http://discussaids.com Discuss Aids and Aids Treatment Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:00:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts The Illinois attorney general on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Center for AIDS Prevention for unlawful fundraising and falsifying official documents, ProPublica reports (Weaver, 7/27). Attorney General Lisa Madigan said the state revoked the organization's registration 20 years ago, but its director, Steve Neely, ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/illinois-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-against-hivaids-nonprofit/ Patient / Public: 4 (1 votes) Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed a state budget in which he made $489 million in line-item veto cuts that "will affect child welfare and children's health care, the elderly, state parks and AIDS treatment and prevention, going beyond the dramatic ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-signs-budget-that-cuts-52m-from-hivaids-programs/ Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts Inter Press Service examines how efforts underway in Namibia have helped to decrease the number of infants born with HIV while also increasing the number of HIV-positive infants on life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs). According to the news service, since the ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/efforts-underway-in-namibia-to-treat-pediatric-hiv/ Patient / Public: 5 (1 votes) Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette profiled the Girlfriends Project, a domestic violence and HIV/AIDS education program implemented by the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force that targets at-risk black women in three Allegheny County, Pa., cities. Blacks "comprise just 7 percent of the total population in southwestern ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/hivaids-education-project-targeting-pennsylvania-black-women-examined/ Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts Cost Of Male Circumcision Prevents Wider Use In Uganda, Analysis Shows The cost of male circumcision is preventing it from being used more widely adopted in Uganda as a way to help prevent men from contracting HIV, according to analysis ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/also-in-global-health-news-uganda-male-circumcision-malaria-vaccine-potential-global-fund-grant-in-cambodia-pmtct-of-hiv-in-botswana/ Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts The Senate Appropriations Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Tuesday approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2010 spending bill draft, which excludes funding for abstinence-only sex education programs and, unlike the House bill, does not include language lifting the ban on the ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/senate-fiscal-year-2010-spending-bill-excludes-abstinenceonly-education-funding-needle-exchange-language/ Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts Columnist George Curry on Tuesday in the Hudson Valley Press discussed how HIV/AIDS is impacting the black community, particularly in Washington, D.C. The piece includes comments from Phill Wilson, CEO of the Black AIDS Institute and C. Virginia Fields, president and CEO of the ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/columnist-discusses-hivaids-among-blacks-in-washington-dc/ News Category Menu HIV / AIDS >Categories A-B Abortion Acid Reflux / GERD ADHD Aid / Disasters Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's / Dementia Anxiety / Stress Arthritis / Rheumatology Asbestos / Mesothelioma Asthma Autism Back Pain Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Biology ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/report-identifies-new-hiv-cases-in-central-florida-county-official-discusses-findings/ Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: 0 posts Video Game Teaches Kenyan Teens HIV Prevention PlusNews/IRIN examines a multi-player PC video game that teaches Kenyan teens how to avoid becoming infected with HIV. "Pamoja Mtaani" -- Swahili ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/also-in-global-health-news-gaming-for-hiv-prevention-sex-education-in-china-concern-worldwide-receives-maternal-child-health-grant/ Vaccines to protect against sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and herpes, are being developed and may soon be available to college students. However, limited research has been conducted to determine if students will accept the vaccines once they are available. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher has ... http://discussaids.com/2010/08/college-students-who-feel-invincible-unlikely-to-accept-vaccines-mu-researcher-finds/