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Increasing secondary education protects against HIV infection

Posted: 28 Jun 2015 04:31 PM PDT

Longer secondary schooling substantially reduces the risk of contracting HIV, particularly for girls, according to new research from Botswana. The researchers estimate that pupils who stayed in school for an extra year of secondary school had an eight percentage point lower risk of HIV infection about a decade later, from about 25 percent to about 17 percent infected.

Gel that can make drugs last longer

Posted: 28 Jun 2015 12:10 PM PDT

A drug-delivering hydrogel has been developed to treat chronic diseases such as hepatitis C, a liver disease that kills around 500,000 people worldwide every year.

New antibody weapons against Marburg virus

Posted: 27 Jun 2015 04:04 PM PDT

New immune molecules that protect against deadly Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola virus, have been identified by researchers. The research provides ingredients needed to develop treatments for future Marburg outbreaks, they say.

India's abortion law puts women at risk, should be changed, experts say

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 05:34 AM PDT

Proposed amendments to India's abortion law are 'contradictory' and need 'urgent redrafting' to prevent women from making ill informed decisions and risking their lives with illegal terminations, writes a senior doctor.

Women in developed world still face many barriers to early abortion

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 05:34 AM PDT

Women in developed countries still find it very difficult to get an abortion in early pregnancy, despite facing fewer legal constraints than in other parts of the world, concludes an analysis of the available evidence.