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Don't mix Merck hepatitis pill with HIV drugs: U.S.

U.S. drug regulators are changing the label for Merck & Co Inc's recently approved Victrelis treatment for hepatitis C to...

Challenges facing world's 1.2 billion adolescents

A new generation of children that has survived the chief killers of early childhood now faces a host of new dangers as it...

Panetta offers steps to curb sex assault in military

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta proposed new action on Monday to crack down on sexual assault in the military, seeking...

Using AIDS drugs to prevent infection: a bargain?

Giving an AIDS-fighting drug to men who are at high risk of HIV infection would cost billions, but it might be worth it in...

Sexual side effect warnings added to Merck drugs

Warning labels for Merck & Co's drugs for baldness and enlarged prostate will add notices of sexual side effects that continued...

South Africa takes TB battle to mine shafts

South Africa is shifting its lines in the battle against tuberculosis to mines, where lung-attacking dust, crowded working...

Sex education stagnating in U.S. schools, CDC says

Public schools in the United States are making "little progress" in expanding instruction in how to prevent pregnancy and...

Genital warts tied to range of cancers

People who've ever had genital warts may have a somewhat higher risk of several types of cancer -- possibly including common...

Migraines likelier in men with impotence

Men who have been diagnosed with erectile dysfunction are 63 percent more likely to also have had a diagnosis of migraine...

Supreme court limits damages in HIV-infected pilot's case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a pilot from San Francisco, whose status as HIV-infected was disclosed by...

Some doctors still mistaken on IUD safety

Many U.S. doctors and other health providers may have mistaken beliefs about the safety of IUD contraceptives, a new government...

Funding cuts put 3.4 mln TB patients at risk - NGOs

A $1.7 billion funding shortfall to fight tuberculosis (TB) over the next five years means 3.4 million patients will go untreated...

Few women getting tested for chlamydia: CDC

Only 38 percent of sexually active American women aged 15 to 25 were screened for chlamydia in the prior year, putting the...

Progress, no big breakthrough, in hunt for HIV cure

Scientists, stymied for decades by the complexity of the human immunodeficiency virus, are making progress on several fronts...

Circumcision tied to lower prostate cancer risk

Circumcised men may have a slightly lower risk of developing prostate cancer than those who still have their foreskin, according...

Utah passes bill to curb sex education in schools

Utah would become the first state to ban public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy or sexually...

HIV pill for prevention debated as FDA ruling nears

An advocacy group concerned about the costs and possible health problems related to a drug being considered to help stop...

Gilead Quad HIV drug causes fewer side effects

Full details from a pivotal trial of Gilead Sciences Inc experimental Quad HIV pill show that it caused fewer adverse side...

Vertex, Merck hepatitis drugs work in HIV patients

Rival hepatitis C drugs from Merck & Co and Vertex Pharmaceuticals are effective in patients also infected with HIV, the...

Joint action on HIV and TB saved 900,000 lives-WHO

An estimated 910,000 lives were saved worldwide over six years thanks to better collaboration between health services to...

HIV rate among U.S. injection drug users falls: CDC

HIV infections among injection drug users in the United States have fallen by half in the past decade, but HIV testing is...

Syphilis tests could save a million babies: experts

The lives of almost a million newborn babies could be saved every year if simple, cheap and rapid tests for syphilis were...

China to promote condoms to cap HIV/AIDS cases

China hopes to cap the number of people living with HIV/AIDS at 1.2 million by 2015, up from around 780,000 at present, partly...

Group backs HPV shot recommendation for boys

Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital...

REFILE: Hepatitis C killing more Americans than HIV

Hepatitis C has surpassed HIV as a killer of U.S. adults, and screening all "baby boomers" could be one way to stem the problem,...

Hepatitis C killing more Americans than HIV

Hepatitis C has surpassed HIV as a killer of U.S. adults, and screening all "baby boomers" could be one way to stem the problem,...

Erectile drugs might help premature ejaculation

Most studies looking at whether erectile dysfunction drugs can help men overcome premature ejaculation problems agree that...

Merck hepatitis pill hampers HIV Drugs-reports

Merck & Co's recently approved Victrelis treatment for hepatitis C considerably lessens the effectiveness of some widely...

Eczema tied to higher impotence risk

Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, a new study...

HIV drugs not linked with child psychiatric problems

Drugs used to treat children infected with the virus that causes AIDS do not appear to increase the risk of psychiatric problems...

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