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The first article reports the results of an industry-sponsored clinical trial comparing TDF/ABC/3TC vs EFV/ABC/3TC in treatment-naïve patients. Three hundred forty patients were randomized. Baseline characteristics including CD4 count and HIV RNA level were similar between the arms.
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Tuberculin skin testing is a crude procedure, fraught with potential error at every step, from application to interpretation, and requires 2 visits to a health care provider. Its use has persisted, nonetheless, because it remained, until recently, the only means of detection of latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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More than 5000 people in the Comoros Islands, off the eastern coast of Africa and near Madagascar, became ill with high fever and severe joint paints in the first months of 2005.
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Microbiologists have been trying for years to make an effective vaccine against infections caused by the Group A Streptococcus (GAS). The best hope has been a vaccine that targets the outer carbohydrate (CHO) coat, since antibodies to these antigens increase with age and there is less GAS disease as humans age.
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Following the tragedy on the Jamarat Bridge at Hajj in January 2006, many travel advisors felt the need to re-double their efforts in providing better travel advice. While it is widely acknowledged that this advice is inconsistently followed, this recent tragedy, and the rise of adventure travel, especially among younger travelers, raises an interestingÀ
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Long-Term Effects of Warfarin Use; Statins Multiple Benefits; FDA Actions
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Thousands of Americans died in the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC; anthrax threatened postal workers and elected officials the following year; and recently, London's mass transit system was rocked by explosions. Terrorism is a safety consideration at workplaces in the United States now, but how do you prepare your work force for what one expert calls "a nameless, faceless enemy"?
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Reducing lost workdays, advising on repetitive motion injuries; some aspects of occupational health nursing are universal. But when the repetitive motion injury affects a Navy sailor getting ready to deploy, or the worker losing work days is a Marine in Bahrain, the work can get interesting.
