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A 51-year-old man, a foreman for a local construction business, presented to the emergency department with progressive lower back pain of 2 weeks duration and shortness of breath. Initially mild, the pain had become incapacitating within the prior 48 hours.
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Can the informed consent process actually provide too much information? That's the contention of HIV researcher Susan Allen, MD, MPH, who points to a recent study she tried to conduct in Zambia of participants' knowledge about contraceptive options.
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Men and women infected with HIV dramtically reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners through initiation of oral antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to findings from a large multinational clinical study conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN).
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Elite suppressors are that 1% or fewer of HIV patients who do not develop signs of disease progression despite living for years without treatment.
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HIV research increasingly points to a connection between CD8 T cells and suppressed virus, but precisely how this works remains a mystery.
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Investigators studying "elite suppressors," this unique group of HIV-infected individuals who can ward off illness from HIV for years or even decades, have found clues that might lead to powerful new treatments.
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International HIV vaccine trials underway in resource-poor settings provide good examples of how clinical research (CR) can be done in both ethical and culturally-sensitive ways despite a wide variety of obstacles.
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A husband and wife HIV transmission pair offer researchers a rare look at what happens when a long-term nonprogressor is compared over time with an elite suppressor.
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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has published a report about end-of-life care, emphasizing the importance of more personal and private discussions about the topic.