16 TODDLERS WITH HIV AT BIRTH NOW HAVE NO DETECTABLE VIRUS
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHours after their births, 34 infants began a three-drug combination HIV treatment. Read More
Avoid reusable plastic water bottles unless you want chemicals in your drink, says study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Leaving water in a plastic bottle for just one day may allow hundreds of chemicals to seep into your drink, a…
The long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the United States (US) analyzed a cohort…
Turkish man sets Covid record by testing positive for 14 straight months
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Turkish man has tested positive for Covid at least 78 times over the past 14 months, leaving him the unwanted record…
Statins side effects are overblown and less common than feared: As few as 6% of patients taking the cholesterol-busting pills will suffer muscle pains, finds largest ever study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSide effects from statins are overblown and much less common than thought, the largest study of its kind suggests. Read More
Two glasses of wine have more calories than a BURGER: Bottle of plonk can contain up to 59g of sugar, analysis shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost of us try to stick to lean, nutritious meals when watching our weight. Read More
Love drugs are coming and they bring big ethical problems with them
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLOVE is unpredictable and complex. After spending many years researching its layers, I remain in awe of how it engages every mechanism…
Scientists cure HIV in a woman using umbilical cord blood
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV…
One dead and several hospitalised after Champagne spiked with ecstasy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne man has died and eight have been hospitalised after a three-litre bottle of Moët & Chandon Champagne was spiked with ecstasy…
NHS long Covid mobile testing units could be rolled out in areas worst hit by pandemic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA trial of the testing programme in Essex is focusing on spirometry, a diagnostic test for lung conditions such as chronic obstructive…