Although many doctors remain skeptical, there is some rays of hope in the fight of the HIV virus according to details released in the August 13 edition of The Lancet.

Researchers have discovered that the drug valproic acid (Depakote) may be able to reduce the pool of dormant HIV-infected cells in the body

President Bush signed the "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005" bill into law.

The Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to establish or improve programs to electronically monitor dispensing of controlled substances

A new treatment strategy shows promise in helping transform HIV into a curable infection.

Preliminary research detailed in this weeks Lancet medical journal, outlines how scientists use an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding within the body, where it is temporarily invisible, but remains extremely dangerous

A new study shows that overweight girls reach puberty earlier. However early puberty alone doesn't necessarily lead to pudginess as an adult.

Girls who are overweight before their first menstrual periods are almost eight times more likely to be overweight as women, the study finds. But there is no link between precocious puberty alone and being overweight later in life, The Associated Press reports

A new study finds that surgically implanting tubes in a child's eardrum to help drain a middle ear infection doesn't guard against developmental problems later in life