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This is good news for those out there that have HIV but struggle with taking all the medications to keep it in check.

The FDA has just approved a new pill, taken once a day, that combines two previously approved drugs plus two new ones.

It's called Stribild, and it provides a complete treatment regimen for HIV infection. It's supposed to be available by the end of the week!

The only problem is that it costs more than the other treatments, which is kind of bullshizz. Gilead, the creator of the drug, is charging wholesalers $28,500 a year for the drug, though apparently it will provide discounts to state assistance programs and has created a patient financial-assistance program.

This is not much more effective than the multi-pill regimen, but only having to take one pill instead of many is the main draw.

It's too bad about the price, though!

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Tags: drug, drugs, effective, fda, hiv, infection, medication, patient, patients, problem, stribild, treat, treatment

Daaaaaang, life! Why do you always have to ruin a good thing??

As it turns out, if you're a man that eats 1.5 servings of pan-fried red meat a week, you're 30 percent more likely tot have advanced prostate cancer.

That's just harsh, life!

It isn't just pan-frying though

Tags: cancer, cause, cook, cooking, eating, fat, habit, increase, life, men, patient, patients, pounds, research, researchers, sugar

Musicians On Call is SUCH a fab program, and it's wonderful to hear about all the help they're getting.

Well, Dr. Leslie Faerstein wanted to take a moment and thank one very special person for all his help — Justin Bieber!

Specifically, she's thanking him for all his support during his BELIEVE Charity Drive.

So cute!

Thank you, Justin!

Think of all the kids and patients you helped!

Tags: charity, class, drive, justin bieber, kids, men, movie, music, patient, patients, son, support

This is amazinggggg!

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that two men no longer have detectable HIV in their blood cells after bone marrow transplants!

The men were on anti-retroviral therapy, and now they might be cured of HIV.

It seems weird even typing that but it could be true.

One of the researchers said:

"We expected HIV to vanish from the patients’ plasma, but it is surprising that we can’t find any traces of HIV in their cells. It suggests that under the cover of anti-retroviral therapy, the cells that repopulated the patient’s immune system appear to be protected from becoming re-infected with HIV."

More studies need to be conducted on these two men to make sure they are completely cured of HIV.

They remain on anti-retroviral medications for the time being.

So we've got bone marrow transplants and a prevention pill on the way!

Right now, bone marrow transplants are too costly and dangerous for all HIV patients to undergo but it's still a great step in the right direction.

Way to go, doctors!

Science! Science! Science!

Tags: aids, amazing, anti retroviral, bone marrow transplant, cure, doctors, fight, health, help, hiv, medication, patients, science, study

Most people have heard that cranberry juice can be very good for a urinary tract infection (UTI).

A new study has just confirmed that old adage to be actually true!

Tags: bacteria, benefit, change, doctor, doctors, drink, drinks, good, help, infection, medical, new study, patient, patients, people, products, show, urinary tract infection, uti, women

Quick, what are the top two reasons that people smoke weed?

Finished? The answers are:

1. To get high.

2. To get high and relieve pain.

A new medicinal marijuana farm has just taken the fun part out of both of those.

Tikun Olam, a plantation in northern Israel, has just developed a new strain of sticky that barely has ANY tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the stuff that gets you stoned, bro.

It's called Avidekel, and is about to start clinical trials. It contains less than one percent THC, compared to their most popular strand, which sits pretty at 23 percent.

Avidekel continues to contains a 16 percent concentration of CBD, though, which is an anti-inflammatory that can offer pain relief without the high.

Here's what one of the guys who developed it said:

"It has the same scent, shape and taste as the original plant — it's all the same — but the numbing sensation that users are accustomed to has disappeared. Many of our patients who tried the new plant come back to us and say: 'You tricked me,'" because they assumed they had been given a placebo."

LOLz!

"We bought all these Doritos! Now what do we do with them??"

We're sure that this will be an incentive for those who want a natural remedy, but don't really like the feeling of being stoned.

Science!

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Tags: answer, cause, marijuana, natural, pain, patient, patients, people, science, smoke, stoned, taste, trial, weed

We really thought we had a few good years left before our robot overlords took over, but we were wrong.

This is a video from researchers at University of Arizona, who have created a set of robotic legs that mimic a real human gait.

Faaaaaantastic!

Apparently its the most biologically accurate model of human walking ever created, and 100% terrifying.

All it took was a computerized version of the neural network that humans use to move, called the central pattern generator, or CPG, and a full tank of Nightmare Fuel.

They claim the robot will help them better understand human movement — how babies first learn to walk or how spinal-cord-injury patients may regain their walking capabilities through spinal cord stimulation.

But we know the true end-game: humanity's capitulation to robots.

Looks like the University of Arizona is where Skynet engineers studied!

Watch (above)!

Tags: class, injury, model, movie, nightmare fuel, patient, patients, player, research, researchers, university, video, walk, walking