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Jul '06
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Bio-Medical Condom?
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Researchers emboldened by monkey study results recently said they would expand tests of the pill Truvada, which combines Gilead Science Inc.'s Viread and Emtriva, as a possible preventive for healthy people at high
risk of HIV infection. |
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Jul '06
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Feds Demand HIV Names, End to Privacy
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The Washington state Board of Health voted unanimously to record the names of people who test positive for HIV. |
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Jul '06
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Chimp Virus and HIV
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A study has found a missing link between a chimpanzee virus and HIV. Scientists had long suspected chimps are the source of HIV because at least one subspecies carries a simian immune deficiency virus closely related
to HIV. |
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Jul '06
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'Salvage' Is Key for Thousands
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Salvage therapy represents the last hope for an estimated 40,000 US patients for whom standard AIDS drug regimens no longer work. While some physicians put their salvage patients back on older drugs, other
doctors attempt to gain access to experimental treatments. |
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Jul '06
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Blood Pressure More Common Among Patients Initiating Therapy With Kaletra?
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Patients who initiate antiretroviral treatment with a regimen containing lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) are at a greater risk for developing elevated blood pressure, according to the results of a 444-patient U.S. study
published in AIDS. |
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Jul '06
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Oral and Anal Sex Increasing Among Teens
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A study of data from Baltimore STD clinics indicates that over the past decade there was a significant increase in the proportion of teens and young adults engaging in oral sex and, less commonly, anal sex. |
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Jul '06
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Kenyan First Lady Slams Condoms
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In remarks to schoolgirls in Nairobi last month, Kenyan first lady Lucy Kibaki spoke out against condoms. |
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Jun '06
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Resistance Testing Effective Even at Viral Loads Below 1,000?
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It has long been thought that genotypic resistance tests were ineffective at detecting resistance when a patient's viral load was below 1,000. |
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Jun '06
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Like Locking Up Life Jackets on a Sinking Ship....
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In Washington, D.C., where one in 20 residents are HIV-positive, an informal survey found nearly half the leading drugstore chain's stores, 22 of 50, lock up condoms. |
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Jun '06
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CXCR4 Receptor Drug
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Canadian Biotech firm Anormed Inc. said early clinical data from a dosing study found that half of the HIV patients administered its drug AMD070 showed a response. |
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Jun '06
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Boosted Atazanavir Effective, Fewer Side Effects
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Boosted atazanavir (Reyataz) suppresses viral load as effectively as lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) in multidrug-resistant patients, while causing fewer adverse effects, according to 96-week results from BMS Study 045. |
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Jun '06
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AIDS Patient Demands Drugs
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Albuquerque AIDS patient Catherine E. DeBonet filed a lawsuit last month asking a federal court to order her Medicare drug plan to let her fill a prescription for medicine she says will help save her life. |
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Jun '06
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New Orleans AIDS Agencies Struggle
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Government and community-based HIV/AIDS agencies in New Orleans are still struggling in the aftermath of August's Hurricane Katrina, which flooded 80 percent of the city and, ultimately, changed the face of
its epidemic. |
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Jun '06
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Valproic Acid for Dementia?
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An old anti-seizure drug offered promising results during a new safety and efficacy trial in 22 patients with HIV-related dementia (HRD). |
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May '06
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Integrase Inhibitors Impress
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In Denver at the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, researchers are reporting promising results from early studies of two new AIDS drugs. |
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May '06
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Drug Combo Prevents HIV Infection in Monkeys
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At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Denver, CDC researchers reported that injections of two drugs used to treat HIV patients completely
protected monkeys from becoming infected. |
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May '06
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Racist Laws + Anti-Gay Prisons = More Disease
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The growth in the number of African-American males in prison during the 1980s-90s may partly explain why, in just over a dozen years, blacks became nine times as likely as whites
to contract HIV, contend two researchers with the University of California-Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. |
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May '06
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Early Treatment Always Better?
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Patients who began highly active antiretroviral therapy earlier suffered less treatment-related toxicity than patients who started HAART later, according to research presented
Tuesday at the 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Denver. The study, carried out by CDC and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, is based on
the medical records of 2,304 HIV patients involved in a larger 1996-2005 study. |
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May '06
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Where to Start?
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Despite great advantages, antiretroviral therapy poses a number of challenges. |
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Apr '06
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Treatment-Interruption Trial Halted
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced that enrollment into a large international HIV/AIDS
trial comparing continuous antiretroviral therapy with episodic drug treatment guided by levels of CD4+ cells has been stopped. |
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Apr '06
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DHEA for Depression?
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A new report suggests DHEA may alleviate the symptoms of minor depression in HIV-positive patients. |
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Apr '06
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Laura Bush to Africans: "Stop Having Sex!"
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In an interview with the BBC last month, first lady Laura Bush said abstinence is a "very important" part of the battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
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Apr '06
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Four in Vancouver Getting Experimental Drugs
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Health Canada recently approved the experimental HIV drugs TMC 114 and TMC 125 for use in a clinical trial by four Vancouver patients whose virus has become resistant to all current
drug treatments. |
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Mar '06
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Arrest of Gay Men in India Fuels AIDS Epidemic
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Nongovernmental groups and UNAIDS are criticizing last month's arrest of four men in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh, on charges of homosexuality and running a gay club Web site. |
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Mar '06
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Christian Right: "Let Sluts Die"
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Merck & Co. has asked the Food and Drug Administration to review its application to market Gardasil, a human papillomavirus vaccine that could prevent 70 percent of HPV-related
cervical cancer and 90 percent of genital warts. |
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Mar '06
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Switching Due to Lipoatrophy
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Abacavir (ABC, Ziagen) or tenofovir (TDF, Viread): Which is a better bet when attempting to help alleviate the lipoatrophy experienced by patients who are taking stavudine (d4T, Zerit)
or zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir)? |
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Mar '06
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One Pill Once a Day?
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A newly published clinical trial reported favorable results for a once-daily HIV drug regimen candidate of Gilead Sciences Inc. |
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Feb '06
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Combo Drug Advances
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) and Gilead Sciences Inc. (GSI) announced they would apply for Food and Drug Administration approval of a pill combining two AIDS drugs. |
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Feb '06
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New Kaletra Okayed
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new formulation of Kaletra. Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) is now available as a film coated tablet (200mg/50mg) that provides
advantages over the currently marketed capsule formulation for HIV-1 infected patients. |
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Feb '06
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Chronic Hepatitis B Treatment
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Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. have applied to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a new drug to treat chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)
infection. |
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