Read more AIDS stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/633/aids.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:16:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73113/accelerated-aging-tied-to-hivaids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe aging population of Americans with HIV/AIDS is in a much different spot than those infected before the drug cocktail was introduced in the mid-1990s. But new research reveals disturbing trends related to aging. The cause is likely either the disease or the medications, and the result is symptoms—from...http://www.newser.com/story/73113/accelerated-aging-tied-to-hivaids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 15:25:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72810/swine-flu-crisis-is-fake-just-like-aids-in-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat do H1N1 and HIV have in common? They’re both money-making schemes! At least according to Rush Limbaugh, who yesterday took a fairly reasonable critique of swine flu hysteria off the rails and into crazy town, by saying it was being purposely hyped “for many of the same reasons that...http://www.newser.com/story/72810/swine-flu-crisis-is-fake-just-like-aids-in-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 8:37:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72306/insurers-drop-rape-victims-who-take-hiv-meds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSexual assault victims prescribed precautionary HIV/AIDS meds risk being denied health insurance—because they have a pre-existing condition. The vast majority never develop the disease, but many have lost their insurance altogether, the Huffington Post reports. Others have been denied mental health care for PTSD that arose after they were...http://www.newser.com/story/72306/insurers-drop-rape-victims-who-take-hiv-meds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 11:16:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72143/aids-vaccine-data-overstated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe data from last month’s much-hyped Thai AIDS vaccine trial are actually statistically insignificant, according to a secondary analysis published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The original results from the trial, which included more than 16,000 people, concluded that the vaccine reduced infections by a statistically...http://www.newser.com/story/72143/aids-vaccine-data-overstated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70552/cdc-must-stop-advocating-circumcision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVirtually everyone in the Western world seems to agree that female circumcision is horrible. It greatly reduces sexual pleasure, violates individual autonomy, and provides no discernible health benefits. Well, all that is true of male circumcision, too, writes Ethan Epstein, yet the CDC is considering a plan to “promote routine...http://www.newser.com/story/70552/cdc-must-stop-advocating-circumcision.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 14:54:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70166/vaccine-cuts-hiv-infection-rate-by-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new vaccine tested in Thailand has protected a significant minority of subjects against HIV infection—marking the first time a vaccine has shown even partial success against the virus that causes AIDS. The 16,000-volunteer study, undertaken by the US Army, the Thai health ministry, and two drug companies,...http://www.newser.com/story/70166/vaccine-cuts-hiv-infection-rate-by-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 7:00:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68910/showbiz-scribe-army-archerd-dead-at-87.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArmy Archerd, who chronicled Hollywood for 52 years as a columnist for Variety , died today of mesothelioma, the showbiz publication reports. He was 87; the cancer was thought to be related to exposure to asbestos during World War II. He was known for injecting a social consciousness into his reporting,...http://www.newser.com/story/68910/showbiz-scribe-army-archerd-dead-at-87.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 21:34:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68708/aids-charities-blast-hitler-sex-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA racy ad showing Adolf Hitler having unprotected sex is designed to scare young people about AIDS, but charities say the spot vilifies victims of the disease, the Telegraph reports. The explicit commercial, which shows a couple undressing and having intercourse, takes a creepy twist when the camera pans up...http://www.newser.com/story/68708/aids-charities-blast-hitler-sex-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 17:19:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67482/in-brazil-youve-got-mail-and-possibly-an-std.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Brazilian Health Ministry has created a website to let people inform partners they've got a sexually transmitted disease via an emailed virtual postcard. The official in charge of the ministry's STD and AIDs programs notes that many have a hard time telling partners they're infected—and that the emails...http://www.newser.com/story/67482/in-brazil-youve-got-mail-and-possibly-an-std.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 18:48:04 CDT