Hiv
HIV rate rising but other infections less common
Kate Benson HEALTH AUSTRALIA has reported its highest number of new HIV infections in almost 20 years, but cases of infectious syphilis, gonorrhoea and hepatitis have dropped, leading experts to conclude the safe sex...
Breakthrough HIV drug gives hope to medical researchers
Thomas Maugh LOS ANGELES: The announcement that a daily pill containing two anti-HIV drugs could reduce the risk of infection by more than 70 per cent in gay men stirred great excitement in the AIDS-prevention...
One in five gay men in US has HIV
WASHINGTON: One in five sexually active homosexual men in the US has HIV, and almost half of those who carry the virus do not know they are infected, a study has found.
Warning as HIV cases increase
Julia Medew INFECTIOUS disease experts are calling for urgent changes to the way HIV is tackled in Australia as the virus continues to spread at alarming rates.
HIV rates predicted to soar
Harriet Alexander HIV rates are forecast to rise by up to 73 per cent over the next seven years.
Warning on HIV surge
Kate Benson HIV rates in Australia have increased by almost 50 per cent in the past eight years.
Complacent at risk of HIV 'superinfection'
Dan Harrison Hiv-Positive men who practise unsafe sex are becoming infected with additional strains of the virus.
The great leap backwards
Bruce Ward has survived three different cancers over the past 39 years. This week he went to New York to tell the world about the value of hope.
Mothers mix technology with milk of human kindness for a perfect formula
Nicky Phillips SOCIAL media has been used to unite long-lost friends and introduce new ones. Now it is being used to connect babies with breast milk.
Research success
Gel offers women their own protection from AIDS
David Brown WASHINGTON: A woman's risk of infection with the AIDS virus can be cut by the use of a vaginal gel, a study has found.
Sexual health
Huge success for Gardasil
Mass Gardasil vaccinations a win as genital wart infections plummet.
Alarm bells
Sexually transmitted disease rates skyrocketing
Venereal disease in Australia has skyrocketed, as health researchers fear an oncoming surge in HIV.
World of people just dying to indulge
Julia Medew Lifestyle-related diseases stemming from tobacco, alcohol and obesity, have taken over infectious diseases such as HIV and malaria to become the greatest killer of people worldwide.
Expert says boys must be offered cancer jab
Amy Corderoy HEALTH THE immunisation program that protects girls against the virus linked to cervical cancer should immediately be extended to boys to prevent other cancers, a leading epidemiologist says.
Haemophiliac left out in the cold
Mark Metherell HEALTH CORRESPONDENT FOR 37 years haemophilia patient Peter Mathews has had a type of hepatitis which doctors had thought to be fairly benign. Now he knows very differently.
Chlamydia test funds withdrawn
Kate Hagan The federal government will not maintain funding for a national network to monitor testing and diagnoses of chlamydia despite reported infections having quadrupled in the past 10 years.
Body work
Massage: what's best for you?
Rachel Browne Shiatsu or Swedish, remedial or reflexology - what you need and why.
Children found to have lead poisoning
Julia Medew HUNDREDS of Victorians suffered lead poisoning last year, including home renovators and children exposed to lead-based paint.
The ticking TB time bomb
A disease many people thought was conquered more than half a century ago is thriving, writes David Wroe in Yerevan.
