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Respect May Be the Key to Stopping Patient 'No Shows'People with HIV are more likely to keep their scheduled medical appointments — and their disease under control — if they feel their physician listens, explains things clearly and knows them as a person, not just a “case,” new Johns Hopkins research suggests. |
Released: 6/18/2013 2:10 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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Study Details Age Disparities in HIV Continuum of CareAge disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. |
Embargo expired: 6/17/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 6/14/2013 11:00 AM EDT
American Medical Association (AMA) |
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From Hot Springs to HIV, Same Protein Complexes Are Hijacked to Promote Viruses
Biologists from Indiana University and Montana State University have discovered a striking connection between viruses such as HIV and Ebola and viruses that infect organisms called archaea that grow in volcanic hot springs. Despite the huge difference in environments and a 2 billion year evolutionary time span between archaea and humans, the viruses hijack the same set of proteins to break out of infected cells. |
Released: 6/10/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Indiana University |
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HIV Treatment Adherence and Outcomes Improving Among HIV-Positive Transgender People
Advances in care, increased focus on LGBT health may explain shift from previous findings. |
Released: 5/31/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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New York City Successfully Locates HIV-Positive Patients 'Lost to Follow-Up'Public health officials in New York City have launched a successful program to locate HIV-positive patients who have been "lost to follow-up" and reconnect them with treatment services, reports a study published in AIDS, official journal of the International AIDS Society. AIDS is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. |
Released: 5/30/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
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White House: 'Preparing the Future’ HIV Program a Collaborative Community Model for Nation
More than 330 students collaborated to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) from the dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and social work schools so far. |
Released: 5/22/2013 5:00 PM EDT
University of Maryland |
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Measuring Hidden HIV
A new mathematical modeling technique reveals HIV virus may be replicating in body even when undetectable in the blood. |
Released: 5/7/2013 9:00 PM EDT
University of Delaware |
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Competing Antibodies May Have Limited the Protection Achieved in HIV Vaccine Trial in ThailandContinuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people. |
Embargo expired: 5/6/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/3/2013 1:00 PM EDT
Duke Medicine |
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IU Expert: New HIV Testing Guidelines Helpful, but Access to Screenings Still an Issue
Indiana U. health policy expert Beth Meyerson said the new USPSTF screening guidelines represent an important shift in HIV testing and will result in more HIV screenings, but availability of the tests remains a big unknown. |
Released: 5/1/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Expert Available Indiana University |
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First Large-Scale Study to Compare Treatments for HIV-Infected Children Finds Less-Used Regimen is More Effective for Children in Low-Resource SettingsResearchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine find better outcomes for efavirenz over nevirapine in children over age 3. |
Embargo expired: 4/30/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 4/29/2013 5:25 PM EDT
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
