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Experts
Urge HIV Testing For Almost Everyone
 Urging
a major shift in U.S. policy, some health experts are recommending
that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus,
much as they are for cancer and other diseases.
Since
the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, the government
has recommended screening only in big cities, where AIDS rates are
high, and among members of high-risk groups, such as gay men and
drug addicts.
But
two large, federally funded studies found that the cost of routinely
testing and treating nearly all adults would be outweighed by a
reduction in new infections and the opportunity to start patients on
drug cocktails early, when they work best.
To
learn more about these new recommendations, as well as who would pay
the testing costs, click on CNN's
complete coverage.
Why
Aren't Women Taking Aspirin for Heart?
Less
than half of women with heart disease don't take aspirin to help
their hearts, a new study shows.
That
disappoints researcher Jeffrey Berger, MD, chief resident at New
York's Beth Israel Medical Center. "To find such low numbers
was quite discouraging," he says in a news release.
The
American Heart Association recommends aspirin as a prevention for
people who have had or are at high risk of a heart attack, angina,
or stroke.
Read
the WebMD
information to learn more specifics about the study. Vioxx
Could Rejoin Painkiller on the Market
 The
popular painkillers Celebrex and Bextra are likely to stay on the
market, and Vioxx may rejoin them, now that government advisers have
concluded their benefits outweigh their risks.
The
advisers said Friday that people who depend on these drugs should be
allowed to keep using them despite risks of heart problems and
strokes. They suggested the prescription products carry strong
warnings and recommended a long-term study.
While
the Food and Drug Administration isn't required to follow the
recommendations of the its advisory groups, it generally does.
Find
out when Vioxx may once again be available at the ABC
NEWS Website.
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Exercise
Can be a Challenge For Diabetics
 During
a game in her junior year, Ithaca College field hockey player Sarah
Gibble knew something wasn't right.
"I
started to feel very out of sorts, almost to the point of getting
confused," she said. "Nothing was really working for me. I
kept fumbling with the ball."
Gibble,
who has type 1 diabetes, left the game and tested her blood sugar
level well below normal. Some juice and a granola bar got her back on
the field.
Learn
how consistent exercise has allowed Sarah to manage her diabetes at
the ABC
News website.
Doctors
Study Viagra As Stroke Treatment 
Doctors
at Henry Ford Hospital here have begun studying Viagra as a possible
treatment for strokes. Animal tests have indicated the sexual
performance drug used by millions of men can improve memory and
movement by helping injured brains develop new cells and blood
vessels, researchers said.
The
study will focus on Viagra's effect on people who have suffered
ischemic strokes, which are caused by blocked arteries. Nearly 90
percent of the 700,000 strokes that occur yearly in the United States
are ischemic, and they often cause long-term disability and death.
Visit
the Fox
News website to learn more about this new research.
Pollution,
Fetal Changes Linked in Study  A
study of New York City newborns suggests that prenatal exposure to air
pollution may be linked to genetic changes associated with an
increased risk of cancer, researchers have said.
The
study by Columbia University followed 60 newborns and their
non-smoking mothers in low-income neighborhoods, primarily in Harlem
and the Bronx. Click
here to read CNN's information on how the pollutants were
measures, as well as the found effects.
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