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It聮s not surprising that almost everyone in the world now knows about AIDS. The disease is an equally opportunity killer and thousands of people have died of the disease in the last century. Thousands...
It聮s not surprising that almost everyone in the world now knows about AIDS. The disease is an equally opportunity killer and thousands of people have died of the disease in the last century. Thousands more are infected and will die over the next century. There is no cure and there is only a drug regime that you can use to control the HIV and prevent it from completely overwhelming your body and immune system. Another drawback is that patients can easily develop resistance to the medication requiring the use of new drugs. The entire process may seem like a vicious circle that eventually results in death and several people do die due to multi drug resistance and full blown AIDS.
But out of the thousands that are infected and slowly progressing towards full blown AIDS; there are a lucky few who have somehow managed to keep the disease in check without the need for drugs. Most drugs work on preventing the HIV virus from replicating and eventually overwhelming the body聮s immune system. But this lucky batch of long-term non-progressors, manage to do just that without the help of any drugs! Although researchers are not sure about what happens exactly, the entire process is nothing short of miraculous. The long-term non-progressors body manages to keep the HIV virus from replicating while still having a steady count of the CD4 virus in their body. These lucky long-term non-progressors are few and far in between forming about one in 300 of HIV infected.
The main reason for the interest is that these blessed few may actually hold the promise of a functional vaccine in their blood, genes or diet. But no one has been able to find out exactly what makes them unique. According to the CDC, long-term non-progressors can be called as such if they are
HIV positive for seven years or more
Have a CD4 T-cell counts of 600 cells per cubic millimeter of blood or more for several years
Does not or never did suffer HIV-related diseases,
And has never had any previous antiretroviral therapy.
It becomes very essential for these blessed few to recognize their condition and contribute their tissues, blood and cells and whatever necessary to further medical research in AIDS.
FOR ALL LONG-TERM NON-PROGRESSORS OUT THERE- You could be harboring the future AIDS vaccine in your blood. All you have to do is take the time to contribute your little to help the millions who are sick.
HONG KONG, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) treatment is confirmed an effective way to reduce liver cancer incidence, according to a study by the University of Hong Kong which made the results public on Thursday.
The university's research team obtained 14-year (from 1999 to 2012) HBV treatment data in specialist out-patient clinics in Hong Kong and statistically studied the effect of HBV treatment on liver cancer trends.
It is found that HBV treatment is associated with a reduction in overall liver cancer incidence, and the effect is the most obvious among the age group of 55-64 years.
The liver cancer incidence is reduced by 24 percent among men who received HBV treatment in the age group of 55-64 years and reduced by 8.5 percent among women who received HBV treatment in the same age group.
This could be explained by a high treatment prescription rate and high clinic attendance rate among this age group, the researchers said.
The preventive effect of HBV treatment in the elderly age group (over 65 years) is diminished. This might be because drug prescription rates and clinic attendance rates among the elderly population are lower.
Generally speaking, Hepatitis B can be monitored through regular check-up if the level of activity of HBV is low. If the HBV level of activity is high and elevated liver enzymes occur, HBV treatment may be considered.
The study confirmed the effectiveness of HBV treatment in reducing the burden of liver cancer. The university encourages HBV-infected patients to receive long-term follow-up and receive treatment when necessary.
Richard Yuen Man-fung, chair professor of gastroenterology and hepatology of the university's medical department, said that the study confirmed HBV treatment can reduce liver cancer incidence rate. "Through strengthened community outreach, there will be a better control in liver cancer incidence in Hong Kong."
VILNIUS, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Baltic state of Lithuania has played down the threat and fear arising from a large-scale joint Russia-Belarus military exercise called Zapad-2017, which started on Thursday.
Zapad 2017, a joint strategic exercise of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces, is scheduled for Sept. 14-20. It is one of Russia's biggest military drills in the past several years. It is held on the border with Lithuania, Poland and Belarus.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said his country "has been frightened too much" about the military training by its borders.
"That causes me the biggest concern. It seems that we are frightening ourselves more than the adequate situation is," Karoblis told the country's national radio LRT on Thursday.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said the Baltic country is prepared for the Zapad 2017 military exercise near its borders "better than ever before".
"We are better prepared than we were during Zapad exercises in 2009 and 2013," Grybauskaite told LRT in an interview aired on Thursday.
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