The Caribbean receives scant attention from HIV researchers and public health officials, and this has resulted in an epidemic that is poorly understood, an investigator says.
Over-the-counter contraceptive products that contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9 (N-9) now will carry a warning label to alert consumers that such products do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS, following a final ruling by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of a synthetic GHRH analogue, tesamorelin (1-44 amino acids from the amino terminal of GHRH with a trans-3-hexenoyl group added to the amino terminal to increase the half-life over native GHRH), randomized 412 patients (86% male) to daily subcutaneous tesamorelin vs placebo for 26 weeks.
On Feb. 29, 2008, the FDA granted tentative approval for two generic formulations of drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS. These are stavudine capsules, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg., and efavirenz tablets, 600 mg, all manufactured by Hetero Drugs Limited, Hyberdad, India.
HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in resource-limited countries, often are overlooked, underserved, and discriminated against, international HIV/AIDS advocates say.
When international funds first became readily available for treating HIV-infected patients in resource-challenged economies, it was clear that many regions lacked trained clinicians for administering HIV antiretroviral treatment.
HIV/AIDS advocates say President Bush's FY 2009 appropriations for federal HIV/AIDS programs, which flat-funds HIV programs, is dead on arrival. They say it seals his legacy as being apathetic towards the domestic epidemic and science-based prevention interventions.
In the world of tuberculosis screening, sometimes an unfortunate series of events leads down the path toward inappropriate treatment.
Verbal abuse, threats, assaults from combative or disoriented patients or emotionally distraught family members — those occurrences are so common in hospitals that many nurses seem to feel it's just "part of the job."