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Aug '00
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Free Condoms in Motels Could Help Prevent AIDS
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A study by British and Nicaraguan scientists shows that placing free condoms in hotel rooms could reduce the number of AIDS cases in Latin America. |
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Aug '00
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Promoting Early Detection of HIV Infection Among Adolescents
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An estimated 50 percent of HIV infections worldwide are among 15-to 24-year-olds, according to the World Health Organization. |
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Jul '00
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Stopping MAC Prophylaxis?
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Scientists studied 520 HIV pa- tients to determine whether pro- phylaxis against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) can be discontinued in patients whose CD4 cells counts have increased significantly with
antiviral therapy. |
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Jul '00
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HIV Drugs May Benefit Teens More Than Adults
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Researchers have found that HIV-positive teenagers most likely have the best chance of using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to keep HIV at undetectable levels. |
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Jul '00
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Adding AZT to Abacavir Reduces Viral Load
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Researchers from Glaxo Wellcome studied 79 HIV-1-positive patients to assess abacavir's ability in reducing viral loads. |
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Jul '00
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Mutation Causes Hypersensitivity to Amprenavir
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A report in the Journal of Virology shows that a mutation in HIV-1 protease results in greater sensitivity to amprenavir in patients who are resistant to nelfinavir and indinavir. |
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Jul '00
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Foscarnet/Ganciclovir Fights CNS CMV
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French researchers have found that HIV-infected patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the central nervous system can benefit from therapy with foscarnet and ganciclovir. |
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Jul '00
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Killer Rubber
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A new antimicrobial rubber may help stop the spread of hospital infections and improve condoms' effectiveness in preventing HIV. |
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Jul '00
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Caution Required With Immune Activation
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A report in an April issue of the journal
AIDS states that treating AIDS patients with powerful immune activation therapy could have dangerous results. |
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Jul '00
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AIDS Drugs Can Lead to Diabetes
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Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have found that protease inhibitors that help HIV patients can cause diabetes by hampering the storage of glucose. |
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Jul '00
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Drug Resistance Testing
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Testing for drug resistance in HIV infection is critical when choosing a new treatment regimen after previous failures. |
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Jul '00
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Angiogenesis Inhibitor for Kaposi's Sarcoma?
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Researchers have found that once a day treatment with angiogenesis inhibitor col-3 generated a response in 33 percent of patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). |
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Jul '00
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Urine Test for HIV
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Sentinel testing service is the first in the United States to offer urine-based testing solely for HIV-1 antibody, chlamydia DNA, and gonorrhea DNA. |
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Jun '00
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An Improbable Theory on AIDS Is Put to the Test
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Three laboratories in the United States and Europe will start testing soon samples of an experimental polio vaccine tested in the Belgian Congo in the 1950s to determine if it was accidentally made with chimpanzee
tissues that could have contained the ancestor of HIV. |
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Jun '00
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Tenefovir Pill Effective
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Gilead Sciences announced that a mid-stage trial of its experimental AIDS drug tenofovir indicates that it reduced the viral load of patients who are resistant to other drugs by seven times. |
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Jun '00
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Protease Inhibitors Linked to Bone Loss
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HIV-infected men receiving protease inhibitors have an excess prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
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Jun '00
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Cancer Screen for Gay Men?
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A new study by Dr. Stephen Goldstone, a surgeon in New York, found that gay men may benefit from regular screening for anal cancer. |
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Jun '00
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Vinorelbine Effective for KS
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Researchers from Italy conducted a 36-patient study to determine the effectiveness of vinorelbine on patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma who experienced disease progression after one or more regimens of
systemic chemotherapy. |
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Jun '00
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Thymic Reconstitution Possible After Combination Therapy
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New research indicates that reconstituting thymocytes which appear after antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive mice are functional and have normal T-cell receptor distribution. |
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May '00
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More Cautious Antiretroviral Treatment
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Keith Henry, M.D., a well-known AIDS physician in St. Paul, Minnesota, has called for a "cautious, patient-focused" approach to HIV treatment, in an article published in
Annals of Internal Medicine. |
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May '00
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Abacavir Warning
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Abacavir (Ziagen) is a nucleoside analog used in combination therapy for HIV infection. In about five percent of patients, abacavir causes a hypersensitivity reaction; if this occurs, the drug must be stopped and
never restarted, and then the reaction will resolve on its own. |
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May '00
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Errors Common in TB Therapy
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A new report from researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore suggests that private doctors who do not treat many patients for tuberculosis (TB) make repeated errors in providing TB therapy. |
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May '00
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Microbicide for Gay Men?
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According to a study conducted among 307 Hispanic men in New York City who reported having sex with men, 93 percent said they had receptive anal sex within the past 12 months and half of these individuals said
that condoms were either not used or only used sometimes. |
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May '00
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Blue-Green Algae Promising Microbicide
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An antiviral protein found in a blue-green algae species appears to work as an anti-HIV microbicide. |
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Apr '00
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Wart Virus Major Cancer Risk
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A new survey reveals that 70 percent of Americans ages 18 years and older have not heard of the human papillomavirus (HPV). |
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Apr '00
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New AIDS Therapies Tested
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Researchers from Bristol-Myers Squibb said they are developing a once-daily drug for AIDS. |
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Apr '00
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New Class of AIDS Drugs
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Experimental new AIDS drugs called entry inhibitors could be better treatments for HIV patients, especially those with drug-resistant strains of the virus. |
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Apr '00
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Low Levels of HIV Might Slow Transmission
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A study conducted by Johns Hopkins University followed 415 heterosexual, Ugandan couples, in which one partner was infected with HIV and one was not. |
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Apr '00
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Electric Razors: Hepatitis Vector?
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A letter to the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that shared electric razors may be why so many patients in veterans hospitals shows signs of hepatitis exposure. |
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Apr '00
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AIDS Silence in the Caribbean
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An "affinity" meeting held at the end of a two-day conference organized by the US National Institutes of Health in the Caribbean attracted only five people, none of whom had HIV or AIDS. |
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