Anti-HIV Pill to be Tested in Canada, Raises Controversy for Allegedly Discouraging Use of Condoms

The controversial anti-HIV pill is going to be tested in Toronto to figure out how much it is effective in reality. While the pill raises hope that the lethal disease may b...

Polio-free India to get WHO certification

As India celebrates its victory over polio — completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection — the nation becomes entitled to polio-free c...

Viral infections may soon be history

Washington: Scientists have identified a mechanism how some viruses protect themselves from the immune system’s efforts to stop infections.

This new finding c...

Geranium root is potent HIV-1 killer

Washington: A new study has found that extracts of the geranium plant Pelargonium sidoides inactivate human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) and prevent the virus from ...

Ray of hope for HIV patients

New York: In a significant discovery, researchers have identified a new protein that holds promise for the next-generation of anti-HIV drugs.

The team at University...

Ear Tubes May Not Have Long-Term Benefits for Kids With Ear Infections

FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2014 (Health Day News) — Ear tubes can improve hearing over the short term in children with a certain type of ear infection. But they don’t hel...

Garlic Fails to Curb Yeast Infections

“In the lab, garlic is a potent antifungal, and women want natural alternatives,” said Dr. Watson, a researcher at the University of Melbourne and a nurse pract...

Pages from the Diary of a Community Health Worker

It was just another day in the late summer of 1992. Fresh from the success of a community intervention that sought to limit the effects of an outbreak of a gastrointestinal...

Diseases on the move because of climate change

Coccidioides is a fungus that lives in the soil in the southwestern United States. It can cause a respiratory infection known as Valley Fever or “cocci.” Cases ...