'POZ parties' signal potential to spread HIV 'superinfection'
...ing to broach the subject of HIV status with a new partner and a desire to have unprotected sex. One in eight men said that not infecting someone else was the main reason for going to a POZ Party. Unprotected sex with several partners over the course of an event was common. Almost two thirds said they had ...Putting viruses to work in vaccines
...search Council Linkage Project grant with industry partner Virax Holdings Limited to develop the fowlpox viru...constructing the viruses for the project. Industry partner Virax has proven results using the virus technology to develop an HIV vaccine, which is already in c...SCAI, NCQA partner to hold landmark conference on introducing complex medical therapies
...ty Assurance (NCQA) announced today that they will partner to hold a landmark conference addressing key issue...and measuring quality, is an excellent nonpartisan partner in this process," said Dr. Christopher U. Cates, chair of the SCAI Board of Governors and director o...Supportive spouse may reduce effect of job strain on blood pressure
...rtners talk about their daily activities? Did one partner pay attention and sympathize when the significant other had a stressful day? Did the partners spend time together?" There's a practical use for the information coming from this study, Tobe said. He advised that people who have high job strain and/o...Report reveals high rate of heart attack amongst ethnic minorities in Scotland
...nd leadership, resource and moral support from the partner organisations. "I look forward to working with Professor Bhopal through our National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health to make full use of the results of this pioneering work. We have already taken steps to build this work into the way we w...UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women director to receive national justice award
...d children who have faced sexual assault, intimate partner violence, child abuse, stalking and other crimes. ...nd the development of programs addressing intimate partner violence, rape, stalking and child maltreatment. She has authored numerous articles on violence aga...Depression linked to previously unknown dopamine regulator
...ar-4 (prostate apoptosis response 4)--as a binding partner for dopamine receptor D2. When mice deficient in Par-4 were subjected to stress, they showed depression-like behaviors, proposing Par-4as a molecular link between dopamine signaling and depression. Par-4 was previously implicated as a proapoptotic fa...Coalition's refusal to record Iraq's civilian deaths failing to respect international law
...tional law. The adamant refusal of the USA and its partner countries to keep count of Iraqi deaths is a stance that renders farcical the Geneva Conventions' principle that invading forces have a duty to make every effort to protect civilian lives. How can the Coalition attest that it respects this obligation...New study: Sexually transmitted disease treatment can be effectively administered by sex partners
...ek medical care. A second method, booklet-enhanced partner referral, also provides the patients with booklets...rtners. The new method, known as patient-delivered partner treatment, gives the patient an antibiotic to offer to his partner. To compare the efficacy of patie...A new understanding of how immune system targets disease
...e response, T cells, one type of white blood cell, partner with dendritic cells to make careful decisions about which pieces of pathogens will trigger a full-scale immune attack. Dendritic cells roam the body, checking each particle they come across for a self or invader "label." Upon encountering an invader...Artemisinin-based therapy may not be the best treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Africa
...ay also slow down development of resistance to the partner drug. But although combinations including artemisinins have been widely advocated, they are expensive and relatively untested in areas where malaria is very frequent. In a randomised trial conducted at four sites in Uganda, the researchers, led by ...Spousal violence affects one in three Albanian wives
Intimate partner violence affects women worldwide, but in Albania, ..., is the need to reduce the prevalence of intimate partner violence, as well as to provide support for women who are in, or who have been in, violent relations...Alternating rise and fall of SCF - NIPA levels act as switch regulating cell division
...esting phase, or interphase. In the absence of its partner cyclin B1 during interphase, the protein Cdk1 cannot trigger mitosis. While this process had been previously reported, the current study explains how it is regulated. The investigators also showed that blocking the production of NIPA in a cell cause...UF study: Child raising toughest on young grandmothers
...eceive welfare, but for those without a husband or partner who could help with child care, it might be difficult to manage," he said. He suggests that federal policies limiting welfare benefits and providing little assistance to skipped-generation grandparents should be revised to contribute more support fo...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...a substitute decision maker (typically a spouse or partner or another relative, according to a government-established hierarchy). The struggle with responsibility for a potentially life-altering or life-ending decision is greatest when the patient has given no guidance on his or her wishes. Conflict often ...Seven deadly sins: A new look at society through an old lens
...eing persistently angry; and 30-somethings with no partner are more likely to report angry feelings than thei...men. For example, the proportion of women with one partner for life has fallen and the proportion reporting concurrent relationships has increased. At the same...New research evidence on anger in children and adults
...ed as frequently angry. Thirty-somethings with no partner are more likely to report angry feelings than people with partners. Anger seems to wane with age in both childhood and adulthood. The older cohort, people now in their 40s, were less angry as young men and women than the younger cohort, people now ...Tight glucose control lowers CVD by about 50 percent in diabetes
...enters for Disease Control and Prevention, and 200 partner organizations including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), encourages people with diabetes to control their blood glucose as well as their blood pressure and cholesterol. By keeping all three as close to normal as possible, people with diabete...Changing sexual behaviour in the UK
...ly to report having been monogamous. Yet while one partner for life is still a more common pattern for women, the proportion who had had only one partner halved between 1990 and 2000. At the same time, the proportion of women reporting concurrent relatio......enters for Disease Control and Prevention, and 200 partner organizations including the American Diabetes Association (ADA), encourages people with diabetes to control their blood glucose as well as their blood pressure and cholesterol. By keeping all three as close to normal as possible, people with diabete...