AIDS Alert 1999 Index
December 1, 1999
AIDS Alert 1999 Index
AIDS Guide for Health Care Workers
AIDS patients often have hearing and speech problems, AUG:insert
Guidelines to prevent contracting TB from patients, SEP:insert
HIV is spreading rapidly among U.S. youth, NOV:insert
What you need to know about AIDS in minority groups, JAN:insert
What you need to know about AIDS wasting, APR:insert
AIDS wasting
HCFA reverses ruling on AIDS wasting, JUN:69
Here's how Juven works, APR:42
Information for health care workers, APR:insert
New supplement treatment success, APR:41
Alternative therapies
Coordinating use of, FEB:20
East/West approach to HIV treatment, FEB:22
Blood supply
HIV infection found more often in black blood donors, MAY:59
New test may make blood supply safer, NOV:130
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recommends new guidelines for HIV tracking, FEB:17
responds to urban legend HIV scare, MAY:58
statistics show AIDS is rebounding in U.S., DEC:140
wants all states to add HIV to current AIDS surveillance programs, FEB:13
Charts
ADAP funding, SEP:99
AIDS cases reported July 1988 through June 1998, JUN:64
AIDS deaths through 1998, DEC:insert
Changes in AIDS cases and AIDS deaths from 1996-1997, OCT:111
Characteristics of persons aged 13 or older with HIV, FEB:15
Discussions of HIV between mothers and providers, NOV:123
Estimated incidence of AIDS and deaths, 1985-1997, FEB:16
Estimated female adult/adolescent AIDS incidence by exposure category and race, JUN:insert
Estimated male adult/adolescent AIDS incidence by exposure category and race, JUN:insert
FY2000 appropriations levels for AIDS, APR:44
FY2000 appropriations, DEC:143
HIV infection and AIDS cases through June 1999, DEC:insert
HIV reporting by state chart, JAN:2
HIV testing/reporting terms, JAN:3
HIV state surveillance chart, FEB:14
Method for assigning stage of change for consistent condom use, MAY:54
Stages of change model, MAY:51
Combination therapy
HAART reduces virus in women's genital tracts, MAR:30
HAART won't completely eradicate HIV in semen, MAY:56
HIV virus still may be transmitted after HAART, MAR:25
Triple-drug therapy may mean lifelong commitment, JAN:3
Common Sense about AIDS
HIV combined with other STDs can be a dangerous mix, OCT:insert
People with HIV misunderstand viral-load tests, FEB:insert
Protect yourself from Pneumocystis carinii, JUN:insert
Compliance with medications
Behavior change model promotes HIV drug compliance, MAY:49
Behavior model targets message to correct stage, MAY:52
How compliant are patients on HAART?, JAN:11
Method for assigning stage of change for consistent condom use, MAY:54
Program increases HAART adherence, MAR:31
Stages of change model, MAY:51
Study to track benefits of compliance intervention, FEB:23
"THE Course" helps keep HIV patients on meds, AUG:89
"THE Course" program, AUG:91
Drug-resistant HIV
ABT-378 works against drug-resistant virus, DEC:136
HIV mutates to resist HAART, MAY:55
Resistance testing, DEC:133
Funding
ADAP fund officials predict shortfall, SEP:97
ADAP funding chart for FY 1999, SEP:99
AIDS funding for 2000 falls flat, APR:44
Private AIDS donations fall, most federal programs expect increase, DEC:141
Genetic research
Gene mutation speeds up progression to AIDS, MAR:28
Guidelines
For preventing contracting TB from patients, SEP:insert
For treating peripheral neuropathy, DEC:137
Next HIV guidelines likely to include salvage therapy, JUL:76
HIV testing
CDC recommends all states make anonymous HIV testing available, JAN:1
Do-it-yourself kits, MAR:36
HIV reporting by state chart, JAN:2
HIV testing/reporting terms, JAN:3
Names reporting fallout continues in states' battle, JUL:78
Names reporting in Illinois is successfully challenged, JUL:82
Urine test could become early detection device, MAR:26
Immune system
NIH study shows adult immune system rebuilds, APR:45
Injection drug users
California passes needle-exchange bill, JUL:84
