﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="cms1260795.aspx"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><language>en-gb</language><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><description><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></description><copyright>Copyright NAM 2008</copyright><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><atom:link href="http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1260794.aspx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><image><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><url>http://www.aidsmap.com/files/file1002517.gif</url><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><width>122</width><height>44</height></image><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[HIV treatment and traditional risk factors causing hardening of the arteries]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/13784044-D6AE-45EA-AE69-1039667B007F.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">13784044-D6AE-45EA-AE69-1039667B007F</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Treatment with antiretroviral drugs can cause hardening of the arteries, Greek investigators report in the online edition of the American Journal of Hypertension. Traditional risk factors for hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis, such as cholesterol and high blood pressure, were also shown to be important. 
]]></description><category>Side-effects news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contact tracing successful at diagnosing HIV in partners of those with acute infection]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/1F96700E-A191-470A-8887-227F12236019.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">1F96700E-A191-470A-8887-227F12236019</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Contact tracing for individuals with acute HIV infection can successfully lead to the diagnosis of other individuals with HIV, investigators from North Carolina report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, and yields a higher number of new diagnoses than tracing the contacts of chronically infected individuals. A quarter of the partners of individuals with acute HIV infection contacted were also found to have acute infection. 
]]></description><category>Prevention news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing projects using social networks effective in identifying people with undiagnosed infection]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/D5C69FDA-D1D9-4ACA-B80F-5B77D5D5FD0C.asp</link><author>Roger Pebody</author><guid isPermaLink="false">D5C69FDA-D1D9-4ACA-B80F-5B77D5D5FD0C</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[A peer-driven strategy in which people with HIV encouraged individuals in their social networks to take an HIV test has proven to be an efficient and effective way to reduce undiagnosed infection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The approach worked better than traditional partner notification, and the HIV prevalence in people coming forward for testing was high at over 5%.
]]></description><category></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa: AIDS hits health services]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/BBDEE00A-2FA3-4239-A044-0C976635778E.asp</link><author>Reproduced from PLUS NEWS</author><guid isPermaLink="false">BBDEE00A-2FA3-4239-A044-0C976635778E</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[The HIV/AIDS pandemic has dealt a body blow to the delivery of health care services in countries hard hit by the disease, new research has found.
]]></description><category>Africa news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[India legalises sex between men]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/A86EA876-3569-4840-BD6A-B8CA201E803A.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">A86EA876-3569-4840-BD6A-B8CA201E803A</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[India’s legalisation of sex between men has been hailed as a “restoration of dignity and human rights” by UNAIDS.
]]></description><category>Africa news</category><category>Gay men news</category><category>Prevention news</category><category>Asia and Pacific news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scale up of early infant diagnosis in rural Ethiopia successful]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/FE7A557C-E565-4CC7-A497-DFFACFE748AC.asp</link><author>Carole Leach-Lemens</author><guid isPermaLink="false">FE7A557C-E565-4CC7-A497-DFFACFE748AC</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Establishing and scaling up early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) programmes is feasible in even the most remote parts of Ethiopia, reported Berhanu Gudetta and colleagues in a study at the HIV Implementers’ Meeting, held in Windhoek, Namibia in early June.
]]></description><category>Africa news</category><category>Treatment access news</category><category>Medical tests news</category><category>Children and HIV news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV-positive gay men in UK still disproportionately affected by syphilis and LGV]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/536895E8-59F4-4B5B-BA34-D7292F3AE8D5.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">536895E8-59F4-4B5B-BA34-D7292F3AE8D5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[The resurgent syphilis epidemic in the UK shows no signs of abatement, a new report from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) shows. In 2007, over 3700 cases of the infection were diagnosed, the focus of the epidemic being gay men.
]]></description><category>Gay men news</category><category>HIV and sexual health news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay men sexually abused in childhood more likely to have risky sex and get HIV]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/6F1B66DE-A1E2-455D-A985-F61F11EC662C.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">6F1B66DE-A1E2-455D-A985-F61F11EC662C</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[An experience of sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence is associated with an increased risk of gay men becoming HIV-positive in adult life, American researchers report in the July 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The research also showed that men with a history of sexual abuse in early life had higher levels of depression and problematic drug and alcohol use, as well as being less receptive to HIV prevention interventions. 
]]></description><category>Gay men news</category><category>Mental health news</category><category>Prevention news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menopause does not affect response to HIV treatment]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/5B23BAFF-6F60-403B-8DFC-1D0752E9A92B.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">5B23BAFF-6F60-403B-8DFC-1D0752E9A92B</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Menopausal status does not affect responses to HIV treatment, US investigators report in the August 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. In the largest ever study into the impact of menopause on the effectiveness of HIV treatment, the researchers found that CD4 cell counts and viral loads were comparable in pre- and post-menopausal women two years after initiating potent HIV therapy. 
]]></description><category>Women and HIV news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO HIV boss warns against two-tier global system of treatment]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/08585537-2A3F-4121-906B-E2A0B62E84F8.asp</link><author>Theo  Smart</author><guid isPermaLink="false">08585537-2A3F-4121-906B-E2A0B62E84F8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[If HIV treatment standards in the global South do not keep up with standards in wealthy nations, history will not judge well current efforts to expand treatment in resource-limited settings, Dr Kevin M De Cock, outgoing head of HIV at the World Health Organization, told the 2009 HIV Implementers’ Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, earlier this month.
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