AIDS Alert 2000 Index
AIDS Guide for Health Care Workers
CDC releases CMV guidelines for HIV patients, JUL:insert
HIV patients who have PML can now live for years, DEC:insert
NIOSH releases guidelines on preventing needlesticks, JAN:insert
Alternative medicine
Check out these herbal supplement resources, MAY:54
Clinicians need to review what herbals patients take, MAY:53
Herbal remedy checklist, MAY:51
Patients who take herbals may be putting their drug therapy at risk, MAY:49
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC calls for name-based reporting for HIV surveillance support, FEB:13
CDC issues ambitious goals for reducing HIV infections, DEC:148
Studies by CDC say HIV risk behaviors on rise, SEP:106
Charts
AIDS cases reported July 1989 through June 1999, SEP:108
CDC’s goals for HIV prevention, DEC:149
Estimates of the number of people living with AIDS as of June 1999, SEP:107
FY2001 appropriations levels for federal AIDS programs, APR:insert
Goal No. 3 of the CDC's draft HIV prevention plan, September 2000, DEC:150
State-by-state ADAP profile, JUN:64
Combination therapy
Clinical care of HIV patients needs comprehensive approach, DEC:141
Expert says HIV patients get too many drugs too fast, JUL:79
New weapons are on the way in battle against mutating HIV, JAN:8
Some existing drugs work in treating resistant HIV, JAN:10
Common Sense about AIDS
Here's what young people need to know about AIDS, FEB:insert
HIV definitely causes AIDS, and here's why, SEP:insert
Information in Spanish: Informacion del Centros Para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades, OCT:insert
Safe sex is important for HIV-positive people as well, APR:insert
What you should know about HIV vaccine trials, JUN:insert
Depression
Clinicians, researchers are starting to understand the impact of depression, NOV:129
Older patients are especially prone to depression, stress, NOV:132
Quick study guide on the cost of depression, NOV:131
Research offers clues on treating depression, stress, NOV:134
Funding
Here's what you need to know about Medicaid waivers, JAN:5
Many Southeastern states lack adequate ADAP funds to meet Medicaid needs, JUN:61
Medicaid already covers some poor HIV patients, JAN:4
More states are expanding Medicaid reimbursement for poor HIV patients, JAN:1
Proposed 2001 AIDS budget falls short, APR:43
Report details good news, bad news of ADAP funding, JUN:67
VA study shows increase in cost of HIV drug therapy, FEB:20
Genetic research
Gene research could be key to HIV treatment advances, JUN:69
Genetic diversity needs further examination, SEP:105
Guidelines
Revised adult treatment guidelines focus on NNRTIs, APR:45
HIV testing
Free HIV test entitles you to one movie pass, MAY:59
New rapid HIV test is accurate, easy to use, SEP:115
Immune system
AIDS researchers renew focus on immune system's role in fighting HIV, APR:37
Immunity study could help stop HIV before it starts, APR:40
Teen-agers bounce back quickly after HIV assault, OCT:127
Injection drug users
Research shows that needle programs cut HIV rates, JUL:76
State laws are complicated regarding syringe use and sales, JUL:77
Syringe laws are more often passed than controversial needle-exchange programs, JUL:73
International news
African epidemic threatens security worldwide, AUG:insert
AIDS response differs among Latin American countries, MAY:insert
Community TB care in Africa project, NOV:insert
Dual infections with HIV and M. tuberculosis complicate prevention and treatment initiatives in Africa, NOV:insert
Estimated adult and child deaths due to HIV/AIDS, MAY:insert
Five keys to reducing TB/HIV co-infection, NOV:insert
Growing rate of HIV/AIDS gets little notice on islands, MAY:insert
HIV is a time bomb in Asia and a brush fire in Russia, FEB:insert
HIV worldwide shows no slowing in infections, deaths, FEB:insert
International AIDS crisis threatens U.S. security, JUN:66
Mother-to-child advances are closer to reality, NOV:insert
Orphan problem likely to escalate as AIDS spreads, AUG:insert
U.S., European Union join fight against HIV in Africa, AUG:insert
Lipodystrophy
HIV lipodystrophy treatment works best with exercise, OCT:126
Options widen for lipodystrophy treatment, FEB:21
Medication adherence
Drug adherence among homeless is better than expected, JUL:78
Drug companies make simpler dosing a priority, MAR:34
If you want to know a patient's meds adherence, check pharmacy records, DEC:147
Initiative targets barriers to HIV drug adherence, FEB:19
More potent, easier-to-use drugs are on the horizon, MAY:55
Physician empathy significantly affects HIV patient satisfaction, DEC:151
Public/private program boosts medication adherence, FEB:16
Web site helps patients comply with HIV regimens, JUL:84
Medication side effects
Committee studies long-term effects of HIV drugs, JUL:81
Here's a guide for managing HIV patients with dyslipidemia, AUG:93
Protease inhibitors cause diabetes in some patients, AUG:92
Research shows PI use linked to heart disease, FEB:22
Studies link bone disease, antiretroviral meds, NOV:137
Minorities and HIV
Black churches step up to front lines of HIV battle, MAR:27
Director says risky behavior is increasing, MAR:29
Growing problem in Latino community sparks interest, AUG:89
More minorities have AIDS than whites among gay and bisexual men, MAR:25
Miscellaneous
Complacency reversing gains in war against AIDS, SEP:103
Florida program offers new method of HIV care, JAN:6
HIV, hepatitis C co-infection may be deadly, APR:46
HIV patients increasingly at risk for domestic violence, JUN:70
IDSA research demonstrates change in HIV progression, DEC:144
Increasing HIV rate result of several factors, SEP:113
Microbicides may increase risk of contracting HIV, SEP:99
New testosterone treatment product easier to manage, JUN:69
Oral sex transmission rate is higher than expected, APR:42
Research sheds light on heterosexual transmission, NOV:138
New therapies
Efavirenz available for children and teens with HIV, AUG:95
Guide to experimental HIV drugs in clinical trials, MAY:57
HAART interruption may control HIV long-term, SEP:102
New class of HIV drugs good tools in the battle, AUG:93
Present drugs not expected to kill virus, SEP:101
Opportunistic infections
Once uniformly fatal, PML is less dangerous in the age of HAART, DEC:146
Prevention
At-risk men failing to change behavior, SEP:111
HIV-positive youths don't stop their risky behavior, MAR:30
Innovative HIV prevention campaigns focus on high-risk youth, minorities, AUG:85
Intervention program seeks to change sexual behaviors, MAR:32
Project for inner-city women shows benefits, OCT:124
Study intervention program prompts women to discuss condom use, JUL:82
Youth programs take pop-culture approach, AUG:88
Prisons
Care of HIV-infected inmates benefits public, OCT:120
Continuum of care model in treating HIV-infected inmates is proving successful in Northeast, OCT:122
HIV-infected inmates receive ADAP funding, OCT:123
Prisons, jails often face uphill battle in dealing with HIV-infected inmates, OCT:117
Resistance issues
Resistance testing grows in treatment importance, NOV:136
Why are some HIV patients resistant to drug therapies, FEB:24
Vaccine
Perfect vaccine for HIV not likely, researcher warns, SEP:97
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