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While its common knowledge that methadone treatment or any treatment that helps people quit injection drug activity can help prevent HIV infection, the impact of cocaine addiction treatment is less commonly understood.
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Resistance testing has proved useful in treating some HIV patients, but its expense and inconsistent value in predicting the future course of HIV disease have left clinicians with some doubts about when and how to best use it.
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Investigators have found that among incarcerated youths in Chicago there are very high rates of behavior that place the children and teen-agers at risk for HIV infection.
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In the same summer that the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) latest data show that injection drug use remains a major factor in AIDS cases, a new study offers evidence that needle exchange programs do not cause an increase in injection drug use.
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Prevention researchers presented a sobering picture of the challenges that remain in reducing HIV transmission and increasing HIV testing and treatment at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference recently held in Atlanta.
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The diagnosis of patients with chest pain is straightforward only occasionally. A systematic method of evaluating these patients is essential to assess for potentially life-threatening conditions. This article discusses noncardiac causes of chest pain, particularly GI causes and aortic dissection.
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It is quite true that there are common warning signs that can indicate potential workplace violence problems, says Eugene A. Rugala, supervisory special agent for the FBIs National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. There even is a profile of the typical offender. However, he warns, when training employees its important to also remind them that every case is different.
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