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Another study about how palliative care fails minorities was recently released, adding to what seems like mounting evidence that hospice and others involved in end-of-life care are failing to meet the needs of African-Americans, including understanding the cultural factors that play a role in patients perception of pain.
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Nearly as quickly as 21st century technology is creating a new problem in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the same technology offers a solution.
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Recent studies of the rapid HIV tests use among at-risk populations show that the test can be a valuable tool when combined with counseling in intervention programs because the percentage of people who stay to receive their test results is very high.
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Successful Internet prevention programs need to reach the population most at risk for HIV and which uses the Internet as a major avenue for meeting anonymous sexual partners.
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A recent study of student behavior in high schools where condoms are available suggests that the mere fact of having condoms in schools does not increase sexual behavior among students.1
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As if AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) directors and other people monitoring the costs of providing HIV drugs to the uninsured werent worried enough, they have a new potential problem to discuss: How would t he states and ADAP programs handle a large influx of new HIV and AIDS patients if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) succeeds in significantly increasing HIV testing rates?
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Emtriva (FTC, emtricitabine), a new nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) to be used in combination with other antiretroviral agents.
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Research and data presented at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference, held July 27-30, 2003, in Atlanta suggest that community-based organizations (CBOs); health care, treatment, and prevention clinics; and other public health organizations might need to consider initiating outreach programs to reach men who have sex with men (MSM) who use the Internet as a venue for meeting anonymous sexual partners.
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