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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.

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Study Details Age Disparities in HIV Continuum of Care

Age 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.

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From Hot Springs to HIV, Same Protein Complexes Are Hijacked to Promote Viruses

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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.

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HIV Treatment Adherence and Outcomes Improving Among HIV-Positive Transgender People

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Advances in care, increased focus on LGBT health may explain shift from previous findings.

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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.

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White House: 'Preparing the Future’ HIV Program a Collaborative Community Model for Nation

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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.

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Measuring Hidden HIV

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A new mathematical modeling technique reveals HIV virus may be replicating in body even when undetectable in the blood.

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Competing Antibodies May Have Limited the Protection Achieved in HIV Vaccine Trial in Thailand

Continuing 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.

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IU Expert: New HIV Testing Guidelines Helpful, but Access to Screenings Still an Issue

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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.

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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 Settings

Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine find better outcomes for efavirenz over nevirapine in children over age 3.

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