-116564-1.htm An intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV is held by human cells. The virus has however evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability. When this gene is removed from the virus, the innate human immune system destroys HIV by mutating it to the point where it can no longer survive. This phenomenon has been shown in test tube laboratory experiments, but now researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have demonstrated that the same phenomenon occurs in a humanized mouse ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/when-a-viral-gene-is-deactivated-innate-immune-system-can-kill-hiv-116564-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/increased-risk-of-hiv-and-other-infectious-diseases-due-to-unclean-dentists-116525-1.htm Failure to sterilize equipments put more than 7,000 dental patients at the risk of contracting HIV and other infectious diseases. Officials do not yet know if any patients were infected but urged everyone who had ever been treated at the Tulsa oral surgery practice to be tested at a free clinic. "We do not know how long these improper practices have been occurring, so we recommend that all patients of Dr. (Scott) Harrington's be tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV," the Oklahoma health department said in a statement....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/increased-risk-of-hiv-and-other-infectious-diseases-due-to-unclean-dentists-116525-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sexual-agreements-among-gay-couples-show-promise-for-hiv-prevention-study-116506-1.htm According to a University of Michigan study, the majority of gay men in relationships say they establish a "sexual agreement" with their partner, primarily to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Sexual agreements show promise for HIV prevention, but the down side is that only 57 percent of couples actually concur that they have agreements, says Jason Mitchell, assistant professor at the U-M School of Nursing. Further, among nearly half of the couples one or both ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sexual-agreements-among-gay-couples-show-promise-for-hiv-prevention-study-116506-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-allergies-might-be-caused-by-temporary-tattoos-116407-1.htm Temporary tattoos may cause long term side effects, warns FDA. Getting temporary tattoos allows one to enjoy the fun for few weeks and the dyes are placed only the surface of the skin. Temporary tattoos are made from henna, a reddish-brown pigment extracted from the flowering plant, Lawsonia inermis, which grows in parts of Africa and Asia. This dye has been used for centuries in cosmetics and in coloring the hair. In recent times, this original henna is mixed with hair dye, p-phenylenediamine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-allergies-might-be-caused-by-temporary-tattoos-116407-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/healer-sentenced-to-13-years-in-jail-for-infecting-16-people-with-hiv-116371-1.htm A 54-year-old self-styled healer has been sentenced by a Bern court to almost 13 years in jail for purposefully infecting 16 people with HIV using acupuncture needles. The man has never accepted the charge of causing serious bodily harm and spreading human diseases. Instead, he claims that this is part of a conspiracy against him and there are still many unanswered questions. The court is sure that the victims were infected deliberately by the same person that has left the victims with ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/healer-sentenced-to-13-years-in-jail-for-infecting-16-people-with-hiv-116371-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/care-for-your-skin-before-and-after-playing-holi-116366-1.htm bThis amazingly colorful festival crosses all boundaries of religion and nationality/b; it is not that different from the tomato festival in Spain or the grape festival in Italy. Once you are outside - spattered by friends with color, the child in you takes over and all the good intentions of being gentle and using herbal colors take a back seat, you merrily use whatever is at hand and blow the consequences. So be well prepared and the consequences are very manageable. bTake 10 minutes to prepare yourself for the event....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/care-for-your-skin-before-and-after-playing-holi-116366-1.htm