Dr. Jennifer Jao, MD

FRIDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research.

The Italian study, published May 10 in the journal The Oncologist, found that the AIDS...Full Article

MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Higher-than-normal temperatures last year may have led to an increase in West Nile virus cases, say U.S. health officials.

More deaths from West Nile virus were reported in 2012 -- 286 in all -- than in any year since 1999, when the mosquito-borne diseas...Full Article

TUESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- People who take certain types of antidepressants may be at higher risk for potentially deadly Clostridium difficile infection, a new study suggests.

This type of infection is one of the most common caught by hospital patients and causes more than ...Full Article

MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area -- the epicenter of the nation's worst outbreak of West Nile virus in the United States this year -- could see aerial spraying of insecticides as early as Monday night to help control the potentially deadly mosquito-borne...Full Article

MONDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children with hepatitis C who are treated with peginterferon alpha may experience growth-related side effects from the therapy, a new study reveals.

Although weight changes are reversible, many children's height for their age...Full Article

THURSDAY, Aug. 9 (HealthDay News) -- With options shrinking to a single antibiotic that can fight resistant strains of gonorrhea, U.S. health authorities issued revised guidelines for treating the sexually transmitted bacteria on Thursday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...Full Article