HIV, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG)

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HIV, STD CLINIC SINGAPORE™ (SG) @singaporehiv.com: HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) clinic, Singapore - Private and confidential service. Definitions, references, and latest news.

Topics

Services

• HIV
• HIV Symptoms
• HIV Screening / HIV Test / HIV Check
  • HIV Antibody Test
    • HIV Blood Test most commonly sent to the laboratory
    • HIV Rapid Test
      • HIV Oral Test / HIV Saliva Test
    • HIV Western Blot Test (for HIV confirmation, not used for screening)
  • HIV Antigen Test
    • HIV p24 Test
  • HIV NAT (nucleic acid test) / HIV PCR Test
    • HIV DNA Test
    • HIV RNA Test
• HIV Risk
• HIV PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis/Prevention)
• HIV Clinic

HIV is the abbreviation for the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Sexual risk (of STD/HIV/pregnancy), and what you can do before and after exposure.

References

• HIV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• HIV: Definition from Answers.com

Youths Vow to Protect Themselves and Others - 22 December 2011
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:34:52 +0100 | UNFPA News
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Young leaders from 38 African countries have pledged to act as role models for their fellow youths by “protecting ourselves, our partners and families from HIV, sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancies, harmful practices and gender-based violence which negatively affect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.” The young leaders were participating in a three-day training course before the International Conference on ---- and STIs in Africa (ICASA) this month in Addis Ababa. (Source: UNFPA News)

Paris couturiers and their muses at Sidaction gala dinner
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:53:11 +0100 | Telegraph Health
Paris's top couturiers and their stylish celebrity muses gathered to raise funds for Sidaction, the French ---- research organisation. (Source: Telegraph Health)

A Path To The Brain Through The Nose ---- Schizophrenia Research
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100 | Health News from Medical News Today
A significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in basic cellular neuroscience now suggest that, for some purposes, cultured neural stem cells may be studied in order to research psychiatric disease mechanisms. But where can one obtain these cells outside of the brain? Increasingly, schizophrenia research is turning to the nose... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Bill Gates Donates $750 Million to Global Fund
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:21:29 +0100 | NYT Health
The donation to the struggling Global Fund to Fight ----, Tuberculosis and Malaria was made as a promissory note intended to tide it over regular cash shortages. (Source: NYT Health)

[Articles] Trends in virological and clinical outcomes in individuals with HIV-1 infection and virological failure of drugs from three antiretroviral drug classes: a cohort study
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:05:13 +0100 | The Lancet Infectious Diseases
A substantial improvement in viral load suppression and accompanying decrease in the rates of ---- in people after extensive failure to drugs from the three original antiretroviral classes during 2000–09 was probably mainly driven by availability of newer drugs with better tolerability and ease of use and small cross-resistance profiles, suggesting the public health benefit of the introduction of new drugs. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

[Comment] Dampening the effect of drug resistance in HIV: a leap forward
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:05:12 +0100 | The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) inhibits viral replication, allows for recovery of normal immune function, and prevents progression to ---- in millions of people with HIV. However, if inhibition of viral replication is incomplete, the residual antiviral pressure will select for drug-resistant virus Although drug regimens are designed to prevent these outcomes, some people initiating ART since 1998 have acquired extensively drug-resistant HIV since the treatment's introduction 14 years ago. are reported from the Pursuing Later Treatment Options II (PLATO II) collaboration; this group analyses data from European cohorts to assess outcomes in people with HIV infection with a history of failure of drugs from the three main classes. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

[Comment] Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: supervision or support?
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:05:12 +0100 | The Lancet Infectious Diseases
We are entering a new phase in the strategic use of antiretroviral drugs. In addition to dramatically reducing HIV/-----related morbidity and mortality, these drugs have recently shown an important effect in reducing HIV incidence and transmission. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

Genitofemoral and perineal neuralgia after transobturator midurethral sling.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:34:43 +0100 | Obstetrics and Gynecology
CONCLUSION: : Postsling neuralgia diagnosis using sensory mapping and a nerve stimulator ---- in indentifying the nerve involved and in successful conservative treatment with a nerve block. PMID: 22270427 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Africa: The IAS Salutes Michel Kazatchkine for His Dedicated and Visionary Leadership of the Global Fund to Fight ----, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:47:34 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
IAS (Geneva)-26 January 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland. "Michel Kazatchkine has helped to save millions of lives as one of the driving forces in the creation, development and operations of the Global Fund to Fight ----, Tuberculosis and Malaria and we are extremely grateful to him for his leadership and his partnership with the IAS and our members around the world as the Global Fund's Executive Director for past five years," said IAS President Elly Katabira. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)