AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study

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AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aids-drugs-halve-hiv-risk-intravenous-drug-users-161235745.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8AfjGu0K6YQtGcsWgrNAMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-12T161235Z_1_CBRE95B191800_RTROPTP_2_AIDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Special Report AIDS/" align="left" title="To match Special Report AIDS/" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk population. &quot;This is a significant step forward for HIV prevention,&quot; said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which helped conduct the clinical trial along with the Thailand Ministry of Health. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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