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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a device made from a new form of natural rubber latex, guayule latex. The Yulex Patient Examination Glove, made by Maricopa, AZ-based Yulex, is derived from the guayule bush, a desert plant native to the southwestern United States.
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Regardless of where we practice, increasingly we are confronted with patients who have been exposed to unusual diseases through travel. In a previous series of articles, we reviewed the diseases associated with travel, largely based on the geography. This article reviews infectious disease associated with travel by symptoms.
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Researchers have uncovered new evidence that strengthens the link between a host-cell gene called Apobec3 and the production of neutralizing antibodies to retroviruses.
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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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The Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection have been revised. The new version includes updated information on:
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The next step that HIV clinicians should take in improving their patients' HIV treatment adherence is to match patients to the optimal adherence strategies for each person, an adherence expert and HIV researcher says.
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health in New Orleans, LA, continues to face challenges with HIV/AIDS surveillance data three years post-Hurricane Katrina.
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During the months following Hurricane Katrina and the destructive flooding of New Orleans, state HIV/AIDS officials were unable to effectively communicate with each other, let alone AIDS providers, service organizations, and HIV/AIDS clients.