Research & News

About.com's Diabetes Guide, Debra Manzella reports on a study that suggests HIV meds could cause diabetes.

Here is a collection of breakthroughs in HIV and AIDS.

In a small human trial of the epilepsy drug valproic acid, HIV researchers report promising results in the treatment of HIV.

With all this talk of a flu pandemic, it's important to understand what swine flu is and how it impacts people living wit HIV. Is swine flu and HIV and bad combination? Are HIV positive people more at risk for sine flu that HIV negative people?

Work continues on finding the elusive HIV vaccine. But much work still needs to be done before such an HIV vaccine is ready for use. This is an update of several of the HIV vaccine studies being conducted at this time.

HIV vaccine development continues but it seems at a snail's pace. The road to an effective HIV vaccine is a tough one but despite the barriers, HIV vaccine development continues.

Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis made news in 1995 when he announced to the world in his autobiography that he was HIV positive. His announcement raised concern because of his diving board injury in the 1988 Olympic Games that resulted in bleeding and possible exposure to his HIV.

Is the fight against HIV and AIDS impacting other diseases? Some experts fear that is the case.

Maraviroc is a new drug used to treat HIV infection from the new class of drugs called CCR5 entry inhibitors.

Vampire cults are for real. In fact young men and women are being recruited for these cults near college campuses and high schools all the time. HIV is real too; a blood borne illness that we obviously have all heard of. Do these two things cross paths. Is HIV and issue among vampire cults?

Be well informed before volunteering for any clinical trial. This feature provides the information you need to know.

Know the answers to these questions before entering into any trial.

What is the status of HIV vaccine research? Work continues but how close are we?