HIV prevention clashes with politics over needle-exchange programs, JUN:61
New Jersey spurns needle exchange, offers other prevention programs, JUN:63
Virus may live up to four weeks in syringes, APR:47
International news
Cambodia's HIV rate ranks highest in Asia, NOV:insert
Four-dollar drug may stop vertical HIV transmission, NOV:insert
HIV-negative moms may present higher transmission risk, FEB:insert
HIV status of 100,000 hypothetical pregnant women, FEB:insert
Ideal microbicide may be best form of protection, FEB:insert
Rape of South African journalist brings attention to PEP, AUG:insert
Rare disease strikes AIDS patients in SE Asia, NOV:insert
Too little attention paid to AIDS prevention in Africa, AUG:insert
Uganda tackles AIDS from the top down, AUG:insert
Minorities and HIV
African-American women are hard hit by AIDS, MAR:35
Distrust of white clinicians hampers efforts in communities of color, OCT:109
How to overcome barriers to HIV treatment for blacks, OCT:112
Minorities, others limited in access to HIV treatment, OCT:115
Miscellaneous
AIDS mortality rates lower at sites with HIV experience, NOV:129
CD38 assay may be better predictor of progression, SEP:101
Chimps gave humans HIV-1, MAY:59
Consumer hotline starts for HIV/AIDS patients, JUL:84
Court refuses HIV-infected mother custody of baby, JUN:72
Experts offer guidelines to treating peripheral neuropathy, DEC:137
Health Web site expands with HIV/AIDS section, JUN:72
HIV misdiagnosis results in malpractice suit, MAY:58
Many HIV patients report better quality of life, OCT:116
One-third of patients receives overdoses, JAN:12
Texas network monitors HIV/AIDS scams on Internet, OCT:120
New therapies
Bone marrow transplant drug helps suppress HIV, SEP:105
efavirenz effective with d4T and 3TC, MAY:60
Herpes drug suppresses HSV in people with HIV, MAR:29
New drug doesn't display cross-resistance, JUL:77
New HAART on the horizon, APR:37
Synthetic drug reduces HIV virus levels in blood, JAN:7
Testosterone gel shows promise, JUN:67
Testosterone therapy can improve mood, energy, FEB:18
Two-protease regimens may work better than one, JUN:69
Older people with HIV
Older HIV patients require special considerations, AUG:87
Sexually active older Americans may be next high-risk group, AUG:85
Opportunistic infections
AIDS patients with ARF treated for wrong infection, MAR:32
Check for parasites annually, OCT:118
Protect yourself from Pneumocystis carinii, JUN:insert
Pediatric/perinatal HIV
Babies need not be born infected with HIV, NOV:121
Early testing can predict effects of drugs on kids, JAN:9
Mothers need to be tested, NOV:124
Prevention
AIDS complacency leads back to risky behavior, NOV:127
CDC gives community strategies, JUN:66
Female condom may help women prevent HIV transmission, MAR:insert
HIV prevention clashes with politics over needle-exchange programs, JUN:61
New Jersey spurns needle exchange, focuses on other prevention efforts, JUN:63
Study shows high efficacy of female condom, MAR:34
Unsafe sex practices on the rise, APR:43
Protease inhibitors
PI therapy evaluated for three months, JAN:11
Two-protease regimens may work better than one, JUN:69
Research of HIV/AIDS patients
MACS passes 15-year mark, AUG:93
MACS volunteer describes life with HIV infection, AUG:94
Minority gay men have higher rates of HIV, SEP:104
NYC study of gay men offers outreach, education, SEP:103
Resistance testing
Overcoming drug resistance, DEC:133
Safety
Congress, OSHA finally join fight to mandate needle safety precautions, JUL:73
Guidelines to prevent contracting TB from patients, SEP:insert
Provider-to-patient HIV transmission remains rare, JUL:74
Working with HIV patients does not increase TB risk, SEP:107
Sexually transmitted diseases
Clinicians should check women with HPV for HIV, APR:39
HIV combined with other STDs can be a dangerous mix, OCT:insert
Vaccine
All sites up and running on AIDS vaccine trials, JUN:68
Funding support lacking in search for HIV vaccine, JAN:5