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In this issue: Escitalopram for menopausal hot flashes, rifaximin for IBS without constipation, herpes zoster vaccination, antiepileptics drugs and fracture risk, and FDA Actions.
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Hospitals and their emergency departments (EDs) miss repeated opportunities to identify people who are infected with HIV but do not know their status, according to new research by Michael Mugavero, MD, associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine.
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HIV diagnoses among young black men who have sex with men (MSM) have increased recently in the United States; possible explanations include expanded HIV testing or increased HIV transmission.
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Increasing numbers of studies in recent years have suggested that older HIV-infected individuals are impacted by comorbid conditions and are aging at an accelerated rate.
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HIV clinicians continually are reminded to use prevention for positives (P4P) strategies with patients, yet these often are time-consuming and costly.
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Results of a new study suggest that nearly one in 10 sexually active teens have same-sex partners, which is almost twice as many as previous research studies have found.
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On Feb. 4, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new labeling for atazanavir (Reyataz®) to include dosing recommendations for treatment of HIV-1 infection during pregnancy and postpartum period.
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The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) $34 million initiative to prevent health care associated infections (HAIs) includes the following hospital-based projects.
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Already shown to reduce central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), a checklist protocol program has now shown to reduce mortality in ICU patients age 65 and over, researchers report.
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A catastrophic case of failed kidney transplants in two patients due to a multidrug resistant Escherichia coli infection in the donor underscores the critical role of communication and documentation between health care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes.
