AIDS Alert Archives – November 1, 2005
November 1, 2005
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Special Coverage of 43rd IDSA Meeting: Texas researchers find a new independent predictor of mortality among HIV patients
As a growing number of HIV researchers enter their third decade of studying the epidemic, unusual and interesting findings, as a byproduct of early research, have cropped up, and some of these were presented at the recent annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) of, which was held in San Francisco, Oct. 6-9, 2005. -
Special Coverage of 43rd IDSA Meeting: Prisoners with HIV engaged in many risky behaviors before they were imprisoned
HIV-infected people imprisoned in North Carolina had high rates of alcohol use, drug use, and high risk sexual activity within the six-month period before their incarceration, according to a new study. -
Special Coverage of 43rd IDSA Meeting: Self-rated health tool may have prognostic use in HIV treatment
A new study has found that HIV patients who self-rate their health as fair, poor, or bad predict increased mortality several years down the road. -
Special Coverage of 43rd IDSA Meeting: Study finds negative impact of smoking on HIV infection and immune activation
Research dating from the late 1990s has found that abnormal immune activation can lead to lipodystrophy syndrome, which now is broken down to lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy, an investigator says. -
Special Coverage of 43rd IDSA Meeting: Older HIV patients have higher rates of cell loss, more chronic illnesses
HIV patients under age 40 appear to have fewer non-HIV-related chronic illnesses and have better natural killer (NK) immune cells than HIV patients over age 50, new research suggests. -
Rapid HIV testing and counseling proves effective at US-Mexico border
Mobile HIV testing and counseling using the rapid HIV test proved an effective way to reach an at-risk population at the U.S.-Mexico border, a recent study shows. -
FDA notifications
Some HIV-infected patients may have interrupted their antiretroviral therapy and other medications due to the recent hurricane disasters. The following link provides some guidance to the general practitioners attending to the medical needs of displaced HIV-infected adult or pediatric patients who have not yet secured HIV care in the local area. -
AIDS Alert International: Study in Ghana found strikingly highlevels of antiretroviral adherence
A study conducted in Accra, Ghana, adds to the body of evidence that HIV patients in resource-poor areas are able to achieve high levels of medication adherence. -
AIDS Alert International: Married, monogamous women are at risk for HIV infection in rural South India
A new study that looks at HIV infection among men and women in rural South India has found that women have no behavioral risk factors other than being married to men who were infected.