International Business News - Treatment http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174222-huetter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/doctors-say-marrow-transplant-may-have-cured-aids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/doctors-say-marrow-transplant-may-have-cured-aids.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:35:57 EST An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/173591-germany-aids-treatment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/germany-marrow-transplant-may-have-cured-aids.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/germany-marrow-transplant-may-have-cured-aids.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:13:00 EST A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147302-detainee-treatment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/ap-exclusive-documents-say-detainee-near-insanity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/ap-exclusive-documents-say-detainee-near-insanity.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:52:38 EDT A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/ap-exclusive-documents-say-detainee-near-insanity.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:46:07 EDT The Iraqi prisoner had valuable intelligence, U.S. special forces believed, and they desperately wanted it. They demanded that expert American military trainers teach them the same types of abusive interrogation techniques that North Korea and Vietnamese forces once used against U.S. prisoners of war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/officer-cites-abusive-us-interrogations-in-iraq.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:15:08 EDT The global AIDS bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday sets a goal of treating more than the 2 million-patient target set in 2003, but how much more isn't clear. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/aids-bill-sets-unclear-treatment-target.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:05:34 EDT The federal government was not negligent in two 2006 immigration detainee deaths, but officials can do a better job overseeing detainees' medical treatment, an internal review concluded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/govt-not-faulted-for-deaths-of-2-detainees.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:20 EDT Agricultural chemicals maker Monsanto Co. said Monday it signed an agreement with German chemical company BASF SE to market a new fungicide soybean seed treatment in the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/monsanto-signs-seed-treatment-deal-with-basf.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:51:50 EDT An Oregon man, given less than a year to live, had a complete remission of advanced deadly skin cancer after an experimental treatment that revved up his immune system to fight the tumors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/man-with-deadly-skin-cancer-saved-by-new-treatment.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:28:11 EDT The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam on American POWs despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the methods were cruel and even illegal, according to a Senate investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74338-detainees-treatment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/probe-pentagon-lawyers-sought-harsh-interrogation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/probe-pentagon-lawyers-sought-harsh-interrogation.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:12:33 EDT Key findings of an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon's detainee policies: _The office of Pentagon general counsel William "Jim" Haynes sought information in July 2002 on a military program that trained Army soldiers on how to survive enemy interrogations and deny foes valuable intelligence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/findings-on-the-pentagons-detainee-policies.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:04 EDT The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam on American POWs despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the methods were cruel and even illegal, according to a Senate investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74033-detainees-treatment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/probe-officials-warned-about-harsh-interrogation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/probe-officials-warned-about-harsh-interrogation.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:37:45 EDT Military lawyers warned against the harsh detainee interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2002, contending in separate memos weeks before Rumsfeld's endorsement that they could be illegal, a Senate panel has found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/military-lawyers-objected-to-harsh-methods-in-2002.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:16:48 EDT A health maintenance organization was wrong to refuse to pay for specialized chemotherapy treatment for a cancer-stricken child, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/wis-court-hmo-must-pay-for-childs-cancer-care.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 10:54:44 EDT GTx Inc. said on Friday its prostate cancer treatment will continue the late stage of its clinical trial as it did not bear the results that were expected. Shares of the company slumped. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/gtx-prostate-cancer-treatment-efficacy-analysis.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 13:57:45 EDT Top lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal immigrants detained in the U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/lawmakers-want-better-treatment-for-detainees.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 18:46:13 EDT