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Data presented at the AIDS 2014 international conference indicates that oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provides a high degree of protection against HIV infection, even for individuals who miss some daily doses.
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Availability of emergency contraception (EC) has broadened since the FDA ruled that generic EC could be sold on store shelves and would no longer require proof of age.
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According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) 2013 National Immunization Survey Teen, the number of girls and boys ages 13-17 years receiving human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains unacceptably low, despite a slight increase in vaccination coverage since 2012.
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HIV-infected patients diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis who received antiretroviral therapy (ART) 5 weeks after starting antifungal therapy had improved survival at 26 weeks compared to similar patients who received ART at 1-2 weeks (45% vs 30%, respectively, P=0.03).
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Ischemic stroke remains a leading cause of death worldwide, and atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor, increasing the risk of ischemic stroke five-fold in those who have a confirmed diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.
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This study demonstrated an association between increased discontinuity of physician care in the inpatient setting and increased hospital costs at a tertiary care center.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and has been the leading arrhythmic cause for hospitalization. With an increasing trend toward outpatient care of subacute illness, it is possible that the AF hospitalization rate is stable or decreasing despite the aging population.
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Percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) and jejunostomy (J) tubes are utilized in hospital practice for medical or surgical patients in whom oral nutrition is either inadequate to meet caloric needs or unsafe as a result of structural or functional abnormality.
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Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) — the copper T and levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the birth control implant — are the most effective reversible methods available to prevent unintended pregnancy. They last for several years and are easy to use. Clinicians can draw lessons from the Contraceptive CHOICE project in St. Louis on how to make their clinics "LARC First.
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Presentations at the AIDS 2014 conference offer differing outlooks on increased risk of HIV in women using contraceptive injections.