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Early in the AIDS epidemic, public health officials thought that poppers, a popular party inhalant used by gay men, might be a cause of the disease. When AIDS was proven to be caused by an infectious agent, most people dismissed poppers as having no relevance to HIV. Now, more than 20 years later, research continues to show a strong link between the use of poppers and HIV risk behaviors.
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AIDS has been the No. 1 cause of death among African-American women, ages 25-34, in the United States, and its one of the top causes for African-American women ages 20 to 44, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Moreover, African-American womens share of AIDS cases has been growing steadily in the past decade, and now women represent one-third of all new AIDS cases reported among African-Americans, the CDC data show.
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Investigators have found a disturbing trend of increased levels of sexual risk behavior among a small, little-studied group: Asian/Pacific Islander (API) men who have sex with men (MSM). Sexual risk behavior among this group has increased at a faster rate than with white MSM. This includes increases in unprotected anal intercourse with multiple partners, which rose from 12% in 1999 to 20% in 2002, compared with an increase from 19% to 20% in white MSM.
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Using poppers could increase the risk of HIV infection. An expert answers all of your poppers questions.
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In a series from Korea, treatment outcomes for older (age older than 60 years) patients with diffuse large-cell lymphoma were analyzed with particular focus on dose intensity of doxorubicin. Although, overall, older patients did not achieve the same level of complete response, for those who were able to maintain doxorubicin dose intensity, response rates were comparable to younger patients.
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Based on its improved safety profile, capecitabine has the potential to replace 5-FU/LV as standard adjuvant treatment for patients with colon cancer.
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In a series of chronic-phase CML patients who had previously been treated with interferon and who subsequently received imatinib mesylate, the appearance of myelosuppression (Grade > 3 neutropenia or thrombocytopenia) was associated with significantly less frequent major or complete cytogenetic responses.
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Most Americans believe that screening tests for cancer save lives and that it is irresponsible not to undergo recommended periodic screening. The presence of a large market for cancer screening may make Americans vulnerable to unproven and unnecessary testing.
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TFD as a single measurement carries significant prognostic importance in women with comprehensively staged endometrial cancer.
