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As if HIV clinics and physicians didn't have enough government paperwork and bureaucracy to worry about, the nearly three-year-old Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage offers a labyrinth of obstacles, pitfalls, and other problems in keeping HIV patients adherent to their antiretroviral treatment (ART).
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Jackie Fairley, BVSc, BSc, MBA, chief executive officer of Starpharma of Victoria, Australia, recently fielded some questions from AIDS Alert about the company's investigational microbicide, VivaGel.®
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Just-presented research at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City indicates that adult male circumcision continues to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV through heterosexual intercourse for at least 3.5 years.
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On Sept. 24, 2008, FDA approved a generic formulation of Didanosine (ddI) Delayed Release Capsules, 125 mg, 200 mg, 250 mg, and 400 mg, manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Hyberdad, India. Didanosine is a Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTI), which helps keep HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from reproducing, and is intended to be used with other anti-retroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
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HIV remains a significant threat to the health of Latino communities in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
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The use of integrative medicine therapies continues to grow, with hospitals opening integrative medicine centers and health care providers offering massage therapy and acupuncture.
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Winds that exceeded 80 miles per hour, storm surges that covered major streets, and power outages that lasted more than a week for many people were just a few of the effects of Hurricane Ike. The good news for Texas hospice and home health organizations is that their emergency plans worked well.
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There is nothing like a real emergency to test and evaluate your hospice emergency preparedness plan. Although hospices and home care agency managers interviewed by Hospital Home Health came through Hurricanes Gustav and Ike with flying colors, they all identified additions that will enhance their plans.
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Laptops and other point-of-care documentation systems have greatly increased the efficiency of hospice clinicians.
