The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has completed the pilot phase of a home-based program in Uganda that teaches HIV-positive pregnant women how to administer the antiretroviral nevirapine to their infants immediately after birth to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus, New Vision reports.
Glaser Foundation Program Trains HIV-Positive Pregnant Women To Administer Nevirapine To Infants [...]
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Human being have far more different kinds of bacteria on the palms of their hands than previously thought and women’s hands are home to a more diverse range than men’s, said US researchers this week.
Women’s Hands Home To More Bacteria
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A call to explore a broader use of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines and the validation of a simple oral screening test for HPV-caused oral cancers are reported in two studies by a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigator. Leading HPV expert Maura Gillison, M.D., Ph.D.
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To recognize Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (Oct. 27-31), the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) is reminding all Canadian women of the importance of taking proactive steps to prevent cervical cancer, such as receiving regular Pap test screening or HPV vaccination. Since their inception, Pap test screening programs have [...]
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