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Influenza activity has been relatively low thus far in the 2008-2009 season in the United States.
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Faced with limited data about acute mountain sickness in children traveling rapidly to high altitude, Swiss researchers studied symptoms in 48 children (ages 10-17, mean age 13) who traveled 2 ½ hours from low altitude (568 meters) to 3450 meters (approximately 11,200 feet).
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The risks for illness acquired during travel are greater in immunocompromised travelers.
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n this issue: Drug combinations for hypertension; tenecteplase for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; CAM most commonly used for back, neck, and arthritis pain; FDA Actions.
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There is an obvious ethical reason why AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) should prioritize client services according to treating the sickest first. However, a researcher also finds a public health and economic reason for such a change.
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In this new economy of doing more with less money, a 17-year-old peer education and skills training program sponsored by AIDS Service Center (ASC) of New York, NY, is a good model.
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The peer education and skills training program at AIDS Service Center (ASC) in New York, NY, has helped to change the lives of many people living with HIV infection.
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Patients enrolled in the Swiss HIV cohort study, initiating their first cART regimen between 1996 and early 2007, who had baseline and follow up CD4+ count and HIV RNA data available, were included in the analysis.
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The AIDS Drug Assistances Protocol Fund Medical Advisory Committee's Recommendations for State ADAP Waiting List Guidelines, revised in September, 2004, suggest these prioritization strategies for clients who are on waiting lists to receive AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) drugs to treat their HIV disease:
