New approach needed to tackle HIV in UK
A House of Lords committee has said that more needs to be done to prevent the spread of HIV in the UK, with greater emphasis being placed on the prevention of infection.
The committee’s report suggests that HIV screening should be a standard procedure for any patient registering with a GP surgery, with the option to opt out. The committee also recommended that home testing kits for HIV be legalised, provided that support mechanisms were in place for those who tested themselves and found out that they were infected.
More effective drugs are extending life expectancy in patients who have contracted HIV.
However, there are now three times as many people in the UK being treated for HIV infection as there were ten years ago, and the cost of treating HIV has risen from £500 million in 2006-2007 to £760 million three years later.
Lord Fowler, who…
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Scientists in America have made a breakthrough in the understanding of schizophrenia and how genetics may affect the condition.
Schizophrenia is estimated to affect 1% of the population. Approximately 10% of people who have the condition have genetically inherited it from a parent.
A research team from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York have analysed the genetic code of over 200 people. Not all of the samples were from people who suffered from schizophrenia. The samples where the patient had suffered from the condition were shown to have defects in a variety of genes.
The researchers discovered that there were 40 different genes which could be linked to schizophrenia. They have suggested that this may help explain the large amount of people around the world who are affected by the condition.
Researchers now believe that this study indicates that genetics play a big part…
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