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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with HIV and other bloodborne pathogens among the wounded during mass casualty events.
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Results from the AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey (ATLIS)which polled nearly 3,000 HIV-positive patients from 18 countriesshow people living with HIV and AIDS around the globe still live in fear of the societal stigma that surrounds the disease.
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HIV clinicians likely will find the latest version of the government's opportunistic infections (OIs) guidelines to be pertinent to their daily practice. This is especially true as the trend continues of patients being diagnosed with very low CD4 cell counts.
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Working as an HIV clinician in the United States today is largely about doing more with less.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has created a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.
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Study results show that concerns about side effects may prevent patients from seeking treatment.
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On July 18, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved changes to the package insert for abacavir sulfate (Ziagen) highlighting information about the association of the HLA-B*5701 allele (a part of a gene) and hypersensitivity reactions (HSR) caused by abacavir-containing therapy.
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One thing clinicians need as they work to keep their HIV patients adherent to their medication regimens is an accurate, simple tool for measuring drug adherence.
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HIV physicians and AIDS activists are calling for major changes in funding and prevention in light of the recent news that the estimated annual HIV infection rate in the U.S. has been off by 40% for about 15 years.
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A man with a prior medical history of atrial fibrillation experienced shortness of breath and seizure-like activity two days after breaking his leg. Doctors ordered an ECG, chest X-ray, and CT scan, although there was a four-hour delay in obtaining the results of the CT scan.