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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 03:05 AM
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HIV patients 'need drug lifeline'
The opportunity to save tens of thousands of HIV patients with a simple, cheap, drug treatment is being missed, say researchers.

Giving some newly-diagnosed patients an antibiotic would significantly reduce the death toll in the early stages of the disease, they say.

A major study in The Lancet medical journal found it halved mortality.

The World Health Organization already endorses the treatment, but specialists say many people are not given the drug.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8589959.stm

I've cross posted this from the Health Forum.
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