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The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a drug called Maraviroc for treating the HIV virus this year. The drug, also known by the brand name Selzentry, blocks the CCR5 cell receptor the HIV virus uses to invade and infect white blood cells, invariably slowing down a patient’s immunity breakdown. This is the first HIV or AIDS drug to work in this way in early stages of HIV. Because the drug is new, side-effects are still be studied but early usage of Selzentry has been positive.

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Every year, almost 25,000 American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Of those women, 4 in 5 find that the cancer has spread beyond their ovaries, making surviving the disease nearly impossible. It is no wonder that women fear this disease so much in our society. There is some hope though. If ovarian cancer is caught before it is spread, 90% of women will live longer than 5 years. Unfortunately right now good testing is hard to come by. Research is being done but at a rate too slow to save many women. So how can you, your sister, or your mother help detect this cancer? Follow these detection tips from key researchers and doctors from the country’s leading cancer institutes collected by Health Magazine.

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Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths for women. This is due in part because testing often is not done until after the cancer has spread beyond the ovaries. Though testing is not widely conducted currently and as yet has not severely reduced the number of deaths, it is still the best means to prevent the spreading of the disease as early as possible.

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Right now solid testing to screen for ovarian cancer have not been created to such a point where early detection is the norm. Right now 80% of women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer find out that the cancer has already spread to other parts of their body making it all but assuredly fatal. To keep an eye on your body for signs of potential ovarian cancer, watch out for the following symptoms: (more…)