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STDs Hit Record High in US

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New figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 2016 show a disturbing rise in sexually transmitted diseases, including record rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, particularly among young and pregnant women, gay and bisexual men. The CDC’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report says that 2 million cases were reported overall in 2016. Over 75% of... 

Russian Scientists Turn Nanomaterial Into Weapon Against HIV

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Researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences have managed to transform a nanomaterial into a potent weapon against HIV. Scientists at the Russian Academy of Science have discovered a way to dissolve a carbon nanomaterial known as fullerene in water, turning it into a substance capable of eradicating HIV molecules in a human body, according to an article published by the Organic & Biomolecular... 

Clinton Foundation Watered Down AIDS Drugs For Africa

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More and more people are realizing that the Clinton Foundation is a giant money laundering scheme that Hillary was using as a “pay for play” with foreign governments for “favors” during her tenure as Secretary of State and who knows how far and deep that rabbit hole truly goes. It’s global and the US government is acting like its just as untouchable as Hillary is. While she refuses to answer... 

Female Volunteers At Calais Jungle ‘Having Sex With Multiple Refugees A Day’

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Is this why women are so eager to import these Third World migrants? From The Independent: Volunteers in the Calais Jungle have been accused of sexually exploiting refugees and even child migrants. The Independent has discovered a serious row has broken out among some unpaid charity workers at the camp in northern France, with some believing forging sexual relationships with adult refugees is natural... 

Study: Selenium May Stop Zika Birth Defects

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The dietary trace mineral selenium may reduce severe birth defects caused by Zika, a recent University of North Carolina study revealed. The study, which was released in July but received scant media attention, says that Zika mimics a genetic disease known as PCCA by lowering selenium proteins known as selenoproteins. “This research strongly suggests that selenium, a dietary trace mineral with a... 

Sick British kids used by NHS as guinea pigs

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A new report in the UK points to the practice of using sick children as guinea pigs in NHS experiments with tainted blood. According to the Sunday Express, sick children were used as guinea pigs as the National Health Service (NHS) said chimps were ‘too expensive’ for such tests. Hemophiliac children were injected with “extraordinarily hazardous” blood products to see how infectious... 

UK experts warn against growing steroid use

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The number of men using anabolic steroids in Britain is reaching staggering proportions. According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, just under 60,000 people a year take steroids. However those working with steroid users say the number is significantly higher. Professor Julian Baker from the University of the West of Scotland is an expert in steroid use and thinks the number of steroid users... 

New clues found on how to stop HIV evade detection

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Scientists have taken crucial steps in their quest for finding a remedy for HIV by finding clues about how the virus manages to evade detection after being suppressed by drugs. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, made the announcement on Wednesday after they analyzed blood samples from 25 patients with the human immunodeficiency virus, AFP reported. After... 

Erasing memories and landing on a comet

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2014’s accomplishments have uncovered new facts from Earth’s early days, as well as opened new horizons – in tiny cells and vast space exploration, affecting the planet’s and its inhabitants’ future. How did it all go? #Cometlanding and exploring origins of life Ten years on Earth might be a speck of sand in the hour glass of the galaxy, but not for the European Space... 

Soy sauce molecules effectively fight HIV

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More than a decade after a Japanese soy sauce manufacturer said it had discovered a molecule in its sauce that could be used to fight HIV, the findings have been confirmed by university scientists. According to a team of virologists at the University of Missouri, a flavor-enhancing molecule found in soy sauce – called EFdA – is up to 70 times more powerful than typical drugs like Tenofovir, which... 

4,200 NY hospital patients face possible hepatitis, HIV exposure

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A New York hospital warned 4,247 people of potential exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after authorities discovered a risk of potential blood contamination. In the letter dated February 22, South Nassau Communities Hospital said the patients may have received insulin from an insulin pen reservoir – not the pen’s single-use disposable needle – that may have been used with more... 

Scientists unravel biggest mystery of HIV

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Scientists have finally found a way to outsmart the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or rather, its ability to hide from the antibodies and immune cells. This is the quality that makes HIV so dangerous. However, researchers were able to find a way to create an effective cure for AIDS using the substance tacrolimus and finally win over the dangerous disease. The main difficulty against the human... 

Second NY hospital warns nearly 2,000 patients of possible HIV infection from insulin pens

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A hospital in New York State has notified 1,915 patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C – days after another hospital in NY admitted making the same mistake – through reusing insulin pens, used by diabetics. Olean General Hospital is mailing 1,915 patients who received insulin between November 2009 and last week and advising them to have a blood test, although... 

Science finds out why specific cells let HIV in

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Dendritic and T-cells are integral parts of the human immune system Scientists at George Mason University have carried out a groundbreaking new research project, finally revealing the reason why the deadly HIV virus targets only a specific kind of T-cell. The new discovery may change the way the disease is tackled. The study, which was recently published online, will appear in October’s Journal of... 

United Nations panel recommends legalizing prostitution and drug use worldwide

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A 150-page report issued by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law says that nations around the world should legalize prostitution and “decriminalize the voluntary use of illegal injection drugs” to fight HIV, CNS News reported Monday. Although the 15-member panel met in 2010, it is just now issuing its final report. In that report, the commission recommends repealing... 
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