Preventing Loss of Muscle Strength with Agingby
Dr. Gabe M.
As you age, you lose muscle size and strength much faster than you lose endurance or coordination. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in England show that a major cause of loss of muscle is that aging...
Did aging evolve to prevent epidemics?by
Dr. Chris P.
How did aging evolve? Some evolutionary theories invoke tradeoffs between maintenance/repair and reproduction. Others postulate that genes that cause age-related decline can be positively selected, so long...
Hope for drug that prevents hearing loss in old ageby
DeafBlog
Scientists in America claim to have pinpointed the gene that causes hearing loss in old age... to various medical breakthroughs which stop the affects of the gene, preventing millions from becoming deaf. Hearing...
HIV Program Shows Promise for Low-Income Teens
Community-level HIV prevention programs that incorporate more of a teenager's everyday life... and "small media" projects such as newsletters that reinforced the HIV prevention message.
According... in each workshop group, compared to 62 percent in the control group.
The age of sexual debut is related...crap
Texas: Taking Up the Fight
A CDC-funded HIV prevention project is targeting young black men who have sex with men (MSM... challenges these men face, including homophobia and discrimination.
"It's not solely about HIV prevention... the effort. Dallas was selected because it did not have any prevention programs specifically addressing young...crap
Bush and HIV prevention
Why do you think Bush is doing a bad job of HIV prevention? Robert J. Frascino, M.D. Bush and HIV prevention Hi,Well here's a very recent example. (Also see post from archives below.)The ban on city funding... but rather I have some concerns about the currently proposed plan in light of limited HIV/AIDS prevention dollars. It...crap
Risk Behaviors Among Students Attending Alternative High School
Program Highlight: HIV-Prevention Education for At-Risk Youth
The October 29th issue... had engaged in sexual intercourse before age 13.
Sexual Intercourse with Multiple Partners
50....
Twenty-two percent of alternative high school students engaged in sexual intercourse before the age of 13...crap
January 2000 Treatment Chronicles
CDC Allocates $32 Million for HIV Prevention
AIDS Deaths, Homicides, Teen Birth Rates Fall...
CDC Allocates $32 Million for HIV Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced October 5 that it has allocated $32 million to increase HIV prevention efforts in minority communities...crap
Germany Donates to UNICEF for AIDS Prevention Program in Myanmar
nongovernmental organizations teach HIV/AIDS prevention and various skills to children ages 10-17. The NGOs...
On Saturday, UNICEF announced Germany has donated $870,000 to help develop AIDS prevention... learning opportunities, UNICEF said. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among people ages 15-49 in Myanmar...crap
Vietnam Launches Country's First HIV Prevention Campaign Aimed at Youth
Vietnam on Friday launched its first HIV prevention campaign aimed at controlling the spread of the virus among young people in the country, Viet Nam News reports (Viet Nam News, 9/12). The Asian... to harm-reduction services. According to an ADB statement, young people ages 15 to 24 in 1994 in Vietnam...crap
New Hope for Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Skin Cancer in 2011
of skin cancer, but considering the groundbreaking discoveries and preventative measures this year... is still its earliest—and most curable—stages.
In terms of prevention, perhaps 2011’s most important contribution... in children and teens aged 18 and younger. Other states—including llinois, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island...crap