Exposure to antiretrovirals in babies of HIV-positive women detected

Babies of HIV positive women have shown exposure to antiretrovirals, says a study. The researchers analyzed the blood and hair samples of these babies and found that these samples show exposure to the antiretroviral drugs, both in the womb and from breast-feeding."We found high levels of exposure to three antiretroviral medications in the hair samples of 12-week-old infants who were uninfected by HIV,"...

HIV may not up risk of cervical cancer in women

HIV-infected and uninfected women with normal cervical cytology (Pap test) and a negative test result for oncogenic (tumor inducing) human papillomavirus DNA had a similar risk of cervical precancer and cancer, a study has found....

Anti-HIV drugs 'may pass to baby in womb and during breast-feeding'

used hair and blood samples from three-month old infants born to HIV-positive mothers to measure the uninfected babies' exposure - both in the womb and from breast-feeding - to antiretroviral medications their mothers were taking.According to researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Makerere University in Uganda, the results are surprising."We found high levels of exposure...