HIV/AIDS Topics FDA Committee Recommends Approval of First Home HIV Test
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee this week unanimously recommended approval of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. While the test can sometimes give false-negative or false-positive results, the committee decided the benefits of more people learning their HIV status outweigh the potential risks.
Oral HIV Tests May Be Less Accurate than Blood Tests
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- Category: HIV Tests
- Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Oral HIV antibody testing is quick and convenient, but this method is not quite as accurate as blood testing in low-prevalence settings, being more likely to produce false-positive results, according to a study review and meta-analysis described in the January 24, 2012, online edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Teens Should Receive Routine HIV Testing, Says American Academy of Pediatrics
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
- Written by Press Release
Adolescents and young adults should be offered risk reduction counseling and routine testing in an effort to prevent HIV transmission and to initiate treatment in a timely manner, according to a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Prompt Effective Treatment Maximizes Life Expectancy for People with HIV
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIV positive people who receive a timely diagnosis and start treatment with suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) are likely to lose less than a decade of life expectancy -- comparable to the effect of cigarette smoking -- according to a mathematical model described in the November 14, 2011, advance online edition of AIDS.
CDC Testing Push Increased HIV Diagnosis
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 12:11
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A CDC effort to promote HIV testing begun in 2007 led to nearly 2.8 million tests and more than 18,000 new diagnoses, according to MMWR. 
