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The diagnosis of patients with chest pain is straightforward only occasionally. A systematic method of evaluating these patients is essential to assess for potentially life-threatening conditions. This article discusses noncardiac causes of chest pain, particularly GI causes and aortic dissection.
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Prevention researchers presented a sobering picture of the challenges that remain in reducing HIV transmission and increasing HIV testing and treatment at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference recently held in Atlanta.
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In the same summer that the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) latest data show that injection drug use remains a major factor in AIDS cases, a new study offers evidence that needle exchange programs do not cause an increase in injection drug use.
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Investigators have found that among incarcerated youths in Chicago there are very high rates of behavior that place the children and teen-agers at risk for HIV infection.
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Resistance testing has proved useful in treating some HIV patients, but its expense and inconsistent value in predicting the future course of HIV disease have left clinicians with some doubts about when and how to best use it.
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While its common knowledge that methadone treatment or any treatment that helps people quit injection drug activity can help prevent HIV infection, the impact of cocaine addiction treatment is less commonly understood.
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Reyataz is approved for HIV treatment
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Many of the nations premier cancer centers offer some type of rehab or wellness programs; only a handful of programs exist in other locations. But some providers are beginning to blaze the cancer rehab trail, and their patients are seeing the benefits.
