Yeast Infection Signs - The Top 4 Yeast Infection Signs to Look Out For

When it comes to spotting yeast infection signs it can be a difficult task if you don't know what you are looking for. Too many people it seems, both men and women don't seem to know what the symptoms are, or confuse them with something else. The problem with this, is that if left untreated for too long it can enter your bloodstream. Once this happens, it won't take much time to embed itself in internal organs and this can cause some long-term health problems that are best avoided...

Number Of HIV Cases Increase In Philippines

The number of HIV/AIDS cases recorded in the Philippines is increasing, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said on Tuesday, adding that the prevalence of the disease in the country remains low, AFP/Yahoo! News reports. Duque said that even though the Philippines is a low-prevalence country, it "should not be a reason to be complacent."

An average of 29 HIV cases were reported monthly in 2007 and 2008, Duque said, adding that an average of 20 cases monthly were recorded in previous years, according to AFP/Yahoo! News.

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The U.S. should shift its policy on fighting HIV/AIDS to a "fight for basic human equality, providing a basis for more realistic outreach," a Daytona Beach News Journal editorial says. According to the editorial, HIV/AIDS is "reclaiming a foothold" around the world among younger populations "who don't want to admit they may be vulnerable" or think of the virus "as something treatable." It adds that nearly half of new HIV cases globally occur among people between ages 15 and 24.

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Increased access to no-cost antiretroviral drugs has contributed to a 75% decrease in AIDS-related deaths in Malawi in the last four years, a senior government official said Monday, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, HIV/AIDS has been linked to 59% of deaths among people between ages 15 and 59 in the country of 13 million. However, Malawi has made progress since 2004, when it started offering no-cost antiretrovirals to thousands of HIV-positive people, Reuters reports.

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HIV/AIDS advocates in Stamford, Conn., are expressing concern about HIV/AIDS cases among Hispanics and how to effectively target outreach efforts toward the community, the Stamford Advocate reports.

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Turning pancreatic cells to insulin making cells can lead to ways to generate new pancreatic beta cells that could be used as a treatment for diabetes.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have converted adult pancreatic cells into insulin-producing beta cells in living mice. This is a first because the researchers directly changed the functional identity of adult cells without using embryonic stem cells or relying on techniques that reverse a cell's genetic programming to its earliest stages.

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