New Studies on HIV Treatment as Prevention Recent studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs can be used not only to treat HIV, but also to prevent infection in the first place. Its called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP for short. Now, the wester...
Better Treatment for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women The World Health Organization recently issued new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The recommendations include getting more women on treatment sooner and staying on it for lif...
New Alzheimer's Research Raise Hope for Treatment, Cure Scientists working to unravel the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease are excited by two recent studies. Both provide important new insights on how the disease spreads through the brain. Guy Eakin...
New TB Regimen Simplifies Treatment U.S. researchers have identified a new way to treat people infected with tuberculosis before they get sick. The combination drug regimen, endorsed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would...
New Initiative Provides Better Treatment for Pediatric AIDS A new initiative has been launched to provide more and better treatment to children infected with HIV. Organizers say pediatric AIDS in developing countries should be considered a neglected...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Pain Treatment Has Improved BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: As recentl...
Health Report - Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement 健康报道 - 不公平待遇推动残疾人权利运动的发展 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 New estimates show...
