You Survived AIDS. So Now What? Matt Sharp’s report looks at the unintended challenges facing long-term survivors. December 1, 2016 Long-term survivors of the AIDS epidemic deal with a complicated and unique set of challenges. Matt Sharp chronicles those issues in a 24-page status report titled The Unintended Consequences of AIDS Survival. Released to coincide with World AIDS Day, December […]
Read moreUT Austin Engineers Develop First-Ever Capsule to Treat Hemophilia Nov. 28, 2016 In center, Sarena Horava, the study’s lead author and a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Cockrell School of Engineering, helping high school students. Cockrell School of Engineering AUSTIN, Texas — In the near future, hemophiliacs could be able to treat their disease by simply swallowing a capsule. Thanks to a […]
Read moreSexual health advocates join forces with dating apps to encourage gay men to test for HIV The initiative is being led by Terrence Higgins Trust, Hornet, Grindr and PlanetRomeo in run-up to World AIDS Day PlanetRomeo is one of the apps encouraging users to get their sexual health checked 24 November 2016 by David Hudson It’s currently European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week (18-25 Nov), […]
Read moreSwedish Orphan Biovitrum AB: Elocta® Approved in Kuwait for the Treatment of Haemophilia A STOCKHOLM–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (SOBI.ST) (Sobi™) today announces that the Ministry of Health in Kuwait has approved Elocta® (efmoroctocog alfa), a recombinant human factor VIII Fc-fusion protein with an extended half-life, for the treatment of haemophilia A. Elocta is the first recombinant factor VIII Fc […]
Read moreComment: Argument over funding HIV PrEP drug reveals prejudice about the reality of some gay sex The recent dismissal of an appeal lodged by NHS England means that funding for the preventative HIV drug PrEP does fall under the remit of the NHS rather than local authorities, who are generally responsible for preventative health. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is given to those at a “high […]
Read more50,000 gay and bisexual men are living with HIV in the UK Celebrities are urging for people to go get tested BBC Testing for HIV is today much quicker and easier than it was in the past 17 November 2016 by Joe Morgan Over 50,000 gay and bisexual men are now living with HIV in the UK. And according to […]
Read moreA common virus could help fight liver cancer and hepatitis C November 16, 2016 9.46am GMT Author Stephen Griffin Associate Professor, University of Leeds CT scan of liver cancer. Puwadol Jaturawutthichai/Shutterstock.com Reovirus, a common virus that causes mild cases of respiratory infection, mainly in children, could be harnessed as an immunotherapy to fight primary liver cancer and hepatitis C. Viruses cause […]
Read moreThe information below contains data from research, as well as published reports, studies and articles related to the growing issue of substance abuse across the global LGBT community. Click on the links below: all-partied-out lgbt-alcohol-tobacco-and-other-drug-problems 233_the_belong_to_drugs_report environmentalpreventionandlgbtsubstanceabuse hrc-final-issue-brief-lgbt-teens […]
Read moreProstate Cancer Not More Common in Hemophiliacs Jody A. Charnow, Editor February 03, 2015 NEWS IN BRIEF Prostate Cancer Not More Common in Hemophiliacs Hemophilia patients have a higher incidence of cancers, but not prostate cancer. Patients with hemophilia have a higher incidence of cancers overall compared with the general population, but notprostate cancer (PCa), according to a […]
Read moreKnow your prostate Every man has one, it’s important for their sex life, yet few men know anything about their prostate or what can go wrong with it. According to a survey of men aged 45 and over by Prostate Cancer UK, 70% of them knew nothing about their prostate or the symptoms of prostate cancer. John Neate, of Prostate Cancer UK, says that better knowledge […]
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