Saturday 12 September 2015

Preemptive drug should be routine in AIDS fight: study

EPIDEMICS
Preemptive drug should be routine in AIDS fight: study
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2015 - Gay men at high risk of contracting HIV should have access to a daily dose of a drug used to treat the AIDS-causing virus, but as a preventive measure, researchers recommended Thursday. The medicine, sold under the brand name Truvada, proved almost 90 percent effective at protecting men taking part in a British study, they wrote in The Lancet medical journal. However, some worry that pr ... more


No comments:

Post a Comment