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A review of the guidelines for HIV treatment in poor countries finds priority should go to starting that treatment early. What we learned from a clinical standpoint, as well as a cost-effective standpoint, is that earlier anti-retroviral therapy impr

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By Tendai Maphosa London 18 July 2007 Global AIDS treatment will fall far short of a target to have five million people in Africa being treated in the next few years. A new report reveals that the continued lack of access to drugs by many of the worl

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A new study of HIV-infected people in Haiti indicates that starting treatment early could save many patients who might otherwise die of AIDS. And starting anti-AIDS medicines earlier might also save money. The World Health Organization currently reco

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Joe DeCapua 15 April 2010 Over the years, theres been debate over when to start HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral drugs, or ARVs. At first the standard practice was to wait until a persons immune system had nearly collapsed. But a growing body

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DON GONYEA, HOST: Port-au-Prince, Haiti is a city of more than 3 million people with no sewer system. International donors have spent millions of dollars on infrastructure meant to help the situation. But a multi-year plan to build sewage treatment p

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The nation's epidemic of opioid abuse has created new opportunities for insurance fraud. Health care insurance pays for the costs of recovery. That's led to a boom in residential treatment programs for addicts, some of which use de

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural Colorado's Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment

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2015年CRI African Officials Applaud Chinese Pharmacologist's Winning Nobel Prize for Medicine

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Africa Region, says Tu Youyou's development of a treatment for malaria has been a life-saver. As you know Malaria is one of the biggest killers of African people, particularly

2016年CRI China Curbs Baidu Healthcare Ads Business after Student's Death

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