Fewer women compared to men are willing to participate in trials for a potential HIV/Aids vaccine, researchers revealed yesterday.

A home counselling and testing exercise in the northern Ugandan district of Apac has had a promising start, with more than 3,000 people being tested for HIV in the first month, health workers say.

About 70 percent of rape cases dealt with at Mashonaland East provincial magistrates' courts in Marondera have revealed that the victims are HIV positive, figures experts say reflect the situation prevailing nationwide.

The US Government Wednesday boosted the fight against the Aids scourge in the country with a Sh2 billion (USD 25 million) grant to the Aids fund.

DEPLETION of fish resources in Lake Kyoga has led to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS among the communities living on the shores, the Nakasongola resident district commissioner, David Masereka, has said.

American Friends of Tel Aviv University) New research from Tel Aviv University bacteria expert Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, grounded in the study of bacteria, presents compelling evidence to suggest there

Indiana University) Athletes' superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve NSAIDs, which many athletes gobble down before and during events, they could be causing more harm than good. Such misuse can

Boston University Medical Center) Boston University School of Medicine's Pulmonary Center has received a two-year $1.4 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to derive stem cells and lung progenitors from patients with lung disease.

European Society of Cardiology) Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures in cardiology. The idea of publishing an ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging which accumulates the expertise of European cardiovascular imagers, is therefore long awaited. The textbook is also

European Space Agency) The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. At first glance, this may not appear to be connected to space technology, but large development projects and the

Study finds 6- to 11-month interval lessens complication risks.

Researchers compared National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 4,436 black and white participants from 1971 to 1972 and from 8,339 black and white participants from 1999 to 2004. The participants were 12 to 54 years old.

The research, published in a prominent medical journal for pediatricians, adds fuel to the debate over these chemicals, called phthalates, whose safety has been questioned by some scientists. The chemical industry claims the ubiquitous manmade chemicals, which are used to

Emergency medical treatment within three hours of the first stroke symptoms can limit the extent of brain damage and lead to better recovery.

In sleep tests conducted on 234 white children, aged 2 to 18, who were referred for evaluation of snoring and possible obstructive sleep apnea, the researchers found that among those aged 12 and older the risk of obstructive sleep apnea

The new analysis, scheduled to published in the Jan. 5 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine , looked over data from more than 100 studies comparing different biopsy methods. It found that core needle biopsy and surgical biopsy provided women

U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers exposed pacemakers to a simulated MRI magnetic field and then measured the electrical voltage produced at the tip of the pacemaker lead, where it would touch the interior of the patient's heart.

Researchers analyzed data on 168,584 Swedish men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1961 and 2004. Of those men, 10,126 (6 percent) experienced a cardiovascular event within a year of cancer diagnosis and 136 (0.08 percent) committed suicide.