The first issue of e-HAP Pubs, our bi-monthly list of new publication from the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) authors and collaborators. This is one item in our series of new communication products to keep you informed about important research and activities related to HIV prevention.

Learn about the drug Boceprevir and how it is helping boost Hepatitis C treatment.

Read about how emerging economies such as India and China, plastic surgery procedures are increasing.

Find out about the new study showing girls reaching puberty at a young age and their increased risk of breast cancer and its links to obesity.

Welcome to e-HAP FYI—one of a series of new communication products that expands the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention’s (DHAP) ability to reach you with timely, targeted information critical to our collective prevention efforts.

The U.S. HIV epidemic has claimed more than 575,000 lives, and 56,300 Americans were newly infected with HIV in 2006. HIV prevention efforts to date have helped hundreds of thousands of people avoid infection, but have not reached enough of those currently at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV with highly effective interventions to turn [...]

According to UNAIDS, the United States (U.S.) has a concentrated HIV epidemic, primarily among men who have sex with men (MSM and injection drug users) (IDUs). While the HIV epidemic has not had a broad impact on the general U.S. population, it has greatly affected the economically disadvantaged in many urban areas. We sought to [...]

You might want to think twice before you talk about others, because your words could reveal a lot about your own personality traits.

Scientists report the largest set of genes discovered underlying high cholesterol and high triglycerides — the major risk factors for coronary heart disease, the nation's number one killer.

Researchers report that green laser pointers are far more dangerous than red laser pointers because they emit higher levels of infrared light.