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• Brivanib fails to match sorafenib for liver cancer, but tivantinib looks promising

  Cancer
  Liz Highleyman | 05 December 2012

  The investigational cancer drug brivanib did not significantly increase survival for people with hepatocellular carcinoma over existing standard therapy, researchers reported at the recent Liver Meeting 2012, the 63rd Annual Meeting of ...

• Europeans find high prevalence of lipodystrophy in HIV-positive children

  HIV treatment in children
  Michael Carter | 05 January 2012

  A European study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes has found a high prevalence of body fat changes and elevated lipids in HIV-positive children. Treatment ...

• In Europe, seven in ten HIV diagnoses are in men

  Epidemiology and behaviour
  Roger Pebody | 06 December 2010

  Just under 26,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the European Union in 2009 and 72% of those diagnosed were men, researchers report in the December 2 issue of Eurosurveillance. ...

• Gay men remain focus of European HIV epidemic

  Transmission and prevention
  Michael Carter | 01 December 2009

  Gay men continue to be the focus of the HIV epidemic in Europe, a series of articles published in Eurosurveillance Weekly show. Research from a number of countries demonstrates that ...

• Precancerous anal lesions may be very common in some populations: protease inhibitor therapy may help

  Sexually transmitted infections
  Gus Cairns | 16 November 2009

  Two presentations at the EACS Conference in Cologne investigating anal cancer have found very different levels of the anal dysplasia (cellular changes) that may lead to anal cancer in HIV-positive ...

• Study rates Luxembourg as having the best HIV prevention and care in Europe

  HIV treatment
  Roger Pebody | 19 October 2009

  A study assessing 29 European countries’ HIV policies and services has highlighted best practice and areas for improvement, with widespread differences between European countries. Overall, the countries rated as having ...

• Opt-out HIV testing feasible and acceptable

  Transmission and prevention
  Michael Carter | 01 June 2009

  Opt-out HIV testing in a sexual health clinic is feasible and acceptable, Dutch investigators report in the May edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections, but the patients most likely to opt ...

• Three million injecting drug users are HIV-positive

  Recreational drug use
  Michael Carter | 24 September 2008

  Approximately 16 million people worldwide inject drugs, with 3 million infected with HIV, according to a study published in the September 24th edition of The Lancet. High levels of HIV ...