To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formed a new Vaccine Discovery Branch within the Vaccine Research Program in the Division of AIDS (DAIDS).

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of HIV diagnoses among “men who have sex with men” points to troubling signs of increases in new diagnoses among young men who have sex with men, US health officials reported Thursday.Public health experts use the term “men who have sex with men,” or MSM, because many of these men are not strictly homosexual or even bisexual.

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(NaturalNews) An FDA advisory panel has said that the drug Avastin should not be used to treat breast cancer, because it fails to provide enough benefit to outweigh the risks.

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(NaturalNews) The human body has a high water content; water is an essential medium for transportation of nutrients, biochemicals and oxygen all throughout the human body. This water-based medium may have acidic or alkaline properties that are measured by a graduated scale known as pH (potential hydrogen).

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(NaturalNews) The health benefits previously believed to come from the lycopene in tomatoes may actually come from different phytocompounds altogether, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the journal Nutrition Research.

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SAVE THE DATE, Monday, September 22, 2008 and join us this year at the private Lake Merced Golf and Country Club in Daly City, California to drive Lung Cancer Off the Earth. The 18-hole course features 6,863 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72.

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Current noninvasive detection methods, which include digital exams, blood tests and ultrasound, have limited accuracy. “There is a need to develop a noninvasive technique for early detection of prostate cancer with higher accuracy and resolution,” said Dr. Robert R. Alfano, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering and Director of IUSL.

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Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate, primarily due to late diagnosis. Recent studies have shown that dogs have successfully detected cancer through scent, however, it’s not clear whether they’re responding to the cancer itself or odors associated with cancer.

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In an article that is being published today as an advanced online publication by the journal Nature, the researchers say the growth-stimulating molecule called p110beta — part of a cellular signaling network disrupted in several common cancers — is a promising target for novel cancer therapies designed to shut it down. The report’s lead authors are Shidong Jia, MD, PhD, Zhenning Liu, PhD, Sen Zhang PhD, and Pixu Liu, MD, PhD.

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(NaturalNews) Cancer is currently responsible for 20,000 deaths per day across the world, or 7.6 million people a year, according to a new report published by the American Cancer Society. In addition, 12 million people are diagnosed with some form of cancer every year.

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