HIV

US scientists have recorded how the human body attacks the HIV virus and documented it as a ‘training manual’, in the hope that this information can be used to help develop vaccines against HIV in the future. HIV/AIDS is a global…

A new study, conducted by a group of scientists in India, has indicated that making it possible for people to test for HIV/AIDS at home may be a key way to help reduce the global epidemic. HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest threats to sexual…

HIV/Aids is one of the most serious threats to sexual health in the world. It can have a very serious effect on wellness in the long term, and even living with it day to day can severely affect your wellbeing. That’s why early diagnosis of…

A new study has discovered that transgender women are 49 times more likely to have HIV than the general population - this suggests that nearly a fifth of all transgender women across the world gave HIV. The study included more than 11,000…

With the recent news that individuals are being cured of HIV and AIDs, the journey towards saving lives affected by it is starting to look optimistic. The good news (and there is only good news) is that there are groups dedicating to…

The ban on organ donation from HIV positive people in the US is one step closer to being lifted after a vote by a Senate committee in March 2013. The Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pensions (HELP Committee has approved the HIV Organ…

A chemical found in bee stings could be used to stop the spread of HIV. Melittin is a potent toxin found in bee venom and shown to be able to destroy the virus by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in the US. The…

Those who are HIV positive and single have a difficult dilemma ahead of them every time they decide to go on a date: when to disclose their HIV status to the other person. This complicated sexual health issue can lead to many young men and…

Swaziland currently faces two epidemics in the form of HIV and Tuberculosis - diseases which are affecting 190,000 and 16,000 people respectively. These active and life-threatening diseases affect such a large proportion of the community,…

Last week, Nebraskan lawmakers met to discuss plans to update the public school system’s sexual education standards. If the legislation goes ahead, each school district’s sexual health classes will be required to meet comprehensive,…

The rates of HIV and AIDs prevalence of sexual minorities in Namibia is 18.8%. With that in mind, wellness experts and members of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans-gender and intersex (LGBTI) communities weighed in on how the disease affects…

The South African Health Minister has announced that, as from April next year, HIV patients who are on ARV treatment will no longer have to take three tablets a day, but only one. During a media briefing, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi…

HIV is one of those health conditions that we all naturally associate as one of the worst in the world to get. There’s no doubt that it is a very problematic condition, and the fact that it leads on to AIDS makes it all the more…

According to the results of a new CDC study, HIV prevalence among heterosexuals with low socioeconomic status was 2.3 percent overall. It was also reported that among the survey participants who did not report a previous positive HIV test,…

It has already been suggested that bee venom can give your anti-ageing wellness a buzz, but a new study has found that one of its components can also improve your sexual health. According to the US researchers, who reported their work in…

A diabetes drug has been deemed safe for use by HIV patients. This is according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who have studied the use of sitagliptin in HIV-infected individuals, and found that it…

The South African Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has reported sexual health news that, in his words, has ‘destroyed my soul’. According to Mr Motsoaledi, “sugar daddies” are exploiting the countries schoolgirls, meaning that at least…

A new report on sexual health has found that the number of bisexual and gay men having unprotected sex has caused a rise in the number of HIV diagnoses. The rise in men having sex without a condom between 1990 and 2010 rose by 26 percent,…

One of the most feared sexually transmitted diseases, the HIV virus is made up of a simple microscopic organism which works by aggressively multiplying and spreading through the body. It’s been thought for many years that HIV affects anyone…

Aggressive, early treatment for HIV infection could offer a “functional cure” for the virus following a French study in which 14 HIV patients stayed healthy after coming off the anti-retroviral drug regimen essential for suppressing the…

A study has found that there has been a rise in the number of gay and bisexual men contracting HIV because of an increase in numbers having unprotected sex. According to Researchers from University College London, the Health Protection…

As campaigners pressed for action at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), ministers from Liberia, Zimbabwe and Ghana shed light on the reality of gender-based violence and HIV infections in their countries, saying that the link…

The case of a baby born with HIV said to have been cured of the infection because of early treatment has made headlines around the world. But the medical world has urged caution and warned patients with HIV not to stop taking the essential…

There was a landmark scientific and medical event recently with the first ever case of a child being cured of HIV. The astonishing findings were revealed at 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections – the first ever…

It has been previously reported, much to many wellness experts’ dismay, that thanks to an oversight in new legislation, keeping your sexually transmitted infection (STI) to yourself may soon become a thing of the past. Currently, NHS sexual…

HIV/AIDS is a scary disease. It's scary on a world-wide scale and it has been scary for almost thirty years now. It's not curable but it is avoidable and over the course of years and years volunteers all over the world have been trying to…

It’s an unfortunate but established fact of sexual wellness that certain subgroups are more likely to transmit or develop sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or diseases (STDs) than others. However, what’s less clear is why this is the…

One of the biggest issues facing the world today is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The problem isn't the condition itself, it's how destitute the countries which are worst effected are. This relative level of poverty means that the countries…

HIV is a global epidemic which a lot of people don't like to think about. 70% of the worlds HIV/AIDS positive population live within sub-Saharan Africa, one of the poorest areas on the planet. Though HIV has become much less of a death…

In the last decade, the number of over-50s living with HIV has sky-rocketed in the UK. In 2002, the infection affected the wellbeing of 3,644 people over the age of 50, and this has risen to 16,549 in 2011. Wellness experts say that this is…