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Patients with chronic pain can be some of the most difficult patients to deal with. They are often miserable and demanding, and their quest for pain relief can lead to addiction.
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Shoulder dislocations account for approximately 50% of all dislocations encountered by health care providers. Most dislocations (90-98%) are anterior in nature and result from trauma sustained with the affected extremity abducted and externally rotated.
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The CDC made broader community mobilization a major goal in the new initiative to heighten the fight against HIV in the African American community.
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The 8-year-old REAL (responsible, empowered, aware, living) study includes an intervention that focuses on fathers and their roles in educating and guiding adolescent boys to safe decisions.
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HIV/AIDS specialists in britain and the U.S. caring for HIV+ persons from developing countries are reporting a new phenomenon - exacerbations of previously unrecognized leprosy in HIV+ persons receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). As patients initiate HAART, and with improvement in their immune systems, their leprosy appears to "wake up."
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Microbicide research suffered a setback earlier this year when a phase III clinical trial studying cellulose sulfate to block HIV infection was stopped prematurely because there appeared to be a higher rate of HIV infections among the study group than the control group.
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The latest microbicide clinical trials will use antiretroviral therapy (ART), which holds both promise and more challenges for investigators.
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One of the challenges facing HIV/AIDS clinics attempting to implement prevention programs for African Americans is that there are few evidence-based programs directed toward this population available and approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Atlanta, GA.
